Wilmer Valderrama. Rosario Dawson. America Ferrera. Star-led drive aims to get Latinos to vote
With a star-studded cast of celebrities and influencers, the Voto Latino Foundation launched a $5 million initiative Tuesday to encourage Latinos to vote in the upcoming election. The “Vota Con ...
Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously denied the latest appeal from a man who has been on the state’s death row longer than any other inmate. Richard ...
John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84
John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has ...
Justin Verlander left off Astros’ Wild Card Series roster, but Yordan Alvarez is back
The Houston Astros left three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander off the roster for their AL Wild Card Series against Detroit but did include injured slugger Yordan Alvarez. Verlander ...
After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you
If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former “Saturday Night Live” star says, think again. “I find sketch comedy and middle school to be very ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Genesis Health System
October is breast cancer awareness month including support for treatment, cures and education. And here to tell us more about why it’s so important for women to focus on their breast health ...
Pet of the Week | Ice Cream
Meet Ice Cream the rex bunny! Patti McRae from the Quads City Animal Welfare Center brought in this 1-year-old bunny to the studio. Watch to learn how you can adopt him or any of the QC Animal ...
Wine & Chocolate Experience | Jaycees
The Wine and Chocolate Experience is an exciting new event coming to the Quad Cities. This new flagship event for Jaycees will include chocolate samples from different vendors, live music, a ...
Sinner to play Alcaraz in China Open final and Osaka out with back injury
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will play rival Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the China Open after recording a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over home favorite Bu Yunchaokete on Tuesday. Sinner ...
Hoops powerhouse Gonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12
Basketball powerhouse Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12 Conference, the school announced Tuesday. Gonzaga will move from the West Coast Conference where it has dominated ...
Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
Salman Rushdie’s memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist historical novel, “James,” are among the finalists for the ...
DreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’
Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked “The Wild Robot.” Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks ...