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  • USAssociated Press

    BNSF Railway says it didn't know about asbestos that's killed hundreds in Montana town

    BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. Attorneys for the Warren Buffett-owned company say the railroad's corporate predecessors didn't know the vermiculite it hauled over decades from a nearby mine was filled with hazardous microscopic asbestos fibers. The case i

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  • HealthHuffPost

    My Doctor Gave Me A Strange Exam. I Researched It Later — And What I Learned Left Me Disgusted.

    "He entered the room. The nurse stood at a distance from the examination table, leaning against a countertop, like she didn’t want to be associated with him."

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  • USPeople

    Rattlesnake Gives 2 Friends Nightmare Fuel After They Catch Reptile Swimming Toward Them

    Brooke Howard spotted the rattlesnake while fishing on Caney Creek in Texas

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  • USAssociated Press

    Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

    One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.

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  • USKTVX

    Students walk out of Utah middle school to protest ‘furries’

    Several students and adults participated in an hours-long walkout from Utah's Mt. Nebo Middle School on Wednesday.

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  • USCNN

    Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say

    A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit

    The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by automatically weeding out applicants whom the company deemed to have failed a criminal background check, according to U.S. officials. President Joe Biden stopped by a Sheetz for snacks this week while cam

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