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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Iowa's Chris Whelan stands in the batters box during a baseball game against the University of Illinois on Sunday, Mar. 31, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Illini 3-1.

Bats wanted in loss to Bradley

Adam Hensley, Pregame Editor April 10, 2019

Iowa baseball dropped its second-consecutive midweek contest, this time falling to Bradley, 3-1, on Wednesday. The Hawkeye pitchers did their fair share in keeping the score close; the first three Iowa...

Iowa center Megan Gustafson drives to the hoop during the Iowa/Mizzou NCAA Tournament second round women's basketball game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena  on Sunday, March 24, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Tigers, 68-52.

Gustafson taken in second round of WNBA Draft

Pete Mills, Assistant Sports Editor April 10, 2019

Iowa women’s basketball senior Megan Gustafson was taken No. 17 overall in 2019’s WNBA Draft on Wednesday. The senior was taken as the fifth pick in the second round of the draft, falling to the Dallas...

Pitcher Allison Doocy winds up to throw the first pitch during softball against Northwestern on Bob Pearl Field on March 30, 2019.

Iowa softball poised for strong stretch after cleaner play

Pete Mills, Assistant Sports Editor April 10, 2019

Sometimes a team just needs to focus on fundamentals, and that’s what Hawkeye softball head coach Renee Gillispie stresses to her players. A nine-game losing streak is hard for any squad. But it’s...

Iowa's Mar'yea Harris crosses the finish line during the 4x400 meter relay during the Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2017.

Harris, Guillory bring spark to Iowa track

Robert Read, Sports Reporter April 10, 2019

Four years ago, Mar’Yea Harris and Brianna Guillory made their first contributions to the Iowa track and field program. Harris and Guillory — now senior sprinters — became Hawkeyes at a time when...

Police investigators are on the scene of a suspicious death on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 114 Green Mountain Drive in Iowa City.

Sharp-force injuries determined to be cause of UI Health Care employee’s death, Iowa City police announce

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor April 10, 2019

Iowa City police announced on Wednesday the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office has determined the cause of death in the homicide investigation into the death of JoEllen Browning was the result of...

The Cloakroom: Episode 1: 'As insulin prices skyrocket, families shoulder the consequences'

The Cloakroom: Episode 1: ‘As insulin prices skyrocket, families shoulder the consequences’

April 10, 2019

From The Daily Iowan Newsroom to the Hill, The Cloakroom breaks down national politics from Iowa. In this episode, Daily Iowan politics reporter Julia Shanahan discusses how Iowans such as Jesse...

DI Staffer Aadit Tambe poses for a portrait on Monday, April 8, 2019.

Making America home: My 8,000-mile journey from India to the Heartland

Aadit Tambe, Assistant Digital Editor April 9, 2019

Last month as I walked into Prairie Lights, I instinctively held the door open for an older woman I didn’t know. Beaming at me, she asked how my day was going, and what I studied. Following the brief...

Visitation for UI Health Care employee JoEllen Browning to be held Wednesday

Visitation for UI Health Care employee JoEllen Browning to be held Wednesday

Kayli Reese & Brooklyn Draisey, News Editors April 9, 2019

The visitation service for JoEllen Browning, described as a “loving wife, mother, sister, and friend,” will be held on Wednesday to pay respects and honor her memory, according to an obituary published...

Pitcher Allison Doocy pitches during softball against Northwestern on Bob Pearl Field on March 30, 2019. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes 6-2. Doocy pitched the entire game.

Iowa softball falls to Iowa State despite stellar pitching

Jordan Zuniga, Sports Reporter April 9, 2019

Softball is obviously a team game, but occasionally it can feel like an intense, back-and-forth tennis match. That was the case in Tuesday night’s Cy-Hawk battle as both the Iowa and Iowa State starting...

Iowa running back Mekhi Sargent sheds Nebraska safety Antonio Reed's tackle during the Iowa/Nebraska football game at Kinnick Stadium on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. The Hawkeyes defeated the Huskers, 31-28, with a last-second field goal.

Iowa football works to improve ground attack

Pete Ruden, Sports Editor April 9, 2019

A productive offensive line has been a staple of Iowa football for as long has Kirk Ferentz has been at the helm. With Ferentz being the Dean of College Football and the longest-tenured coach in the...

The Capitol building in Des Moines is pictured on April 29, 2018.

Bill to allow emergency refills of prescription drugs heads to Iowa governor’s desk

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter April 9, 2019

A bill that would allow for emergency refills of prescription drugs without a prescriber’s authorization, House File 700, passed the Iowa Senate Tuesday unanimously. The original law in Iowa only...

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro, left, speaks during a visit to a Chicano Studies class in Moore Hall auditorium at UCLA in Los Angeles on March 4, 2019. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Presidential candidate Julián Castro to make Iowa City stop April 14

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor April 9, 2019

Julián Castro is scheduled to stop in Iowa City on April 14 as he campaigns for the Democratic nomination for president. Castro served as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama...