Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to ensure child social media influencers are compensated for their work. That's according to Sen. David Koehler, of Peoria, who sponsored the bill signed into law Friday that will go into effect on July 1, 2024. Besides coordinated dances and funny tod…
A Nebraska judge is allowing a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery to remain in effect. Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret on Friday sided with the state and refused to block the law the Nebraska Legislature approved earlier…
The trial of an Iowa man charged in the killing of a 10-year-old Davenport girl is set to begin Thursday. The Quad-City Times reports Henry Dinkins opted for a trial before an Iowa judge instead of a jury. Dinkins pleaded not guilty in 2021 to first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death …
Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, the time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state’s leadoff nominating caucuses next January. Campaign aides Tuesday confirmed Trump’s plan to visit the fair on the 10-day event’…
There is no mystery why the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it the third-largest ever. The prize is growing so large because no one has matched the game’s six numbers to win the jackpot since April 18. That's 31 straight drawings without a big winner. That nearly fou…
The Big 12 is adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as members next year, completing its raid of the Pac-12. The latest blow to the Pac-12 came just hours after the Big Ten welcomed Oregon and Washington to grow its new West Coast wing next year. A little more than a year ago, Southern Cali…
The trial of an Iowa man charged in the killing of a 10-year-old Davenport girl is set to begin Thursday. The Quad-City Times reports Henry Dinkins opted for a trial before an Iowa judge instead of a jury. Dinkins pleaded not guilty in 2021 to first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell. Prosecutors say Dinkins took the girl from a Davenport apartment complex in July 2020, fatally shot her and hid her body in rural eastern Iowa. The girl’s disappearance prompted a monthslong search that ended when two people fishing near DeWitt discovered her remains in a pond.
Authorities are investigating the shooting of a person by a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper in Sturgis, where a big annual motorcycle rally is underway. The Black Hills Pioneer reports that Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater confirmed that one person was shot by a trooper Wednesday morning, but said all officers were safe. It happened at a gas station just off Interstate 90. There was no immediate word on the condition of the person who was shot. Initial statements from authorities did not say whether the incident might be connected with the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which draws hundreds of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to the Black Hills city every year.
A single lottery ticket sold in Florida has won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The Florida Lottery says a Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach sold the ticket. No one had won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18, enabling the prize to grow to the third-largest in U.S. history. The $1.58 billion payout is for a sole winner who opts for an annuity doled out over 30 years, although most winners usually prefer a lump sum option. For Tuesday’s jackpot, the lump sum was an estimated $783.3 million. The prize is nearly identical in size to the second-largest jackpot of $1.586 billion in 2016.
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Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, the time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state’s leadoff nominating caucuses next January. Campaign aides Tuesday confirmed Trump’s plan to visit the fair on the 10-day event’s first weekend. However, he is not planning to participate in a series of GOP presidential candidate conversations hosted by Gov. Kim Reynolds, who is popular and influential among Republicans in the leadoff caucus state and whom Trump criticized last month.
There is no mystery why the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it the third-largest ever. The prize is growing so large because no one has matched the game’s six numbers to win the jackpot since April 18. That's 31 straight drawings without a big winner. That nearly four-month-long unlucky streak could be all the sweeter for the person who finally wins. The current prize is inching toward the record lottery jackpot of $2.04 billion, which was won in 2022 by a player in California. The next drawing is Tuesday night. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
Eds: The Iowa editorial roundup will not move this week due to a lack of editorials of state-wide interest. We will resume the roundup at its normal time on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.
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One of two Fargo police officers wounded by a gunman who ambushed them and killed another officer last month has recovered enough to leave the hospital. The Fargo Police Department said Saturday afternoon that Officer Andrew Dotas was expected to be released from the hospital. Officials say Dotas and Officer Tyler Hawes were both wounded when Mohamad Barakat opened fire on them as they responded to a traffic crash on July 14. Officer Jake Wallin was killed and a bystander wounded before a fourth officer shot and killed Barakat. Authorities say Barakat had numerous guns and more than 1,800 rounds of ammunition. They believe he may have been planning a bigger attack.
The Big 12 is adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as members next year, completing its raid of the Pac-12. The latest blow to the Pac-12 came just hours after the Big Ten welcomed Oregon and Washington to grow its new West Coast wing next year. A little more than a year ago, Southern California and UCLA announced they were joining the Big Ten in 2024. With the Ducks and Huskies, too, the Big Ten will be an 18-team conference. The additions of the Arizona schools and Utah give the Big 12 16 schools, stretching from Florida to Arizona.
The Big 12 Conference announces Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as new members, completing its raid of the Pac-12.
North Dakota regulators have denied a siting permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would pass through five states. The North Dakota Public Service Commission denied the permit Friday for the Summit Carbon Solutions Midwest Carbon Express Pipeline. Summit planned a 2,000-mile route to capture carbon dioxide from more than 30 ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, and to store it deep underground in North Dakota. Summit says it will revisit its proposal and reapply for the permit.
