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DALLAS (AP) — Health officials are trying to determine why there's been a dramatic increase in the number of people in Texas each year who contract a food-borne illness that's often linked to produce imported from Mexico and other warmer climes. State and federal health officials say an increasing amount of produce that's imported from tropical and subtropical regions — where the parasite that causes the illness is endemic — is likely contributing to the recent outbreaks. The Food and Drug Administration... Читать дальше...

Springbok captain Adriaan Strauss will retire from Test Rugby at the end of the 2016 season.

NEW YORK — Civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis may be 76, but he’s not too old to crowd surf. The Georgia Democrat wrapped up an interview on Wednesday’s “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” by wading into a sea of audience members who lifted him up and passed him around. Lewis was part

For roughly a day now, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been in a bitter fight with her Twitter followers. The row has nothing to do with wands or Dumbledore’s sexuality. It’s all about UK politics — and it sheds a lot of light on what’s happening in that country.

Campaign 2016 updates - Donald Trump on taking illegal immigrants: 'Not anymore' Sept. 1, 2016, 9:12 a.m. Donald Trump heads to Wilmington, Ohio, on Thursday, a day after his whirlwind trip to Mexico and immigration speech reaffirming his promise to build a border wall. Transcript: a full annotation...

Expedia has started preparations for a stock market listing of its Trivago hotel search platform.

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Patrick Hardison, the so-called man with no face, got serious burns in 2001 while being on duty and trying to save a woman from a burning trailer. After the incident, the firefighter almost lost his eyesight, and his face turned into a plain, pale mask. Over the past 14 years, he underwent 71 surgeries in […]

The iPhone 7 is almost here. For those looking for the best deal on the smartphone rumored to be priced at about $790, the major U.S. carriers are a good place to start. AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint have all fought hard to win over new customers with the debut of each Apple device and the rumored Sept. 7 release of the iPhone 7 should be no different. Below is our guide to how to work your carrier's promotions to get a good deal on a new phone.  T-Mobile

NFL players aren’t required to stand for the national anthem. However, they are required to display the American flag on their helmets. League spokesman Brian McCarthy tells PFT that players are not permitted to remove the flag decal that appears on the back of every player’s helmet. The rule likely has more to do with the…

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SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed marginally lower Thursday, as foreigners offloaded shares. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 1.93 points, or 0.09 perc

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The European Commission has been asked to investigate Fiat Chrysler's exhaust emissions for potential illegal manipulation devices.

A Nice court finally suspended the burkini ban on Thursday after authorities in the French Riviera resort had defied a ruling by the country's highest administrative court. Judges in Nice said the July 14 terror attack on the French Riviera city gave insufficient grounds to justify such a ban. The decision Thursday follows last week's ruling by France's highest administrative court to suspend the bans introduced by around 30 towns, mainly in the sun-drenched southeast.

Bringing a touch of dependable Grand Hyatt quality to Barra’s rather hit-and-miss hotel scene, Rio’s first self-styled ‘urban resort’ will charm couples, bowl over families and relax the stiffest of conferences with its beachfront location, vast pool complex and one-off nods to the local culture.

Given Donald Trump's denial of human-influenced climate change, what kind of world awaits us environmentally if he should get his way?

Here is the sorry picture. Cities increasingly are choked by lung-irritating photochemical smog. Cases of asthma and other respiratory ailments greatly escalate, and mortality rates rise accordingly. Many urban dwellers routinely wear air filter masks when venturing outside during the most pollution-prone months of the year.

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It is up to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) to decide whether Mariano Rajoy remains the prime minister of the country or an alternative will be found, Spanish lawmaker Juan Lopez de Uralde told Sputnik.

On August 31, the Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 to impeach Dilma Rousseff. Brazil's former Vice President Michel Temer was sworn in as the country’s new President and will hold the post for the remaining two years and four months of Rousseff’s term.