Obituaries

LOS ANGELES - A thousand people crowded on a hilltop outside Los Angeles before dawn on Wednesday for one of the best views in America of a rare lunar eclipse called a ?Super Blue Blood Moon,? as the Earth's shadow fell across its natural satellite.Outside the Griffith Observatory, which more commonly draws tourists looking at the city's famous Hollywood sign, people lounged on the grass and peered through ...

IOWA CITY ? Iowa State University's Team PrISUm, which has been building solar cars since 1989, has given the University of Iowa's new solar car team a jump start on building their own car.The ISU team in November donated the aluminum frame and fiber shell from an older solar car to the UI's American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) solar car team. The UI team will use the materials, valued at $17,000, to ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie called on NATO on Wednesday to help stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, as the Hollywood star broadened her international efforts to protect women's rights.Jolie, who earlier this week visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, made her appeal to the U.S.-led alliance's top decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, in ...

(Reuters) The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc violated securities laws concerning its disclosures that it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.?We have received questions from some government agencies and we are responding to them,? an Apple spokeswoman told Reuters.?We have never, and would never, ...

BORDEAUX (Reuters) - France's coastguard on Tuesday launched a search operation for Pierre Agnes, the chief executive of surfwear company Boardriders, after his sailing boat was found on a beach on France's Atlantic coast, the local prefecture said.Boardriders owns the Quicksilver brand.Agnes, 54, set sail early on Tuesday morning, before sending a message to port authorities indicating that he was delaying his ...

The Des Moines County Iowa Genealogical dues are payable now. Dues can be sent to PO Box 493 at Burlington or brought to the next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6.Pay-Pal is also available.

CLARKSVILLE - When President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on imported washing machines last week it was a ?Not Again? moment for officials in this north Tennessee city that has lost jobs to an international trade dispute before.The move threatens to stunt the launch of a new LG Electronics washing machine factory under construction in Clarksville, just four years after the U.S.-China trade fight over solar ...

?Julia, here is a one cup measure for the flour. You may put two level cups into this bowl.??Austin, here's the sugar, you may dump this in.??Mom, may I stir it now?? asked Julia, my little baker girl.?When is my turn to stir?? Austin wants to know.?You can each have a turn. Austin can stir the dry ingredients then Julia can whisk in the rest,? I instructed.Next comes one-year-old Rayni, wanting to be ...

IOWA CITY ? The phrase ?once in a blue moon? will take on special meaning Wednesday morning as sky gazers ? including those in Iowa ? get the chance to witness a trifecta of lunar anomalies.A total lunar eclipse is expected before dawn Wednesday, and will feature a super moon ? a term used to describe a moon that reaches its fullest while making its closest pass by earth. This week's super moon also earns the ...

A new weapons permit application process is now effective as of Wednesday, Jan. 24.Because of changes in Iowa law, the state will mail permits to applicants upon approval.Applications will only be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civil Office. Permit fees will be required at the time of the application.