NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World Cup debuts as members of the U.S. women's national team next month. The trio will try to help the U.S. win its fifth consecutive FIBA World Cup title. The young stars will be joined by Olympic medalists ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have agreed to a contract extension with Jahmyr Gibbs, a three-year deal worth up to $75.7 million that his agents say makes him the NFL's newest highest-paid running back. Athletes First announced the deal Thursday, hours after Gibbs took the field for the first time since the Lions' training camp started. His agents also noted the new contract includes $51.5 million guaranteed for the Pro Bowler. Two days earlier, Atlanta briefly made Bijan Robinson the NFL's highest-paid running back. Gibbs had been participating in meetings at camp, ...
By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch Water quality is shaping up to be a big issue in many of Iowa’s races for the Nov. 3 election but especially in Iowa’s race for secretary of agriculture, where Republican incumbent Mike Naig faces water quality advocate and Democratic candidate Chris ...
By AMANDA FIGUEROA Iowa Capital Dispatch/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders in his second attempt to deny citizenship to babies born to noncitizens, following the Supreme Court’s defeat this summer of an earlier order to redefine birthright citizenship. Trump said the Supreme Court ruling was “an unfortunate decision” so “we’re making adjustments” to birthright citizenship, which is included in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Both executive orders are likely to face swift legal challenges, possibly ...
By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch Farm bill progress stalled Thursday as the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee failed to move forward its version of the omnibus legislation due to a conflict over when states will shoulder a share of federal nutrition assistance costs. While the bill ...
By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services reported a case of West Nile virus in an eastern Iowa adult Wednesday, marking the state’s first reported case in 2026. West Nile virus is most commonly transmitted to people via infected mosquitoes ...
