medicine appears highly effective – 100 percent, statistically – against the deadly disease. An Iowa company had a hand in it.

Just the day before, President Barack Obama signed an executive order putting the United States on course to build the most powerful computer ever. What few have noticed is the work a top University of Iowa official put in to helped set the stage for the program.

Meanwhile, Iowa State University students in Texas were celebrating after winning a race of sun-powered cars. And they not only won – they dominated, taking home the trophy for the first time since the team began racing 25 years ago.

For most of the Midwest, the crops are in, whether corn, soybeans, oats or other commodities. Perhaps it’s a good time for aKurdish family headed to Nashville sent back to Iraq

A Kurdish family of five on their way to Nashville were stopped in Cairo before they could board their connecting flight Saturday after President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.

Fuad Sharef Suleman, his wife, Arazoo Ibrahim, and their three children were escorted from Cairo International Airport back to Iraq, even though they had valid visas to enter the United States, Suleman said.

Suleman called the executive order an act of racism and discrimination.

"I did not know the president can sign such orders," he said. "Because it looks like those autocratic leaders in corrupt countries, not in a democratic modern country like America."

Suleman and his family are now stranded with no home and no transportation after having already sold their