In 1980, Dave Collins and his friends on the 11th floor of Slater had no choice. They had to go to the basketball game. Of course, the arena was near; the Iowa basketball team played in the friendly,...

A national campaign petitioning for increased background checks on gun owners will make a stop on campus today, and local officials said the movement is a step toward creating more consistent gun laws. The...

Ben Mackey approached Valentine’s Day more like Stan Lee than, say, Nicholas Sparks. The University of Iowa sophomore and prolific illustrator created a comic book about the adventures of St. Valentine...

Missy Molleston lifted the trophy, adorned with a golden, bespectacled bee, above her head in triumph. After more than two hours of sustained tension, the audience erupted into applause. Her team, the...

Rosanna Mejia is Guatemalan, but her daughter is an American citizen. Mejia was one of the nearly 400 workers arrested at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, in 2008. She and her then-2-year-old...

Some Iowa City residents said Thursday they’re not getting enough information about the city’s major flood-mitigation project. City officials held a public meeting Thursday to gauge public opinion...

Some University of Iowa students may have to pay for more of their education after two federal grants expire later this year. The Academic Competitiveness Grant and the National Science and Mathematics...

University of Iowa officials say they will ask the state Board of Regents this month for permission to raze the flood-damaged portion of Hawkeye Court Apartments. After officials from the Federal Emergency...

The clock ticked Thursday as Heather Newman carefully placed the final five cans of soda on top of an inverted pyramid of paper plates. Newman’s “little sister” — 13-year-old Derricka Outlaw —...

Iowans may get the chance to shake Donald Trump’s hand during the next caucus season. The high-profile businessman told the Des Moines Register he’s interested in entering the presidential-nomination...