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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's army has declared martial law in a surprise announcement it says is aimed at keeping the country stable after six months of sometimes violent political unrest. However, the military is denying that a coup d'etat is underway. The move comes one day after the Southeast Asian country's caretaker prime minister refused to step down and follows six months of anti-government demonstrations that have failed to oust the government.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Los Alamos National Laboratory says it has taken a series of precautionary measures to ensure 57 barrels of nuclear waste "pose no significant safety or health risk to the public, the environment and the workers." New Mexico says the waste is packed with a type of kitty litter believed to have caused a radiation leak at the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump, posing a potentially "imminent" and "substantial" threat to public health.
NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle says guns aren't welcome in its restaurants anymore. Gun rights advocates brought military-style assault rifles into a Dallas-area Chipotle over the weekend, and the company says "the display of firearms" created a potentially intimidating environment. The company notes that it has traditionally complied with local laws regarding open and concealed firearms.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its ruling that businesses don't have to prove they were directly harmed by BP's 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill to collect settlement payments. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could be a step toward resuming a claims process that was suspended after the courts' first decision in March.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Civil protection authorities in El Salvador have evacuated at least 1,000 people living near a volcano about 90 miles east of the capital, San Salvador. They describe the evacuation as a precautionary measure after seismic activity increased. The volcano spewed reddish ash after an explosion early Monday. The volcano's last significant eruption was in 1976.
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