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Husker football scouting report: Indiana

Nebraska hosts its first ranked opponent of the season. Indiana’s football team will bring a championship-winning team to Memorial Stadium to face the Huskers.

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Oct 8 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Nebraska soccer prepares for Maryland and Rutgers

After a gauntlet of ranked matches, Nebraska will travel eastward to face Maryland and Rutgers. The Terrapins and Scarlet Knights will pose a challenge to the Huskers this weekend.

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Oct 8 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Green Bay Packers add linebacker ahead of Week 5 game vs. Chicago Bears

The Green Bay Packers have been looking to find a way to get some additional depth at the linebacker position this season. With the defense running a 3-4 scheme, having an excellent linebacking core is critical for success. However, they saw Edgerrin Cooper suffer a torn Achilles, depleting their depth significantly. The front office was [...]

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Oct 7 • 9:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Dana Altman's greatest achievement before he retired? Lifting Creighton out of the mud in the '90s

Oregon men's basketball coach Dana Altman won 792 games in his Division I coaching career. He made perhaps his biggest impact at Creighton, in his home state of Nebraska.

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Oct 7 • 8:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Animal health company awarded 2026 Governor’s Bioscience Award

A global animal health company was named the 2026 recipient of the Governor’s Bioscience Award, which recognizes individuals or companies that make significant contributions to Nebraska’s bioscience industry.

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Oct 7 • 2:48 PM EDT • Health • nebraskaexaminer.com
Nebraska Football: Cautious Optimism the Next two Weeks

Maybe 1-1 will be good enough…

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Oct 7 • 11:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cook and Holmquist, the newest inductees into Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame

Nebraska volleyball welcomes two new inductees into Husker Athletics Hall of Fame, previous head coach John Cook and former player Amber Holmquist. This pair has paved the way for Husker volleyball and women’s sports as a whole.

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Oct 7 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Local leaders react with shock at President Trump's comment regarding LA

Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum took to social media to condemn the president’s statement

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Oct 6 • 9:52 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Patriots announce two releases and one new practice squad signing

The Patriots released linebacker Jose Ramirez amid a series of roster moves on Tuesday.

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Oct 6 • 8:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump Journeys to Where He Is Still Popular

Usually presidents hold rallies to get voters excited about an upcoming election. Last night in Nebraska, the roles felt reversed.

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Oct 6 • 6:36 PM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com
What releasing Jose Ramirez means for the Patriots

The Patriots shook up their outside linebacker depth on Tuesday.

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Oct 6 • 5:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump loves to bash California to rally the base. 'Let ’em take out' L.A. is just the latest

Bashing California is a reliable applause line in red states like Nebraska, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma, where Trump has been holding rallies trying to ensure his supporters get out to vote.

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Oct 6 • 4:53 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
What did people who went to Trump’s Nebraska rally have to say?

While the perception of Republicans seems gloomy ahead of the midterms, thousands came to see and support President Donald Trump at his rally.

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Oct 6 • 4:51 PM EDT • Politics • nebraskaexaminer.com
Former Cowboys $3 Million LB Joins NFC Contender

Former Dallas Cowboys veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks signed with the Los Angeles Rams practice squad on Tuesday. The post Former Cowboys $3 Million LB Joins NFC Contender appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 6 • 4:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tennessee linebacker Jeremiah Telander on LBs coach William Inge

Tennessee linebacker Jeremiah Telander explained the meaning of "Inge Built" as LBs coach William Inge deals with serious medical issues.

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Oct 6 • 4:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pingree holds double-digit lead as voters back public option for health insurance

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hannah Pingree holds a double-digit lead over Republican Bobby Charles, while one of her signature health care proposals is even more popular with likely Maine voters, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The survey, conducted by the Maine People’s Resource Center and released by the Maine People’s Alliance (of which Beacon

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Oct 6 • 4:17 PM EDT • Health • mainebeacon.com
Nebraska kids sent out of state when they need serious mental health care

Nebraska sends more than half of children in its child welfare and juvenile justice systems out of state for serious mental health care, according to the most recent report from the state’s Foster Care Review Office, which oversees the state’s out-of-home placements.

