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More than 10 years later, Flint declares its water safe after replacing lead pipes, but health issues and doubts persist

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Melissa Mays said she may never trust the water from her Flint, Michigan, tap again. In the 11 years since the city’s historic water crisis, Mays said she has battled Legionnaires’ disease, autoimmune and seizure disorders, high blood pressure, and other illnesses. Her youngest son, now 21, experienced

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Huge earthquake may have triggered volcano’s first eruption in 600 years, Russian team says

Story by Reuters (CNN) — The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia’s Far East last week, Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. “This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600

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The US Capitol building on June 9.

Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’ as Senate heads home after failed attempt to strike deal on nominees

By Manu Raju, Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Hours after President Donald Trump told Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to “go to hell” in a Saturday post on social media, the Senate headed into recess without reaching a deal over confirming Trump’s nominees. Senate Republican leader John Thune, Schumer and the White House had been

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Coachella Valley Rescue Mission seeing rise in food insecurity, pushing a higher need for donations

INDIO (Calif.) – The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is seeking community help today for food donations due to the rising demand from local “food insecure” families leaving CVRM’s food pantry “severely depleted.”  “We have seen nearly a 200 percent increase in families coming to the Mission to pick up food boxes in recent weeks,” said

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Pills lying in a packaging machine at pharmaceuticals manufacturer AstraZeneca in Germany in October 2016.

Drugmakers are pouring billions of dollars into new US manufacturing. It still won’t achieve all of Trump’s tariff goals

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Ever since President Donald Trump started promising to slap tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, drugmakers have unveiled a flurry of commitments to build or expand US manufacturing operations in the coming years. AstraZeneca is investing $50 billion to expand its drug manufacturing in the US. Johnson & Johnson is pouring

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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay

Trump is moving nuclear submarines following remarks by an ex-Russian president. Here are the subs in the American fleet

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said Friday he was ordering two US Navy nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions,” in response to remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy chairman of its Security Council. In what he called an effort to be “prepared,” Trump said in a Truth

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Epstein files controversy consuming Capitol Hill has fueled less fire at first lawmaker town halls of summer recess

By Eric Bradner, CNN Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (CNN) — The Jeffrey Epstein files saga at times all but ground Capitol Hill to a halt last month — driving a wedge between Republicans in the House as Democrats went on offense to press President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to release more investigative material. But since

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