Iowa Public Radio Site Search | Iowa Public Radio

Google launches a lawsuit targeting text message scammers

Ever gotten a text saying you forgot to pay a nonexistent road toll or need to pick up a mystery package? Google's going after the scammers behind those messages.

Two women sit on a stage in front of a large crowd in an auditorium

Miller-Meeks addresses a combative crowd at her first in-person town hall since reelection

Iowa's 1st District Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks faced her constituents during an in-person town hall for the first time since winning reelection last November. They grilled her on President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda, her stance on the government shutdown and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act she supported.

Families accuse Camp Mystic of ignoring risks in Texas lawsuit over flood deaths

The families of some of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who died in catastrophic flooding in Texas on July 4 are suing Camp Mystic and its owners.

Watch: FDA Commissioner on lifting warnings on hormone therapy for menopause

Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary talks with NPR about why the agency is removing them.

Mark Arends (third from right) stands with his children (from left to right): Jace, Noah, Lexi and Blake, and his brother, Scott, in a fully-detasseled seed corn field outside Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Aug. 6, 2024.Arends didn’t know it at the time, but that was the last day his company, Arends Detasseling, performed the work of removing tassels from seed corn plants to control pollination.

More migrant workers replace Iowa teenagers in corn detasseling jobs

Seed corn companies are using more laborers with H-2A visas, according to data from Iowa Workforce Development and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Local contractors say they have teens, who rely on the summer jobs, waiting to do the work.

Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here's where the U.S. stands

Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.

A man wearing overalls stands in front of a pen with black and white dairy cows

Farmers are desperate for workers. They want Trump to make it easier to hire foreign labor

The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the stage for big changes to a federal program that allows foreign workers into the country legally.

MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches

Two Major League Baseball pitchers have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they'd throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes.

An Israeli military court extends detention of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing

A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.

An Israeli military court extends detention of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing

A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.

Search results for