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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., returned to Congress on Wednesday to face questions from lawmakers about alleged Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with Moscow by his father's presidential campaign. Trump arrived shortly before 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) for what was expected to be several hours of questioning by members of the House of ...

Every year when the holidays roll around, the United Way of East Central Iowa is flooded with calls from people looking for ways to give back.?We get a lot of calls starting a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving from people wanting to help,? said Sue Driscoll, senior manager of volunteer engagement.In response, the organization has started compiling an annual holiday volunteer guide. Their VolunteerNow online ...

The union representing 16 bus drivers in the Central DeWitt Community School District has withdrawn its objection to the October recertification election that it lost.Service Employees International Union, Local 199, filed the withdrawal on Sunday and the election was certified by the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board. The withdrawal means the union's collective bargaining agreement with the school district ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that the government had not yet decided what it wants from a final Brexit agreement with the European Union because it is still waiting to clear preliminary negotiations with Brussels.?The cabinet has had general discussions about our Brexit negotiations but we haven't had a specific mandating of an end-state position,? Hammond told ...

LOS ANGELES - Time Magazine has named ?The Silence Breakers? of the #MeToo anti-harassment movement as its Person of the Year.Ashley Judd, one of the first women who accused disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, sparking a movement against harassment; Taylor Swift; former Uber engineer Susan Fowler; lobbyist Adama Iwu; and strawberry picker Isabel Pascual (a pseudonym) -- dubbed ?The Silence ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a televised speech on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's anticipated announcement that Washington recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a Palestinian official said.?The president (Abbas) will first listen to President Trump's speech, and will then give a response,? the official told Reuters, adding that the remarks ...

The holidays are a time for joy and celebration for many Iowans, but they can also be painful reminders for families grieving the loss of a loved one. HCI Hospice Care Services, one of the state's oldest and largest nonprofit hospice and grief support programs, offers some helpful advice to those living with loss during the holidays.?Holidays, anniversaries or other regular celebrations can bring on a renewed ...

BURLINGTON ? Dozens of storefronts in downtown Burlington will come to life on Thursday, Dec. 14, for the 19th annual Living Windows celebration.The event takes place along Jefferson St. from 6 to 8 p.m. and includes carolers, crafts, puppet shows, marshmallow roasting, ice sculpting, a festival of trees, free horse drawn trolley rides and more. Santa will also be in his cottage in Nancy Neafie Park, Sixth and ...

Because of lack of pre-registration, the Winter Hike on Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Oakland Mills Nature Center has been cancelled.

Mary F. Long will be celebrating her 99th birthday on Friday, Dec. 22.Birthday cards, Christmas cards and well wishes may be sent to Sunrise Terrace Long-Term Care and Rehab Center at 706 W. Central Ave., Winfield, IA 52659.Mary really loves receiving mail.Long's friends and family wish her a very happy birthday.

The Henry County Health Center Gift Shop will have its annual Christmas lobby sale from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7.Many Christmas items and other unique gift items will be displayed in the HCHC main lobby and in the gift shop. The monthly First Thursday sale also will be going on that day featuring 25 percent off one regularly priced item. The Friends of HCHC holiday cookie sale pickup also will be in ...

In the 29 years that towboat captain Joe Gray has worked flotillas of barges up and down the Ohio River, he has witnessed the decline at the heart of industrial America in what is known as the country's Rust Belt.Gray, 46, spends up to eight months a year doing 28-day stints on the barges carrying coal, corn and gravel between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cairo, Illinois. Some 600 million tons of goods still ...