Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after cleaning sinuses with tap water

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“A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for...”

N.Y.C. mayoral debate recap: Democrats talk immigration and Trump; Andrew Cuomo fights attacks

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“A casual viewer could be forgiven for mistaking Democrats' first New York City mayoral debate for the roast of Andrew Cuomo.”

Chinese couple charged with smuggling a biological pathogen into the U.S.

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“Yunqing Jian, a researcher at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, studied the pathogen as university students in China.”

Family sues pharmacy, drug 'middleman' after price hike leads to son's fatal asthma attack

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“Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had insurance but couldn't afford to refill his asthma inhaler after the cost jumped from $70 to more than $500 at his...”

Ukraine claims massive drone strike on Russian bombers in 'Spiderweb' operation

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“Ukraine's Security Service said it has struck more than 40 Russian bombers deep inside Russian territory in what would be one of the largest and...”

A Japanese village that helped develop California's fishing industry could become container storage

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“From the turn of the 20th century to the early 1940s, a human-made island in San Pedro Bay held a flourishing Japanese American fishing village...”

Faizan Zaki wins Scripps National Spelling Bee a year after coming in 2nd

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“"Eclaircissement" was the winning word, but for Faizan Zaki it spelled success.”

Former surgeon sentenced to 20 years in prison as France's largest child sexual abuse trial ends

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“Joel Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon at the center of France's largest child sexual abuse case, was handed a maximum sentence of 20 years in...”

What supplements to be wary of as drug-induced liver injuries rise in the U.S.

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“From 1995 through 2020, supplement-related liver failure requiring U.S. patients to be waitlisted for transplants increased eightfold, according to...”

Car collides with pedestrians at soccer parade in Liverpool, England

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“A car collided with a number of pedestrians as thousands of people celebrated Liverpool Football Club's Premier League title win, police said.”