Legionnaires’ disease source may be contaminated water droplets near a resort, NH officials say

Legionnaires’ disease source may be contaminated water droplets near a resort, NH officials say

LINCOLN, N.H. (AP) — Five people who developed Legionnaires’ disease in Lincoln, New Hampshire, may have been exposed to contaminated water droplets from a cooling tower behind a resort, the state health department said Monday. The five developed the bacterial pneumonia in June and July. It is caused by inhaling contaminated water droplets from showers

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Analysis: High-wire diplomacy on possible Iran retaliation in the Israel-Hamas war draws in world

Analysis: High-wire diplomacy on possible Iran retaliation in the Israel-Hamas war draws in world

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s threatened retaliatory strike on Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh drew major world powers on Tuesday into a high-wire act of diplomacy. Halting or limiting an Iranian strike in some eyes could bolster a monthslong effort to reach a cease-fire in a war that’s devastated

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Public spat highlights cracks in Netanyahu’s coalition as Israel braces for feared Iran attack

Public spat highlights cracks in Netanyahu’s coalition as Israel braces for feared Iran attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his moderate defense minister, the latest spat showing growing discontent with Netanyahu’s handling of the war at a sensitive time. Israel is bracing for potential Iranian retaliation after a blast in Tehran killed Hamas’ leader — an attack

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A murder charge has been filed against former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina over a grocer’s death

A murder charge has been filed against former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina over a grocer’s death

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A murder charge has been filed against Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other officials over the killing of a grocery shop owner during student protests in July, authorities said Tuesday. S.M. Amir Hamza, described as a “well-wisher” of grocery store owner Abu Sayeed, filed the case at the court

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders’ call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks

Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders’ call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks

Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries demanding it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a joint statement Monday endorsing the latest push by mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States to

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The spasm of violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within country’s Hindu minority

The spasm of violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within country’s Hindu minority

KHULNA, Bangladesh (AP) — When a mass uprising forced Bangladesh’s longtime prime minister to step down and flee the country last week, a 65-year-old retired auditor who had worked for her political party feared for his life. Arobinda Mohalder, who is part of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, had just learned that a Hindu official working for

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Aaron Rodgers says he regrets his ‘immunized’ comment in 2021 in an upcoming book about the QB

Aaron Rodgers says he regrets his ‘immunized’ comment in 2021 in an upcoming book about the QB

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Rodgers says in a soon-to-be published book that he should have handled discussing his COVID-19 immunization status differently. The New York Jets quarterback was still with the Green Bay Packers in 2021 when he told reporters he was “immunized” against the virus — and then tested positive for COVID-19 three

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