White House probes IS chemical weapons claim against Kurds
The White House said the United States is investigating allegations that Islamic State militants used chemical weapons against Kurdish peshmerga near Makhmour in northern Iraq. A White House NSC spokesman called the reports serious and noted prior accusations, with Germany training Kurdish forces and about 60 fighters reporting breathing difficulties.
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Mass
United States
White House
Iraq
Alistair Baskey
National Security Council
U.S
Baskey
Makhmour
Irbil
Germany
Defense Ministry
Health law signups rise with special enrollment periods
Nearly 1 million people signed up for health insurance after open enrollment ended, 943,934 new customers since February 22, via special enrollment periods. The ongoing signups push uninsured share below 10 percent and complicate GOP repeal efforts as candidates promise to scrap or replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Washington
Obama
Health and Human Services Department
HealthCare. Gov
White House
Congress
GOP
China faces 1.6 million annual deaths from air pollution
A US Berkeley led study estimates about 1.6 million Chinese die yearly from heart, lung and stroke caused by coal smoke and haze pollutants. Using new Chinese air monitoring data, the model links emissions to mortality, noting 38 percent of residents live where air quality is unhealthy.
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Washington
China
University of California, Berkeley
Plos One
Robert Rohde
U.S. Epa
Weather Outlook For Athens With Mild Tonight Skies
Today forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 85 with 61 percent humidity and light winds. Tonight expects partly cloudy skies and a low of 62 with gentle breezes. Record highs noted 96 in 1988 and 98 in 1988 are referenced in brief meteorological notes.
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TOON
Ceeveen Ee Tion
DNA confirms Harding père child with Nan Britton in 1920s scandal
DNA testing by AncestryDNA asserts a 99.9 percent likelihood that Warren G. Harding fathered Elizabeth Ann Blaesing with Nan Britton, a long-rumored White House mistress. The claim, tied to Britton's 1927 memoir, revives decades of family and historical debate.
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Thomas Jefferson
Sally Hemings
Warren G. Harding
Nan Britton
Ancestrydna
Ancestry.com
Britton
White House
Harding
Ancestry Com
New York Times
Elizabeth Ann Blaesing
James Blaesing
Associated Press
U.S
Ohio
Library of Congress
Carrie F. Phillips
Peter Harding
Big Sur
California
Abigail Harding
Worthington
Blaesing
Teapot Dome
Marion
James Robewalt
Phillips
Robenalt
Stephen Baloglu
Jefferson
Hemings
Elizabeth Ann Britton
Toledo
11 year old gives birth in Paraguay after abortion ban
An 11 year old hurt and impregnated by her stepfather gave birth by cesarean in Asuncion's Red Cross hospital. The girl, under guardianship of her grandmother, remains hospitalized and the stepfather is jailed awaiting trial. Amnesty International criticized authorities for risking her health and life.
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Egypt
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Cairo
Christophe Barnini
Salopek
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Barnini
CGG
Paraguay
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Associated Press
Red Cross
Asuncion
Torales
Mario Villalba
Erika Guevara
Americas
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