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Burning sulfur near Mosul sends hundreds to hospital, U.S. troops don masks
By Babak Dehghanpisheh QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Up to 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to fumes from a sulfur plant set ablaze during fighting with Islamic State in northern Iraq and U.S. officials say U.S. forces at a nearby airfield are wearing protective masks. A cloud of white smoke blanketed the…
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Nearly 1,000 treated for breathing problems south of Mosul: hospital
Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulfur plant which Islamic State militants are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul, hospital sources said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in connection with the incident, said the sources at the hospital in Qayyara,…
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Cloud from chemical accident in Kansas dissipated: city officials
By Dave Kaup ATCHISON, Kansas (Reuters) – City and county officials told residents of Atchison in northeastern Kansas it was safe to return after a chemical spill at an MGP Ingredients Inc facility on Friday caused the formation of a chemical cloud that forced evacuations. Thirty-four people were being treated for respiratory discomfort, although the…
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Secondhand smoke linked to higher risk of stroke
The increased risk of stroke that comes with smoking may extend to nonsmokers who live in the same household and breathe in secondhand smoke, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that never-smokers who had a stroke were nearly 50 percent more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke at home than people who had never…
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Obama to give his diagnosis for what ails Obamacare
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday will head to the election battleground state Florida to give his prescription for fixing the Affordable Care Act, his signature healthcare law, but any remedies will be left up to his successor and the next Congress. Battling a barrage of negative headlines about rising…
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App helps save Seattle cardiac patient
SEATTLE (AP) — If your heart is going to stop, right outside a hospital is not a bad place for it.
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U.N. chief Ban arrives in Haiti after looting near U.N. base
By Makini Brice LES CAYES (Reuters) – Desperate Haitians pummeled by Hurricane Matthew looted United Nations trucks on Saturday shortly before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived for a visit. The Category 4 hurricane tore through Haiti on Oct. 4, killing about 1,000 people and leaving more than 1.4 million in need of humanitarian aid, including…
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Correction: Conjoined Twins-Surgery story
NEW YORK (AP) — In an Oct. 14 story about conjoined twins separated in a surgery, The Associated Press misidentified the New York City borough where Montefiore Medical Center is located. The hospital is in the Bronx, not Brooklyn.
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Two Americans held in Yemen released and flown to Oman
Two American prisoners held captive by Yemen Houthi rebels have been released and taken to neighboring Oman after Omani officials mediated their release, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday. Kerry, speaking to reporters in the Swiss city of Lausanne, also said that the United States was discussing a ceasefire in Yemen with…