BOONE, Iowa (AP) – A videotaped interview with Iowa police officers reveals that a Georgia man admitted he killed his former roommate in 2009. The video that aired in court Wednesday shows 55-year-old John Green talking with Sac City authorities in 2014 after they tracked him to Florida. Green is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old Mark Koster, of Sac City.

During the interview, Green told police that he was watching a show on his computer when Koster came at him with a baseball bat, angry over how Green had prepared their dinner. Green said he then strangled Koster out of self-defense. Koster was declared missing in 2010. His remains were found buried in the basement of his home after new owners began renovations.

A Red Oak woman was arrested Wednesday morning for alleged credit card fraud. Authorities say 32-year old Jessica Lynn Appley was taken into custody just before 9-a.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where she was being held on $2,000 bond.

Iowa Congressman David Young is joining critics of the Iranian nuclear talks in a call for the U.S. the step away from the table. “I would like (for the U.S.) to walk away from it, personally, and reimpose new sanctions and start over from a position of strength and not weakness,” Young said. “I think Iran probably has the upper hand right now.” Like Young, many other Republican lawmakers are voicing concern that Iran is gaining too much leverage after negotiators abandoned a March 31 deadline and agreed to extend talks.

“Being at the table is fine and talking to one another, but I don’t trust Iran,” Young said. “I know a lot of countries in the world don’t because they don’t have a great track record.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been taking part in the talks in Switzerland to end Iran’s nuclear program. Kerry has postponed his return to the U.S. twice as the negotiations have dragged on for a week.

Congressman Young spoke with Radio Iowa on Wednesday after he addressed student assembly at Grandview Christian School in Des Moines.

(Radio Iowa)

An overflow crowd of more than 300 gathered at Morningside College in Sioux City Wednesday afternoon to hear Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the first Republican candidate to formally enter the 2016 presidential race. Cruz told the crowd many Republicans and conservative Democrats have been “awakened” by the furor over Indiana’s new law that would protect businesses that refuse to serve some customers, for religious reasons.

“We need to stand up as courageous conservatives,” Cruz said in Sioux City. “You know, religious liberty is not some fringe view. It is the basis of this country. America was founded by people fleeing religious persecution.” Some in the crowd nodded their heads while others said things like, “That’s right” and “Amen” as Cruz discussed the subject. According to Cruz, many “Republican politicians” are “terrified” to address the issue. And Cruz blasted some of the nation’s top corporations for “persecuting” those “dare” to oppose same-sex marriage.

“The Fortune 500 is running shamelessly to endorse the radical gay marriage agenda over religious liberty,” Cruz said. Cruz got applause from the crowd when he said marriage is a “holy sacrament” that is “the union of one man and one woman.” Every one of the 160 seats in the Morningside College Auditorium was filled and organizers set up three other rooms to accommodate the overflow crowd of students and G-O-P activists who showed up to see Cruz.

Cruz attended a Dubuque County Republican event last night (Wednesday). He’ll be in Cedar Falls for a town hall meeting later this morning (Thursday) and in Cedar Rapids this afternoon (Thursday) for another public event. He’ll wrap up his latest Iowa visit with a stop in Des Moines tonight (Thursday).

(Radio Iowa)

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A member of the Wiccan faith will give the opening prayer in the Iowa House of Representatives next week— a break from tradition that has raised some eyebrows in the state Capitol. Representative Liz Bennett, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, said yesterday she had invited Deborah Maynard, a Wiccan from her district, to address lawmakers on April 9th.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Legislation that would make sweeping changes to Iowa’s gun laws has been resurrected in the House, with lawmakers using a separate bill to revive several key provisions. The House Judiciary Committee voted 19-2 yesterday for the bill, which would allow suppressors to silence weapons.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a motorcyclist who lost control of his bike and slid into oncoming traffic has died. The Des Moines Police Department received reports of the collision a little before 9 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of East 27th Street and Hubbell Avenue in Des Moines. Officers arrived at the scene to find 46-year-old Rodney McCloney unresponsive.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based organization that leads adventure trips for cancer survivors has revealed its next excursion — a journey to Tibet to hike around Mount Kailash, which many religions have deemed a sacred site. Dr. Richard Deming, a Des Moines oncologist who founded Above and Beyond Cancer in 2011, announced Wednesday that a group of roughly 24 people will travel to the remote western Tibet in September.