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UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hour
More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.
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Pro-Palestinian campus protesters face looming deadlines and risk of arrest
Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.
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Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs
Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.
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Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft
The Los Angeles-bound flight was forced to make an emergency return to New York’s JFK airport after an emergency slide came apart from the Boeing 767, the airline said.
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As bird flu spreads in cows, here are 4 big questions scientists are trying to answer
Health officials say there’s very little risk to humans from the bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle, but there’s still much they don’t know. Here are four questions scientists are trying to answer.
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Here’s the designated collection sites where you can safely dispose of medicine this weekend
The goal of National Drug Take Back Day is to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposal of prescription medications, while also educating the general public about the potential for substance abuse.
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A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died
The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.
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Campaigns will spend ‘hundreds of millions’ in Wisconsin, party chairs say
Democrat Ben Wikler and Republican Brian Schimming would not commit to a specific dollar amount, but they agreed spending will be high for contests up and down the ballot.
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Idaho’s biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply
Idaho’s biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state’s abortion ban took effect.
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Happy Arbor Day! These 20 books will change the way you think about trees
Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids’ lit — get ready to branch out.