WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa — Allen Community College volleyball went 2-2 to wrap up a busy week to start the 2024 season Friday and Saturday. The Red Devils began on the right foot, sweeping past both…

Area high schools wrapped up the preseason Friday with participation in their respective jamborees. Iola went to Columbus, Humboldt to Burlington, while Marmaton Valley and Crest both hosted other schools for their respective scrimmages. The…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Salvagers abandoned an effort to tow away a burning oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels as it “was not safe to proceed,” a European…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs insist that they are not thinking about last year’s opener against Detroit, when they celebrated their latest Super Bowl triumph with a flag-raising ceremony and were…

POLTAVA, Ukraine (AP) — Two ballistic missiles blasted a military training facility and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said, in one of…

On Sunday, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first far-right party to win a German state election since 1945. The results in two east German Länder sent shockwaves of fear…

A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on…

Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a vaccine to protect cattle against a deadly tick-borne disease. Bovine anaplasmosis impacts red blood cells in cattle and causes the animal’s immune system to destroy the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gavin Williams pitched seven sharp innings, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Monday. Lane Thomas and Josh Naylor each hit two-run homers for AL Central-leading…

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Jerome Powell delivered a high-profile speech last month, the Federal Reserve chair came the closest he ever had to declaring that the inflation surge that gripped the nation for three painful…