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September 19, 2017

Veteran who fought library attacker among 18 Carnegie Heroes

An Army veteran who fended off a mentally ill man who tried to attack a chess class the veteran was teaching at an Illinois ...

September 19, 2017

Judge: NFL concussion victims hit with 'deceptive practices'

A federal judge overseeing the NFL's $1 billion concussion settlement with former players said she's concerned about ...

September 19, 2017

Christie: Drugmakers to work on nonaddictive pain medication

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that pharmaceutical companies agreed to work on nonaddictive pain medications and ...

September 18, 2017

Bangladesh restricts Rohingya refugees, starts immunization

Bangladeshi authorities are taking steps to restrict the movement of Muslim Rohingya refugees living in crowded border camps ...

September 17, 2017

Pharmacist in deadly meningitis outbreak heading to trial

After watching his mother die from meningitis in a nationwide outbreak caused by contaminated steroids, Scott Shaw is ...

September 16, 2017

Suicide among veterans highest in western US, rural areas

Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data that ...

September 15, 2017

VA data show veteran suicide highest in US West, rural areas

Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data ...

September 15, 2017

The Latest: Florida, N. Carolina report storm-related deaths

The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Authorities say a carbon monoxide poisoning victim is the first ...

September 15, 2017

Seniors fight post-hurricane heat with Popsicles, compresses

Florida seniors were ushered out of stifling assisted-living centers Thursday while caregivers fought a lack of air ...

September 14, 2017

Israel protests marathon body's exclusion of West Bank race

Israel on Thursday said the international marathon body was injecting politics into sports by excluding an Israeli race ...

September 14, 2017

Cuba mystery grows: New details on what befell US diplomats

The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there ...

September 14, 2017

AP NewsBreak: Medicare card remake to protect seniors

Medicare cards are getting a makeover to fight identity theft. No more Social Security numbers plastered on the card.

September 14, 2017

Hurricane's strike brought particular risks to the oldest

Like clockwork, stories of suffering by the oldest residents in the line of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and other natural ...

September 13, 2017

Study prompts call to examine flu vaccine and miscarriage

A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had ...

September 13, 2017

Will Senate bargainers' deal on children's health pass?

Senate bargainers have reached agreement to extend financing for the children's health insurance program for five years, and ...

September 13, 2017

Senate bargainers say deal reached on children's health

Senate Republican and Democratic bargainers reached agreement late Tuesday to extend financing for the children's health ...

September 12, 2017

Child heart patients treated for surgical infection

At least a dozen children who had heart surgery at Children's Hospital New Orleans between late May and July have infected ...

September 12, 2017

Babies born on back-to-back days outside same Burger King

Two women have delivered healthy babies on back-to-back days in the parking lot of the same Burger King restaurant in New ...

September 12, 2017

Age matters when it comes to screening for cervical cancer

Getting checked for cervical cancer isn't one-size-fits-all: Millions of women may soon have to decide between a routine Pap ...