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Southeast Missouri's football program will once again partner with the Southeast Missouri Food Bank to Sack Hunger during the 2025 season.
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Daytime booze-free parties at coffee shops are gaining steam around the country. In predominantly white Seattle, these parties are also a space for Latino immigrants to connect with their roots.
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Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has called his agency's rule banning noncompetes unconstitutional. Still, he says protecting workers against noncompetes remains a priority. -
There are new family friendly security lines popping up at airports around the country. It's a way to give people traveling with children extra time to get screened with less stress.
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The booming gothicumbia scene mixes goth counterculture with traditional Latin American cumbia music — into a fun, bombastic mix of styles. Los Angeles is an incubator of this type of cultural trend.
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The federal raid at a Hyundai and LG battery plant construction site in Georgia comes as the South Korean automaker has made significant efforts to manufacture cars and components in the U.S.
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New recommendations for early treatment for millions of people with hypertension come at a time when a new experimental medication is shown to lower blood pressure in hard-to-treat patients.
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Rosalyn Drexler was a pop artist, a sculptor, a novelist, a playwright and even a professional wrestler at one point. She died at 98 years old.
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In this episode of 'Exposition', we speak with Doug Deming of 'Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones', who are the sixth and final featured performers in the Fall 2025 Series of 'Tunes at Twilight' held by Old Town Cape. Due to the potential rain, this week's 'Tunes at Twilight' is moving to the rain-out location, Gospel Life Church, located at 817 Broadway Street. 'Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones' play from 6:30 to 7:30 pm Fri. Sept. 5th.
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