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Determined to prove age is not an issue, Biden pledges to release medical records

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

The issue spilled into the open Thursday, when 44-year-old Julián Castro used the third Democratic primary debate to suggest during a health care discussion that Biden was confused about his own proposals.

U.S. finds contaminant in popular heartburn drug

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

For now, the Food and Drug Administration said patients can continue taking Zantac and related generic drugs.

Taliban visits Moscow days after Trump says talks ‘dead’

By Kathy Gannon, Jim Heintz, Associated Press

It was the Taliban's first international visit following the collapse of talks with Washington.

Extreme weather displaced record number in first half of 2019

By Yale Environment 360

Natural disasters forced 7 million people to be displaced in the first half of this year.

Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ singer, dies at 70

By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press

A publicist for Eddie Money said the rock star has died after he recently announced he had stage 4 esophageal cancer. He was 70.

In era of legal pot, can police still search cars based on odor?

By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press

Sniff and search is no longer the default for police in some of the 33 states that have legalized marijuana.

PG&E reaches $11 billion deal with California wildfire insurers

By Associated Press

The utility said in a statement the tentative agreement covers 85% of the insurance claims from fires that included the one that decimated the town of Paradise and killed 86 people.

China to lift punitive tariffs on US soybeans, pork

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

China will suspend tariff hikes on soybeans, pork and some other farm goods, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Cabinet planning agency and the Commerce Ministry.

Johnson, Juncker to meet in Brexit breakthrough bid

By Gregory Katz, Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will hold face-to-face talks next week in a bid to break the Brexit impasse.