When Amazon announced Dec. 1 it would begin offering drone delivery as an option for shoppers in the future, the first reaction in my mind was disbelief. Was this an “article” from The Onion...

The news of the death of Nelson Mandela, the legendary anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa, brought with it a flurry of responses from American political writers extolling the...

The minimum wage, first set in America in 1938 by the Fair Labor Standards Act, has long been characterized as a balancing act between fairness for employees and viability for employers. But in recent...

The Iowa women’s gymnastics team unofficially kicked off its season with the annual Black and Gold intrasquad meet Sunday afternoon in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “It is a fun and exciting way...

The Iowa men’s and women’s gymnastics shared the stage Sunday afternoon in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The gymnasts were split up into two teams — the Black and the Gold team. The teams competed against...

The Iowa women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the final day in the Hawkeye Invitational, finishing fourth among the seven teams with a final score of 436. The Hawkeyes used strong performances...

Despite its second-place finish in the Hawkeye Invitational Dec. 6-Sunday, the Iowa men’s swimming and diving team has room to improve and is proud of its efforts against highly ranked Notre Dame....

Maybe a change of scenery was all she needed. When Iowa women’s basketball guard Melissa Dixon joined her team on a flight to Cancún, Mexico, the Hawkeyes were 6-1. But something was missing. Their...

It’s not surprising that Iowa won nine of its first 10 games or that it holds the No. 23 spot in the Associated Press top 25. This is the year Iowa’s program was supposed to take a huge step forward....

The SEC is an odd place. The schools tend to live and die with their football teams. A few of my buddies go to Missouri. Last year, during football season, I didn’t hear much out of them. This year,...

Following an abysmal 2012 season that featured just four wins, the Iowa football team doubled its win total this year and earned a bid to compete against No. 16 LSU in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.,...

A Wisconsin man has been accused of entering a bar while armed with a BB gun. Esteban Estrada Jr., 23, was charged Dec. 7 with carrying toy guns and slingshots and going armed with intent. According...