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  • Texas urges Supreme Court to uphold abortion law

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    The state of Texas on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its restrictions on abortion providers, citing the case of a Philadelphia doctor convicted in 2013 of murdering babies at his abortion clinic. Lawyers for Texas were responding to court papers filed by abortion providers who challenged the 2013 state law. The Texas…

  • Replace pipes that ‘poisoned’ Flint water, lawsuit demands

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    The downtrodden US city of Flint was poisoned in a misguided drive by penny-pinching officials to save money, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claimed, demanding the corroded lead pipes responsible for contaminating tap water be immediately replaced. “In a failed attempt to save a few bucks, state-appointed officials poisoned the drinking water of an important American…

  • Caught off-guard by Zika, Brazil struggles with deformed babies

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    By Anthony Boadle RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) – Angela Rocha, a pediatrician in northeastern Brazil, measures the head of a child born with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sparking a health scare across the Americas. More than 1,000 cases of microcephaly have been reported in just a few months in…