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Geena Davis Says She Never Legally Married Plastic Surgeon Filing for Divorce
Geena Davis testified Thursday that she does not believe she was ever legally married to a plastic surgeon who filed for divorce from her in 2018 even though a video of a 2001 ceremony shows her vowing to love him as her husband until death.
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Trump Makes Unannounced Visit to Walter Reed; White House Says He Had ‘Quick Exam and Labs'
President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House said were medical tests as part of his annual physical. The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old president was “anticipating a very busy 2020”...
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Breastfeeding Mothers Can Now Push Back Jury Duty for Two Years in New York
A new law in New York allows breastfeeding mothers to delay jury duty for up to two years
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Antoni Porowski Talks Boursin, Avocados, Life on ‘Queer Eye'
As a kid, “Queer Eye” foodie Antoni Porowski had a love-hate relationship with Polish fare. It was standard in his Polish Canadian family, but he was a picky eater. He didn’t like caraway seeds. He truly didn’t like beets. And once he and his dad decamped from Montreal to Glade Springs, West Virginia, the 12-year-old boy with the funny name...
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New Jersey Court Ruling Lets Assisted Suicide Go Ahead
New Jersey can move ahead with a new law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drugs, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday, overturning a lower court’s temporary hold on the law.
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New NJ Law Allows Terminally Ill Patients to End Life
Under the law, the patient must be within six months of death, have two medical opinions backing up their claims, and be able to take the life-ending medicine themselves. Cydney Long reports.
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NY Doctor Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter Charge in Patient's Overdose Death
A New York physician has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge in connection with a patient’s overdose death
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New Jersey Law on Assisted Suicide Goes Into Effect
New Jersey law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drugs went into effect Thursday.
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Schumer, ‘America's Sexiest Doctor' Call for Lifesaving Drug on Planes
A lifesaving drug is not required on flights due to a shortage. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and “America’s Sexiest Doctor” want to change that. Schumer has teamed up with Dr. Mikhail Varshavski, People magazine’s “America’s Sexiest Doctor,” to call on the Federal Aviation Administration to require EpiPens on all flights.
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FDA: Altaire Recalls Eye Drops, Eye Ointments Sold at Walgreens Due to Non-Sterility Concerns
Altair Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling multiple eye drops and eye ointments exclusively made for and sold at Walgreens following concerns the products may not be sterile, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced.
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Popular Fresh Vegetable Products, Including Green Giant and Trader Joe's, Recalled Over Bacteria Concerns
Popular supermarket vegetable products — including Green Giant Fresh and Trader Joe’s brands — sold in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states have been pulled off the shelves because of concerns about possible bacterial contamination.
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Ex-USC Gynecologist Charged With Sexual Assault of 16 Students at Campus Health Center
A former USC gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct involving students at the campus health center has been arrested, according to Los Angeles police
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Pillsbury Best Flour Recalled in 10 States Over E. Coli Concerns
Thousands of cases of Pillsbury Best flour are being recalled because of the possible presence of E. coli, the FDA announced.
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Pillsbury Best Flour Recalled Over E. Coli Concerns
The affected flour was sold in 10 states, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Widens Recall on Blood Pressure Medication
Teva Pharmaceuticals has expanded its recall of blood pressure and heart medicine by discontinuing sales of certain 50 mg and 100 mg strength losartan potassium USP Tablets, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Teva’s recall started on April 25 due to the detection of a carcinogen in an active ingredient. The drugs listed in recall notices this week...
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Abortion Debate Highlights Divide in Democrat-Led States
A bill seeking to preserve abortion protections in state law fails to pass a key committee. Lawmakers cite God, church and faith in proclaiming their opposition to it. Abortion-rights groups protest outside a gathering of lawmakers. What sounds like a legislative fight in a state controlled by anti-abortion Republicans is actually quite different. The bill seeking to protect abortion rights...
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Abortion-Rights Groups Challenge Restrictions on Providers
As abortion opponents cheer the passage of fetal heartbeat laws and other bans on the procedure, abortion-rights groups have been waging a quieter battle in courthouses around the country to overturn less direct restrictions passed in recent years. At least a dozen lawsuits have been filed over the last two years challenging what abortion-rights groups call TRAP laws, Targeted Restrictions...
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NFL Concussion Fund Battles Retired Players' Lawyers Over Proposed Rule Change
The NFL concussion fund has paid out nearly $500 million in its first two years, but some players’ lawyers say there aren’t enough doctors in the approved network to evaluate dementia claims.
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Ken Kercheval, Beleaguered Cliff on ‘Dallas,' Dies at 83
Ken Kercheval, who played perennial punching bag Cliff Barnes to Larry Hagman’s scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the hit TV series “Dallas,” has died. He was 83. Kercheval died Sunday in the city of Clinton in his native Indiana, said Jeff Fisher, his agent. The cause of death was being kept private by family, Fisher said Wednesday.
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New Jersey Enacts Law on Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill
Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed legislation making New Jersey the seventh state to enact a law permitting terminally ill patients to seek life-ending medication.