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Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

Early returns showed Portland residents voting to keep their city the largest in the U.S. without fluoride in the water. With more than half the expected ballots counted Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 percent. Voters in Portland twice rejected ...

This May 6, 2013 photo shows composer Burt Bacharach posing for a portrait in promotion of his memoir, "Anyone Who Had A Heart: My Life and Music," in New York. (Photo by Scott Gries/Invision/AP)

Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter's suicide

Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional — not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter. "It was very tough because I had to revisit what that ...

Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban

A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" ...

Shannon Hartman, a medical assistant for the University of California,Davis Medical system in Carmichael, joined hundreds of other UC medical workers picketing the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, May 21, 2013.  The union representing more than13,000 workers of the Davis Medical Center and four other University of California hospitals began the two-day statewide strike to protest what they say is inadequate staffing and misplaced financial priorities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike

Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid reassurances that patients were safe. A union representing some 13,000 hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers began the walkout at ...

Cindy Wilson texts to friends Monday, May 20, 2013 after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., in the afternoon. Wilson and her husband, Staff Sgt. B. Wilson, took cover in their bathtub when the tornado hit. Cindy received a deep gash to her forehead and her wound was treated by first responders at the scene. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado

Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb. Dozens of patients remained hospitalized Tuesday following Monday's storms that health officials said led to more than 200 injuries. Norman Regional Hospital spokeswoman Melissa Herron said 20 of the ...

Doctor Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, center, and Dr. Renaud Saint-Vil, right, look on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left Poppo blind, but the doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take care of himself. The doctors say Poppo also has learned to play guitar and practices daily. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar

A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care. Ronald Poppo doesn't like to leave his hospital ...

Maine gov. signs suicide prevention education bill

Gov. Paul R. LePage has signed a bill into law that will make sure staff at Maine schools are trained in suicide education and awareness. In a ceremonial signing ceremony on Tuesday, LePage also pledged $44,000 from his contingency fund to the effort. More than a dozen suicide survivors, staff ...

Norovirus blamed for sickening Sioux City students

Officials are blaming an outbreak of norovirus for an illness that sickened dozens of students at a Sioux City elementary school. The Sioux City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/180AbW0 ) that Siouxland District Health Department announced Tuesday that lab results show the virus caused more than 40 students and three staff members ...

An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there will be more or fewer twisters as global ...

Slow Pokes: Acupuncture Helps Sick Turtles

Slow Pokes: Acupuncture Helps Sick Turtles

Two endangered sea turtles are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell. Now they're getting some help easing back into the wild with the help of an acupuncturist. (May 21)

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