California wildlife officials have extended a ban on abalone harvesting in Northern California until 2036 for environmental ...

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A 20-year study of nearly 11,000 adults in Bangladesh found that lowering arsenic levels in drinking water was associated with up to a 50% lower risk of death from heart disease, cancer and other ...

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An El Dorado County woman was on the brink of death last year due to serious health complications caused by toxic water in Lake Tahoe, reports said. The 24-year-old woman, who was a recent UC Santa ...

A Connecticut son bludgeoned his mother to death with a hammer, then ran out into the woods behind his ritzy family home, screaming out for his “Mama.” Police arrested 20-year-old Sebastian Van ...

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PLEASE CALL DES MOINES POLICE. TODAY, POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO DIED IN A FALL IN VAN METER. 33 YEAR BRANDON MCVEIGH OF ADAIR COUNTY, WAS WORKING AT VAN METER ELEMENTARY ...