My plane hovered around the Beijing Capital International Airport before descending, and all I could see was a thick haze covering the sky. The woman next to me opened the screen to the window completely...

In 2004, then-Sen. Barack Obama gave a celebrated speech to the Democratic National Convention. But we are now in the second term of Obama’s presidency. There is no doubt whether Obama has an oratorical...

On Thursday, in a blow to many genetic drug monopolies, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that sections of the human genome may not be patented. The court’s ruling — that patents on naturally...

The Big Ten Network has dedicated a day’s worth of coverage to Hawkeye athletics today as a part of its “School Days” series. The appropriately titled “Iowa Day” features...

The Iowa women’s basketball team has added a fourth member to its 2014 recruiting class. Chase Coley, a 6-3 guard from Minneapolis, committed to play basketball for the Iowa women’s hoops program...

While the seats of Carver-Hawkeye Arena remain empty and the lights dim, Iowa City’s newfound hunger for its basketball team will be fed when the annual Prime Time Basketball League kicks off play...

Ally Disterhoft has a poster that shows her staring up at the 2004-05 Iowa women’s basketball team. On that poster, left of the 9-year-old Disterhoft, running vertical are the block words “Dream...

Hawkeye men’s tennis players Garret Dunn, Andres Estenssoro, Michael Swank, Chase Tomlins, and Joey White were five of Iowa’s 57 student athletes to receive Academic All-Big Ten recognition...

An Iowa City man has been charged after allegedly breaking into an East Court Street apartment complex. Charles Wilson Jr., 23, was charged June 7 with second-degree criminal mischief, second-degree burglary,...

An Iowa City man has been charged after allegedly attempting to smuggle a razor blade into the Johnson County jail. Xzavier Mallard, 22, was charged Wednesday with possessing contraband. According to...

Experts say the University of Iowa is “at the forefront” of interpersonal psychotherapy because of its health-care system and hospitals. WorldCanvass recorded a discussion with a panel of...

Just five years after floodwaters ravaged the business community along the Coralville Strip, commerce is bustling, and there’s cautious confidence among many businesses that line the south banks...