Des Moines Schools Defy Governor’s Reopening Order Amid Coronavirus
No matter how much tension has surrounded the reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic, most state and local officials have found a way to...
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A Gender-Reveal Celebration Is Blamed for a Wildfire. It Wasn’t the First Time.
An elaborate plan to reveal a baby’s gender went disastrously wrong when a “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” ignited a wildfire that consumed thousands of acres east...
A New Front in America’s Pandemic: College Towns
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last month, facing a budget shortfall of at least $75 million because of the pandemic, the University of Iowa welcomed thousands...
Joni Ernst, in Close Senate Race, Repeats a Debunked Coronavirus Theory
As Iowa sees a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican in a tight race for re-election, echoed a debunked conspiracy theory...
Reeling From a Storm, Iowans Worry They Have Been Forgotten
A week after a violent storm tore through Iowa, toppling trees and leaving grain silos in crumpled heaps, residents of devastated places like Cedar Rapids...
A Bitter Wind at a Shaky Time, and Iowa Is Left Reeling
As the winds howled outside, gusting at over 100 miles per hour, families hid in their basements and wondered what would await them when they...
In Derecho’s Wake, More Than 250,000 in Midwest Struggle Without Power
A group of storms that tore through the Midwest this week has left homes destroyed, crops demolished and over a quarter of a million people...
‘Christianity Will Have Power’
Donald Trump made a promise to white evangelical Christians, whose support can seem mystifying to the outside observer. By Elizabeth Dias Elizabeth Dias covers religion...
Lawmakers ‘Alarmed’ by Reports U.S. Envoy Told Brazil It Could Help Re-elect Trump
RIO DE JANEIRO — Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Friday they were “extremely alarmed” by assertions that the American ambassador in Brazil...
Thinking of Traveling in the U.S.? These States Have Travel Restrictions
Americans are planning millions of trips this summer within the United States, according to a forecast released by the AAA last month. But packing a...