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  Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk

  PBS News - Savannah Peters, Associated Press

  Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the …

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  14 hours ago

  Thunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke from Northeast ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists say

  PBS News - Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press , Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires that engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area …

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  15 hours ago

  U.S. cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions

  PBS News - Matthew Brown, Associated Press

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be …

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  16 hours ago

  Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster

  PBS News - Christopher L. Keller, Associated Press , Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

  After deadly floods killed more than 100 people in Texas' Hill Country last July, officials vowed major changes in hopes of preventing the failures …

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  18 hours ago

  Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the U.S. and engulfs D.C. in haze

  PBS News - Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through another day of unhealthy air from …

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  1 day ago

  Trump tries to undermine trust in elections, but documents don't support his claims

  PBS News - Liz Landers , Kayan Taraporevala

  The Trump administration escalated efforts to exert control over the nation’s elections. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened local election …