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The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here’s why
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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ROLLING FORK, Miss. (NPR) — Rural communities in western Mississippi are surveying and cleaning up the damage after an unusual and powerful tornado tore through the area Friday night. The… Read More

Norfolk Southern won’t push for one-person train crews
By: John Seewer | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Railroad Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person, the company said Thursday in a joint announcement with the… Read More

WOUB Culture’s Ian Saint lists 25 music highlights of 2022
By: Ian Saint
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Ian Saint is an arts and culture correspondent for WOUB. 2022 was a uniquely complicated year, both for the music industry and for myself personally – and probably for many… Read More

Schools districts plead for universal lunch amid Ohio’s budget talks
By: Susan Tebben | Ohio Capital Journal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Capital Journal) — Daryn Guarino had to tell a six-year-old girl she couldn’t eat lunch. At Athens County’s Alexander Local School District, Guarino spends his days creating… Read More

‘Live free and die?’ The sad state of U.S. life expectancy
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a row – down to 76 years…. Read More

Will a new lawsuit stop the abortion rights amendment in Ohio? It depends on who you ask
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups backing an abortion rights amendment are gathering signatures to put it on the ballot this fall, as a lawsuit against the state ballot board… Read More

The drama is real! CALL THE MIDWIFE, Sanditon on MASTERPIECE and MARIE ANTOINETTE all continue on April 2
8:00 pm Call the Midwife Season 12 – Episode 3 As she sets about helping a mother whose newborn baby is suffering from a clotting disorder, Nancy… Read More

Jazz and Bluegrass music streams are now available on-demand on WOUB.org and the WOUB App
The streams launched on March 21 ATHENS, OH – WOUB has launched two new 24/7 online streaming audio channels on WOUB’s new On-Demand page at woub.org/ondemand. The channels feature Bluegrass and… Read More