Emptying state institutions was supposed to help fix mental health care. What happened?
Why the system for community mental health care did not get fully built.
'Peer specialists' emerge to support patients amid constrained mental health care access
Peer specialists provide support based on personal experience with addiction, mental health or other emotional and social challenges.
Minneapolis traffic deaths still well above pre-pandemic levels
The total number of crashes in the city has fallen, but deaths remain stubbornly high; officials think speeding is to blame.
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Slovak prime minister's condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid
Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation, the defense minister said.
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The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, facing a tough reelection fight in one of the races that will determine control of Congress, has made protecting reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, and she's willing to back that up by pledging to change the Senate filibuster rules if Democrats retain control of the chamber.
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'How do you get hypothermia in a prison?' Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates
The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: ''unbearable'' conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia.
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What happened in the UK's infected blood scandal? Inquiry report will be revealed on Monday
The final report of the U.K.'s infected blood inquiry will be published Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Saudi Arabia's 88-year-old King Salman, suffering from fever and joint pain, undergoes medical exams
Saudi Arabia's 88-year-old King Salman will undergo medical checks Sunday after suffering from a high temperature and joint pain, state media reported.
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Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state's near-ban on abortion stand?
A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.
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Man suspected of shooting 6-month-old son in hostage standoff near Phoenix apparently killed himself
A man suspected of shooting his 6-month-old son multiple times after taking the boy and his mother hostage was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the rubble of a suburban Phoenix home that caught fire during a SWAT standoff, police said Saturday.
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Water, water everywhere ... most is now safe to drink in an English village after parasite outbreak
Most residents living near a scenic fishing village in southwestern England where a parasite in the water sickened more than 45 people were told Saturday that they could safely drink the water again.
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For decades, states have taken foster children's federal benefits. That's starting to change
By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor's benefits because of the death of his mother. But Jesse's bank account was empty.
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Man shoots his 6-month-old baby multiple times at home near Phoenix, but child expected to survive
A man shot his 6-month-old baby multiple times Friday at a home northwest of Phoenix after taking the infant and its mother captive, but the mother escaped with minor injuries and the child was expected to survive, authorities said.
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They were treating waves of wounded in Gaza. Then an Israeli assault trapped the foreign doctors
The 35 American and other international doctors came to Gaza in volunteer teams to help one of the territory's few hospitals still functioning. They brought suitcases full of medical supplies and had trained for one of the worst war zones in the world. They knew the health care system was decimated and overwhelmed.
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Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips
Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever.
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GOP fighting, 50-hour Democratic filibuster kill push to make amending Missouri Constitution harder
GOP infighting and a record-breaking, 50-hour Democratic filibuster on Friday killed a Republican push to make amending Missouri's constitution harder, an effort in part aimed at thwarting an upcoming ballot measure on abortion-rights.
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Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado
Voters in Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after enough signatures were collected to put measures on the ballots.
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Fall trial set for pharmacist in 11 Michigan meningitis deaths after plea deal talks fizzle
A judge set a fall trial Friday for a pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents who died in a 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids from a Massachusetts lab.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot, part of a national push to pose abortion rights questions to voters since the U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to abortion.
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Parents of disabled children sue Indiana over Medicaid changes addressing $1 billion shortfall
Parents of two children with disabilities are suing an Indiana agency in federal court over changes to attendant care services they say violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and federal Medicaid laws.
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English fishing village told to boil water after a parasite outbreak sickens over 45 people
A scenic fishing village in southwestern England was under instructions to boil its tap water for a third day on Friday after a parasite sickened more than 45 people in the latest example of Britain's troubled water system.
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Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins
A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.
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Watchdog: EPA's lead pipe fix sent about $3 billion to states based on unverified data
The Environmental Protection Agency distributed about $3 billion to states last year to replace harmful lead pipes based on unverified data, according to an agency inspector general's memo, likely meaning some states got too much money and others got too little.
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