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KHERSON, Ukraine AP 鈥?A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides inthe warscrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing upthe Kakhovka damand hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow has controlled for more than a year. Russian officials blamed Ukrainian bombardment in the contested area.It was not possible to reconcile the conflicting claims.Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like ecological disaster and terrorist act to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam and beginning to empty an upstream reservoir that is one of the worlds largest.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it the largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, ahead of an emerg stanley quencher ency Security Council meeting, called it another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The environmental and humanitarian consequences quickly became clear as homes, streets and businesses flooded downstream and emergency crews began evacuations. Officials monitored water for cooling systems at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and authorities expressed concern about drinking water supplies in both Ukrainian and Russian-controlled areas.In the stanley cup downstream city of Kherson, angry residents stanley cup cursed as they trie Knhj Under Trump, states may demand work for Medicaid
WASHINGTON 鈥?With deep divisions over President Barack Obamas health care law reappearing in the elections final day stanley cup s, a government report shows that progress in reducing the number of uninsured Americans has slowed to a crawl.The study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests the 2010 law may be reaching a limit to its effectiveness.The CDC said the number of uninsured people dipped by only 200,000 between 2015 and the first six months of this year, which it called a nonsignificant difference. The findings come from the National Health Interview Survey, which has queried more than 48,000 people so far this year.While the Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of Americans without health insurance to historically low levels, continued progress threatens to stall this year amid enduring political disagreement over the governments role in guaranteeing coverage. It has got to be close to tapped out, said stanley italia Dan Witters, director of a major private survey that also follows the health care law, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being I stanley cup uk ndex.The CDC study found that during 2015, an estimated 28.6 million U.S. residents were uninsured. The corresponding number through the first six months of 2016 was 28.4 million.The sobering numbers come as the administration seeks to whip up enthusiasm for the 2017 sign-up season, which started this week and runs through Jan. 31. The White House would like to hit a high note on health care to close out Obamas tenure |
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