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A runaway alligator and other non-emergencies that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers

A runaway alligator and other non-emergencies that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers

LONDON (AP) — If your pet alligator escapes, don't call for an ambulance — unless it has sunk its teeth into someone. That's the message from the Welsh Ambulance Service in a plea to get people to stop phoning with non-emergencies.
Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended

Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Things to know about how Trump's policies target transgender people

Things to know about how Trump's policies target transgender people

President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office. He has done it with strong language.
An air ambulance has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport

An air ambulance has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport

A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames.
An air ambulances has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport

An air ambulances has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport

A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames.
Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target 'gender ideology'

Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target 'gender ideology'

Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald Trump's order rolling back protectio
Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pill

Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pill

BATON ROUGE, La.
Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull

Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull

TORONTO — A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400 ostriches that were facing a deadline on Saturday for them to be killed at a British Columbia farm hit by an outbreak of avian flu.
A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders

A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders

A number of U.S.
Alberta government overhauls board of health authority, appoints administrator

Alberta government overhauls board of health authority, appoints administrator

EDMONTON — Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services — for the second time in nearly as many years — and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as administrator.