Kwanzaa was created in 1966, with its roots in the black power movement, advocating for racial pride, self-sufficiency and equality for Black people.
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Kwanzaa was created in 1966, with its roots in the black power movement, advocating for racial pride, self-sufficiency and equality for Black people.
According to the Iowa’s public health’s weekly coronavirus report, those not fully vaccinated — like Samantha Morris, 24 — account for 88 percent of patients in COVID-19 intensive care. Morris was put on a ventilator and ECMO machine during her 51-day stay at St. Luke’s.
James Huerta, 17 years after immigrating to Iowa from Mexico, just graduated from the University of Iowa, the first in his family to earn high school and college degrees. After Christmas, he'll report to Fort Rucker for flight school, part of his plan to eventually fly Black Hawk helicopters for the Army.
The state agreed early this month to pay a Kansas company $220 per hour for the nurses it supplies, with the expectation that the nurses will work 20 hours of overtime each week at the rate of $330 per hour.
Not since the founding of the county has the population come to such as nearly as halt as it did in the first year of the pandemic, with 25 states showing a drop from July 2020 to July 2021
The theater at the former home of the Riverside Theatre in Iowa City is eyeing a grand opening in late February.
Approaching her 28th and final year in the Iowa House, Mary Mascher promises to “continue to be as passionate about those issues that are important to me ... as I’ve been in the past.”
Since work-from-home began, people nationwide have been experiencing more pain and musculoskeletal issues as a result of poor posture. Mike Powell, a Cedar Rapids chiropractor, shares strategies for improving ergonomics.
Both now will be considered Jan. 7, the Friday before the court was to resume its normal schedule of oral arguments. It is highly unusual for the justices to schedule such hearings on emergency requests.
One pedestrian bridge opened in 2021; second one is half-way done
A new high-powered NASA-led infrared telescope with a sun shield the size of a tennis court is set to launch Christmas Day, with expectations of revolutionizing astrophysics by expanding the science around how galaxies formed and enabling a glimpse back in time to billions and billions of years ago.
Jwan Trevelle Roush is charged with first-degree robbery and theft after court documents said he beat Ali Mason unconscious and stole $450.
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