Author: Ryan J. Foley
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Iowa basketball coach admits to sexually exploiting 400 boys
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A prominent Iowa youth basketball coach faces potentially decades in prison after admitting to a yearslong pattern of sexually exploiting and abusing at least 400 boys, including former players, their friends and other young athletes. Greg Stephen, 42, posed as girls on social media to trick the boys into making live…
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‘Fake news’ smear takes hold among politicians at all levels
An Idaho state lawmaker urges her constituents to submit entries for her “fake news awards.” The Kentucky governor tweets #FAKENEWS to dismiss questions about his purchase of a home from a supporter. An aide to the Texas land commissioner uses the phrase to downplay the significance of his boss receiving donations from employees of a…
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Just a few states have “red flag” gun laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expelled from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and comments posted to social media, previous mental health treatment. In Florida, that wasn’t enough for relatives, authorities or his schools to request a judicial order…
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Winner sues Colorado lottery for millions over fixed jackpot
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A decade after Colorado engineer Amir Massihzadeh hit the lottery, two state agents visited him with stunning news: He was likely the only legitimate winner of a $4.8 million jackpot he’d had to split three ways. They told the Boulder resident that the other two people who had won the 2005…
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Gun-rights backers vow to ‘go on offense’ during Trump years
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Firearms enthusiasts who embraced Donald Trump’s campaign and his full-throated support of the Second Amendment are expecting a sweeping expansion of gun rights under his administration and a Congress firmly in Republican hands. Among their priorities: eliminating gun-free zones at schools, reducing requirements for background checks and ensuring that concealed carry…
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AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws
Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Nearly two-thirds of respondents expressed support for stricter laws, with majorities favoring nationwide bans on the…
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Code let lottery vendor predict winning numbers, police say
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A lottery vendor for years manipulated drawings to enrich himself and associates by installing software code that allowed him to predict winning numbers on specific days of the year, Iowa investigators alleged Wednesday. Authorities called the newly obtained forensic evidence a breakthrough in the investigation of alleged jackpot-fixing scheme by Eddie…
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States expanded gun rights after Sandy Hook school massacre
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which a mentally troubled young man killed 26 children and educators, served as a rallying cry for gun-control advocates across the nation. But in the three years since, many states have moved in the opposite direction, embracing the National Rifle Association’s axiom…
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Neighbors fret about plan for ‘Field of Dreams’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Should we build it, and would they come? Those are the questions being debated in the Iowa town where the “Field of Dreams” movie was filmed as it considers a $38 million…
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Neighbors fret about plan for ‘Field of Dreams’
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Should we build it, and would they come? Those are the questions being debated in the Iowa town where the “Field of Dreams” movie was filmed as it considers a $38 million proposal to turn the farmland around the famous cornfield diamond into one of the nation’s largest youth baseball tournaments and…