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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Johnson County Sheriffs pull a dead body up the Iowa River on Tuesday, July 17. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

Body found in Iowa River identified

July 19, 2018

The body found in the Iowa River on July 17 has been identified. According to a press release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, the body pulled out of the Iowa River near the Burlington Street...

The Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building is seen on Monday, July 16, 2018. (Michael Aragon/The Daily Iowan)

Labs from UI, Texas share credit for simultaneous genetic discovery

July 18, 2018
Their findings on a new protein-coding gene occurred independently, but concurrently.
Tyrell Thornton sits for a portrait in his recording studio in Iowa City on Sunday, July 15, 2018. Thornton, who produces as "The Cubist" first started producing as a student at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Behind the booth: Inside an Iowa City music studio

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] July 17, 2018

When you walk into Elite Sound and Design Studios, the mood lighting is apparent. Lights rotate from red to green to blue soothingly. Posters of such rap legends as Tupac and Biggie Smalls hang on one...

Johnson County Sheriffs pull a dead body up the Iowa River on Tuesday, July 17. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

Body found in Iowa River

July 17, 2018

Authorities recovered a body from the Iowa River on July 17. Personnel from the Iowa City police, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, and Iowa State Patrol pulled up on the Burlington Street Bridge around...

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Thousands pulled over for texting while driving in law’s first year

Julia Poska, [email protected] July 16, 2018
Better able to crack down on texting and driving, officers are writing more citations in the name of public safety.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on Monday, July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. (Nikolsky Alexei/TASS/Zuma Press/TNS)

A stunned Washington reacts to Trump​’s performance in Helsinki

Sarah D. Wire July 16, 2018

Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called it “disgraceful”; Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said he was “saddened” and “disappointed.” Mostly, however, Republican...

Defunding forces UI to close seven centers

Defunding forces UI to close seven centers

Emily Wangen, [email protected] July 15, 2018
The university is set to save $3.5 million through center closings and funding cuts.
Supervisors Mike Carberry, Kurt Friese, Janelle Rettig, and Lisa Green-Douglass listen to public comment during a Johnson County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

Supervisors to purchase land for crisis-intervention center

Allison Meyer, [email protected] July 12, 2018

Johnson County hopes to expand and improve its mental-health services by taking another step toward opening its first Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted...

U.S. Representative Rod Blum, Vice President Mike Pence and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds great supporters at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, IA on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

VP Pence discusses tax cuts, tariffs in Cedar Rapids

Emily Wangen, [email protected] July 11, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence stopped by Cedar Rapids as part of a Midwest trip Wednesday to discuss tax cuts, tariffs, as well as voiced support for state leaders.
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UI alum faces unknown future due to immigration laws

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] July 10, 2018
UI alum Sri Ponnada may have to self-deport to India in February, and her younger brother, current UI student Sam, may have to follow if U.S. laws don’t change in the next few years.
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UI closing several centers following state budget cuts

July 10, 2018

After recent state budget cuts, the UI on July 10 announced in a press release that it would shutter several centers. The list of closures includes: ​• UI Center on Aging • Confucius...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, stands at a hearing March 14 addressing oversight in the Parkland, Florida, school shootings, in which 17 people died.

Iowa senators support Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

Emily Wangen, [email protected] July 10, 2018

Iowa’s two senators have voiced their support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nomination to fill retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the bench. Trump...