8 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: A health center’s closure leaves unanswered questions in this New England mountain town

For more than two decades, residents in this tiny tourist town in the shadow of the White Mountains knew they could just drive a few minutes down the road to their community health center for a physical, a Vitamin B-12 shot or to get checked out for a case of the sniffles or high blood pressure.

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8 h. ago What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health care

Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

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8 h. ago For people in this New England mountain town, a health center’s closure leaves unanswered questions

Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire's White Mountains

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26 h. ago Unanswered questions in British policewoman death from mystery 'pals' to methanol fears

The family of British policewoman Hannah Byrne, who was tragically found dead on the side of a main road by a passerby while she was on holiday in Corfu, are desperate for answers after her shock death

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39 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of workers keeping Ukraine out of the dark

Utility workers in Ukraine are risking their lives as they battle to keep the lights as Russia repeatedly attacks the energy system.

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39 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Energy workers risk their lives to keep Ukraine's lights on as Russia attacks

Almost four years into Russia’s invasion, keeping Ukraine’s lights on has become a battle of its own

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5 d. ago PHOTO ESSAY: One single mom's quest to find housing after an eviction

Last year, Sechita McNair and her three kids were evicted from their apartment in a rapidly gentrifying Atlanta neighborhood.

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6 d. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Scientists trying to unravel one of the body's biggest mysteries

A peek inside some leading research labs shows how scientists-turned-detectives are painstakingly decoding what causes autoimmune diseases and how to stop the immune system from attacking you instead of protecting you.

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8 d. ago LISTEN: What we know about the Louvre crown jewel heist as told by AP reporter John Leicester

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from chief correspondent in Paris, John Leicester covering the Louvre heist — a stunning theft that has shaken the art world and raised questions about museum security. We break down what happened, what authorities know so far, and the big unanswered questions.

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1 week ago M62 closure LIVE: Major UK motorway shuts after horror crash leaves spillage across all lanes

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1 week ago PHOTO ESSAY: One woman’s journey with lupus, the disease of 1,000 faces

Ruth Wilson doesn’t look sick yet “everywhere hurts all the time” – because her immune system is attacking her own body.

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2 w. ago Louisville plane crash unanswered questions as seven dead and 11 injured in horror UPS smash

At least seven people have died and 11 left with 'very significant' injuries after a UPS plane crashed at Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky shortly after takeoff

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2 w. ago Dramatic update after Australian grandmother was left behind by cruise ship and died on nearly deserted tropical island

Questions remain unanswered as to why the 80-year-old was left on the Great Barrier Reef island.

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2 w. ago Cameron Barracks: Scottish Government slams Home Office over 'unanswered questions'

UK Asylum Minister Alex Norris has been told be must detail what impact their plans will have on the Highlands.

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2 w. ago Orphans of history: the forgotten republic of Transnistria – photo essay

Photographer Didier Bizet has spent time documenting life in the self-proclaimed autonomous republic, which is not recognised by the international community. Its status raises complex questions about the identity of its inhabitants – Ukrainians, Russians, Moldovans and Bulgarians – in a land searching for direction and lacking a clearly defined national identityAmid the ongoing war in Ukraine and between the fragile borders that crisscross the former Soviet Union, the self-proclaimed Republic of Transnistria, which broke away from Moldova more than 30 years ago after a brief but bloody conflict, remains locked in deep political and diplomatic isolation.Home to about 450,000 people, Transnistria is a narrow strip of land wedged between Moldova and Ukraine, along the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Its de facto capital, Tiraspol, lies less than 60 miles from the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. Though small in size – about 125 miles long – the region holds outsized strategic importan...

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2 w. ago Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues

The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool

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2 w. ago 5 unanswered Huntingdon train stabbings questions after nine left fighting for life

A blood-soaked knife rampage was launched on board a London-bound passenger train last night which has left nine people fighting for their lives as the police arrested two people

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2 w. ago No mountain too high for Itoje and England with Australia first up in autumn series

England captain stresses team must display their full power in Saturday’s first of four home internationals in NovemberJust occasionally even the world’s best rugby players are genuinely taken aback. In mid-September, Maro Itoje, recuperating from his British & Irish Lions exertions, stood and watched an England training session and could not believe the pace, intensity and all-round zip on view. “I was thinking: ‘Wow, I need to get back in the gym, I need to make sure I come back quickly,’” he admitted this week.Itoje says his former teammate Mako Vunipola was just as impressed – “He didn’t remember it being that fast” – on a visit to England’s base in Bagshot the other day. Another recent retiree, the England scrum-half Danny Care, felt similarly. All of which has been fuelling Itoje’s growing belief, with the 2027 Rugby World Cup on the horizon, that “there’s no mountain we can’t climb”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Agonising unanswered questions in mystery of tourist who died after cruise ship left her

Suzanne Rees, 80, was only reported missing when she failed to arrive for dinner, some five hours after she vanished on Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia

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3 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children’s play cafe.

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