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Doctors remove pig kidney from Alabama woman after record 130 days
WASHINGTON An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants. Towana Looneyis recovering well from the April 4…
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Easter bunny’s eggs won’t be cheap
U.S. egg pricesincreased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despitePresident Donald Trumpspredictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks. The increase reported Thursday in the Consumer Price Index means consumers andbusinesses that rely on eggsmight not get much…
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South Dakota Symphony pulls ‘Giants in the Earth’ opera out of shadows
One of the first people Delta David Gier met after being named music director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in 2003 was Art Husboe, founder of the Center for Western Studies at Augustana University. Husboe pulled Gier aside at a dinner party and gave him a copy of Giants…
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Catholic bishops end refugee aid partnerships with US government
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Monday that it is ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and migrant children, saying the heartbreaking decision follows the Trump administrations abrupt halt to funding. The break will inevitably result in fewer services than what Catholic agencies…
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Weedkiller maker seeks to block lawsuits claiming it failed to warn about cancer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal law preempts thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer. Bayer’s new request to the nation’s highest court comes as it is simultaneously pursing…
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Musk’s cuts gut Brookings-based South Dakota Humanities Council
BROOKINGS Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency has eliminated federal funding for state humanities councils, including the Brookings-based South Dakota Humanities Council. We found out last week. As crazy as it sounds, we found out through unofficial means because the email actually went into our spam folder, Christina Oey, executive…
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Keystone oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices
BISMARCK, N.D. The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil from Canadato refineries in the U.S. and potentially leading to higher gasoline prices. South Bow, a liquid pipeline business that manages…
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Second child dies from measles-related causes
A second unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell. Aaron Davis, a spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized and did…
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Trump enacts sweeping new tariffs
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumpon Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars. Trump, in a…
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Mass layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems
WASHINGTON The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office. Trump’s administration announced it wouldfreeze federal grants the primary funding for the early education program that serves more than half a million low-income children. Then came glitches with the funding website that forced nearly two dozen…
