Voices From the Corridor Mark One Year Since Floyd Death
Voices across the Corridor reflect on a year since George Floyd’s killing by Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. The article notes the April conviction for second degree unintentional murder, third degree murder, and second degree manslaughter, Chauvin’s solitary imprisonment, and a June 25 sentencing, while capturing local reactions in Iowa City of solidarity, calls for justice, and confrontations with bias.
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Sujayn Hamad
Black Voices Project
University of Iowa Pentacrest
Iowa City
George Floyd
Minneapolis
Andy Abeyta
the Gazette
Derek Chauvin
Floyd
Chauvin
Minnesota
Eastern Iowa Airport ends health screening July 1
Eastern Iowa Airport will stop its mandatory Travel Well health screening program on July 1 as COVID-19 cases drop and traveler numbers rise. Airport Director Marty Lewis cites Mercy Medical Center guidance and county data. program may resume if cases rise or hospital screenings restart.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Airport Commission
Marty Lewis
Mercy Medical Center
Linn County
Lewis
Johnson County
Iowa Department of Public Health
The
Gazette
Mercy Medical
Airport
Lack of Spanish skills delayed Tibbetts probe in slaying
Prosecutors say Bahena Rivera led investigators to Tibbetts body after a partial Aug 20 confession and that Tibbetts DNA matched blood found in his trunk. An agent testified the Spanish language gap slowed questioning as the case moved toward trial for first degree murder. vuil
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Tibbetts
Bahena Rivera
Vileta
Davenport
University of Iowa
Mollie Tibbetts
Division of Criminal Investigation
Trent Vileta
Cristhian Bahena Rivera
Brooklyn
Iowa
Scott County
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Kelsey Kremer
Des Moines Register
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TRUTH
Casey’s General
South District
Lia Xiao Scharnau
Linn-Mar High School
Linn-Mar Social Justice Club
John Steppe
Prosecution
Ryan J. Foley
Associated Press
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