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Oct 6 • 2:27 PM EDT • Health • 1011now.com
University of Nebraska Sold $21K Worth of Used Urinals From Memorial Stadium

University of Nebraska fans are famously diehard — so much so that seven Cornhusker fanatics are now the proud owners of used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium. The stadium is set to undergo a full renovation following the 2026 football season, and some of its fixtures are up for grabs. The university has already brought […]

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Oct 6 • 12:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump's remark about letting Iran 'take out' LA, San Diego draws backlash

The president made the comment Monday night during a campaign rally in Nebraska

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Oct 6 • 12:10 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump signs order extending tax-free use of red-dyed diesel

He signed the order while campaigning in Nebraska

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Oct 6 • 10:16 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump signs order extending tax-free use of red-dyed diesel

He signed the order while campaigning in Nebraska

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Oct 6 • 10:16 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump signs order extending tax-free use of red-dyed diesel

He signed the order while campaigning in Nebraska

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Oct 6 • 10:16 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
California leaders slam Trump for saying Iran could ‘take out’ L.A. or San Diego

Officials in California condemned the president's comments as “dangerous,” after he told a Nebraska rally the war in Iran was a “small price to pay for keeping the world safe.”

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Oct 6 • 10:15 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
TowneBank to acquire NC bank for $154M

Suffolk's TowneBank plans to acquire Mooresville, North Carolina-based blueharbor bank for $154 million in cash and stock.

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Oct 6 • 9:40 AM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
NASA’s Webb Captures Commotion From Nebula’s Stellar Jets

A cauldron of cosmic creation is being revealed in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb has unveiled numerous stars formerly hidden by

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Oct 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
NFL fans question officiating after Mahomes call

Ringo Chiu/Shutterstock.com Mahomes penalty sparks debate over NFL officiating NFL fans are debating a roughing-the-passer call involving Patrick Mahomes and Dolphins linebacker Chop Robinson. The penalty came during Kansas City’s 24-10 win over Miami and sparked questions about how quarterbacks are protected. A similar-looking play involving Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner and Washington rookie…

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Oct 6 • 8:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Northwestern Linebacker Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week

Northwestern captain Braydon Brus earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording nine tackles, a sack and his first career interception in the Wildcats’ 34-13 win over Penn State.

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Oct 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump says Iran can 'take out' LA or San Diego during political rally

President Donald Trump faces backlash for saying Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego as a 'small price to pay' during Nebraska rally. (Source: POOL)

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Oct 6 • 7:59 AM EDT • Politics • wbrc.com
Trump says Iran can 'take out' LA or San Diego during political rally

President Donald Trump faces backlash for saying Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego as a 'small price to pay' during Nebraska rally. (Source: POOL)

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Oct 6 • 7:59 AM EDT • Politics • fox5vegas.com
Nebraska kids sent out of state when they need serious mental health care

Last year, children received care in such states as Massachusetts, Alabama and Virginia that local facilities either can't or won't provide. For kids, these separations can be jarring, complicating treatment and their return home, experts say.

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Oct 6 • 5:50 AM EDT • Health • flatwaterfreepress.org
California governor condemns Trump's 'let 'em take Los Angeles' comments

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Oct 5 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has lashed out at President Donald Trump for remarks to a crowd of his supporters in Nebraska's farm belt suggesting

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Oct 6 • 5:50 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Trump suggests Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

President Donald Trump suggested Monday during a political rally in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, comments that drew condemnation.

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Oct 6 • 5:23 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Trump takes midterms message to deep red Nebraska

President Donald Trump gave supporters a campaign-style speech in Nebraska in a continued effort to fire up the GOP base ahead of the midterms. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reports.

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Oct 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Independent Senate candidate Osborn: Nebraska ‘not fooled’ by Trump, Ricketts
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Oct 5 • 7:51 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Mike Elko Gives Update On Texas A&M Freshman Linebacker Injury

Mike Elko offered positive news on freshman linebacker Tamarion Watkins as Texas A&M prepares for a major SEC road test against No. 14 Missouri.

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Oct 5 • 6:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Steelers Sign Super Bowl Linebacker

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed linebacker Marte Mapu to their practice squad on Monday after hosting him for a visit on […]

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Oct 5 • 11:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WATCH LIVE: Trump campaigns with Ricketts in Nebraska, where ranchers have beef with his import plan
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Oct 5 • 10:09 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Around the Big Ten: PJ Fleck continues to row

After the second week of conference play, Big Ten teams are battling for a chance for the championship. USC, Northwestern and Minnesota all took home big wins, while Iowa, Washington, Michigan are looking to recover.

