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A Northern California prison was on generator power for a second week and inmates were issued masks to cope with unhealthy air after wildfires knocked out electricity and choked the remote region with smoke.

MIAMI (AP) — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked during last week’s GOP presidential debate whether he would support nationwide abortion restrictions, he instead offered a startling anecdote. “I know a lady in Florida named Penny,” he said.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two Connecticut residents have died this summer from infections linked to bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater, the state Department of Public Health said.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov.

CALGARY — Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June.

Bacteria in the gut are linked to childhood eczema, asthma, hay fever and allergies to certain foods, suggests a Canadian study, and researchers note infants who are prescribed antibiotics are at greater risk of developing one or more of thecondition

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An inmate at a Tennessee jail gave birth alone in a cell after seeking medical help, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said.

VANCOUVER — Alesha Campbell's five-year-old daughter Maddie used to look forward to "Forest Fridays," when she and kindergarten classmates would walk through the woods behind Rose Valley Elementary in West Kelowna.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The death toll from Legionnaires’ disease in Poland has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeastern region close to the border with Ukraine, health authorities said Wednesday.