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Applesauce packets recalled due to levels of lead Applesauce packets recalled due to levels of lead 00:37 Applesauce pouches contaminated with heavy amounts of lead remained on Dollar Tree store shelves for nearly two months after being recalled and linked to hundreds of lead poisonings nationwide, according to federal regulators. In the weeks and months
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Washington — A Republican senator blocked a Democratic-led attempt to pass legislation Tuesday that would have restored a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, an accessory that enables semi-automatic weapons to shoot at a very rapid pace, after last week’s Supreme Court decision striking down the ban. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, requested that
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President Biden on Tuesday announced a large-scale immigration program that will offer legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. residency and citizenship to roughly half a million unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens. The Department of Homeland Security policy will allow these immigrants to apply for work permits and deportation protections if they have lived in
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At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses told AFP on Tuesday. “All of them died because of heat” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats
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The United States has halted inspections of avocados and mangoes in Mexico‘s Michoacán state following the attack and detainment of two U.S. Department of Agriculture employees, according to U.S. officials. The workers with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were recently attacked while carrying out their work inspecting avocados, and have since been
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Otago Highlanders back Connor Garden-Bachop has died at age 25 after an unspecified “medical event,” New Zealand Rugby said on Tuesday. Police said they were called to the scene of a sudden death in Christchurch on Monday evening. It is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the coroner. “Connor passed away
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A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it. Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases issued a statement in March warning that STSS was increasing in the country. As of June 2, Japan’s health ministry reports 977 cases since
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A coalition of organizations is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to add extreme heat and wildfire smoke to its list of scenarios worthy of being labeled a major disaster. Dozens of environmental, health and labor groups on Monday filed a petition with FEMA in a bid to unleash FEMA funds that historically have
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on joining “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise – CBS News Watch CBS News Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Det. Bobby Abbot, the new partner of Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley, in the latest installment of the “Beverly Hills Cop” series. Celebrating 40 years since the original and 30 years since the last film, Gordon-Levitt talks about
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Surgeon general says social media should come with health warning for teens – CBS News Watch CBS News The surgeon general is calling for a health warning for social media, similar to the ones found on tobacco products. Dr. Vivek Murthy says teens and adolescents should be notified the platforms are associated with possible harm
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