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Ivermectin Calls To Washington Poison Center More Than Triple
The Washington Poison Center said ivermectin should not be used to treat or prevent COVID-19.

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The Washington Poison Center said ivermectin should not be used to treat or prevent COVID-19.

Law enforcement agencies in Washington and other states reported more than 7,700 hate crimes in 2020.
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New York City residents who died on 9/11 will be among those memorialized at services across the country on the attack’s 20th anniversary.
In a sign of a return to normality, subway service changes are making weekend travel a nightmare.
Remnants of Hurricane Ida are dumping flooding rain throughout New York City and the Northeast.
NYPD Aviation used night vision goggles and a thermal imaging camera to help track down the 14-year-old boy.
Police released video and a sketch drawing Wednesday of a woman who leapt to her death from the Brooklyn Bridge.
A duo sold and registered phony COVID-19 vaccination cards to 13 New York City essential workers. All 15 face charges, officials said.
The inmate accused in the attack has been charged with first-degree attempted murder, according to the city's Department of Correction.
The virtual back-to-school family forums will take place in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan beginning Sept. 1.
Sources told the Daily News that a JFK Airport cargo building could soon process and temporarily house refugees fleeing Afghanistan.
A 46-year-old woman from Salem, New Hampshire died Sunday morning after her motorcycle collided with a car in Wilmington, state police said.
The work is scheduled to start Tuesday at 7 a.m. on Tanglewood Avenue and Wildwood Avenue, according to Tewksbury officials.
Town Manager Melissa Murphy-Rodrigues, Esq. will be holding office hours for residents on Wednesday.
Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence died Thursday when a suicide bomber attacked the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Marches are planned in Worcester and other cities to protest restrictive voting laws and call on Congress to protect voting rights.
Wilmington police are calling on the public to help design a patch that celebrates the department's more than century in service.
Stevens Memorial Library is also asking the public to help it create a patriotic garden to honor the lives lost during the 9/11 attacks.
Town and state officials welcomed the public to a ceremonial opening of Andover's expanded and renovated senior center.