IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will send up to 30 state police officers on a two-week deployment to Texas after Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds agreed to a request from GOP governors to help fight crime at the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Thursday. A statement from the Iowa Department of Public Safety did not say…… MORE
Search & Rescue Efforts Continue After Miami Condo Collapse; 4 Dead, 159 Missing
Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say over 150 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami. The collapse in the community of Surfside killed at least one person and trapped others in rubble and twisted metal. Rescuers pulled dozens of survivors from…… MORE
Dallas County DA Reverses Course on Seeking Dealth Penalty for Alleged Serial Killer
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County DA has decided against seeking the death penalty for alleged serial killer Billy Chemirmir. The 48-year old former health care worker, long considered one of the worst serial killers ever in Texas, is charged with 18 murders in Dallas and Collin counties. About two years ago, District Attorney…… MORE
Pence: Idea Of Overturning Election Results Is ‘Un-American’
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Former Vice President Mike Pence is defending his role in certifying the results of the 2020 election and says he is proud of his own actions on Jan. 6. The comments Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library were Pence’s strongest rebuttal to date of former President Donald Trump’s…… MORE
Hot & dry for several days; Storm chances return next week …
Today|Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 97F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Tonight|A few passing clouds. Low 77F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Tomorrow|Partly cloudy skies. High near 95F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Tomorrow…… MORE