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03/29/2024 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON—As the enormous yellow banner unfurled in front of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday morning, Laura Clime-Coates turned to her 9-year-old daughter and said, “Those are the names of people who agree with us.”
On the sign, titled...
03/29/2024 - 4:00am
CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania -- Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial revolution in the 1870s, when it came under the umbrella of...
03/29/2024 - 2:00am
Despite the groundbreaking adoption of a UN security council resolution demanding a immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the war continues. The reaction from Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to the passing of the resolution has been ferocious....
03/29/2024 - 1:00am
All prescription drugs need a licence from a regulator to treat a specific condition. But licensed drugs can be prescribed for conditions they haven’t been tested for in a clinical trial. This is known as “off-label” prescribing – and it’s very...
03/28/2024 - 5:00am
Rents across the U.S. have climbed to staggering levels in recent years. Millions of renters spend more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, a situation that housing experts call being cost burdened.
High rents affect almost all segments...
03/28/2024 - 4:00am
Some say there are two types of concrete – cracked and on the brink of cracking. But what if when concrete cracked, it could heal itself?
We’re part of a team of materials scientists and microbiologists that has harnessed the power of bacteria to...
03/28/2024 - 3:00am
OMAHA — The fundraising effort to pay for the Omaha Public Library system’s new central library has surpassed its $158 million goal.
Partner organizations describe the 96,000-square-foot facility under construction at the southwest corner of 72nd...
03/27/2024 - 5:00am
Across the country, electric demand is growing and could explode if green goals like electrifying home heating, industry and transportation come to fruition. At the same time, many states, utilities and businesses have pledged to decarbonize,...
Climate Change Is Shifting The Zones Where Plants Grow – Here’s What That Could Mean For Your Garden
03/27/2024 - 4:00am
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed packs and benches are filled with potted annuals and...
03/27/2024 - 2:00am
These words are etched on the main entrance of the Nebraska State Capitol Building. “The Salvation of the State is Watchfulness in the Citizen.”
Those words are the foundation of our Democracy. After all our founding fathers understood the...
03/27/2024 - 1:00am
In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires before the fires have burned even 100 acres. That may seem comforting, but decades of quickly suppressing fires has had unintended consequences.
Fires are a natural part...
03/27/2024 - 12:00am
As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs – and with the cost of college too high for many students – employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get good jobs without having to earn a traditional...
03/26/2024 - 5:00am
Listening to the radio, an old familiar voice comes on the air. He spins the hits of yesteryear, sparking trips down memory lane to the days of cruising Dodge Street or driving the Square in Fremont.
From 5-10 a.m. on Boomer Radio, veteran DJ Dave...
03/26/2024 - 4:00am
A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate makers around the world reliant on west Africa for cocoa, there is...
03/26/2024 - 3:00am
CHICAGO (AP) — Don't have enough airline miles for that free flight? United Airlines is now letting people pool and share their frequent-flyer points with family and friends, a feature currently offered by some smaller carriers.
United said Thursday...
03/26/2024 - 2:00am
Just two words created a publicity nightmare for fast-food giant Wendy’s: dynamic pricing.
In late February 2024, news broke that the chain was considering charging different prices at different times of day — a tactic usually associated with...
03/25/2024 - 5:00am
The first trial ever of a former president, the so-called “hush money” case against former president and likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin with jury selection in New York on March 25, 2024, though that may be...
03/25/2024 - 4:00am
It’s official. Joe Biden and Donald Trump have secured the necessary delegates to be their parties’ nominees for president in the 2024 election. Barring unforeseen events, the two will be formally nominated at the party conventions this summer and...
03/25/2024 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday to be vigilant about Chinese ownership of farmland in the United States.
Noem appeared at the hearing about foreign entities – specifically those from...
03/25/2024 - 3:00am
Three days of tense debate ended Wednesday with lawmakers falling three votes short of advancing a bill that received national attention after a senator read an explicit rape scene on the legislative floor
LINCOLN — A legislative proposal that could...