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Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

May 21 at 10:53 p.m.

— Residents are voting to keep Portland, Ore., as the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or any plans to add it.

  • Malcolm X's grandson buried in NY

    Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights activist Malcolm X, has been buried at a cemetery in suburban New York.

  • Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

    A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday.

  • Safety Board: ATF blocking plant blast probe

    Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel's chairman said.

  • 10 Things to Know for Wednesday

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

  • 2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor

    FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their "true and unerring valor."

  • UN: Poaching threatens central Africa peace

    The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council.

  • Police defend officer who shot NY college student

    The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who held her hostage.

  • UN urges action to end child soldiers in Myanmar

    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice.

  • Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate

    A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

  • Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims

    The Oklahoma City area is already home to two of the costliest tornados in the last half a century, and Monday’s devastating twister that hit just south of the city is likely to stress federal emergency dollars already under pressure from the recent federal budget cuts.

  • 2 more reports of anti-gay attacks in NYC

    Hours after New Yorkers rallied in response to a spate of gay-bashing that's resulted in one death and fueled concern about hate crimes, there were two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks on Manhattan streets, authorities said Tuesday.

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