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House Passes Bill to Expand Health Benefits for Burn Pit Exposure
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would make millions of veterans who were exposed to trash burn pits on U.S. military bases around the world eligible for medical care, the most sweeping action by the federal government to recognize that the sites may have caused a range of diseases. The legislation …
Energy & Environment — Biden expands VA benefits for burn pit victims
Getty images The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding disability compensation for people with nine cancers it says are linked to burn pit exposure, and Democrats are going on offense over gasoline prices in a key House race. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the …
Homes Burn In Angwin, New Evacuations Ordered, Fire On Calistoga Outskirts – CBS San Francisco
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — The Glass Fire burning in Napa and Sonoma counties jumped containment lines and led to new evacuations as well as additional burned homes and structures as firefighter worked through extreme conditions Thursday. As of Thursday evening, the Glass Fire has burned 58,880 acres since it started over the weekend and …
Wildfires Scorch 1,400 Square Miles of Oregon and Now Burn at Portland’s Doorstep
At least 1,400 square miles of Oregon have burned in wildfires this week, Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday afternoon. Winds continued to drive fires into populated areas today, especially in Clackamas County, where the towns of Molalla and Estacada have suffered damage and the cities of Canby and Oregon City are now being told to …
Is Minerals Technologies Inc (MTX) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?
The financial regulations require hedge funds and wealthy investors that exceeded the $100 million equity holdings threshold to file a report that shows their positions at the end of every quarter. Even though it isn’t the intention, these filings to a certain extent level the playing field for ordinary investors. The latest round of 13F …
Providence Protesters Break Into Mall, Loot Stores, Burn Police Cruiser – CBS Boston
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS) – A protest in Providence turned into a riot overnight when demonstrators set a police cruiser on fire and then broke into the Providence Place Mall and looted shops there. A group of up to 300 people showed up outside the mall around 11:30 p.m. Monday, supposedly to protest the death of …
Breaking News: Prescribed burn today at Lake Apopka North Shore
From the St. Johns River Water Management District The St. Johns River Water Management District is conducting a 900-acre prescribed burn Saturday within the Lake Apopka North Shore, west of Lake Level Canal Road. The purpose of the burn is to reduce hazardous fuel accumulations and maintain fire-dependent ecosystems. The popular Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive …
Temple Burn Center’s new technology to treat burn victims
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Temple University’s Burn Center is using new revolutionary biotechnology to treat burn victims. Temple is now using RECELL, a spray-on skin treatment used on burn victims that just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January 2019. The treatment is especially helpful to those suffering from large burns. “This …
BREAKING: Bernie Staffer: Kill Political Opponents, Burn People In Streets, Cops To Be ‘Beaten’ If Bernie Loses
A far-left campaign staffer for 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appeared to repeatedly advocate for the use of extreme violence in an undercover video that was released on Tuesday by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. Sanders campaign Iowa field organizer Kyle Jurek was busted making the following statements in a variety of …
California fires: Millions of people face PG&E power outages as Kincade, Tick fires burn
The National Weather Service warned “a long duration and potentially . . . historic [wind] event” was expected to bring 85 mph gusts through the mountain regions of Northern and Central California between Saturday night and Monday morning with lesser, but still powerful, winds reaching valleys and coastal areas. The ongoing wildfires come on the …
