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Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway will feature ‘wingless’ kart races
Kart racers from all over the Midwest will meet up in Viola, Illinois and race “wingless” at the Firecracker Wingless ...
Jury in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial to resume deliberations after reaching partial verdict
The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial is set to resume deliberations Wednesday after reaching a yet-to-be-disclosed verdict on all but one of the five charges the ...
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same ...
A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families
At a federal immigration building in downtown Los Angeles guarded by U.S. Marines, daughters, sons, aunts, nieces and others make their way to an underground garage and line up ...
Sophie Cunningham is no fan of WNBA’s plans to add teams in Cleveland and Detroit
On Monday, the WNBA announced its plans to add three more expansion teams by 2030. On Tuesday, a prominent player questioned ...
Bryan Kohberger is due to appear in court to plead guilty in University of Idaho stabbings
More than two years after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the rural community of Moscow, ...
He pioneered the cellphone. It changed how people around the world talk to each other — and don’t
Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it. The Chicago boy became a star engineer who ran Motorola’s research and development ...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for many Haitians
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for more than ...
As Diddy awaits verdict, here’s where his business ventures stand
While Sean “Diddy” Combs awaits a jury’s verdict in his federal sex trafficking trial, the once-celebrated music mogul has ...
Longtime Bettendorf resident “Pete” Lehman chosen as Parade Grand Marshal
The City of Bettendorf announced that the 2025 4th of July Parade Grand Marshal will be lifelong Bettendorf resident and ...
Guirassy scores twice and Dortmund advances at Club World Cup with 2-1 win over feisty Monterrey
Serhou Guirassy scored a pair of first-half goals, both assisted by Karim Adeyemi, and Borussia Dortmund held off Monterrey 2 ...
Davenport could get ‘quiet zone’ along riverfront
The Davenport City Council is set to consider a resolution to pay for changes for a ‘quiet zone’ along the Mississippi riverfront. The move is in response to the increased rail traffic ...