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Powerful illegal drugs are inundating Europe and sending corruption and violence soaring, EU says

Powerful illegal drugs are inundating Europe and sending corruption and violence soaring, EU says

BRUSSELS (AP) — New harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid violence and corruption hurting local communities across Europe, the EU's agency monitoring drugs and addiction said Friday.

Rural Utah abortion clinic closes amid staff shortages, plans to reopen in August

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There is now one fewer place to access abortion in Utah after Planned Parenthood closed its only clinic outside the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.
Time to ditch your gas stove for health reasons? The answer is 'murky,' experts say

Time to ditch your gas stove for health reasons? The answer is 'murky,' experts say

A Canadian study suggests an association between household use of gas stoves and a higher risk of asthma in some kids. However, like other recent studies on the issue, the results were inconsistent.
Some Chinese Canadians embrace 'white people food' movement, others are baffled

Some Chinese Canadians embrace 'white people food' movement, others are baffled

VANCOUVER — Cheese sticks and a bagel. A boiled egg with raw broccoli. A fat ball of burrata cheese sitting atop a pile of green grapes.
Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over 'partygate'

Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over 'partygate'

LONDON (AP) — A committee of U.K.
Visually impaired people in Ukraine struggle to cope during Russian missile attacks

Visually impaired people in Ukraine struggle to cope during Russian missile attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sunlight filters through shattered windows, casting a glow upon the dusty furniture and fragments of glass strewn across the floor of the office belonging to Oleksandr Vinkovskyi, director of a Kyiv business where visually impair
FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain

FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain

The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall.
Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee

Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee

A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational pot created.
Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says

Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says

NEW YORK (AP) — The homicide rate for older U.S.
Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows

Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows

NEW YORK (AP) — Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide in views of both science and medicine that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, 39% of U.S.
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