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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there's barely any sex ed. Experts say it's a problem

    Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. The health worker also asked what they knew about HPV, the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and the cause of nearly all cervical cancer. The women, ages 16 to 33 — two of whom had traveled to Putucual by boat and bus — only one had l

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    Sophia Bush comes out as queer, confirms relationship with Ashlyn Harris

    Actor Sophia Bush came out as queer in an emotional essay in Glamour and confirmed she’s in a relationship with retired soccer player Ashlyn Harris.

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  • BusinessAssociated Press

    Chipotle reverses protein policy, says workers can choose chicken once again

    Chipotle says its employees can choose chicken once again. Last week, the chain asked its U.S. and Canadian employees to temporarily select another protein for their work meals to preserve the company's supply of chicken. Newport Beach, California-based Chipotle has more than 114,000 workers in the U.S. and Canada.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Asylum seeker who killed British retiree says he was seeking revenge for the people of Gaza

    An asylum seeker from Morocco who went on a vicious rampage following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war was convicted Thursday of murder for stabbing a 70-year-old man in the streets of an English seaside town. Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney six times on Oct. 15 in the center of Hartlepool minutes after he hacked at a sleeping housemate while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” or "God is great” in Arabic. The attack came eight days after Hamas militants stormed into Isr

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

    A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders. The comments by Khalil al-Hayya in an interview Wednesday came amid a stalemate in months of talks for a cease-fire in Gaza. The suggestion that Hamas would disarm appeared to be a significant concess

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  • USBusiness Insider

    A California woman bought a vacant lot in Hawaii and discovered a $500,000 house was built on it without her permission

    Anne Reynolds bought a vacant lot in Hawaii and, mistakenly, a house was built on it. She wants the property restored, but instead she's being sued.

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    Billionaire's million-dollar Nantucket beach house has officially been swept away

    Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht's Nantucket beach house has been demolished due to severe erosion.

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