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A Hormel Foods Cure 81 honey cured ham in Tiskilwa, Ill., on May 17, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.

Ham, Thanksgiving’s second fiddle, will cost you this year

November 18, 2019 at 12:04 p.m.

Americans planning to splurge on a Thanksgiving or Christmas ham may have to dig deeper into their wallets. Prices have skyrocketed to levels not seen since 2014, when a piglet-killing...

FILE - In this April 29, 2016, file photo, Mary Cain walks off the track after competing in the women's special 1500-meter run at the Drake Relays athletics meet, in Des Moines, Iowa. Nike will investigate allegations of abuse by runner Mary Cain while she was a member of Alberto Salazar's training group. Cain joined the disbanded Nike Oregon Project run by Salazar in 2013, soon after competing in the 1,500-meter final at track and field's world championships when she was 17. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

What runner Mary Cain’s story about Nike can teach parents about vetting coaching programs

November 18, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

At 17, Mary Cain was one of the brightest stars women's running had ever seen. Now, at 23, having all but disappeared from the limelight, she's speaking out against the...

They rage, and I struggle to help: What it’s like parenting children with mental illness

November 18, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.

My 8-year-old daughter kicks my thigh, then my stomach. "I hate you. I HATE YOU!" she screams. She has a death-grip on my arm, pulls it harder than you'd think...

Avera eCare employees sit at virtual workstations at a telemedicine center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The center provides remote emergency care to 179 hospitals in 30 states.

The most remote emergency room

November 18, 2019 at 10:17 a.m.

A flashing red light summoned Dr. Brian Skow to his third emergency of the afternoon, and he hurried to a desk in a suburban office building. He sat in front...

Dr. Kelly Rhone surveys a large map that notes the client hospitals that use the virtual emergency room services offered by Avera eCare. The center responds remotely to more than 15,000 emergencies each year.

The most remote emergency room

November 18, 2019 at 10:02 a.m.

As hospitals and physicians continue to disappear from rural America at record rates, here is the latest attempt to fill a widening void: a telemedicine center that provides remote emergency...

Bacteria from the ocean floor could be influencing Arctic weather

November 18, 2019 at 9:28 a.m.

Scientists have identified a surprising new mechanism that could be impacting cloud formation and weather patterns in the Arctic - bacteria from the ocean floor. When tiny, plantlike ocean microbes...

Climate activists participate in a student-led climate change march in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Regional weather patterns are viewed through partisan lenses, poll finds

November 18, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

People from North Carolina to Texas's Gulf Coast agree that their areas have been hard hit by extreme storms and hurricanes in recent years. But they disagree with one another...

Commentary: When it comes to a national conversation, you will just have to wait for the movie

November 18, 2019 at 8:44 a.m.

As social bellwethers, movies are notoriously lagging indicators: The time it takes to write, finance, produce and market a Hollywood film means that even the most of-the-moment story often hasn't...

Sebastian Maniscalco and Lana Gomez attend the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey.

Comic Sebastian Maniscalco returns to drama in ‘The Irishman’

November 18, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

Sebastian Maniscalco looks annoyed. Irritated even. But there's no need to worry: That's his natural look - his wife says he has a mean resting face. Counterintuitive for a professional...

Christian Bale, left, and Matt Damon in a scene from "Ford v. Ferrari."

Ford v Ferrari: secrets behind the stunning cars (and crashes)

November 18, 2019 at 8:20 a.m.

"Ford v Ferrari" - the $97 million film that chronicles the fight between Carroll Shelby's Ford GT40 team and Enzo Ferrari's Scuderia Ferrari for dominance at the 24 Hours of...

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