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A Des Moines officer stopped an SUV near the airport at about 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 for a lighting equipment violation, and when the chase ended on Fleur Drive a 38-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman had been ejected from the vehicle and killed, Radio Iowa reported. Police say...

A former State School Board of Education secretary filed a wrongful termination lawsuit this week and claimed that she was fired due to her age, gender, and a hostile work environment.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stopped at EveryStep in Des Moines to lay out a trio of maternal-health moves, including a reported $500 million push to expand home-visit programs for new mothers. The visit landed in a state where more than half of counties have no obstetric facility at all, and where birthing units have been shutting down for two decades.

Flags across Louisiana were lowered to half-staff on Saturday to honor legendary LSU basketball coach Dale Brown.

La La Land Kind Cafe opened at Oklahoma City's Classen Curve. The cafe serves coffee- and matcha-based drinks, signature toasts and pastries. The new shop, located at 5850 N. Classen Blvd., is the Dallas-based chain's first Oklahoma location, according to The Oklahoman. That address differs from an earlier report by okctalk.com, which had pointed to 5825 NW Grand near Western, in the space formerly occupied by Freebird Shoes — a discrepancy the available reporting does not explain.

Debbie Neal is pursuing legal action against Southern Nazarene University over an encounter involving her 79-year-old husband, Donald Neal. She alleges a campus police officer used force while trying to make him leave school grounds and wrongfully had him charged with a crime. According to The Oklahoman, Debbie Neal's court...

Foster-based rescues and animal shelters across the Chicago area are stepping up to help after 76 dogs were rescued from a hoarding situation in Lemont.

This isn't the first time these Texas cities have been recognized for growth.

(Austin, Texas) – There are those select drivers that will make our peaceful and quite commute a nightmare. We wish we could put a light bar on our roof and pull them over until the authorities get there to issue them a ticket. That is illegal, by the way, I’m only talking about it because we’ve all thought it.It’s possible those drivers could finally be caught. Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is running the highways of Texas in what are called “ghost” vehicles. They can be seen on the r

"The relief motorists and policymakers have been hoping for remains elusive."