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Most of the American passengers aboard the MV Hondius are now at the Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit.

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  • Health

Hantavirus countdown: U.S. cruise passengers settle in for 42 days of waiting

The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has potentially exposed passengers to a deadly disease. Most returning Americans are now housed in Nebraska. Some may be cleared to quarantine at home. 

May 15, 2026
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Officials in the Salmon River Central School District in Fort Covington, New York, have acknowledged that wooden boxes were constructed and used to confine elementary school children, including Native children, with disabilities.  The practice was ended in December 2025 after these images, confirmed as authentic by school officials, circulated on social media. In a new report, New York's state has ordered sweeping reforms at the public school.

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  • Education

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.

May 15, 2026
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Abortion-rights activists protested outside of the Supreme Court in March 2024, when the overall FDA authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone was challenged. It remained available after that case.

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  • Health

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail.

May 14, 2026
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

How AI is speeding new business creation, especially among Gen Z entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are turning to AI to speed the creation of new businesses, with Gen Z leading the way. That's according to a new report from the payroll software firm Gusto.

May 14, 2026
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Education Secretary Linda McMahon fields questions Thursday from members of Congress about the dismantling of her agency, student loans and other issues.

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  • Education

Linda McMahon defends dismantling the Education Department, shifting its work

The education secretary faced questions about the shrinking of her agency, limits on federal student loan borrowing and oversight of the education of students with disabilities.

May 14, 2026
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By:
  • Cory Turner
U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., attends a public comment session on congressional redistricting at the Louisiana state Capitol in Baton Rouge on May 8. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fields' district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, in a major decision that weakens the Voting Rights Act.

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  • Law

A majority-Black district in Louisiana traces a long fight over the Voting Rights Act

A majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana spurred a major Supreme Court decision. The district lines trace decades of fights over the landmark Voting Rights Act.

May 14, 2026
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
A study estimates that 32 million children live in homes with firearms, and a significant portion of those guns are not stored safely. Here, handguns are displayed at Kittery Trading Post, in Kittery, Maine.

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  • Children's Health

About 7 million kids live in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, a study finds

The new study in JAMA Network Open also finds that more parents leave their guns loaded and unlocked when they have teenagers, despite the fact that suicide risk goes up for this age group.

May 13, 2026
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Several views of the molar tooth archeologists discovered in Chagyrskaya Cave.

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  • Science

Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago

Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise dental procedure.

May 13, 2026
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  • Ari Daniel
Short regional flights are the lifeblood of U.S aviation — but they were in decline even before jet fuel concerns struck. Here, a file photo shows a Delta Air Lines Connection regional jet operated by GoJet Airlines taking off from Logan International Airport in Boston.

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  • Your Money

Short flights are popular. Will they last?

Some flights are less than 100 miles, and they're the backbone of the U.S. air system, linking small towns and big cities. But short routes were in decline even before jet fuel costs spiked.

May 13, 2026
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  • Bill Chappell
A 'Blue Dot' sign is viewed along the entrance to a farmhouse on Oct. 24, 2024 near Omaha, Neb.

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  • Elections

Omaha's U.S. House race tests candidates' ability to reach beyond party lines

Omaha, Neb., is home to a toss-up Congressional race this year. Voters have shown a willingness to vote for moderate candidates from both parties, but has the definition of a moderate now changed?

May 13, 2026
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By:
  • Clay Masters
Otys Train, 16, (left) and teammate Jack Trojan, 17, search for different bird species while competing in the world series of birding at High Point State Park in New Jersey on May 9. They competed in the 43rd annual World Series of Birding where they counted as many bird species within New Jersey as they could in 24 hours.

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  • National

24 hours with 3 teenage birders: Welcome to the World Series of Birding

The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New Jersey as physically possible. Here's what it takes.

May 12, 2026
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By:
  • Natalie Escobar and
  • Ava Berger
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks alongside Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel a news conference last month to announce charges against to the Southern Poverty Law Center. They allege the group funneled over $3 million into the pockets of white supremacist and extremists groups. 

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  • National

The SPLC survived firebombs and death threats. Will it survive Trump 2.0?

The Southern Poverty Law Center is facing a serious threat from the Justice Department — and comes at a time when several former and current SPLC employees say the group is already deeply vulnerable.

May 12, 2026
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid.

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  • Health

As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals

An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make assistance difficult to get.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Noam Levey and
  • Jeremy Olson
Richard Henderson and his wife Rachel Negro grocery shop for their family at the Aldi in Bellmawr, N.J.

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  • National

It's not shameful, it's savvy: The shoppers redefining how to save money on groceries

Many facing economic pressures and frustrations have begun shopping at budget grocery stores and warehouse clubs in lieu of traditional supermarkets, with priorities shifting in pursuit of good deals.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Students on the aft deck of the Empire State VII preparing for this year's summer cruise. They'll sail to Charleston, S.C., Málaga, Spain and Belfast, Northern Ireland before returning to New York.

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  • Economy

They graduate to six figure salaries, and grueling work

Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.

May 11, 2026
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  • Steve Kastenbaum
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