Polk County says someone is pretending to be a bond agent and giving fake bail amounts to release family or friends from jail ...

New body camera and surveillance footage shows the moments leading up to police killing Charles Leonard III in downtown Des Moines last November.

The title of longest-serving Black senator was previously held by Sen. Edward Brooke (R-Mass.) who served two full terms from ...

In 2017, the Iowa Board of Medicine accused Dr. Robert Cunard of inappropriate prescribing, improper pain management and ...

An ESPN Jimmy Butler report set off a firestorm of speculation surrounding possible trade partners with the Miami Heat for ...

Rep. Mike Johnson won the speakership with the support of every sitting House Republican except for one, as he works to unite a fractured GOP party.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has again assumed the position of Senate president pro tempore, putting him third in the presidential line of succession.

After Tropical Storm Helene swept Western North Carolina, the city suspended fees for its four parking decks and Asheville ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan upheld President-elect Donald Trump's hush money conviction and set sentencing Jan. 10.

The Register's Chad Leistikow and Dargan Southard dissect where the Iowa women's basketball team is and where it can in the second half of the year.

Nonprofit and charity groups say the millions of dollars in food aid are key to feeding Iowa's children when schools are out.

The Des Moines Register opinion staff awards its weekly rose to Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, who seeks to protect kids ...