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CDC: Nearly 200 in 22 States Sick After Vaping

CHICAGO (AP) - Health officials say the number of severe breathing illnesses reported in people who vape has grown to nearly 200 in 22 states. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the new figures Friday and…

Omar, Tlaib Host News Conference on Travel Restrictions

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan are hosting a news conference on travel restrictions to Israel and Palestine, after they were denied entry into Israel last week. At the…

Medical Examiner Rules Epstein Death a Suicide by Hanging

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's medical examiner has ruled Jeffrey Epstein's death a suicide. The medical examiner's office said in a statement Friday that an autopsy and other evidence confirms the 66-year-old financier hanged himself in his cell…

Tlaib Says she Won't Remain Silent During Trip

JERUSALEM (AP) - Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will not let down the Palestinian people by remaining silent about their condition on a visit to the West Bank. That's the case despite a letter she submitted earlier to the…

Israel PM Says US Reps Barred Over Boycott Calls

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel “is open to all visitors and all criticism,'' but will bar entry to two U.S. Democratic congresswomen over their support for boycotts. Netanyahu's office issued a statement Thursday saying that based…

Police: Active Gunman Shooting at Police Officers in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities say several Philadelphia police officers have been injured in an "active and ongoing'' shooting situation in the city. Sgt. Eric Gripp tweeted there was at least one suspect firing at police officers Wednesday afternoon. A police…

Trump Changes Endangered Species Act Protections

WASHINGTON (AP) - California and Massachusetts say they'll go to court to fight the Trump administration's overhaul of the Endangered Species Act. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday that they planned to sue.…

Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dead at 88

NEW YORK (AP) - Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. She was…

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