Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, Apr. 19. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
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Continue ReadingPor Allison Cho y Ramishah Maruf, CNN En Flushing, Queens, frutas y verduras frescas, salsas de soja y snacks con sabor a algas se alinean en los pasillos del supermercado Chang Jiang. Chang Jiang se encuentra entre una hilera de tiendas en esta comunidad de mayoría asiática, donde los coloridos escaparates lucen letreros en chino
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — For hundreds of thousands of people every year who dream of studying or researching in the United States, a student visa is the golden ticket. Now, for hundreds of people already at US colleges and universities, it is turning into a one-way ticket back to their home countries as
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — As Rory McIlroy sunk to his knees in celebration, the party of all parties was about to begin. McIlroy ended his long wait to win the Masters last Sunday, joining an exclusive list of golfers to complete golf’s career grand slam – winning each of the
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, Aaron Fisher and Katherine Jennings, CNN (CNN) — The campus of Florida State University was bustling as the noon hour approached Thursday, with students walking between classes, anticipating their final exams and graduation day just a couple of weeks away. Then, the tranquility was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Students fled
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is defined by “biological sex” under the country’s equality law – excluding transgender women – in a case that is expected to impact accommodations for trans women in bathrooms, hospital wards, sports clubs and more. The court ruling
Continue ReadingPor Chris Lau, CNN Si la idea de robots compitiendo contra humanos en una carrera de competencia evoca imágenes distópicas de la supremacía atlética androide, no teman, al menos por ahora. Más de 20 robots bípedos compitieron en la primera media maratón humanoide del mundo en China este sábado y, aunque tecnológicamente impresionantes, estuvieron lejos
Continue ReadingPor Dalia Faheid y Rebekah Riess, CNN Cuando se produjeron múltiples disparos cerca de la unión estudiantil de la Universidad Estatal de Florida minutos antes del mediodía del jueves, los estudiantes huyeron del campus intentando ponerse a salvo mientras el sonido de las sirenas de emergencia se intensificaba. Apenas dos minutos después de que las
Continue ReadingBy Allison Cho and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — In Flushing, Queens, fresh produce, soy sauces and seaweed-flavored snacks line the aisles at Chang Jiang Supermarket. Chang Jiang sits amid a row of stores in this majority-Asian community, where colorful storefronts feature signs in Chinese and fresh fruit is sold in boxes on the sidewalk.
Continue Reading FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash in Nebraska that killed all three people on board. The single-engine Cessna 180 was traveling along the Platte River when it crashed into the water south of Fremont at 8:15 p.m., Sgt. Brie Frank of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office
Continue ReadingPor Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Concluyó la segunda ronda de conversaciones nucleares entre Estados Unidos e Irán y ambas partes han indicado avances. Delegaciones de ambos países se reunieron en Roma el sábado para negociar, tras una primera ronda en Omán el fin de semana pasado. El país del Golfo Pérsico ha mediado en ambas rondas
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon in China on Saturday, and – though technologically impressive
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By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — As Ilana Badiner took shelter in the student union during the Florida State University shooting on Thursday, she remembers thinking “I kind of knew the drill already.” Seven years ago, Badiner was an eighth grader at the middle school adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court blocks, for now, deportations of Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Sunday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at OKLAHOMA CITY 13 (229½) Memphis at BOSTON 13½ (206) Orlando at CLEVELAND 12½ (215½) Miami at HOUSTON 1 (213) Golden State MLB Sunday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at BOSTON -250 Chicago White Sox +205 Seattle -122 at TORONTO +104 at DETROIT -205
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By Jennifer Hansler and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A second round of high-level talks between US and Iranian delegations on Tehran’s nuclear program has concluded in Rome on Saturday, amid tempered optimism about a diplomatic way forward. Saturday’s negotiations came a week after an initial round was held in the Omani capital Muscat. Although
Continue ReadingPor Abeer Salman y Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Fatima Hassouna, una documentalista de guerra que había cubierto el conflicto en Gaza durante 18 meses, murió junto con siete miembros de su familia en un ataque israelí esta semana. “Si muero, quiero una muerte resonante, no quiero estar en las noticias urgentes, ni en un número con
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The NBA playoff picture came into full focus Friday night with the final two games of the play-in tournament. The Miami Heat, who were the last team into the Easter Conference play-in bracket with the 10th-best record in the regular season, knocked off the Atlanta Hawks with a 123-114
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By STEPHEN McGRATH and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s presidential election redo next month will be a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest political crisis since 1989. Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the election on Dec. 6 after the far-right outsider
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Oman, their third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. The talks follow a first round held in Muscat, Oman, where the two sides spoke face to face. They then met again in Rome
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Campus mentors. Move-in events. Scholarships. Diversity offices that made them feel welcome on predominantly white campuses. As U.S. colleges pull back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose all of these things and more. The full scope of
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_P.Smith, Arizona, .392; Donovan, St. Louis, .361; Alonso, New York, .356; J.Lee, San Francisco, .355; Tatis, San Diego, .351; Carroll, Arizona, .341; Farmer, Colorado, .328; W.Smith, Los Angeles, .327; Frelick, Milwaukee, .319; Edwards, Miami, .317. RUNS_Tucker, Chicago, 22; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 21; Turang, Milwaukee, 20; Carroll, Arizona, 19; J.Lee, San Francisco, 19; Tatis,
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .397; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .367; Goldschmidt, New York, .367; Springer, Toronto, .351; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .342; Kwan, Cleveland, .329; Story, Boston, .318; Witt, Kansas City, .310; Soderstrom, Athletics, .309; Bichette, Toronto, .308. RUNS_Judge, New York, 21; Soderstrom, Athletics, 17; Torkelson, Detroit, 17; Buxton, Minnesota, 16; Mullins, Baltimore, 15; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 15;
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By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children in boarding schools at the hands of the U.S. government have been slashed due to federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration. The cuts are
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. to Frankenstein’s monster, Universal Orlando Resort is pulling out all the pop culture stops at its newest and largest theme park in Florida. With five distinctively-themed sections and a 500-room hotel, the multibillion-dollar Universal Epic Universe is slated to
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As multiple rounds of gunfire erupted near Florida State University’s student union minutes before noon on Thursday, students ran away from the campus trying to get to safety as the sound of emergency sirens grew louder. Just two minutes after 911 calls reported the shooting, the
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thirty years after the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history, former President Bill Clinton will return to Oklahoma City on Saturday to remember the people who were killed and comfort those affected by the bombing. Clinton was president on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb
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By KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Amid the abandoned chemistry notes and other debris left behind after a deadly shooting at Florida State University are lingering questions about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff’s deputy tasked with school safety at a middle school became the accused gunman. Political
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