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Flu, RSV And COVID Are Wreaking Havoc — But Teachers Don’t Feel Like They Can Stay Home When They’re Sick

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 1:00am

Flu case counts are at their highest level for early December in a decade. COVID-19 is spiking once again. Surging diagnoses of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are resulting in overcrowded pediatric emergency rooms.

And still, research shows, teachers may not be staying home when they’re sick.

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Amid A Major Federal Investment In Electric Cars, It’s Time For States To Step Up, Advocates Say

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/14/2022 - 4:00am

For years, electric vehicles posed something of a chicken-and-egg problem.

Mass adoption, seen as critical to cutting the largest single source of U.S. carbon emissions, couldn’t happen until the infrastructure to allow drivers to recharge wherever they were heading was in place. And those charging stations weren’t coming until more drivers switched to plug-in electric vehicles.

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Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leak Into Kansas Stream On Wednesday

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Canadian pipeline company TC Energy shut down its Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday after an oil leak was detected about 8 p.m.

The leak released oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan., about 20 miles south of a pipeline terminal at Steele City, Neb.

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Fight To Curb Food Waste Increasingly Turns To Science

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 2:00am

Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help.

Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are increasingly turning to chemistry and physics to tackle the problem of food waste.

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Let Michael McKee Empower You

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 12:00am

The Daily Record is happy to introduce you to our newest columnist, Michael McKee. McKee is a lifelong learner with a long-time history in the Omaha business community. He is part owner and the Director of the Omaha Empowerment Breakfast, a once-a-month non-membership business networking event, that has been an Omaha tradition for over 20 years. You need a great problem solver? Solution provider? Call McKee and he will be your connector.

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Is Iowa Home To One Of The Most Prolific Serial Killers?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/09/2022 - 1:00am

Lucy Studey began making calls to her local Sheriff’s office in Thurman, Iowa in 2007 to claim that her father, Donald Studey, had killed and buried bodies on his land. It wasn’t until August of 2021 that Fremont County Sheriff, Kevin Aistrope, decided to look into Studey’s repeated allegations.

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State Investigating What Could Be Nebraska’s Largest Bank Fraud

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 2:00am

LINCOLN — State and local officials are investigating what might be Nebraska’s largest case of bank fraud related to loans obtained by a recently deceased Lincoln developer.

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FDA Change Ushers In Cheaper, Easier-To-Get Hearing Aids

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 4:00am

It's now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.

Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter, or OTC, hearing aids started hitting the market in October at prices that can be thousands of dollars lower than prescription hearing aids.

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Reliability Watchdog Warns Of Potential Electric Shortfalls This Winter

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 1:00am

The nonprofit regulator charged with helping ensure the reliability of the North American electric grid is warning of potential electric supply shortfalls during severe weather this winter in several regions of the country.

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What’s Stopping More Native Americans From Graduating College? The Cost, A Landmark Study Finds.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 12/05/2022 - 1:00am

As a teenager, Greta Gustafson was sure that she wanted to be a veterinarian. But when the time came to choose a college, she didn’t have the financial means to simply apply to the higher education institutions with the best veterinary degree programs.