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Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes here.
Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

Even though lead in drinking water damages children's development, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced very few cities to replace their lead pipes. Consider Chicago, with more water pipes made out of lead than any U.S. city, some 400,000.
'Radical Love:' Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto's homeless

'Radical Love:' Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto's homeless

TORONTO — A last-minute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd's life into overtime. While sitting on a patio in downtown Toronto on a warm June day, he thinks back to his life four months earlier when he faced a return to the streets.
Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

OTTAWA — The last time all of Canada's premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages thr
Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails

Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails

A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months.
Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling.
Scotland wants to decriminalize drugs. The UK government just says no

Scotland wants to decriminalize drugs. The UK government just says no

LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to tackle one of Europe’s highest overdose death rates. The suggestion was almost instantly blocked by the Conservative U.K.
Biden takes aim at 'junk' insurance, vowing to save money for consumers being played as 'suckers'

Biden takes aim at 'junk' insurance, vowing to save money for consumers being played as 'suckers'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on what he called “junk” insurance plans that play consumers as ‘suckers,' new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and

Nebraska mom pleads guilty to giving daughter pills for an abortion and helping bury the fetus

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty Friday to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills for an illegal abortion last year and helping to burn and bury the fetus.
Kentucky AG challenges federal judge's blocking of state law banning transgender youth treatment

Kentucky AG challenges federal judge's blocking of state law banning transgender youth treatment

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is asking a federal appeals court to lift an injunction that blocks portions of a new state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth.