February 25, 2016 Halal foods pioneer gets 2-year prison term for export fraud A businessman who is considered a pioneer in the U.S. halal foods industry was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for committing fraud in exporting beef products to Malaysia and Indonesia.
February 13, 2016 Ex-students say boarding school kept them in isolation boxes Students were routinely kept in small concrete "isolation boxes" for days and weeks at a time as punishment at a private boarding school for troubled teenagers that is now under FBI investigation, former students told The Associated Press.
February 12, 2016 APNewsBreak: Feds open broad bias probe into Iowa athletics The University of Iowa is facing a broad federal civil rights investigation into allegations that its athletics department does not provide equal opportunities for female athletes.
February 9, 2016 Iowa college to hire shooting coach despite alumni objection An Iowa college is sticking with its decision to hire a full-time coach for its shooting sports club, despite opposition from alumni and others who say guns have no place on the liberal arts school's campus.
February 7, 2016 Cruz embraces supporters on fringe of GOP Some politicians run from polarizing endorsements.
February 4, 2016 Pollster warned University of Iowa of 'party school image' A pollster warned the University of Iowa last year that its public standing was suffering from an image as a heavy-drinking school where sexual assault was too common.
February 3, 2016 First lawsuit in state lottery-fixing scandal seeks millions It was one of those feel-good moments that lotteries love to promote when "Lucky Larry" Dawson claimed a $9 million jackpot, surrounded by his kids and grandkids.
February 2, 2016 Carson accuses Cruz camp of spreading false rumors on campaign suspension Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson on Tuesday pointedly accused Ted Cruz’s campaign of spreading false rumors during the Iowa caucuses claiming the retired neurosurgeon was suspending his bid, in a coordinated effort to seal Cruz’s victory Monday night.
February 2, 2016 In Iowa, late deciders and evangelicals sided against Trump Donald Trump made a late play for evangelical voters in Iowa's Republican presidential caucus, but he ultimately couldn't wrest the group away from winner Ted Cruz, according to entrance polls taken at the start of Monday's caucuses.
February 2, 2016 Cruz to follow similar paths of Huckabee, Santorum? Candidates didn't get nomination