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Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen on Thursday vetoed bills dealing with emergency services, university contracts, maternity leave, Medicaid and affordable housing.
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Christophe Paul/USDA FlickrSome close watchers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s budget aren’t thrilled with the Trump administration’s proposal — but they're hopeful some of the suggested cuts won’t make it in the final spending plans passed by Congress. -
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Angela Major/Wisconsin Public RadioThe economic uncertainty brought on from war in Iran will likely drive up U.S. food prices, especially for fresh produce. -
Andy White/Courtesy of Native Lands Restoration CollaborativeFrom a field on an Illinois university campus, to rare, untouched land in Texas, here are some efforts to replant once-abundant prairie in the Midwest and Great Plains.
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This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer. -
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area. -
The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands. -
A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000. -
A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed by police.
