Oct 14 Iowa's water quality and cancer rates forced into forefront of state politics By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Chemical fertilizers and animal waste contain nitrates and phosphorus that can get washed with rain or snowmelt into the state’s rivers. That affects Iowa’s more liberal urban centers which rely on rivers and lakes for drinking water. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 3:28 What we know about Pope Leo's lung cancer and prognosis By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins The Vatican says Pope Leo has lung cancer and that doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung in a surgery that lasted roughly 90 minutes. In a statement, the Vatican called the operation "successful" and said there were… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 6:01 News Wrap: Cornell bans fraternity parties for rest of academic year In our news wrap Tuesday, Cornell University is banning parties and other social events at fraternities for the rest of the academic year, a man fell to his death while riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park… Continue watching
Oct 13 Florida executed a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence. It's the state's 17th execution of the year By David Fischer, Associated Press Robertson's execution comes at a time of escalating attention on the death penalty in the United States. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 5:12 Cuts to SNAP benefits push many Americans to seek help from food banks By Stephanie Sy, Layla Quran, Bridget Craig More than five million people have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits since President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. The bill cut SNAP funding, expanded work requirements and recently pushed more program costs to… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 9:17 'Grandma Joy and Me' follows a grandmother and grandson's journey to every national park By Geoff Bennett, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte Eleven years ago, Brad Ryan took his grandmother, Joy, camping in the Smoky Mountains after hearing that she had never seen a mountain. That one trip to a national park turned into dozens, and “Grandma Joy’s Road Trip” took them… Continue watching
Oct 13 Trump's diesel deal with Putin draws bipartisan criticism from a frustrated Congress By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The deal is being criticized by both Republicans and Democrats as fueling Russia's war against Ukraine, violating existing U.S. laws and drawing the U.S. closer to Russia. Continue reading
Oct 13 CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The settlement resolves a lawsuit brought in 2024 that accused the healthcare giant of providing massive amounts of opioids and other controlled substances “to fuel its own profits at the expense of public health and safety.”… Continue reading
Oct 13 Duane 'Keffe D' Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder By Jessica Hill, Associated Press Jurors convicted Davis of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in late August. Continue reading
Oct 13 Why experts are urging parents to prepare kids for possible livestreamed execution By Laurie Kellman, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Graphic video could be clipped, copied and pushed into children’s social feeds even if the original stream is restricted. Continue reading