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Health officials in Chicago said last summer's deadly outbreak of meningitis in gay and bisexual men is continuing with two new, confirmed cases.The Chicago Department of Public Health said this brings the total to nine cases linked to the outbreak...

IDOMENI (AP):More than 100 migrants engaged in running battles yesterday with Macedonian police on the other side of a fence on Greece's border with the country, in clashes that sent clouds of tear gas wafting over a crowded tent city of stranded...

WASHINGTON (AP):The more researchers learn about the Zika virus, the scarier it appears, federal health officials said, as they urge more money for mosquito control and development of vaccines and treatments.Scientists increasingly believe the Zika...

SAN JUAN (AP):After 36 years teaching English at a Roman Catholic school near Puerto Rico's capital, Norma Cardoza planned to retire with a modest pension she trusted she would get from the Archdiocese of San Juan.Her faith was misplaced.Archdiocese...

NASSAU, CMC:Prime Minister Perry Christie said the proposed referendum to amend the constitution will not allow for same sex marriages to become legal in the Bahamas. Christie launched the YES Bahamas Campaign "Equal Rights for our Sons and...

VERMONT, (AP):Twenty-one people from 14 countries across the globe are going to become US citizens during a ceremony at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven.US Citizenship and Immigration Services said US Bankruptcy Judge Colleen A. Brown will...

SAN JUAN, (AP):Zika cases in the US territory of Puerto Rico have jumped to 436 so far this year.Health Secretary Ana Rius says there are now 60 pregnant women infected with Zika and five possibly Zika-linked cases of a paralyzing condition known as...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (AP):More than 100 people were killed and nearly 400 injured when a massive fire swept through a Hindu temple in southern India during an unauthorised fireworks display early yesterday morning, officials said.The fire started...

IDOMENI (AP):Migrants clashed with Macedonian police yesterday after trying to scale the fence separating Greece from Macedonia in the border town of Idomeni.Macedonian police used tear gas, stun grenades, plastic bullets and later a water cannon in...

PARIS (AP):Newspapers working on the mammoth leak of offshore data said the Panamanian firm at the centre of the scandal used the name and reputation of the International Committee of the Red Cross to help obscure the origin of millions of dollars...