Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing."
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The BBB says they’re seeing a lot of scams reported from the Illinois Tollway and the Florida Turnpike.
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The parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Peoria will undergo a massive reorganization and consolidation through 2027, as the church grapples with falling attendance and a growing priest shortage.
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The confirmation of the first two mosquito batches follows a mild winter and spring and comes two weeks earlier than in 2023.
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With governor’s $1.1 billion plan in question, General Assembly considers its options
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The win marked the 100th of Head Coach Jen Sewell's career.
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Dibba started his career at Chicago State in 2021-22 and played five games for the Cougars before transferring to Abilene Christian for the past two seasons.
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A cosmetology instructor at Rend Lake College was looking to get a cross-classification into a different specialty teaching.
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Rep. Windhorst says County Sheriffs are very familiar with their how their county’s 911 system works.
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The legislature has set May 24 as the day to wrap up their work.
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National Safe Boating Week is May 18-24, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is using the occasion to remind Hoosiers of state boating laws and best practices when out on the water.
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Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains.
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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and we need all the protection we can get. So why is it so hard to get newer, more effective ingredients approved here?
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Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.
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At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.
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Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.