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7 foreign tourists hospitalized in Fiji were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials say
Seven foreign tourists who were hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials said Wednesday following a toxicology report. The cause of the tourists' illness over the weekend remains under investigation, Fiji’s Tourism Minister Viliame R. Gavoka said. “I can confirm that no illicit substances or methanol were found in the ingredients or liquor samples,” Gavoka told reporters in the capital, Suva.
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Snowfall forecast: Latest timeline, expected totals map for snow coming to Boston area
Enjoy the seasonable weather while you can because we’re in for snow in the Boston area on Friday followed by a deep freeze this weekend.
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Wisconsin school shooter was in contact with a California man accused of planning separate attack, report says
Unanswered questions remain about a fatal shooting at a Madison, Wisconsin, private school as new details emerge about the shooter’s family life and possible ties to a California man who, according to an Associated Press report, allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting at a government building.
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Putin says he pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss after the chaos which accompanied the fall of the Soviet Union, and had built the country into a sovereign power able to stand up for itself. Putin, a former KGB spy who took the Kremlin's top job just eight years after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, is the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin who died at his dacha outside Moscow in 1953 aged 74. Asked by the BBC if he had looke
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Luigi Mangione’s Prison Transformation Draws Stares at Court
Luigi Mangione caught the eye of onlookers Thursday with a makeover before his extradition hearing in Pennsylvania. The Ivy League-educated suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was clean-shaven with a haircut and an apparent eyebrow trim. Mangione, 26, looked wild-eyed with several days of stubble when he was first led into court last week after being arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after the shooting in Manhattan.
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VideoFDA issues recall on popular dog treat that can kill pets
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall — the agency’s most serious risk level — for dog treats sold both online and in stores across 19 states.According to the FDA, a Class I recall indicates “there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”SOURCE: Mixed/Lumen
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After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
Wrapping up their own investigation on the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it's former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump sent his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the 2020 election. The findings issued Tuesday show the Republican Party working to reinforce Trump's desire to punish his perceived enemies including Cheney and members of the Jan. 6 committee that the president-elect has sa
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