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Exvangelical women are leaving their churches
Taylor Yoder, who grew up in an evangelical Christian family in southern Pennsylvania, was active in her church and its youth group. But as a young adult, she found that friendships with LGBTQ co-workers at a Starbucks caused her to reexamine what shed been told about homosexuality. Do I really…
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Local newspapers help keep communities strong
Strong communities dont just happen. They rely on connection residents knowing whats going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can. In todays fractured media environment, trust is the…
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
WASHINGTON The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19and theflu. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a statement Tuesday that 22 projects, totaling $500 million, to develop vaccines using mRNA technology will…
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Raw milk sickens 21 people in Florida, including 6 children
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Six children are among 21 people who have E. coli or campylobacter infections after consuming raw milkfrom a farm in Florida, public health officials said. Seven people have been hospitalized, and at least two of them are suffering severe complications, the Florida Department of Health said Monday. It…
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Medical groups kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
NEW YORK U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations. The government told the organizations on Thursday via email that their experts are being disinvited from the workgroups that have been the backbone of…
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Decline seen again in US childhood vaccination rates
NEW YORK U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.1%, up from 3.7% the year before. Its the third record-breaking…
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Ranchers: Expanding herds to take advantage of record retail beef prices isn’t so simple
MINNEAPOLIS In a period when retail beef prices are at an all-time high and consumers are still willing to pay, South Dakota rancher Calli Williams would love to cash in. But it’s not so simple. Williams and her husband, Tate, raise about 70 cow-calf pairs near Letcher in southeastern South…
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A time when courage failed
For maybe three or four years during the late Sen. Tim Johnsons time in office, I had the honor once a year to join several other men and women who had served as officers in our armed forces and with them interview applicants for our nations service academies. These young…
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Babies? What babies? US fertility rate reached new low in 2024
NEW YORK The fertility ratein the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace itself…
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Professional wrestling titan Hulk Hogan dies at 71
CLEARWATER, Fla. Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his influence into TV, pop culture and conservative politics during a long and scandal-plagued second act, died Thursday in Florida at age 71. Hogan was pronounced dead at…
