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Take these steps to protect yourself from winter weather dangers

Take these steps to protect yourself from winter weather dangers

HOUSTON (AP) — Winter weather brings various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe. These dangers can include carbon monoxide poisoning, hypothermia and frozen pipes that can burst and make homes unlivable.
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Take these steps to protect yourself from winter weather dangers

Take these steps to protect yourself from winter weather dangers

HOUSTON (AP) — Winter weather brings various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe. These dangers can include carbon monoxide poisoning, hypothermia and frozen pipes that can burst and make homes unlivable.
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'Support better care': Advocates argue need for mental health emergency service

'Support better care': Advocates argue need for mental health emergency service

Khalil Dorival knows what it's like to feel lonely. The Toronto-based mental health advocate has struggled with social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.
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Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan

Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Year's Day confided to a former girlfriend who had served as an Army nurse that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she says
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Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died

Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died

TOKYO (AP) — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records , has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116.
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Suspect in New Year's Eve double slaying in Halifax was wanted in Toronto shooting

Suspect in New Year's Eve double slaying in Halifax was wanted in Toronto shooting

HALIFAX — Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year's Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.
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Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died

Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died

TOKYO (AP) — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records , has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116.
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Want to cut back on alcohol? You may see conflicting advice on low-risk drink limits

Want to cut back on alcohol? You may see conflicting advice on low-risk drink limits

TORONTO — As some people try to cut down their drinking and embrace Dry January, they may look to Canada's health agencies for guidance — and find some conflicting advice.
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US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage

US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change.
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Ohio governor vetoes medical free speech clause he says would gut state's regulatory power

Ohio governor vetoes medical free speech clause he says would gut state's regulatory power

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov.
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