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Oct 5 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers

President Donald Trump is campaigning in Nebraska on Monday alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts.

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Oct 5 • 12:11 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
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Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers

President Donald Trump is campaigning in Nebraska on Monday alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts | News-Talk 1380 WAOK

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Packers Lose Star Defender for Remainder of Season

Packers star linebacker Edgerrin Cooper is believed to have suffered a season-ending torn Achilles during Green Bay's win over Tampa Bay.

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Oct 4 • 5:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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XCEPTIONAL ATHLETE: Bonduel’s Carter Moesch

Bonduel, Wis (WFRV) – This week Local 5 Sports highlights our Xceptional Athlete Carter Moesch, a four year varsity football player for Bonduel High School. Moesch plays both offense and defense for the Bears, serving as a running back and a linebacker. He excels in both positions, but if he had to choose one, his […]

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Oct 4 • 12:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nebraska volleyball notches its 12th sweep of the season against Maryland

Over a thousand miles away from Lincoln, the No. 1 Husker volleyball team beat the Maryland Terrapins in their home arena in three sets (25-13, 25-20, 25-15) on Saturday, the same day as Nebraska’s football team beat Maryland 49-23. Sophomore setter Campbell Flynn started the game for senior Bergen Reilly for precautionary reasons, following an ankle sprain during the match against Penn State.

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Oct 3 • 10:55 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
RODRIGUEZ: Nebraska football prevails over Maryland, shows promise ahead of Indiana

Anthony Colandrea led Nebraska to a 48-23 victory over Maryland (2-3, 0-3) on a perfect fall Oct. 3 night at Memorial Stadium. In freshman running back Jamal Rule’s absence, the senior quarterback had a game-high 108 rushing yards, including a 51-yard burst in the third quarter.

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Oct 3 • 9:36 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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Nebraska Football Survives Maryland, Penalties to Stay Undefeated

An odd start and a staggering number of penalties weren't enough to hand the Huskers their first loss of the season.

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Oct 3 • 9:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Players who stood out in Nebraska football’s hard-fought win over Maryland

Nebraska (5-0, 2-0) didn’t miss a beat after a dominant road victory last week and took care of Maryland (2-2, 0-1) 48-23 Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers fought through a disappointing first quarter and an array of penalties to take the lead against the Terrapins in the second quarter, and they held that lead through the end of the game. Nebraska totaled 447 yards of offense, led by receiver Kwazi Gilmer and methodical drives. Here’s who stood out on the afternoon:

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Oct 3 • 8:22 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Takeaways from Nebraska football's win over Maryland

Maryland (2-3,0-2) trotted into Memorial Stadium off two straight losses and a coach on the hot seat and gave the Huskers a run for their money early on.

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Oct 3 • 8:01 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Nebraska vs Maryland – Game Thread of Winning Fun!

Time: 3:00pm CST Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE Surface: Hellas Turf (Blessed by the Bobfather himself in Husker Valhalla) Wagering Info: Huskers -14 1⁄2 . O/U – 52 1⁄2. Moneyline: Nebraska +116, Maryland +666 ($100 wager) (FanDuel) Series Record: Nebraska is 3-1 vs. Maryland all-time with all 4 games being played after the Huskers joined the Big 10. The last two games […]

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Oct 3 • 3:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Maryland football vs. Nebraska game thread: updates, highlights & more

Follow along with us as the Terps begin their Big Ten slate looking for a win.

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The Climb raises awareness about maternal mental health in Nebraska

The Climb raises awareness about maternal mental health in Nebraska

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Chargers Draft Scouting: Texas Tech LB Austin Romaine

Could Austin Romaine be the next great Chargers linebacker?

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Jordan Hall Out, Brady Pretzlaff In: Michigan State Availability Report

Reinforcements arrive in Madison as the Spartans regain key defensive depth, leaning on freshman standout Brady Pretzlaff to anchor the linebacking corps despite devastating injuries to two stars.

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Oct 3 • 11:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to watch Nebraska football vs. Maryland: Time, TV channel

It's Nebraska vs. Maryland in Week 5 of the college football season. Here's how to watch, including time, channel, TV schedule and streaming info.

