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By Adriana Thomasa Quintero-Puchuncavi, Chile, May 26 (EFE).- Educators, activists, and victims of the industrial pollution that has made the Bay of Quintero-Puchuncavi the “Chilean Chernobyl” are asking authorities to place residents’ well-being ahead of economic imperatives in the wake of another incident of contamination that sickened dozens of people and forced the community into …

The American Society of Nephrology announced a new chair for its Kidney Health Initiative, as well as seven new members to the board to directors, according to a press release.After serving on the Kidney Health Initiative (KHI) for 5 years, Uptal D. Patel, MD, has become its chair. Patel’s experience includes clinical fellowships in pediatric and adult nephrology and health services

An Oregon man and a Washington man were arrested in a sex trafficking investigation in Tehama County.

Los Angeles police acted appropriately when they killed a gunman who had wounded a SWAT officer during a standoff in March, the LAPD's civilian oversight board ruled Tuesday.

Print An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was shot in the chest Wednesday afternoon by a man who broke into his car in a garage in Sherman Oaks and found the officer’s service gun, according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore. At a media briefing, Moore said the officer and a woman walked out of their apartment and into the underground garage of a building in the 5200 block of Vesper Avenue where they found a man in the officer’s personal car, wearing the officer’s bulletproof vest. The suspe...