DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A 14-year-old boy shot in the head early this week has died, according to KCCI-TV. Yore Thour Jieng, a Roosevelt High School freshman, died Saturday. Yore was in a car being driven by a relative when the shooting happened. Two bullets also hit the windows of a nearby bank. The boy and his family moved to Iowa in 2002 from Sudan.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines boy has died from his injuries after he was hit by a car earlier this week. WHO-TV reports 12-year-old Josef Fuller passed away Friday night. The preliminary investigation indicates that Fuller was struck by a car operated by 25-year-old Samantha Bothwell of Des Moines as he crossed a street. She has not been charged.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Kids from Christ Church Presbyterian in Cedar Rapids built a fort out of boxes that they shared to sleep in at Veterans Memorial Stadium. It’s part of the 11th annual “Sleepout for the Homeless event.” The event aims to raise awareness on homeless and hunger problem in the area. Veteran Affairs Director Don Tyne says high rent rates and minimum wage jobs keep people homeless.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Researchers at the University of Iowa are studying some other worldly sounds. KGAN-TV says people describe the sounds as screams, Halloween music or a 1960’s science fiction soundtrack. This creepy chorus comes from the planet Jupiter, and is picked up by radio antennas made at the University of Iowa that are travelling on the Juno probe. The research may help prepare the earth for solar storms.