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Steelers Try Out Two Super Bowl Linebackers

The Pittsburgh Steelers tried out a pair of veteran linebackers at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Friday, according to the […]

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Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time

This Chronicle Review Deep Cut was first published in 2025. By Julianne Werlin Thanks for reading The Chronicle Review! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science had to be understood in its human context — were encountering the funhouse-mirror version of their own views in right-wing critiques of climate scientists. It was enough to give some prominent scholars pause. “Was I wrong to participate in the invention of this field known as science studies?” asked Bruno Latour, the most famous sociologist of science in the world, in 2003. “Should we apologize for having been wrong all along? Or should we rather bring the sword of criticism to criticism itself and do a bit of soul-searching here: What were we really after when we were so intent on showing the social construction of scientific facts?” In response, Latour proposed a change of method and attitude. Science studies, now chastened and contrite, would no longer seek to strip facts of their authority, but to enrich and enhance them. What this meant in practice was never fully clear. But his diagnosis of problems resonated, even if his solutions did not. Latour’s exercise in public hand-wringing signaled a shift in mood. By 2016, with the first election of Donald Trump, the idea that skepticism of science was a right-wing position, not a left-wing one, had become a commonplace, discussed eagerly in The New York Times. For liberals, vaccine denial during the Covid era and Trump’s second-term attacks on the funding of scientific research, covered extensively in these pages, added a new urgency to the defense of science on both practical and principled grounds. There was little appetite for a sociology or philosophy of science that emphasized the messiness and missteps of the scientific process rather than its integrity and triumphs. The distinguished historian of science Peter Dear’s new book, The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science (Princeton University Press, 2025), which seeks to tell the story of 18th- and 19th-century science for a general public, may seem comfortably remote from these bitter contests. In its 16 short chapters, Dear draws swift, sure sketches of major discoveries from Newton to Einstein, ably guiding the reader through debates on stellar nebulae, animal taxonomy, atomic chemistry, evolution, and other flashpoints in the history of science. But though a work of history, Dear’s book must still negotiate our polarized present. In a blurb on its back cover, the historian of biology Lynn K. Nyhart alludes to the “present moment, when scientific knowledge is being swamped by misinformation and its institutions are under siege.” Dear himself, in his conclusion, refers to the “yard signs” and “bumper stickers” that proclaim “Science Is Real.” One antidote to both anti-science propaganda and to reductive slogans in science’s defense is a robust history and philosophy of science: exactly what Dear’s scholarship has long offered. But his new book illustrates how difficult such work has become. Dear, an emeritus professor of history at Cornell University, is best known as a creative and philosophically minded historian of the Scientific Revolution. His edited volume The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument (1991) analyzed the rhetoric of Galileo’s thought experiments to brilliant effect. Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution (1995) was a major contribution to the analysis of scientific experiments in early modern Europe and beyond, while Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 (2001), now in its third edition, remains one of the best overviews of the profound epistemological upheavals of 16th- and 17th-century science. But Dear has also ventured into later periods. Nearly two decades ago, in The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (2006), he turned to the 18th and 19th centuries to sketch a history and theory of scientific knowledge. Aimed at a generalist audience, Dear’s simple prose belied serious philosophical ambitions. Science, Dear argued, has two aspects: “natural philosophy,” the quest to understand the true nature of the universe, and “instrumentality,” the applied skills and technologies that allow us to manipulate the world for human advantage. Both strands are ancient, but the innovation of the phenomenon we call “science” was to yoke them together. As Francis Bacon wrote, “Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known, the effect cannot be produced,” an insight typically abridged to “knowledge is power.” Or, in Bertrand Russell’s characteristically blunt phrase, science has two functions, “1. to enable us to know things, and 2., to enable us to do things.” So far, so conventional. But Dear took issue with this familiar story in one respect. Bacon’s formula implied that theory and practice could be fused in a single method. In fact, Dear argued, the quest to understand nature and the desire to manipulate it were coupled only loosely. They could come together, but they could also pull apart. Focusing on natural philosophy, the “knowing” half of the scientific circle, he used a series of case studies from cosmology, taxonomy, chemistry, electromagnetism, and quantum theory to show how theories changed over time, in dialogue with practice, but never reducible to it. Take the case of matter, the basic substrate of the physical world. In the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists not only disagreed about what it was, but also about how well it could be known. In 1789, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier dismissed speculation about the atomic composition of chemicals as “discussions entirely of a metaphysical nature,” as he sought to orient chemistry away from philosophical abstraction and toward laboratory results. But in the 19th century, atoms returned with a vengeance in the atomic chemistry of John Dalton, who wanted to explain the underlying structure of nature. It was not just that Dalton and Lavoisier had a different set of experimental results, or even a different theory, Dear showed. What counted as an explanation had changed. In arguing that scientific theories depended on their intelligibility to human beings with complex arrays of beliefs and commitments, Dear was in sympathy with science studies. Key figures such as the sociologist Steven Shapin emphasized the importance of psychological mechanisms like trust in the formation and acceptance of scientific ideas. But in focusing on the scientific pursuit of knowledge, not its politics or economics, Dear resisted the more cynical perspective of some of his colleagues. The Intelligibility of Nature strikes a very different note than Shapin’s collection of a few years later, Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If It Was Produced by People With Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority (2010), to name just one example. Walking a very fine line, Dear depicted science as driven at once by complex social dynamics and by the intellectual power of real discoveries. It was a testament not only to his own acumen but also to the vitality of the field that he was able to do so. Nearly two decades later, The World as We Know It returns to the questions broached in The Intelligibility of Nature. Like Dear’s earlier study, it begins with the Newtonian cosmos and ends with debates between Einstein and Bohr on quantum physics. Beyond its terminal figures, many of the same characters appear in both studies, including the naturalists John Ray and