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In addition to overseeing Social Security benefits for retirees and disabled people, the Social Security Administration helps administer programs run by other agencies, including Medicare and Medicaid.—
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Earlier this year, then-Fire Chief Kristin Crowley cited disabled engines, and a lack of mechanics, as one reason why fire officials did not dispatch more personnel to Pacific Palisades before the Jan. 7 fire.—
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The exhibition will showcase the radical contributions of disabled, deaf and neurodivergent people and communities to design and contemporary culture, stretching from the 1940s to the present day.—
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The former is deaf and immigrated to the U.S. from Poland as a child.—
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Amid rising ocean temperatures, scientists expect to find even more diseased coral colonies in the future.—
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If it is infected later, those plants produce diseased kernels that are shriveled and wilted.—
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An ailing right thumb could explain his shooting woes during the postseason, when the fourth-year guard suffered through a horrendous 0-of-15 shooting slump and shot just 4-of-23 over his last six playoff games.—
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Injury updates: In a move quickly buried under a pile of managerial chaos, the Rockies transferred the ailing Kris Bryant to the 60-day IL May 11 amid an ongoing back issue.—
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The move came after state public health inspectors fined Golden Legacy for handcuffing an incapacitated patient’s ankle to the bed in violation of state and federal laws.—
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The 25th Amendment also has a controversial provision that allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet, or the majority of another body that Congress designated by law, to initiate the transfer of powers from an incapacitated president to the vice president.—
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The man, 41, was taken to the hospital once the flight landed, and he was later arrested on suspicion of being unfit for duty, per the statement.—
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The trouble is, the president who insisted that Biden was unfit now encourages speculation about seeking a clearly unconstitutional third term.—
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Rebecca Hind of Cumbria, England, first began feeling unwell after an office Christmas party in December 2018, according to The Telegraph.—
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This could be anything from a passenger feeling sick to light-headed or generally unwell.—
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Each year, about 48 million people in the U.S. get sick with foodborne illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
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Delta Flight 694 was diverted en route from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport on Monday evening to allow a passenger and a sick dog to disembark in Minneapolis, according to a statement from the airline.—
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“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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