Once an unlikely candidate, Iowa's governor embraces new job
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As a onetime county office worker in rural Iowa, Republican Kim Reynolds insists she never saw herself running for office, much less serving as governor.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As a onetime county office worker in rural Iowa, Republican Kim Reynolds insists she never saw herself running for office, much less serving as governor.
Dawn Erin went nearly 20 years without health insurance before the Affordable Care Act, bouncing between free clinics for frequent and painful bladder infections.
A few holdouts among homeless people in the so-called Tent City in Riverside North in La Crosse say they are preparing to leave by the targeted date of Wednesday.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Pawtucket's mayor says he plans to continue pushing for a bill that would help finance a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium.
UW-Madison received about 900 more applications to join its fall 2017 freshman class from overseas, an increase of 14 percent over the prior year.
With lots of area events and stops by big paddlewheelers at Riverside Park, the executive director of the La Crosse County Convention and Visitors Bureau is optimistic about the summer tourism season, which unofficially begins this weekend.
LONDON (AP) — British Airways said "many" of its IT systems were back up and running Sunday, but travelers still faced cancellations and delays after a global computer failure grounded hundreds of flights.
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the IT failure at British Airways (all times local):
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Top Brazilian musical performers are lending their talents to the latest protest in the country calling for new presidential elections while pressure mounts on the country's leader to resign amid corruption allegations.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers on Sunday retrieved the bodies of three Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest.
The city of La Crosse is moving to close two of its 13 tax increment districts, adding more than $11 million worth of property back to the tax rolls next year and allowing for more use of the often-criticized development…
SUNDAY, May 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Infections picked up in the hospital can be serious, even life-threatening.
MOUNT HOREB — Duluth Trading Co. is building its headquarters here, apartments are going up behind the Hoff Mall and there’s a new bike shop in town.
Museum, community center to preserve history of village.
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a burglary suspect has been shot and killed as police tried to arrest him in a North Carolina home.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's ruling party is debating whether President Jacob Zuma should resign amid increasing concern about alleged corruption at the highest levels of the government.
TAORMINA, Italy (AP) — Within days of taking the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron faced a string of diplomatic tests — pushing the Paris climate deal on a skeptical Donald Trump, rallying European allies to do more to fight Syria's extremists,…
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says his now famous white-knuckle handshake showdown with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was "a moment of truth" — designed to show that he's no pushover.
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats hope to enlist military veterans in another type of fight — for majority control of the House.
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of British Airways passengers are still facing long lines, confusion and canceled flights as the airline works to restore its computer systems after a global IT failure crippled its services.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump's proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to black Americans during his campaign: "What the hell do you have to lose?"
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A recently released video shows South African police officers pelting suspected thieves with apples that had allegedly been stolen.
AMATRICE, Italy (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a tour of Amatrice, the central Italian town brought to rubble by an August earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.
PARIS (AP) — French politicians are reacting with anger and dismay after the tomb of France's wartime hero and former President Gen. Charles de Gaulle was vandalized.