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Residents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper
A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix
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Poland's new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization
Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which lost control of the legislature in the country's recent general election
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Pope Francis is still having trouble breathing due to lung inflammation, Vatican says
The Vatican says Pope Francis is stable but is still having trouble breathing as a result of a lung inflammation that forced him to cancel a weekend trip to Dubai
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New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days
New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the agenda for his first three months in office
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Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia's Jakarta
Pollution is causing respiratory illnesses and deaths to rise in Indonesia's island of Java, including the capital, Jakarta
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41 rescued workers emerge dazed and smiling after 17 days trapped in collapsed road tunnel in India
Forty-one construction workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel in northern India where they had been stranded the last 17 days
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Australia apologizes for thalidomide tragedy as some survivors listen in the Parliament gallery
Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history
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British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses
A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years without being detected
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Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain with operations in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals
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Customer sues Chopt eatery chain over salad that she says contained a piece of manager's finger
A customer has filed a lawsuit against the fast casual chain Chopt over a salad that she says contained a piece of the manager’s finger
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