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Surrey police test biometric scanning of detainees' vital signs in jail cells

Surrey police test biometric scanning of detainees' vital signs in jail cells

SURREY — The Surrey Police Service has begun using live biometric scanners in its jail cells to monitor the health of people being detained.
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Man fired 180 shots, breaking 150 windows, in CDC attack

Man fired 180 shots, breaking 150 windows, in CDC attack

NEW YORK (AP) — The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing “blast-resistant” windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, acc
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Israeli strikes kill journalists and aid-seekers as Australia backs Palestinian statehood

Israeli strikes kill journalists and aid-seekers as Australia backs Palestinian statehood

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Monday, including a well-known journalist Israel said was a militant as well as people seeking humanitarian aid, according to local hea
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What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy

What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy

President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states.
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Albertans can start pre-ordering paid COVID-19 shots after June policy shift

Albertans can start pre-ordering paid COVID-19 shots after June policy shift

EDMONTON — Albertans can begin pre-ordering COVID-19 shots for the fall after a recent policy shift requiring most people to pay for their vaccination, but the provincial government still doesn't know how much.
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Pete Carroll, Aaron Rodgers head a list of familiar faces in new places this NFL season

Pete Carroll, Aaron Rodgers head a list of familiar faces in new places this NFL season

Aaron Rodgers joined Pittsburgh. Davante Adams went to Hollywood. Cooper Kupp is in Seattle. Russell Wilson’s latest stop is the Big Apple.
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Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths

Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths

MONTREAL — Montreal's public health department is asking emergency room doctors to report all deaths suspected of being related to the ongoing heat wave.
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Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is returning to the agency

Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is returning to the agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration official is getting his job back as the agency's top vaccine regulator, less than two weeks after he was pressured to step down at the urging of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative alli
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Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products

Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products

It was six months ago that Selin Celikoyar bought her last tampon and switched to a reusable menstrual disc. "I had already been wary of tampons from an environmental perspective and also from a biological perspective.
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Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced

Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that's more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice
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