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Serena Williams says she had a benign cyst removed from her neck and 'all is OK'

Serena Williams says she had a benign cyst removed from her neck and 'all is OK'

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams says she had a benign branchial cyst “the size of a small grapefruit” removed from her neck and “all is OK.
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Sceptres forward Natalie Spooner targets season-opener to return from knee injury

Sceptres forward Natalie Spooner targets season-opener to return from knee injury

Natalie Spooner has Nov. 30 circled on her calendar, and not because the Toronto Sceptres forward feels particular animosity toward the Boston Fleet.
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Texas man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case awaits clemency ruling

Texas man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case awaits clemency ruling

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome awaited a decision Wednesday on his request for clemency from a state board.
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Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

GOMA, Congo (AP) — For Nelly Shukuru, there was no way out. The fighting that forced her from her home, the squalid conditions in the displacement camp in eastern Congo, the hunger, all felt inescapable. The 51-year-old planned to hang herself.
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Protesters demand Kellogg remove artificial colors from Froot Loops and other cereals

Protesters demand Kellogg remove artificial colors from Froot Loops and other cereals

Dozens of people rallied outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. Tuesday, demanding that the company remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the U.S.
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Missouri abortion-rights campaign fundraising total at $22M one month before election

Missouri abortion-rights campaign fundraising total at $22M one month before election

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to restore abortion access in Missouri so far has raised close to $22 million, finance reports filed Tuesday show.
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Beck touts health-care plan; Moe would continue to withhold carbon levy

Beck touts health-care plan; Moe would continue to withhold carbon levy

REGINA — Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck was on the campaign trail Tuesday promising better health care, while the Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe proposed to continue withholding federal carbon levy payments.
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Michigan is paying $13M after shooter drill terrified psychiatric hospital for kids

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for cover, text fam
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RFK Jr. suggests he'll have a significant role on agriculture and health policy if Trump is elected

RFK Jr. suggests he'll have a significant role on agriculture and health policy if Trump is elected

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suggesting he will have significant influence on American agriculture policy if Donald Trump is elected president, the latest in a series of roles he has envisioned for himself in a second Trump administration.
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RFK Jr. suggests he'll have a significant role on agriculture and health policy if Trump is elected

RFK Jr. suggests he'll have a significant role on agriculture and health policy if Trump is elected

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suggesting he will have significant influence on American agriculture policy if Donald Trump is elected president, the latest in a series of roles he has envisioned for himself in a second Trump administration.
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