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President Biden has started using a CPAP machine at night to deal with sleep apnea

President Biden has started using a CPAP machine at night to deal with sleep apnea

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden in recent weeks has started using a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine at night to help with sleep apnea, the White House said Wednesday.
Poor air quality from wildfires upends summer activities new reality sets in

Poor air quality from wildfires upends summer activities new reality sets in

Canadian wildfires triggered dangerous plumes of smoke and air pollution in parts of the country Wednesday, forcing many people to avoid the outdoors as poor air quality warnings cancelled some mail deliveries and curbed school recesses and sports tr

Dozens in 16 states charged with health care fraud schemes, including $1.9B in bogus claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one totaling $1.
Belgium-based Solvay to pay $393M to clean up and compensate for PFAS contamination in New Jersey

Belgium-based Solvay to pay $393M to clean up and compensate for PFAS contamination in New Jersey

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Calgary's new cancer centre to be named after Arthur Child following $50M donation

Calgary's new cancer centre to be named after Arthur Child following $50M donation

Calgary's newly built cancer centre has received a $50-million donation from the Arthur J.E. Child Foundation. The donation, announced at a news conference Wednesday, means the $1.4-billion building is now named the Arthur J.E.
Maltese lawmakers vote to legalize abortion, but only where the mother is at risk of death

Maltese lawmakers vote to legalize abortion, but only where the mother is at risk of death

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Maltese lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to ease the strictest abortion laws in the European Union , but pro-choice campaigners had withdrawn their support, saying last-minute changes make the legislation
New York cracks down on unlicensed pot shops, but closing them might take time

New York cracks down on unlicensed pot shops, but closing them might take time

NEW YORK (AP) — Fed up with hundreds of bootleg pot shops, New York launched new inspections this month aimed at getting rid of the unlicensed stores that are troubling the state's fledgling legal marijuana market.
Gymnastics star Simone Biles returning to competition in August in first meet since 2020 Olympics

Gymnastics star Simone Biles returning to competition in August in first meet since 2020 Olympics

Simone Biles is back. The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in early August, her first event since the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says

Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says

OTTAWA — The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the promised federal dental insurance plan will cost $2.9 billion less than the government budgeted, assuming provincial governments don't drop their coverage.
Michigan Legislature approves ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ minors

Michigan Legislature approves ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ minors

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers gave final approval to legislation banning so-called conversion therapy for minors as Democrats in the state continue to advance a pro-LGBTQ+ agenda in their first months in power.