No one hurt in Cedar Rapids house fire CEDAR RAPIDS — A house owned by a landlord who is in a nuisance property dispute with the city over other rentals was damaged in a fire early Tuesday, fire officials said. More
Iowa state park camping fees increase for the first time in 20 years Campers at Iowa’s state parks this year will pay a few more dollars a night to put up a tent or park their recreational vehicle, with the largest increases coming at state parks with the most visitors and amenities. More
Legislative Iowa budget work underway DES MOINES — A sure harbinger of adjournment for the 2021 legislative session happened Monday when the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the first state budget bill — even if the end still is weeks away. More
What does secularism mean in Bangladesh, a country where Islam is the state religion? A Constitution Reform Commission has recommended that secularism, along with nationalism and socialism, should be removed from the preamble of Bangladesh’s constitution. Can the concepts of a state ... 01/17/2025 - 5:55 pm | View Link
When the Word Is Not Just Flesh: Reporting on A.I. in Religion A technology reporter came across a Facebook group called “A.I. for Church Leaders and Pastors,” and his interest was piqued. 01/17/2025 - 3:27 am | View Link
Religion Briefs: Red Stick Together Soup-er Bowl Fundraiser Broadmoor United Methodist Church, 10230 Mollylea Drive, Baton Rouge, will host the Red Stick Together Soup-er Bowl Fundraiser from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in the church's ... 01/16/2025 - 9:30 pm | View Link
Young California Dad Murdered At Work, and "Secrets About Sex, Friendship, Religion" Are Uncovered Read about California couple Rob and Sabrina Limon's seemingly perfect marriage, what led up to Rob's murder, and "secrets about sex, friendship" and more. 01/16/2025 - 7:25 am | View Link
How Archaeologists Discovered Europe’s Oldest-Known Book, Revealing Never-Before-Seen Insights Into Ancient Religion and Philosophy Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ... 01/14/2025 - 9:00 pm | View Link
In America, Does More Education Equal Less Religion? identify with any religion. Indeed, fully three-quarters of college graduates are affiliated with some religion (including 11 % who say they are adherents of non-Christian faiths like Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism), as are 76% of those with some college experience and 78% of those whose education topped out with high school. 01/17/2025 - 1:31 pm | View Website
Religious affiliation of members of 117th Congress 1 PEW RESEARCH CENTER Religious affiliation of members of 117th Congress State District Name Party Continuing/freshman Denominational family 01/17/2025 - 1:56 am | View Website
BY Gregory A. Smith adults now say religion is “very important” in their lives, 4 points lower than the 2020 NPORS and substantially lower than all of the Center’s earlier RDD readings on this question. Four-in-ten U.S. adults consider religion ‘very important’ in their lives % of U.S. adults who say religion is ____ important in their life 01/16/2025 - 12:06 pm | View Website
FOR RELEASE MARCH 12, 2020 between religion and politics, including perceptions about President Donald Trump among white evangelical Protestants, a key part of his electoral base. It finds that white evangelicals largely see Trump as fighting for their beliefs and advancing their interests, and they feel their side generally has been winning recently on political 01/16/2025 - 11:23 am | View Website
Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress 5 PEW RESEARCH CENTER IN 2 Jackie Walorski R I Unspecified Protestant IN 3 Jim Banks R I Unspecified Protestant IN 4 Jim Baird R F Unspecified Protestant 01/15/2025 - 7:10 pm | View Website
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, TIFFANY STANLEY and GARY FIELDS, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers who are in the United States illegally.
Referencing Trump’s belief that he was saved by God from assassination, the Right Rev.
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The memo, written by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, also instructs the Justice Department’s civil division to help identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration’s immigration initiatives and potentially challenge them in court.
Prosecutors shall “take all steps necessary to protect the public and secure the American border by removing illegal aliens from the country and prosecuting illegal aliens for crimes” committed in U.
By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press
A U. S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.
“He was a devoted agent who served with honor and bravery,” a family statement provided to The Associated Press late Tuesday said.
Can we be too excited for Billy Idol as he brings his 2025 tour to South Florida?
The veteran rocker — he’ll turn 70 this year — just announced a 31-show run called It’s a Nice Day to … Tour Again! with fellow ‘80s rock icons Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.
A trail of blood at the murder scene — and the absence of it on the accused killer’s clothes — show it is impossible for Florida death row inmate Tommy Zeigler to have killed his wife and in-laws on Christmas Eve 1975, his lawyers assert in a new court filing.
Fresh DNA analysis of dozens of pieces of evidence instead supports Zeigler’s story of walking in on a burglary that turned deadly at his family’s furniture store in Winter Garden, his lawyers say, and provides enough reasonable doubt to overturn his convictions.
The results could upend what Orange County prosecutors told Zeigler’s 1976 jury: that Zeigler, who is white, shot and killed his wife, mother-in-law and father-in-law, then lured three Black men to the store to blame them for the murders.
Which suspension trainers are best?
Designed by U. S. Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick while deployed away from his base and later sold by the company he founded, Total Resistance eXercise (TRX), suspension trainers have boomed thanks to their ability to push your body as hard or as lightly as you wish with minimum equipment.