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4 executions are scheduled in 4 different states this week, amid an uptick nationwide

Several executions are expected to take place in the United States this week, with two scheduled Tuesday and one each on Thursday and Friday.  The executions were ordered in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina. If all of the procedures are carried out as planned, the inmates’ deaths will bring …

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Escaped zebra named Ed spotted in Tennessee, being tracked via drone by sheriff’s deputies

An escaped zebra named Ed has been spotted nearly a week after escaping its owners in Tennessee, officials say.  Using a drone, Rutherford County sheriff’s deputies saw the zebra in a field near Christiana, about 40 miles southeast of Nashville. They continue to track the animal with the drone, the …

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Asthma sufferers could be at greater risk if Trump cuts health program

Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a …

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