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Voters resoundingly backed paid sick leave. Now lawmakers in 3 states want to roll back the benefits
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska were asked last year whether they wanted to require employers to provide paid sick leave to their workers. They overwhelmingly said yes.
Apr 29, 2025 10:04 PM
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Florida is poised to become 2nd state to ban fluoride from public water systems
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Apr 29, 2025 5:59 PM
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Texas Senate OKs effort to clarify medical exceptions under state's abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate approved changes Tuesday to the state’s strict abortion ban that both Republicans and Democrats say would clarify medical exceptions and has drawn support from women who were told they could not end their pregnan
Apr 29, 2025 5:11 PM
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Judge declares accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash not criminally responsible
LAVAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has declared a man not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023.
Apr 29, 2025 1:44 PM
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Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others.
Apr 29, 2025 1:14 PM
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The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have active outbreaks. Here's what to know
With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks , the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to figures posted Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Apr 29, 2025 12:43 PM
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Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits
In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn’t yet spread.
Apr 29, 2025 7:02 AM
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Bogota fights heroin overdoses with South America's only supervised drug consumption room
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The left arm of Christian Camilo Amaya is tattooed with a skull pierced by a syringe, which he says represents the use of cocaine and heroin.
Apr 28, 2025 9:09 PM
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Judge pauses old Nevada law requiring parental notification for minors to get abortion
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents or guardians to be notified before a minor can have an abortion will not take effect this week following a federal judge's ruling.
Apr 28, 2025 6:01 PM
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How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food
ST. LOUIS (AP) — As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk.
Apr 28, 2025 4:03 PM
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