At a news conference in early January 2025, President-elect Donald Trump rambled through a grab bag of grievances and proposals, including his disdain for wind power and low-flow showerheads and his thoughts on the possible acquisition of the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland. On the latter, he mused, “People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up, because we need it for national security.” The negative commentary in prominent news outlets was swift. Such “vague threats” and “messianic promises” were “shocking … in their craziness,” a harbinger of a “chaotic and stream-of-consciousness presidency, a succession of opinion writers suggested. Yet, with respect to Greenland, Trump’s proposal has a long history. Here, he is guilty less of territorial ambitions than of saying the quiet part out loud.

Former Iowa women's basketball phenom Caitlin Clark was named Time magazine's Athlete of the Year, capping record-setting performances on and off the court at Iowa and with the WNBA's Indiana Fever.

When you're holiday shopping, be aware of your emotions. The lonelier we feel, the more likely we'll impulse buy, according to research from Alice Wang, a marketing professor at the University of Iowa.

The novelist’s cult book about a stay-at-home mother who turns into a dog is now a film starring Amy Adams. She talks about modern parenting, breaking taboos, and how Trump’s win spurred her to write.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s selection draws attention to the incoming administration’s housing policies.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has called for an end to the practice of putting fluoride in water. WBUR host Scott Tong takes a closer look at the role fluoridation plays in public health with University of Iowa College of Dentistry professor Steven Levy.

A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. Iowa's Paras Bassuk is among this year's recipients.

Ever since the NCAA permitted college athletes to get paid by companies that use their names, images and likenesses, athletes have tested the limits of their increasing power.

Sports and rituals have long gone hand in hand, and many of the country's colleges have their own unique traditions both on and off the field. To settle the score on which tradition is the best, an expert panel nominated their top college sports traditions, then readers and fans voted for their favorites. Here are the top 10 winners.

Tune into an Iowa Hawkeyes game at Kinnick Stadium and at the end of the first quarter, you'll witness one of the best traditions in college football. During the Hawkeye Wave, fans in Kinnick Stadium turn and show support to kids in the nearby children's hospital. The Hawkeye Wave has quickly become one of the most touching and uplifting traditions the sport has to offer. For just a moment, fans of both teams will come together to give a boost to children battling illness just across the street.