Crime & Courts

By a 6-3 vote, the justices threw out lower-court rulings that favored Louisiana, Missouri and other parties in their claims that officials in the Democratic administration leaned on the social media platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view.

Two Cedar Rapids men were arrested Tuesday on charges that they robbed a man at gunpoint Monday.

While abortion rights supporters raised concerns, abortion opponents praised the ruling and the new restrictions on abortion that have come in its wake.

Luke Truesdell, accused of beating to death four people with a metal pipe, will stand trial Sept. 3 in Linn County. An online fundraiser has also been started for one of the male victims.

The Iowa Supreme Court last week backed a jury’s $4.75 million award to a northeast Iowa dairy that for years suffered from stray electrical current in the ground from a nearby natural gas pipeline.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend on assault charges after police say he shot a gun into the air outside a downtown bar.

Coralville police chief talks about why he’s taking early retirement, and how he chose law enforcement over teaching -- his original career choice.

A Cedar Rapids man who threw and slammed his 19-day-old son to the floor, causing fatal head injuries, was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison. He must serve a mandatory of 25 years before being eligible for parole.