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May 25 2026WEATHER

Dry Day Ahead: Cincinnati Gets a Break from the Rain

The weekend’s steady showers pushed back two Reds games and changed the schedule for the Taste of Cincinnati festival. The National Weather Service in Wilmington now predicts a clear break on Monday, May 25, before the wet spell returns later in the week. Fog will blanket the city early, but it sh

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May 25 2026POLITICS

NASA’s Science Budgets Face Big Cuts, Even After Congress Says No

Congress chose to keep NASA’s overall spending flat for 2027, but it still trimmed the agency’s science arm by a full $1. 3 billion, shrinking the Science Mission Directorate from $7. 3 billion to $6 billion. The decision means a 17% cut in the programs that support research at Colorado’s universiti

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May 25 2026CRIME

Wanted by mistake: How Oregon’s broken defense system ruined lives

Corshelle Jenkins had a normal morning shift caring for elderly residents when her world turned upside down in 2023. A store detective at Nordstrom accused her of stealing pink boots, but the police report never bothered to check her alibi. The mistake wouldn’t catch up with her until 2025, when a c

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May 25 2026TECHNOLOGY

What happens when beauty standards get weirder than cartoons?

Beauty trends are going through something weird right now. People used to want to look like celebrities. Now, some folks want to look like their phones, or more specifically, like the weird, distorted faces AI apps generate when asked to picture a “perfect” human. Plastic surgeons and skin doctors s

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May 25 2026POLITICS

Why Your Power Bill Could Decide the Next Election

Electricity prices have jumped nearly 13 percent since 2020, and since 2025 they’ve gone up another 6 percent. Experts predict another rise next year, with some warnings that bills could later surge by 40 percent. The problem isn’t just cost—demand is outpacing supply fast. Data centers, AI companie

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May 25 2026WEATHER

Rainy weekend in Cincinnati? Here's what that means for you

Cincinnati is in for a wet Memorial Day weekend, with rain expected to stick around for most of Sunday and parts of the following days. The forecast shows a 70% chance of showers and storms rolling through downtown Cincinnati by early afternoon. While it won’t be a constant downpour, the heaviest bu

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May 25 2026SCIENCE

Understanding how tiny particles from research labs could travel in the air

Scientists ran tests to see how tiny, invisible particles might spread if they escaped from a big science lab in Sweden. They focused on what could happen in the worst possible accident—one where cooling fails and tiny radioactive bits could fly into the air. The goal was to track where these partic

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May 25 2026WEATHER

Memorial Day weekend weather: wet East, dry West, and some surprises

Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be a weather rollercoaster across the U. S. While the West enjoys mostly sunny skies and rising temperatures, the East braces for a soggy holiday with showers, storms, and even flash floods. A slow-moving weather front is the main culprit, pulling in moisture an

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May 25 2026FINANCE

What’s Really Shaping the Quad Cities’ Commercial Real Estate Scene

The Quad Cities isn’t just another mid-sized metro—it’s quietly reshaping how commercial real estate works. Forget the usual hype about booming markets or ghost towns; this place thrives on practicality. Retail spaces, for example, aren’t just about flashy storefronts anymore. Big chains and franchi

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May 25 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Unanswered Questions in The Boroughs Season 1

The first season of The Boroughs wraps up neatly but leaves some big questions unanswered for future episodes. The showrunners admit they’ve saved at least three major mysteries for later seasons. One involves Sam Cooper’s reflection glitching in the bathroom mirror at the season’s end, a trick borr

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