Iowa City schools drop king and queen labels at homecoming
At West High and nearby schools the gendered king and queen titles were eliminated from homecoming. Students and staff aimed to diversify the court amid concerns of past overrepresentation by white heterosexual students. Iowa Safe Schools notes the trend spreading across Iowa and the nation.
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Jaden Buckley
West High
Iowa City
Nate Monson
Iowa Safe Schools
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Owa City
West High School
Anjali Huynh
Huynh
Iowa
Monson
Liberty High
UI debuts more help for mental health patients
UI Health cares aims to ease ER boarding as inpatient units run at over 90 percent occupancy. Dr Jodi Tate notes mental illness patients bowing into emergency rooms daily. A new care model with CEP America's Scott Zeller seeks to free bed space and cut admission rates.
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Jodi Tate
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UIHC
Scott Zeller
CEP America
Turkish officials search Saudi Consulate in Istanbul
Turkish investigators were allowed to search the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Monday, 13 days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished, while President Trump sent Pompeo to discuss the case with King Salman. U.S. officials predicted Riyadh would admit complicity in a botched operation and punish culpable officials.
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Saudi Arabia
Jamal Khashoggi
Donald Trump
Mike Pompeo
Salman
Khashoggi
U.S
Overflow shelter sought as Cedar Rapids awaits site
Cedar Rapids faces winter with no emergency overflow shelter for the homeless. The former furniture store at 507 33rd Ave SW was sold, leaving staff and volunteers ready to operate but lacking a location, says Phoebe Trepp of Willis Dady Homeless Services.
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Willis Dady Homeless Services
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