Six teenagers on a private South Dakota baseball team are facing second-degree rape charges for assaults that allegedly occurred at a June tournament. The Pennington County prosecutor announced on Thursday that a grand jury indicted six Mitchell Legion baseball players ages 17 to 19. Three younger teammates face undisclosed charges in juvenile court. The Pennington County state attorney is considering charging adults associated with the team who didn't report the assaults. The prosecutor is charging six of the teenagers as adults because of the severity of the alleged crimes. The indictments say the victims were 16 years old.
North Dakota lawmakers and higher education leaders are beginning to chart a path for how to respond to neighboring Minnesota’s upcoming program that will offer income-based free tuition to thousands of students next year. About 1,400 Minnesota students at five eastern North Dakota schools could be eligible for Minnesota's North Star Promise program. A North Dakota state senator has already drafted early legislation for a North Dakota program similar to Minnesota's. Higher education leaders say tuition cost is not the only factor for prospective students, who they say also consider quality and availability of programs when deciding where to go to college.
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The odds of winning a $1.25 billion Mega Millions jackpot are tiny, but that doesn’t stop players from some mighty big daydreams of what they would do if they won the giant prize. Despite a jackpot winless streak dating back to mid-April, people keep plunking down a few dollars on tickets. The next drawing is Friday night. Players note that someone will eventually win and that they enjoy the chance to fantasize about what would happen if they were the lucky person. Brandi Walters of Omaha, Nebraska, says she would take a vacation and help family, but she also dreams of backpacking around the world for a year.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced sending a hundred Iowa National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in a federally funded operation. The move reflects a broader trend of Republican governors joining forces with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in disapproval of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, which they say have created a crisis at the border. The Biden administration sent 1,500 active-duty troops for a 90-day deployment in May amid concerns that the end of asylum restrictions linked to the pandemic would lead to an increase in illegal border crossings. An additional 2,300 National Guard troops are at the border under federal orders.
Gambling investigations at Iowa and Iowa State have resulted in criminal charges filed against seven current or former athletes. Ex-Hawkeyes basketball player Ahron Ulis and Cyclones quarterback Hunter Dekkers are the ones with the highest profiles. All are accused in the complaints of tampering with records related to an Iowa Criminal Division investigation into sports gambling. Charges in Johnson County have been filed against Ulis, Iowa baseball player Gehrig Christensen and Iowa kicker Aaron Blom. Dekkers was charged in Story County, as were ISU football player Dodge Saucer, ISU wrestler Paniro Johnson and former ISU football player Eyioma Uwazurike.
Some Republican presidential candidates haven’t met polling and fundraising thresholds for the first 2024 debate, and now requirements for making it to the second debate will be even higher. A person familiar with the qualifications for the Sept. 27 debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library told The Associated Press on Wednesday candidates seeking to get to the second debate will need at least 3% in two national polls or will need 3% in one national poll as well as two polls from four of the early-voting states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. The candidates must have at least 50,000 unique donors, up from 40,000 for the first debate, Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.
Iowa’s health agency has determined that the deaths of three men crushed in the collapse of a downtown Davenport building were accidental. The finding released Monday by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says 42-year-old Branden Colvin Sr., 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien suffered multiple crush injuries and “mechanical asphyxiation.” That term is used to indicate that an object or body position prevented a person from breathing. The partial collapse of the century-old, six-story brick building on May 28 near Davenport's riverside also injured several people and displaced dozens of people. An investigation is being conducted to determine the cause of the deadly collapse.
An out-of-session hearing by the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee is signaling plans by conservatives to again push for legislation to determine how schools deal with race, LGBTQ+ issues and other hot-button issues. Sen. Dave Murman is the conservative chairman of the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee. His hearing Monday mostly discussed social-emotional learning, or SEL, which has become a lightning rod among conservatives who say schools use it to promote progressive ideas about race, gender and sexuality. The decades-old concept seeks to teach students how to manage their emotions, make good decisions, share and collaborate. But several testifiers invited by Murman made far-fetched claims that it's being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.
If it seems like lottery jackpots topping $1 billion are more common nowadays, it's because they are. The latest is a $1.05 billion Mega Millions prize up for grabs Tuesday night. Since 2021, five prizes have topped $1 billion, not counting the latest game. The increased frequency is due to higher interest rates and worsened odds for winning a jackpot. The advertised lottery jackpot is for winners choosing payment through an annuity over 30 years. Higher interest rates mean a lump sum will grow larger when paid through an annuity over decades. And years ago, the odds were changed to make jackpots more rare, allowing prizes to roll over and become larger.
Des Moines Register. July 30, 2023.
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