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Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water , despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov.

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Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Friday launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.

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Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand, killing at least 3. Many more feared dead

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam.

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King Charles III seen in public one day after hospitalization for cancer treatment side effects

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III smiled and waved to members of the public Friday as he left his home in London, the day after a brief hospitalization for the side effects from his cancer treatment.

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Powerful earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, killing at least 3 in Bangkok high-rise collapse

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed.

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Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender people from serving in the military , the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks.

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Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he’s been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua for humanitarian reasons, Panama Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Martín

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King Charles III briefly hospitalized for observation following side effects from cancer treatment

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was briefly hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects’’ related to a scheduled cancer treatment , Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

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Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S.

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Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 's center-left Labor Party seeks

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