the Comte de Buffon; the chemists Étienne François Geoffroy, Antoine Lavoisier, and John Dalton; as well as Charles Darwin and Michael Faraday, among others. Its subject is nearly identical: As in The Intelligibility of Nature, The World as We Know It considers natural philosophy as opposed to instrumentality, here defined as the “desire to create a picture of what the world is really like — the world as God knows it — rather than simply having instrumental or operational control over it.” The two books also overlap in insights — and sometimes even in language. The reader who has learned in The Intelligibility of Nature that Buffon’s method of classifying animals “reflected his belief in the importance of the senses and empiricism in learning about nature (a doctrine associated with Newton and the philosopher John Locke)” will experience a sense of déjà vu on reading, in The World as We Know It, that the classification “reflects Buffon’s commitment to the epistemological stance of Newton and his philosophical underlaborer John Locke, who stressed the role of the senses in creating natural knowledge.” Later in the passage, we read that, “because of its stress on understanding the ways of life of animals in their environments, Buffon’s approach could almost be labeled (anachronistically) as ‘ecological.’” And again, “an anachronistic way of putting it would be to say that Buffon recommends an ecological mode of understanding.” Likewise, in The Intelligibility of Nature we read of Dalton that he was initially drawn to meteorology, and that: He did a bit of experimental work on these things, especially having to do with the water-holding capacity of gases, but his real interest lay in understanding what, at an underlying natural-philosophical level, was really going on physically.” Whereas, in The World as We Know It: He did experimental work on these things, especially concerning the water-holding capacity of gases — although not at a very refined level quantitatively — but he was continually trying to develop a theoretical conception of what was happening physically. The final full chapter of each book closes on the same resigned note. Intelligibility: These days, most serious work on the natural philosophical underpinnings and implications of quantum mechanics is performed not by physicists but by philosophers of science. Among scientific practitioners themselves, Bohr’s attempt to use instrumentality as sufficient grounds for a respectable science has met with a high degree of success. And again, in The World as We Know It: Bohr’s and Einstein’s concerns are now questions that are mostly discussed by philosophers of science rather than by physicists themselves. The marginalization of these sorts of questions amounts to the demise of natural philosophy, at least in physics, in the 20th century. Quantum mechanics “works,” and that’s good enough for most scientists who encounter it. Examples could be multiplied. When handling the same subject matter, some echoes are inevitable. Scholars should not feel that because they have written “Isaac Newton died in 1727” in one book, in the next they must describe him as perishing, expiring, or meeting his maker. But the repetitions of language and arguments (not to mention six reproduced images) threaded throughout The World as We Know It are more extensive than that. They should have been caught by Princeton University Press or its reviewers, and revised. Because the two books have so much in common, it is easy to see where they diverge. The World as We Know It is a less theoretical work than its predecessor. The sociology of knowledge that organized The Intelligibility of Nature has been reduced in scale and folded into readings and examples. The taut interplay between history and theory, which gave the earlier study so much interest, is there, but it is subtle. In the earlier book, the case studies demonstrated theoretical claims about the character and development of science. In the later work, each narrative of discovery is an end in itself. Insights emerge from the history, but they do not control the organization of the study. With the theory muted, it can be hard to understand the logic uniting Dear’s sprawling history of more than two centuries of scientific knowledge. The 16 brisk chapters cover an enormous amount of material. But the closer the volume edges to comprehensiveness, the more obvious the missing elements become. A chapter on “Institutions and Pedagogy,” describing the birth of the research university, illustrates the problem. Inserted roughly halfway through the book, the unnumbered chapter is designed as an “entr’acte,” in acknowledgement that it does not fit the study’s organization around scientific discoveries. Yet as Dear is well aware, no general history of the development of modern science can bracket its 19th-century institutionalization and professionalization. It was the 19th-century university, after all, that gave us the “scientist,” a term coined by the Cambridge philosopher William Whewell. Dear’s history of scientific discoveries implies a wider social and institutional history, but it remains largely subterranean, only occasionally extruded under the pressure of the narrative. It must be said that the balance is not all on the side of the earlier study. There are some advantages to the more historical, less theoretical organization of The World as We Know It. Dear’s accounts of paradigm shifts are remarkably lucid, no small accomplishment given that they span fields and centuries. He makes excellent use of the wealth of new scholarship on Darwin and his influences, to which he has himself contributed. It is satisfying to see puzzle pieces from Buffon’s natural history, Georges Cuvier’s animal taxonomy, Thomas Robert Malthus’s demography, and Charles Lyell’s geology recombined seamlessly in the Darwinian jigsaw. Likewise, Dear’s discussion of stellar nebulae, divided between chapters two and 15, shows vividly how Newton, Kant, Herschel, and Hubble reimagined insights and observations as they sought to discover whether the diffuse light that filtered through early telescopes was a glowing, gaseous substance or discrete but distant stars. Yet despite such pleasures, the book remains a more modest work than The Intelligibility of Nature. Dear has clearly not changed his views about the history of science. But in the two decades that have elapsed, the discipline and the world around it have changed, making it harder to write a sociologically and philosophically ambitious history of science for the general reader. That is a shame, because in the age of Silicon Valley and biotechnology, both the reciprocity and the tensions Dear identified between the epistemological and instrumental ambitions of science are more evident than ever. In recent years, some of the most exciting new books on the history of science in early modernity have focused precisely on this pressure point. Important studies such as Pamela H. Smith’s From Lived Experience to the Written Word (2022), James Poskett’s Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science (2022), and Vera Keller’s The Interlopers: Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge (2023) all shed new light on how early modern science negotiated the relationship between its instrumental and epistemological ambitions, or in Russell’s phrase, knowing and doing. There is every opportunity for a philosophically informed approach to draw new insights from this wealth of material. Dear, unfortunately, has not done so in The World as We Know It. But for future scholars of the history of science, his body of work over nearly four decades may provide just the model. Julianne Werlin is an associate professor of English at Duke University. 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Nebraska education board approves funds for healthy food initiative, discusses grant process

