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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won’t run for president in 2024 but will seek third term

WASHINGTON – Ted Cruz has effectively ruled out a presidential run next year, declaring that he’ll focus only on winning a third Senate term rather than seeking both jobs simultaneously.

Tribune News Service

Being declared dead when you're still alive – why these very rare events occur

An 82-year-old woman who was recently pronounced dead at a New York nursing home was later discovered to be alive by funeral home staff. This follows a similar incident in Iowa where a 66-year-old woman with early-onset dementia was declared dead by a nurse, only to be found gasping for…

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DNC votes to approve new early presidential primary calendar, uncertainties remain

The Democratic National Committee approved a new set of early presidential primary states on February 4. The plan sets South Carolina as the first primary state on February 3, 2024, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada on February 6, Georgia on February 13, and Michigan on February 27. In 2020,…

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Commentary: Your tax dollars for their private school? More and more states are saying yes

DES MOINES, Iowa — If you’re attuned to the culture wars, you know that parental rights and anti-wokeness in education are powerful political messages now. The supposed presence of critical race theory in middle school, allowing trans kids to use bathrooms that match their gender identity, books that “groom” kids…

Los Angeles Times

Midwest To Be Blanketed By Quick-hitting Snow

As cold air collides with the storm's northern edge, it will produce snow in addition to the severe weather

Zenger

‘It’s just crazy’: Republicans attack US child labor laws as violations rise

Changes lawmakers are seeking, such as expanding types of approved work, will potentially ‘put kids in dangerous situations’

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Freezing Fog And Snow Create Hazardous Morning Commute In Midwest

Several inches of snow fell across the Midwest creating messy road conditions and travel delays over a large swath of the region

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Good Samaritans Jump Into Icy Lake To Rescue 83-year-old And His Dog

A peaceful Saturday afternoon in Okoboji, Iowa, was abruptly transformed into a dramatic rescue effort

Zenger

Full list of 2023 NFL draft prospects invited to combine

Here is a full list of the 319 prospects who have been invited to the 2023 NFL Combine in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Former Michigan governor hopeful Perry Johnson exploring presidential bid, preps Super Bowl ad

LANSING, Mich. — Republican Perry Johnson, a Michigan businessman and former candidate for governor, is launching a campaign committee to potentially run for president along with funding Super Bowl ads to back his possible bid in the key state of Iowa.

Tribune News Service

Iowa Supreme Court issues three opinions from Jan. 30-Feb. 5

The Iowa Supreme Court issued three opinions from Jan. 30-Feb. 5. As of Feb. 5, the court issued 14 opinions in 2023—three more than this point a year ago. The three opinions are below:

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New Ways and Means GOP members bring energy, agricultural focus - Roll Call

Newcomers on the GOP-led House Ways and Means Committee plan to focus on rural communities and a fossil fuel inclusive energy platform.

Roll Call

Full list of 2023 NFL draft prospects invited to combine

Here is the full list of prospect invites for the 2023 NFL combine.

USA Today Sports Media Group

319 prospects invited to 2023 NFL scouting combine

2023 NFL scouting combine: Full list of all 319 college prospects invited to Indianapolis.

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Salon

Iowa GOP bill would expand child labor

The bill would also shield businesses from liability if a minor employee is sickened, injured, or killed

Daily Mirror

Hero boy, 17, saves man and his dog after car plummets off bridge into icy lake

Thomas Lee fell with his Jeep off the Highway 71 bridge on East Okoboji Lake, Dickinson County in Iowa, US, but luckily, Jow Salmon and others ran to the rescue for him and his dog

Chicago Sun-Times

Change to Democrats’ 2024 presidential primary schedule benefits Biden, not voters

An NPR analysis in 2016 of which state best represents America found that Illinois is the clear winner, with demographic diversity and a broad cultural and geographic balance of rural, small-town, suburban and urban America.

The Guardian - US

New York woman found breathing at funeral home after being declared dead

The 82-year-old was pronounced dead at a Long Island nursing home, only to be discovered alive and then taken to a hospital

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An Iowa Town Charged a Man With Disorderly Conduct Because He Called a Cop a 'Domestic Abuser'

Now a judge has cleared him of wrongdoing and struck down the rule used to justify the arrest.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Chicago gang member says Iowa school shooting won’t deter him

William Holmes, founder of an alternative studies program for at-risk youth, was hurt in a shooting Jan. 23 at a Des Moines school. Two students were killed.

The Independent UK

Ride at Iowa amusement park where boy died will never reopen

The managers of an Iowa amusement park say they will never reopen a ride where an 11-year-old boy was killed

The Independent UK

Program's head says Iowa school shooting won't deter him

The founder of an educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines says he will remain “all in on helping kids that are not reachable in so many peoples’ eyes” after he was wounded in last month’s shooting that killed two students

The Conversation

Diversity and moderation over tradition – why Democrats moved South Carolina to the start of the 2024 presidential campaign

The Democratic National Committee approved a proposal on Feb. 4, 2023, that puts South Carolina first on the party’s presidential nominating calendar, upending 50 years of tradition. For the first time, voters of color, moderates, hourly workers – and Southerners – will have the first say in choosing the party’s…

Tribune News Service

Three takeaways from Kansas' blowout loss at Iowa State: What went wrong

AMES, Iowa — Kansas coach Bill Self looked exasperated.

Axios

Democrats buck tradition, move South Carolina to first primary in '24

Nevada and New Hampshire would go next under the new schedule.

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