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The bill does not specifically name fluoride, but it stops municipal authorities from adding water quality "additives" to local water supplies. -
People without a REAL ID won't be allowed to board a flight in the U.S. or enter federal buildings. The only exception is if the person has their American passport on them. -
Hurricane Preparedness Week 2025 runs between May 4th and 10th. -
Indian River State College triumphantly concluded its Spring 2025 Commencement, bestowing hard-earned degrees and certificates upon more than 2,100 jubilant graduates across six distinguished ceremonies at the Westside Center. -
The 60-day legislative is ending without a proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year. A budget must be approved by the governor before July 1, 2025.
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RiverTalk from Indian River State College
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Kathleen Walter chats with Dr. Calvin Williams stops about IRSC Advising and Career Services, as well as IRSC Department of Military and Veterans Services. -
Fort Pierce, FL (April 23, 2025) - Indian River State College will receive $4 million through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to develop the Institute for Industrial Manufacturing and Production Training. Kathleen Walter Speaks with President Timothy Moore and Natalia Chekhovskaya, Executive Director of Advanced Manufacturing, PI and Director of the Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education, about the grant and programs that will be offered. -
Kathleen Walter spotlights the scientific Endeavors happening right here in our community at the Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by the School of Science at the colleges William and Helen Thomas STEM Center.
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Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North AmericaPresident Trump is looking to use the IRS to achieve some of his political goals. Some experts see parallels with Nixon's efforts to interfere with the agency. -
Jacobo Zanella/Moment Open/Getty ImagesWhen it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick. -
President Trump leaving for four-day trip to the Middle East, Hamas expected to release American Israeli hostage Monday, Republicans hope to advance Trump's domestic agenda this week.
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NPR speaks with Michael Calvey, an American businessman who went from championing investments in Russia to ending up in a Moscow jail. He's written about it in a new book called "Odyssey Moscow."
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Independent pharmacists warn that proposed tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the U.S., could raise prices, cause drug shortages and drive them out of business.
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A typically routine election to lead the District of Columbia Bar Association has drawn outsized attention as lawyers and law firms come under attack from the Trump administration.
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India and Pakistan – both nuclear powers – agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after days of some of the most serious fighting between the two countries in decades.
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The U.S. and the Philippines have been holding their yearly military exercises together. This year, Japan and Australia also joined the drills, which come at a time of simmering tension with China.
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House Republicans hope to finish work this week on President Trump's "big beautiful bill," but several big policy differences are getting in their way.
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NPR asks political strategist Rina Shah about the balancing act Republicans are performing while trying to get a budget approved while also fulfilling some of Trump's campaign promises.
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