Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said the state would restart its outreach recommending vaccinations for children and teens, including offering them at events on school property, as early as next week.
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Photographer and aviation enthusiast Ian Simpson has lived in the East Anglia region of England all his life, and one of his favorite things to do is photograph planes at Royal Air Force bases in the area.
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State is the first to enact a broad ban of PFAS compounds, which are found in everything from cosmetics to cookware
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Sierra Leone's parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African country carried out ...
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The police department will now be handing out $25 gift cards in certain situations where someone is pulled over for a broken head or tail light, instead of writing up a ticket.
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A New York City pilot program to respond to 911 calls for mental health crises with social workers instead of cops appears to be reducing unnecessary hospitalizations, while increasing the percentage of people who accept help when offered. The Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, or “B-HEARD” program, which started in a portion of Harlem a month ago, has already…
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“I was struggling to get a job for a good amount of time, and once I finally got a job, I mean, that was my chance, I had to keep it,” said Mayes. “So I had to do whatever I had to do.”
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Two critically endangered California Condor nests have been spotted at Zion National Park, the first time biologists have seen multiple condor nests in the same breeding season.
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Greenland is estimated to have enormous reserves of oil and minerals which could hugely change the island's fortunes. However, the government says its future no longer lies with oil.
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A new law shifts the responsibility to producers after years of poor recycling rates due to China’s decision not to import plastic waste.
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Avis Russell spent her final moments celebrating and loving her granddaughter.
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Pacific Gas & Electric expects to spend at least $15 billion on the effort to prevent its fraying grid from igniting trees and other vegetation across drought-stricken California.
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They were each stuck inside their homes – but they were able to make a new friend, despite the 97-year age difference.
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The animal 'busted through a farm fence Tuesday morning and still has not been found,' according to the AP
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Google Maps is trialling a new feature in New York and Sydney which tells users which train carriages are the busiest.
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A new study dispels the persistent myth that electric cars pollute just as much as gas-powered cars because they charge on a “dirty” electric grid, and mining for battery materials is polluting. While electric cars have no tailpipe emissions, unlike vehicles equipped with an internal combustion engine, they still pollute through the energy needed to
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HISTORY MADE: Atlanta's Jayla Jackson and Emani Stanton are the first Black female duo to win Harvard's international debate competition. And they did it with an undefeated record.
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This badly injured frog had its lung poking out of its wound when it was saved by the keen eyes of a vet nurse and the steady hands of a veterinarian.
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Exclusive: New packaging will be on supermarket shelves by end of the year
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The group was abducted on 8 June in Zamfara state. Four people were also killed during the incident. The Zamfara state government said they were
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