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Norfolk Southern content with minimum safety too often, regulators say after fiery Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern content with minimum safety too often, regulators say after fiery Ohio derailment

OMAHA, Neb.
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Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface

Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses .
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A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery

ATLANTA (AP) — A doctor used too much force and decapitated a Georgia woman's baby during delivery, according to a lawsuit attorneys said was filed Wednesday. The baby's mother and father, Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, falls at home and goes to hospital, but scans are clear, her office says

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, falls at home and goes to hospital, but scans are clear, her office says

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein , the oldest member of Congress, fell in her home and went to a hospital for a short time, her office said on Wednesday.
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Fax machines standing in way of Quebec health system fully adopting AI: report

Fax machines standing in way of Quebec health system fully adopting AI: report

MONTREAL — The Quebec health-care system's reliance on fax machines, handwritten notes and paper files is standing in the way of the province fully harnessing artificial intelligence, according to a recent report.
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Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims

Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims

BILLINGS, Mont.
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Things to know about a vote in Ohio, court action in Kansas and Utah and other abortion developments

Things to know about a vote in Ohio, court action in Kansas and Utah and other abortion developments

Voters in Ohio and judges across the U.S. are weighing in on the future of abortion access in several states more than a year after the nation's top court overturned Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion, setting off a series of policy shifts.
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Wild mushrooms suspected of killing 3 who ate a family lunch together in Australia

Wild mushrooms suspected of killing 3 who ate a family lunch together in Australia

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police on Wednesday were trying to figure out how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after apparently eating wild mushrooms at a family lunch. Homicide detectives have been investigating the case.
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CAE tops earnings predictions in first quarter amid renewed demand in civil aviation

CAE tops earnings predictions in first quarter amid renewed demand in civil aviation

MONTREAL — CAE Inc. is reporting a 13 per cent spike in revenues as commercial aviation bounces back following a prolonged pandemic downturn.
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Gunmen attack police guarding polio team in northwest Pakistan and kill 1 officer

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen attacked police officers providing security for polio vaccination workers during a door-to-door campaign in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing one of them before fleeing the scene, police said.
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