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Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., Nov. 24th 2016

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November 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at3 :30 a.m. CST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Businesses are cheering a court decision that blocks a sweeping new overtime rule from the Obama administration. Many companies and nonprofits already raised salaries or directed employees to stick to a strict 40-hour workweek in anticipation that it would take effect Dec. 1. The rule faces an uncertain future under Donald Trump, who has spoken out against Obama-backed government regulation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For years, Iowa’s divided Legislature shielded the state from a wave of laws that restricted abortion access around the country. But a new Republican majority will take control in January, meaning nearly a dozen abortion-related bills could soon be on the table. Democrats will be unable to block them by vote for the first time in a decade.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Burlington authorities say one man has been killed and another wounded in related shootings. Police say a man who died later was shot during a confrontation Tuesday morning. No arrests have been reported. Officers responding to the area soon heard several shots coming from about a block away. A man wounded in that shooting turned up later at a West Burlington hospital and was flown to an Iowa City hospital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey. The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon featured Iowa-raised turkeys Tater and Tot, and the president’s nephews, who filled in for the first daughters.