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Companies making so-called “forever chemicals” knew they were toxic decades before health officials, but kept that information hidden from the public, according to a peer-reviewed study of previously secret industry documents. The new study in the Annals of Global Health concluded that 3M and DuPont, the largest makers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl …

Washington — The House voted late Wednesday to approve legislation to suspend the debt ceiling and limit government spending, sending the measure to the Senate in a strong bipartisan vote that allayed fears of an unprecedented government default. A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted “yes” on the …

A nurse in Western Pennsylvania was charged on Wednesday with two murder counts for allegedly administering large doses of insulin to her patients, killing two men, said the state’s Attorney General Michelle Henry. Heather Pressdee, 40, was working at Quality Life Services, a nursing facility in Chicora, when she administered …