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Days of torrential rains and floods in Austria have left 1 person dead, officials say 08/06/2023 02:35pm • VIENNA (AP) — Torrential rains and heavy floods have ravaged southern Austria for the past three days, killing one person who was swept away by a quickly swelling river on Sunday, officials said. After the person fell into the river, firefighters, divers and water rescuers immediately began rescu Area doctor says forthcoming RSV shot for infants is very effective 08/06/2023 01:28pm • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved a new Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) shot for infants younger than 8 months, which may hit the market very soon. "RSV is a serious illness that affects a lot of children, so this is important," said Jill McCabe, medical director of th Polish operator starts repairs on pipeline carrying oil from Russia to Europe after detecting a leak 08/06/2023 10:05am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s oil pipeline operator said Sunday repairs are underway to a pipeline carrying oil from Russia to Germany that was temporarily shut down after a leak was discovered. The operator, PERN, said the pipeline is expected to resume normal operations on Tuesday. PERN said Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Cannabis is having a senior moment 08/06/2023 09:54am • (CNN) — Prior to filming our first documentary on cannabis a decade ago, I was highly skeptical about its use as a medicine. I had even written a story for Time magazine a few years earlier to make the case that the evidence simply wasn’t there.But, as so often happens when we start to dig Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader's birthday party 08/06/2023 03:56am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-impo As clinics pivot post-Roe, battle rages over syringe service in opioid-ravaged West Virginia 08/06/2023 01:46am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Staff at Women's Health Center of West Virginia know what it's like to provide controversial health services that government officials have sought to ban or restrict. The Charleston clinic was the state's only abortion provider for years until the state Legislature passed More people go missing and thousands are evacuated as northeast China is hit by more floods 08/06/2023 12:23am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rain continued to pelt northeastern China in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri on Saturday, as authorities reported more fatalities and missing people while evacuating thousands more. Six people died and four went missing in the city of Shulan in Jilin province, which has seen five DeSantis steps up dire warning to GOP about distraction from Biden, amid Trump's latest indictment 08/05/2023 10:18pm • VINTON, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly urging Republicans to avoid the temptation to refight the 2020 election next year, even as former President Donald Trump remains the dominant favorite for the 2024 GOP nomination on a message of vindicating his defeat. Though DeSanti Prince George's Co. Schools to use AI, 'next emerging technology' in classrooms 08/05/2023 04:19pm • Can artificial intelligence be used to boost natural knowledge? That's what the new Prince George's County Public Schools superintendent is pushing this upcoming school year. Millard House II told Good Morning America Saturday morning that the school district is embracing what he believes is t Toll from landslide in Georgia mountain resort up to 17 dead, 18 missing 08/05/2023 02:12pm • LONDON (AP) — The death toll from a landslide that hit a resort area in the mountains of the country of Georgia increased to 17, officials and news reports said Saturday, on the third day of a search and rescue operation. The landslide hit the Shovi area on Thursday. Shovi, about 140 kilometers (8 Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change 08/05/2023 08:26am • MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A beloved bookstore in Vermont's small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store did the same in 2011 because it liked a different space t Man United signs striker Rasmus Højlund from Atalanta for $82 million 08/05/2023 07:48am • SYDNEY (AP) — Manchester United signed Denmark striker Rasmus Højlund from Atalanta on Saturday in a move that ends the Premier League club's search for a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. Højlund cost an initial 64 million pounds ($82 million) and that fee could go up by a further 8 million po Trump indictment emerges as central GOP concern at Utah special election debate 08/05/2023 01:09am • FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Simmering right-wing anger over the U.S. Justice Department's indictment of former President Donald Trump was on stark display at a Republican primary debate in Utah, where U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart's plans to resign prompted the governor to call a special election to fill hi Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus 08/05/2023 01:08am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world scouting body urged South Korea to cut short the World Scout Jamboree as thousands of British scouts began leaving the coastal campsite Saturday because of a punishing heat wave. American scouts were preparing to pull out, too. Hundreds of participants have bee A judge has ruled Texas' abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications 08/05/2023 01:00am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge ruled Friday the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. The ruling was the first to undercut Texas’ law since it took ef