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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro had some blunt words Wednesday for Cuban-Americans who support economic and travel restrictions between the U.S.

1 hour 20 min ago

May 22

San Francisco Examiner: "California must clarify its murky medical marijuana laws

1 hour 30 min ago

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A jury has found Mayo Clinic was not negligent in its care and treatment of a 13-year-old girl who died after having a benign brain tumor removed.

4 hours 32 min ago

GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her "dream wedding" and Caribbean honeymoon was released from jail Wednesday after paying back more than $13,000 to the people she duped.

4 hours 44 min ago

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislators are trying to prevent North Carolina prison officials from privatizing inmate medical care for all of the state's adult prisoners unless they get the express approval of the General Assembly.

5 hours 15 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists voted against a new use for Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto to reduce life-threatening blood clots.

5 hours 31 min ago

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Wednesday that requires kindergarteners or first-graders to be tested for dyslexia, a reading disorder that can sometimes go undiagnosed for years and leave children struggling to learn.

6 hours 2 min ago

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Senate has grudgingly agreed to negotiate with the House on a bill that would allow some employers to exclude contraceptive coverage from health plans if they have religious objections.

6 hours 6 min ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's statewide smoking ban is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday.

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