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Linn County Auditor Joel Miller is asking the state's top elections official for more time to tabulate ballots ahead of Election Day, pointing to an expected surge in absentee voting, which he says could delay the reporting of unofficial results on election night.

Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique 3.2 billion pixel camera for a telescope under construction in Chile. The camera has taken its first test pictures — of broccoli.

Starting Saturday, people will be able to stay at the reopened Warrior Hotel in downtown Sioux City. It was vacant for more than 40 years.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled out a targeted coronavirus aid plan amid stalled negotiations on a broader deal. Democrats oppose the bill and it's unlikely to advance.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says 1,000 people voted twice in the state's primary election this year but said he had no evidence the cases weren't honest mistakes. The state is investigating.

Peru's per capita COVID-19 death rate is higher than any nation's except for tiny San Marino. The government's awareness campaign slogan is "COVID does not kill by itself. Let's not be accomplices."

The summer tourism season has come to an end for the Iowa Great Lakes region. Hotel-motel tax was down April through June. Some events were canceled or postponed. But people still made their way up to the Okoboji area, social distancing and following other precautions, according to the local tourism director.

Trump said his campaign has had to "spend more money upfront" to defend his administration's work responding to the coronavirus.

The pledge comes one month after a survey found that only 2 in 5 Americans said they planned to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

One America is living in a housing boom. The other needs support from the government or family for an affordable place to live.