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5 dead and over 100 hospitalized from recalled Japanese health supplements
TOKYO (AP) — Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a pharmaceutical company issued a recall of the products. Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.
Mar 29, 2024 3:57 AM
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Takeaways: AP investigation reveals Black people bear disproportionate impact of police force
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Black people accounted for a disproportionate number of people who died after being restrained, beaten or shocked with stun guns by police officers in the United States, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.
Mar 29, 2024 3:15 AM
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He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. He was having a mental breakdown — and needed help. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan.
Mar 29, 2024 3:11 AM
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For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead.
Mar 29, 2024 3:05 AM
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Fluid in eye cells can 'boil' if you watch the eclipse without protection: expert
Millions of people in parts of Eastern and Atlantic Canada will be able to see the rare solar eclipse happening on April 8. But they should only look up if they have proper eye protection, experts say.
Mar 29, 2024 3:00 AM
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Thailand steps up border control of livestock after anthrax outbreak is reported in neighboring Laos
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were reported to have contracted anthrax in the neighboring country.
Mar 29, 2024 1:56 AM
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Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal
Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death.
Mar 28, 2024 8:35 PM
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Georgia teachers and state employees will get pay raises as state budget passes
ATLANTA (AP) — Pay raises for Georgia's public school teachers and state employees were never in doubt politically from the moment Gov.
Mar 28, 2024 8:19 PM
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Mississippi Senate passes trimmed Medicaid expansion and sends bill back to the House
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in one of the poorest states in the U.S. after the Senate voted Thursday for a vastly different plan than one proposed by the House.
Mar 28, 2024 3:42 PM
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Lawmakers seek to prop up Delaware medical marijuana industry after legalizing recreational use
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Senior citizens in Delaware will be able to get medical marijuana without a prescription or referral from a doctor under a bill heading to Democratic Gov. John Carney.
Mar 28, 2024 3:36 PM
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