After concerns about wanting funding to go to schools, the State Board of Education awarded $2 million in leftover funds to support healthy food in schools for additional projects for infrastructures and marketing.

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Oct 2 • 2:35 PM EDT • Health • nebraskapublicmedia.org
Nebraska Medical Association honors Sen. Mike Jacobson for rural health care advocacy

State Senator Mike Jacobson has received the Nebraska Medical Association’s 2026 Friend of Medicine Award, the association’s highest honor presented to a non-medical provider.

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Oct 2 • 11:32 AM EDT • Health • knopnews2.com
Nebraska soccer looks to win consecutive Big Ten ranked matches

Nebraska women's soccer has quite the Big Ten lineup, with games against Wisconsin and Rutgers. Back-to-back wins against these teams would be a big break for the Huskers.

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Oct 2 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Editor Score Predictions: Nebraska vs. Maryland

Every week The Daily Nebraskan senior sports staff makes their score predictions for each football game. This week the Huskers will take on the Maryland Terrapins at Memorial Stadium.

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Oct 2 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Local high school football highlights and scores (10-1-26)

Here’s a look at our local high school football highlights and scores from October 1st, 2026: Iowa Sioux City East vs. Des Moines Roosevelt G-T/R-A 66, St. Edmond 12 Nebraska Pierce 40, Norfolk Catholic 12 All-Nations League Walthill 54, Flandreau Indian 6

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Oct 1 • 10:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Former Steelers Linebacker Calls Out Patrick Queen: ‘Making Business Decisions’

Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Vince Williams did not hold back on Patrick Queen. Williams thinks Queen is making some business […]

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Oct 1 • 10:26 PM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
The 5 absolute best space images of 2026 (so far)

A dark, shark-shaped nebula 650 light-years away has won Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026. See the overall winner and the best category images.

