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May 02 2026WEATHER

WIS Weather Wins the Accuracy Crown

WIS First Alert Weather has just earned a top honor from an independent group that rates TV weather reports. The award says it is the most accurate in its region, a big deal for viewers who rely on clear forecasts. The organization that gave the award is called WeatherRate. It doesn’t belong to any

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May 02 2026SCIENCE

Smart Liposomes that Light Up to Fight Tough Bacterial Wounds

Scientists have built a new kind of tiny bubble that can sneak into stubborn bacterial layers and burn them away with light. The bubble is wrapped in a sugar shell made of hyaluronic acid, a substance that naturally appears in our skin. When the bubble reaches an infected wound, enzymes called hyalu

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May 02 2026HEALTH

Learning Life Lessons From Doctors

Doctors and medical students talk about real patient stories to show how they use good judgment in tough moments. They say that being a skilled clinician is more than knowing facts; it’s also about making smart choices when things don’t go as planned. When a doctor shares how they handled an u

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May 02 2026POLITICS

A Fresh Voice for Hamilton County

The county is in need of a leader who can keep promises and listen to people. He says that the most important thing is to put residents first, not politics. When he talks about services, he says people are tired of feeling ignored and that a real leader will focus on the job. He believes ac

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May 02 2026POLITICS

Science Board Shot Down: A New Threat to Research

The president’s decision to fire every member of the National Science Board last week is a sharp blow to the United States’ scientific future. The board had guided the National Science Foundation, which funds a wide range of research from chemistry to climate science. Its removal leaves the fo

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May 02 2026SPORTS

High‑School Sports Highlights: Wins, Records and Surprises

The day kicked off with a surprising baseball moment: Scituate’s senior pitcher, Micke Kostek, retired every batter he faced and struck out 11 in a clean 3‑0 victory over Whitman‑Hanson, marking the first perfect game in that program’s history. Meanwhile, Ursuline girls’ lacrosse saw Maddy Lubov

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May 02 2026TECHNOLOGY

Big Tech’s AI Push Could Outpace 19th‑Century Railroads

A recent study by a leading real‑estate firm says that the current wave of artificial intelligence (AI) development might surpass the scale of railroad expansion in the 1850s. The research points to a projected $3. 7 trillion investment by major tech giants—Google, Amazon and Microsoft—in AI infrast

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May 02 2026POLITICS

The Iran Conflict: What Really Changed After 60 Days?

By the first week of May, exactly two months after the U. S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, the White House declared the fighting "over. " Officially, they called it a terminated conflict. But was it really? Congress had a deadline to receive updates under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, de

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May 02 2026POLITICS

Drone war widens in Ukraine as daytime strikes surge

Early last month, Ukrainian skies turned into a battleground not just at night but from morning through afternoon. Over 400 drones flooded the airspace in just seven and a half hours. Most never reached their targets. Nighttime strikes have long been Russia’s preferred playbook since the conflict be

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May 02 2026ENTERTAINMENT

From Moon Races to Mars Wars: How One Show Changed Space Stories Forever

The idea that losing the Moon race could actually help NASA might sound strange at first. In reality, the US only beat the Soviet Union due to huge funding and teamwork after the USSR had already won every major early space contest. But what if America had failed in 1969? That's the question this se

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