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/ Dawn Herbert visits with her son Tommy Rogers via video call at Cheshire County Jail in Keene, N.H. The Iowa Utilities Board approved new agreements with three companies Tuesday lowering the cost of phone services for Iowans held in some county jails. The changes are part of a years-long effort to cut the price of making and taking phone calls in Iowa’s jails. The issue is one of concern for advocates across the country, with federal courts describing jail phone rates as “egregious," “excessive” and “unaffordable." According to an analysis by the national advocacy group the Prison...

The 52.8-metre Oceanco yacht Sunrise has been sold thanks to Cecil Wright & Partners, Merle Wood & Associates, and Hans van Doornmalen of Edmiston,  who made the introduction to the buyer, and with the buyer represented by Martyn Worms of  Camberley International. She was sold after more than three years on the market with a last known asking price of €14,500,000. Under her new ownership, she will be available for charter with London office of Camberley International. Built originally in 2000, Sunrise has been regularly refitted and underwent a full rebuild of her port engine bet...

Boat of the Week: How a Rusted-Out ’50s Feadship Was Salvaged and Transformed Into a Modern Classic Julia Zaltzman Once the largest motoryacht built in the Netherlands, the 138-foot Istros is a story of passion, neglect and ultimately, as her name means in Greek, inspiration. Delivered in 1954 to the Pappadakis family, who owned a global shipping concern, Istros was the height of ’50s fashion, with white telephones and “violet-blue-tinted bathrooms,” not to mention radar, which was then a rarity, even for a superyacht. The yacht was later acquired by a British season...

9 ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – More than 400 employees from around the U.S. Army Sustainment Command went online to participate in a virtual ASC town hall held Dec.15. Maj. Gen. Daniel Mitchell, commanding general of ASC, led the town hall from a conference room located in the command’s headquarters at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. ASC team members were able to participate in the town hall via Microsoft Teams, and could ask questions via email. A wide range of topics were discussed at the town hall, including ASC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and its role in s...

up next at 4:00. breaking news in the trial of sheila dixon. cold-blooded crime. a woman shot to death outside a funeral home, as she remembered her boyfriend. are the crimes connected? for the second time this week, a government task force comes under fire. next. day two of deliberations. the future of mayor sheila dixon, up to the jury. >> the notes they've sent to the judge as the city waits for a decision. >> hi, everybody. i'm sally thorner. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. breaking news just moments ago. the jury wrapped up deliberations for the day...