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On Saturday, Jan. 21, Des Moines’ historic Hoyt Sherman Place will celebrate its 100th anniversary season in spectacular fashion, rolling out the red carpet for the six-time Grammy Award-winning hitmaker’s first visit to Iowa. The 82-year-old “Walk on By” singer Dionne Warwick spoke with IPR's Lucius Pham about her music both new and old, the timelessness of Hal David’s lyrics and why she wishes Oreo would just knock it off.

New York Times journalist Catie Edmondson says the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives will likely leverage their subpoena power to enact vengeance on the Biden administration.

Holly Edgell is the managing editor of The Midwest Newsroom, a public radio collaboration among NPR member stations in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.

Amazon, Salesforce and Goldman Sachs have also announced cuts during a brutal January for corporate workers.

A helicopter crash near Kyiv killed more than a dozen people, including the country's interior minister.

Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies than many states with larger rural populations.

The Library of Congress has named a Cuban American writer as its new national ambassador for young people's literature. Meg Medina is the first Latinx ambassador in the program's history.

A winter storm will affect many Iowans’ evening commutes on Wednesday when travel conditions will deteriorate quickly. Supporters and opponents of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ school choice plan lined up to speak Tuesday night at a public hearing at the Iowa Capitol. Plus, the former Sioux City school superintendent is suing the school district and several board members for allegedly violating the state’s open meetings laws.

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

Bruce Growers, who directed live awards shows, presidential inaugurations and music specials, died at age 82. It was directing the video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" that boosted his career.