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This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says

These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes."

Nationwide Children's Hospital gets $5 millon from city council for affordable housing in Linden

Healthy Homes plans to develop approximately two dozen affordable homes, specifically for families earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) in Linden.

Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada following two reports of entrapment deaths associated with the products.<br/><br/>

1.5 million adult bed rails are recalled following 2 reports of entrapment deaths

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says users of Medline's “Bed Assist Bars" can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the product and the side of a mattress when it's attached to a bed.

Gustavo Monteagudo fills out a job application at a July job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. The U.S. unemployment rate in August dipped to a seven-year low of 5.1 percent.

Unemployment Rate Dips To 5.1 Percent Amid 173,000 New Jobs In August

The latest job-creation figure fell short of economists' forecasts. But the reports from the Department of Labor added a total of 44,000 jobs to the tallies for June and July.

News Wrap: 1.5 million still don’t have power in Puerto Rico

Authorities in Puerto Rico say power has been restored to 55% of the island's customers.

Case Western Reserve University will be represented at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.

Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Receive $6.5 Million for Psoriasis Research

Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center are teaming up to research complications associated with psoriasis....

Ohio Treasure Hunter Agrees To Turn Over Gold Coins Worth $2.5 Million

Treasure-hunter-turned-fugitive Tommy Thompson, 66, has reached a deal to turn over 500 gold coins. They are part of the riches he recovered from a…

Ghost guns are unassembled and unmarked guns that can be bought online, and then assembled into fully operative guns. In August 2022, ATF issued regulations that required any such disassembled gun parts to carry serial numbers and required anyone buying them to pass a background check.

Supreme Court tells 5th Circuit to stop its defiance in ghost gun case

The order voids the lower court orders and allows ATF regulations to go into effect pending further litigation.

Jacqueline Lewis is now raising her 7-year-old granddaughter; the child's father, Shaun Lewis, died of a drug overdose this fall. There are thousands of similar "grandfamilies" in the U.S. Lewis believes those families should have a voice in determining how the settlement money from cases against opioid manufacturers and distributors are spent.

States differ on how best to spend $26B from settlement in opioid cases

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic. But with countless groups advocating for a share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline stands at $4.98, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>. Here, customers fill up at a gas station in Miami on Friday.

Gas prices fall below $5 per gallon in the first weekly drop since April

The drop doesn't signal a rapid descent to the low prices of 2021, but drivers could see modest decreases continue in the coming weeks, analysts say.

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