The tick-borne illness is spreading north and south — about 300,000 U.S. cases a year. As scientists work on better diagnostic tests and surveillance tools, you can take steps to cut your risk.
First lady Melania Trump looks at President Donald Trump as she arrives for an event where she announced her initiatives in the Rose Garden of the White House Monday.
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Dennis Kucinich greets voters at the West Side Market in Cleveland. He surprised voters and his opponents with his late candidacy for governor.
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Inara George has long coped with the death of her father, Little Feat's Lowell George, in private. Dearest Everybody is her first time publicly reckoning with his death in song.
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Noel Francisco attends his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for his nomination to become solicitor general, on May 10, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
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CIA director nominee Gina Haspel attends Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's ceremonial swearing-in at the State Department in Washington last week.
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According to labor organizers, Tronc has agreed to recognize three separate bargaining units within the same union at its Chicago-area publications, including the Chicago Tribune.
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