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Oct 1 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencefocus.com
Nebraska’s Dan Osborn responds to leaked audio commenting on Trump supporters

Osborn, an independent running for Senate, answered rapid-fire questions.

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Oct 1 • 12:53 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Yaya Diaby, Josiah Trotter, Chris Godwin return to practice

Some Bucs starters who had previously missed practice are trending in the right direction. Outside linebacker Yaya Diaby (calf/shoulder), rookie linebacker Josiah Trotter (shoulder), receiver Chris Godwin Jr.

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Oct 1 • 12:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Demon Star and Witch's Head kick off spooky space season

NASA highlighted a triple-binary system and an eerie nebula.

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Oct 1 • 11:31 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Husker football scouting report: Maryland

This Saturday, Nebraska hosts Maryland in another conference showdown. Several key pieces within the Terrapins indicate they could bring a challenge to the Huskers.

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Oct 1 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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History a factor in Nebraska softball’s next games against Omaha

Nebraska softball has won its first two games of their season against Kansas and is set to play against UNO for the first time since April. The Huskers face Omaha on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Bowlin Stadium.

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Oct 1 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Michigan State LB Caleb Wheatland on his incoming increased role

Michigan State linebacker Caleb Wheatland talked about the increased role he is going to have this weekend against Wisconsin.

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Sep 30 • 9:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jack Campbell’s Start Has Been Shockingly Bad

Detroit Lions All-Pro linebacker Jack Campbell has endured a stunningly poor start to the 2026 season, particularly in pass coverage.

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Sep 30 • 3:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Detroit Lions Sign Wide Receiver, Linebacker Prior to Panthers Game

The Detroit Lions promoted LB Amen Ogbongbemiga to the active roster and brought WR Lawrence Keys III back on the practice squad.

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Sep 30 • 1:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Seahawks sign linebacker to practice squad, release D’Anthony Bell

It’s the second day in a row the Seahawks have added a defender to their practice squad, and they’ve released a veteran to make room.

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Sep 30 • 1:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Falcons Sign Former Third Round Linebacker Off Bengals Practice Squad

The Atlanta Falcons have made a move.

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Sep 30 • 11:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Ranking for Bellevue University's Counseling Master's

CounselingPsychology.org ranked Bellevue University's Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program No. 2 among counseling master's programs in Nebraska for 2027. The ranking recognizes Bellevue University's CACREP-accredited program and its online format designed to support students preparing for counseling careers and licensur...

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Sep 30 • 10:45 AM EDT • Health • news.bellevue.edu
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Beyond the ballot: UNK lecture highlights Nebraska women’s early political influence

KEARNEY - University of Nebraska - Kearney lecture will highlight Nebraska women's early political influence a...

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Sep 30 • 10:39 AM EDT • Politics • centralnebraskatoday.com
Trellis Health expands member-based primary care to Brunswick

Trellis Health, a MaineHealth subsidiary offering membership-based primary care, now has two offices in Maine

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Sep 30 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • mainebiz.biz
Lewiston will offer funding to help business owners 'put ideas to work'

The city of Lewiston is offering business owners the opportunity to receive development grants of up to $40,000 and loans of as much as $50,000.

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Sep 30 • 9:54 AM EDT • Business • mainebiz.biz
Armor expanding, plans to increase size of Arnold facility

Armor Equipment, an Arnold-based sewer, street and waste management equipment company, on Sept. 1 bought the Dakota Truck Co. in Lakeville, Minn., allowing the business to expand its reach to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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Sep 30 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • myleaderpaper.com
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CHI Health Good Samaritan Warns Older Adults About Fall Risks as Autumn Arrives
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Sep 30 • 7:35 AM EDT • Health • nebraska.tv
Democrats eye Nebraska as an opportunity to take a Senate seat away from Republicans

Democrats hope they might be able to swipe both a Senate and a House seat from Republicans in this solidly red state.

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Sep 30 • 5:12 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Week 5 Nebraska volleyball grades

Nebraska volleyball swept Missouri, Rutgers and Ohio State this past week and proved themselves once again. The players themselves such as Bergen Reilly, Andi Jackson and Harper Murray, have shown that they are efficient and persistent on the court and will continue to succeed.

