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[ad_1] NEW DELHI (AP) — As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting...
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking the air...
[ad_1] Renee Gibbs, founder and CEO of The Heart Beat Foundation, helps support pre- and post-transplant patients nationwide. This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of...
[ad_1] Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand...
[ad_1] ROME — ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding...
[ad_1] Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several...
[ad_1] Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life? Doctors have anecdotally attributed improvements...
[ad_1] DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency...
[ad_1] ROME — Pope Francis said Wednesday he was feeling “much better” after a two-week bout of bronchitis but again asked an aide to read his...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — For a second Sunday, an ailing Pope Francis skipped his popular window appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, but in...
[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at...
[ad_1] BEIJING — A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and...
[ad_1] GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses...
[ad_1] BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is suffering from stress and fatigue but is in good spirits, his daughter said Tuesday as criticism...
[ad_1] SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The death toll from this week’s powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic rose to 27 on Wednesday as firefighters continued...
[ad_1] WAILUKU, Hawaii — Leshia Wright heard the crackle of the fast-moving inferno closing in on her home in Lahaina and decided it was time to...
[ad_1] BEAVER, W.Va. — Laboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is appreciative the U.S. government is finally considering...
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Temperatures in many California cities are cooling down this week, but a debate is simmering on how to generate enough electricity to...
[ad_1] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting...
[ad_1] Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The...