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WASHINGTON (AP) — House committees plan to begin voting Wednesday on GOP legislation to unravel President Barack Obama's health care law. House Republicans released their own 123-page legislation Monday, which would scale back the government's role in helping people afford coverage and likely leave more Americans uninsured. Subsidized health care would no longer be based on income but on age.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents are promising to challenge President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. The new, narrower ban temporarily bars new visas for citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries. Iraq is no long on the list. The new ban also suspends the entire U.S. refugee program.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has started what he calls an emergency visit to Somalia to focus on the country's famine crisis. Guterres says "People are dying. The world must act now to stop this." Somalia is part of a massive $4 billion aid appeal launched last month for four nations suffering from conflict and hunger. The others are Nigeria, Yemen and South Sudan, where famine already has been declared.
BEIRUT (AP) — The children of Syria are showing signs of "toxic stress" and are attempting self-harm and suicide. A report from Save the Children says as a result of prolonged exposure to war, some children are developing speech disorders and incontinence. The war in Syria is approaching its sixth year, and Save the Children is calling on all sides in the war to prioritize mental health issues before children develop lasting complications.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis is getting ready to elect a new mayor for the first time since 2001. Voters are going to the polls Tuesday in the primary election. Seven Democrats, including four members of the Board of Aldermen, are seeking to replace Democrat Francis Slay, who is not running for a fifth term. A big issue for the candidates is reducing crime and revitalizing the city's north side. FBI statistics for years have ranked St. Louis as among the nation's most violent cities.
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