The chemicals – PFAS – are linked to serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Biden nominates 9 to high-profile ambassador postings
The group includes an American aviation hero, C.B. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger.
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Airbus-Boeing deal eases U.S.-EU tensions but conflicts remain
The deal the United States and the European Union reached Tuesday to end their long-running rift over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus will suspend billions in punitive tariffs.
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‘Gone Girl’ actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run
The 65-year-old was struck by a scooter or motorcycle on June 4 in New York City.
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New documentary tells Brian Wilson’s survival story
All the tragedy in Brian Wilson’s life has often been told. Now it’s time to tell what came next.
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David Diop wins International Booker Prize with World War I story
The international contest is open to fiction in any language that has been translated into English.
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Japan’s vaccine push before Olympics looks to be too late
The Olympics risk becoming an incubator for ‘a Tokyo variant,’ a doctor warns.
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Netanyahu opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israel’s longtime leader
Under the agreement, leaders of two of the coalition partners will split the job of prime minister in a rotation.
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Environmental disaster feared as ship sinks off Sri Lanka
Salvage experts failed to tow the fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it has started to sink off Sri Lanka’s main port.
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State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served
The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd.