SPRING IS A BEAUTIFUL time for renewal, rebirth, and rejuvenation. However, spring is also a strange time of transition, where we find ourselves thawing from winter’s introversion and becoming eager to grow our proverbial planted…
China deploys hundreds of military doctors to treat…
BEIJING, China — Hundreds of doctors and medical personnel have been drafted in from China's military to treat patients infected by the deadly new coronavirus, the country' state media reported Sunday. As the number of…
Super Bowl LIV: Chiefs and 49ers quarterbacks represent…
Super Bowl LIV looks a little bit different this year. There is no Tom Brady. There is no Peyton or Eli Manning. I know that this is disorienting. Do not adjust your set. The Kansas…
TV Super Bowl deals: sound, tech and other…
The 2020 Super Bowl is going to be memorable for several reasons. Top among them, of course, will ultimately be the untimely and tragic passing of one of America's — and the world's — most…
First coronavirus death outside China reported in Philippines
The first death outside China connected to the novel coronavirus respiratory illness was announced Saturday by the World Health Organization. The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, responded by banning travel from the island nation…
Des Moines Register pulls gold-standard Iowa Poll after…
DES MOINES, Iowa — The only poll that mattered before the only poll that matters has been canceled. The Des Moines Register and CNN decided late Saturday not to release their highly anticipated poll of…
Black women in Iowa who turned out for…
DES MOINES – Blow dryers hum. Electric razors buzz. Steam rolls off strands of hair as they glide through a hot flat iron. This is the scene, on a brisk Saturday morning, at Tranzitions Salon…