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Up to 20 Ebola cases, and three deaths, reported in Congo

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While arrests of immigrants targeted by agents rose, the number of deportations fell 12 percent during the period, Homan said. In recent years, many US law en...

ACLU Files to Get Comey's Memo on Trump Conversation

Curbelo, the most endangered Republican, was already feeling the heat from constituents over his vote for the GOP health care bill when NBC News visited his dis...

Planned Parenthood to close Sioux City clinic

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Can Women Safely Take Abortion Pills At Home?

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Lahore Zoo's most attractive animal "Suzi" dies

The elephant's postmortem was performed by doctors from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS). Speaking to Dawn , the Director of the Laho...

Police attempting to locate missing 20-year-old man

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Myth busted: People smell as well as dogs

There are hundreds of receptors, each of which can fire independently or in groups, helping us to identify a particular smell. One that has survived for the las...

Nearly 250 missing in Mediterranean shipwrecks

The dinghy started deflating at one end, the passengers shifted their positions in the boat and the craft capsized. The officials spoke on condition of anonym...

Taiwan pushes for inclusion in global health summit

Ties between mainland China and Taiwan have worsened since the election past year of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, of the independence-leaning Democratic Pr...

UN Security Council to meet Tuesday on North Korea missile launch

The launch early on Sunday took place at a region, named Kusong, where the North previously test-launched an intermediate-range missile it is believed to be dev...

Ebola in DR Congo's isolated far north a logistical challenge

One case has been confirmed. Ebola occasionally jumps from animals including bats and monkeys to humans - and without preventative measures, the virus can s...

Bison softball team to play defending national champion Oklahoma in NCAA tournament

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Bacteria appears to be behind mysterious outbreak in Liberia

This points to the bacteria Neisseria meningitis as the likely cause of the illnesses, though investigations are ongoing to confirm it, the World Health Organiz...

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According to the case of breach of trust registered against the missing at Mangaluru City police station, the four persons had come in a Bolero vehicle to trans...

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Despite Invite, Comey Will Not Appear Before Senate Intelligence Committee Next Week

When he was asked, "Internally, from the president?" The letter came amid an active FBI probe into the Trump 2016 campaign's possible ties to Russia's electio...

UK Conservatives gain in local elections; Labour, UKIP sink

It was a triumphant election for the Conservatives, pointing to a landslide victory for Theresa May in next month's general election. Mr Corbyn said he was "d...

PSNI issue warning as Monday cyber attack fears grow

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Deadly tick disease makes Lyme disease look like child's play

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So hopefully it will start to turn around a little bit more". Karns actually threw his knuckle curve (42 times) more than his fastball (41) in the game. Karns s...