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Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness was marked in New York State in June following the state Senate's recent passing of a special resolution. "This is a victory for the 390,000 people with Alzheimer's disease in New York and their 1.1 million caregivers," said Jennifer Scheuermann, interim executive director of the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter.
In this Nov. 13, 2014 file photo, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, followed by Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, center, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., leave after McConnell was chosen to be the new majority leader, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell faces a nearly impossible task this election year: protecting Senate Republicans from the political upheaval of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
The Latest on President Barack Obama's summit Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto : North America's leaders, at their summit in the Canadian capital, are confronting a rising tide of economic protectionism and nationalism. Three crew members were missing and one was hurt after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle that caused several box cars to erupt in flames and led authorities to evacuate residents in the area.
A dysfunctional Senate split along party lines on Tuesday and left a $1.1 billion proposal to fight the Zika virus in limbo, despite growing fears and a continental U.S. caseload that's exceeding 800. Democrats blocked the GOP-drafted measure by a 52-48 vote Tuesday -- short of the 60 votes required to advance it.
U.S. First lady Michelle Obama, left, listens to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, right, after she arrived at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, June. 27, 2016.
National Guard teams are removing debris as authorities prepare for another round of expected storms after flooding devastated parts of the state. West Virginia Emergency Management Agency spokesman Tim Rock said Monday that "everybody's just keeping an eye on the sky" as search and rescue teams continue to check whether everyone is accounted for.
Fire crews are making inroads against a raging wildfire in central California that has claimed two lives and destroyed 200 homes A scorched tree and devastated mobile homes are backdropped by a wildfire continuing to burn, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in South Lake, Calif. LAKE ISABELLA, Calif.
With hurricane season upon the Crossroads, Victoria County commissioners will consider awarding a disaster and storm recovery monitoring services contract at their Monday meeting. In a letter to county commissioners, Victoria County Emergency Management Coordinator Rick McBrayer recommended approving a disaster and storm monitoring contract Monday, which would allow Victoria County to negotiate associated costs with disaster and storm recovery up front.
The couple said they lost everything including their d... . Evacuee Kimberly Tieche holds her 10-month old puppy while listening to the briefing on a wildfire at an evacuation center, Saturday, June 25, 2016, near Kernville, Calif.
Hundreds of California firefighters are still struggling to contain a deadly fire that has destroyed entire neighborhoods. Kern County officials sai... -- An inverted roller coaster at a Scottish theme park derailed, hit the ride's support and crashed to the ground, injuring 10 people, including eight c... Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on June 1, 2016.
A ravenous and deadly wildfire in central California has burned 200 homes and other buildings, though firefighters said Sunday light winds were helping contain the blaze. The remains of mobile homes devastated by a wildfire are seen in the foreground as smoke rises over a mountain, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in South Lake, Calif.
Spain's Unidos Podemos coalition party leader Pablo Iglesias rests leaning on a net after a basketball match with some friends at the Complutense University of Madrid sports campus in Madrid, Saturday, June 25, 2016. Spaniard... Lighter winds are helping firefighters make gains on a voracious and deadly wildfire in central California that has burned 150 homes and claimed two lives.
Lighter winds are helping firefighters make gains on a voracious and deadly wildfire in central California that has burned 150 homes and claimed two lives. Firefighters may have found human remains Saturday when they began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
A voracious and deadly wildfire in central California has burned 150 homes and the toll may rise, fire officials said Saturday. The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
How to distribute lifesaving supplies quickly and safely after a natural disaster has long been a puzzle for responders. Now, drones might be the lifesaver.
Multiple fatalities have been reported in flooding that has devastated parts of the state, a state official said Friday morning. As a deluge swamped southeast West Virginia - a disaster that killed at least 18 people - Ronnie Scott's wife called him and told him their house was filling up with water.
How to distribute lifesaving supplies quickly and safely after a natural disaster has long been a puzzle for responders. Now, drones might be the lifesaver.
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