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Sep 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Small-town athletes making it big at Nebraska

Several small towns in Nebraska have developed admirable athletic talent, some who have made it big at UNL. Athletes in women's basketball, wrestling and track and field, who came from small towns all over Nebraska.

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Sep 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Broncos Add Former Raiders Pass Rusher in Roster Tweak

The Denver Broncos are bolstering their pass rush with the addition of a former Las Vegas Raiders outside linebacker ahead of Week 4's game. The post Broncos Add Former Raiders Pass Rusher in Roster Tweak appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 29 • 8:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dolphins sign linebacker off Bengals' practice squad

Bengals linebacker Shaka Heyward missed several weeks during the 2025 season with a hairline fracture of his left fibula.

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Sep 29 • 5:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘It’s certainly a challenge for Nebraska families’: GOP senator who supports war in Iran on its economic impact
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Sep 29 • 2:12 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Dolphins Sign Linebacker in Latest Roster Move

The Miami Dolphins have brought in a linebacker in their latest roster move.

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Sep 29 • 12:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Phelps Memorial Health Center: Know your numbers and stay heart healthy
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Sep 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • nebraska.tv
Nebraska moves up in USA TODAY Sports college football re-rank

USA TODAY Sports released its college football NCAA re-ranking, 1-138, for week four. Once again, Nebraska moved up in the rankings.

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Sep 29 • 5:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon

A group supporting Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate in Nebraska, is airing an ad attacking Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican, for pardoning a man convicted of sexual assault.

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Sep 29 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Colandrea, rushing defense grade high in Nebraska football’s win over MSU

PFF grades detail how certain Huskers shined in Nebraska's decisive victory over Michigan State, highlighting playmakers on offense and defense.

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Sep 29 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Andi Jackson and Harper Murray lead Husker volleyball on and off the court

Nebraska volleyball has a special duo in their roster. Seniors Andi Jackson and Harper Murray have grown together through college and are showing their best volleyball.

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Sep 29 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
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Brian Burns confirmed to have torn ACL

New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Week 3

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Sep 28 • 10:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ethics Watchdogs To Investigate Whether Troubled Multnomah County Health Board Got Dubious Legal Advice

A Washington state attorney has been advising a Portland-area governance board on Oregon Public Meetings Law.

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Sep 28 • 9:17 PM EDT • Health • wweek.com
Paul Finebaum slams 'absolute fraud' Lincoln Riley after Oregon loss

The ESPN analyst goes off on the Trojans coach.

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Sep 28 • 5:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State Report Card: Offensive Line Earns An F

Michigan State graded out every position group after Nebraska, and one of them bottomed out. #GoGreen

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Sep 28 • 3:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cam Edwards Out for the Season, Fitzgerald Says

Pat Fitzgerald gave his verdict Monday on Cam Edwards, carted off in the first quarter against Nebraska. #GoGreen

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Sep 28 • 12:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State Injuries Were Massive Hits to the Team

A brutal wave of pregame and mid-match casualties left the Spartans depleted, forcing a depleted roster into a desperate battle of attrition against a surging Nebraska squad.

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Sep 28 • 10:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Corn Nation Overreaction: Huskers Dominate Spartans, Remain Undefeated

Nebraska moved to 4-0 with a convincing 31-13 road victory over Michigan State, and Greg and Jake broke down an “ugly win” that still showed how far the Huskers have come. Nebraska didn’t play its best football, particularly in the running game, but the defense dominated with six sacks, multiple takeaways, excellent tackling, and impressive […]

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Sep 28 • 8:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nebraska ends winless streak with shutout victory over Michigan

Nebraska closed out its weekend trip to Michigan against the Wolverines. The Huskers got back into the win column, ending their winless streak.

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Sep 28 • 6:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Around the Big Ten: Dylan Raiola shines after vicious hit on Dante Moore

Sports writer Connor Krumme looks at each Big Ten school after most of them made their yearly football conference debut. He looks at Ohio State, Oregon, USC, Washington, Maryland and more as they prepare for the full conference slate and the College Football Playoffs.

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Sep 28 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
Investing in Nebraska’s Health and Safety

US Senator Deb Fischer By U.S. Senator Deb Fischer I often write about using my role in the U.S. Senate to advocate for Nebraska. It’s why I joined the

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Sep 27 • 11:09 PM EDT • Health • chadronradio.com