Tag: saturday
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Denmark environment minister to step down, bringing coalition crisis to a head
Danish Environment and Food Minister Eva Kjer Hansen said on Saturday she will step down having lost support in parliament, potentially bringing to a head a crisis threatening the minority government after only eight months in office. The Conservatives, one of the ruling Liberal party’s coalition partners, said they could no longer support Hansen, who…
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Three probes launched into tragic France drug trial
French authorities launched three investigations Saturday at a research laboratory in the northwestern city of Rennes into a drug trial that left one person brain-dead and three others facing potentially irreversible brain damage. On Saturday they were joined by representatives of France's social affairs inspectorate general (IGAS) and the national drug safety agency (ANSM). A…
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Gunfire at Colorado Planned Parenthood triggered rapid lockdown
By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The moment a receptionist heard gunfire and an “intruder” burst into the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, the well-drilled staff immediately activated lockdown procedures, the organization’s local president said on Saturday. “This is a community that’s been under attack,” Vicki Cowart, president and chief executive of…
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Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola transmissions
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola transmissions on Saturday, as West Africa battles to stamp out the deadly virus that is holding on in neighboring Guinea.
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Ohio State quarterback suspended after impaired driving charge
(Reuters) – Ohio State University's head football coach suspended his starting quarterback J.T. Barrett from the team's next game after the player was charged with driving a vehicle while impaired, the university said on Saturday. The suspension by head coach Urban Meyer will keep the sophomore out of Ohio State's Nov. 7 game against Minnesota,…