According to new rankings, the Midwest has some of the best states to drive in, in terms of congestion, traffic patterns and other factors. Kansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and Oklahoma ranked at the top of the list.

Iowa's boundaries remain largely the same as when the state entered the union in 1846. But one Republican senator wants to change that.

The 59-year-old woman’s brother captured video of her striking a boy five times with an object resembling a cutting board, leaving bruises, police said.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) - Iowa will buy Minnesota’s nine most southern-most counties if an Iowa lawmaker has his way. State Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, says Iowa has lower taxes and regulations and would make for a better quality of life for the people and businesses in those nine counties.

Army at Holy Cross, 6 p.m. Boston U. at Navy, 7 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 7 p.m. Lafayette at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Lehigh at American, 7 p.m. Xavier at St. John's, 7 p.m. Furman at VMI, 6 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R- Ala. has introduced legislation with U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. that would penalize healthcare practitioners who fail to provide care for an infant that is born-alive from an abortion attempt.

All Times EST GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Wheeling 36 26 8 2 0 54 131 88 Trois-Rivieres 35 24 7 4 0 52 129 88 Norfolk 37 22 12 3 0 47 149 116 Worcester 39 16 17 2 4 38 114 138 Reading 39 15 19 4 1 35

Notre Dame at Boston College, 7 p.m. Siena at Mount St. Mary's, 7 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m. St. Peter's at Merrimack, 7 p.m. UCLA at Rutgers, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 6 p.m.

The Southeastern Conference can make a strong argument as the best league in college basketball with eight ranked teams and five in the top 10. The bevy of AP Top 25 teams leads to ranked SEC teams playing each other pretty much every week.

Minnesota Democrat Farmer Labor Party responded with a two-word statement on social media. “Counteroffer: No.”

A wild week of upsets and court stormings led to a massive shakeup in the AP Top 25. One constant: Auburn. The Tigers were the unanimous pick at No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released on Monday,

Governors in various Republican-led states, including Florida, North Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska, ordered that flags be flown at full-staff for the 2025 presidential inauguration, despite the 30 ...