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Brazilian lab detects Zika in saliva, urine

Most people with the virus have no symptoms, or experience only mild symptoms like fever, headache and rash.

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Mayor hopes verdict in cop’s case brings closure

Peter Liang, the rookie cop who fatally shot Akai Gurley in a stairwell a year ago in a NY public housing building, has been found guilty of manslaughter.

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Cosby case moves forward; deposition a key trial question

His lawyers argued the charge violates a 2005 agreement that he would never be prosecuted over the allegation of assault made by Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University

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S. Koreans still at joint factory after deadline

The future of Seoul-Pyongyang ties looked increasingly bleak Friday, as South Korean officials were left to guess what will become of a shared industrial facility situated just inside North Korea

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More state troopers in French Quarter during Mardi Gras kept crime down

KPLC has gotten numerous posts on its Facebook Page, criticizing the Fat Tuesday events in Lake Charles. “It was just, you can’t describe it to people back home they have

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UN chief to welcome Canada back to world stage

A greater female representation among peacekeepers could help to curb the phenomenon of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, he suggested Thursday on the sidelines of

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Deputies killed at Maryland Panera ‘are heroes,’ Sheriff says

David Evans, 68, was ultimately shot by multiple officers and pronounced deceased at the scene, but not before he fatally wounded two deputies.

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USOC to hire infectious disease specialists for Zika

Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced finding Zika genetic material in brain tissue from two Brazilian babies who’d died, and in the placentas from two

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Cleveland sends Tamir Rice’s estate a $500 ambulance bill for fatal shooting

Tamir was shot in November 2014 outside a city recreation center while playing with a pellet gun. Someone saw that Tamir was taking a gun and pointing it. Concerned, the

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Kurdish fighters capture military air base in northern Syria

An agreement to cease hostilities in Syria has been reached, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Thursday in Munich.

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Jurors in stairwell shooting trial ask to see firearm guide

“This defendant ignored official training that he received as a police officer – specifically never to put his finger on the trigger of his gun unless he was ready to

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House backs bill to require EPA notification in lead cases

Thousands of children are believed to have ingested risky levels of lead, a toxin that can harm brains and cause other health problems. “I submit to you that we are

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