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(Credit: ABC News) The people who are born and raised in the United States are more likely to have asthma and allergies than the children who were born elsewhere and later immigrated to this country, according to the results from a new study . Researchers surveyed the parents of 80,000 children and found that the pattern held even across different regions, income levels, and races

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Congressional candidates who are down in the polls often pull unexpected stunts to try to shake up the race — but even the most cunning strategist would have to question the wisdom of publicizing an unredacted list of phone numbers from people who have called the campaign.

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Thanks in no small part to massive spending by just one Republican donor , Republicans now control the entirety of North Carolina’s government for the first time in more than a century.

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Despite initial reports to the contrary, FBI agents did not read Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights immediately after he was taken into custody. Instead, they invoked what is known as the “ public safety exception ” to delay reading those rights to the alleged bomber

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According to a new Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study , doctors who know the cost of the medical tests and procedures that they perform tend to choose to do fewer of them then those who don’t. That ends up sparing patients from unnecessary testing and preventing Medicare from paying unnecessary reimbursements.

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In an emotional press conference on Monday, Lisa Pott, whose stepdaughter Audrie killed herself last fall after allegedly being raped, read a series of Audrie’s Facebook messages sent shortly before her suicide: “My life is ruined.

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Last November, Wisconsin was able to run a fair election unmarred by one of the Republican Party’s favorite voter suppression tactics because two lower courts struck down the state’s unconstitutional voter ID law , and the conservative state supreme court repeatedly refused requests to take up the case before it winds its way through the normal appeals process. Now, a group of Wisconsin Republicans are pushing legislation to ensure that something like this never happens again : Since 2011, circuit judges have blocked all or parts of laws backed by Republicans that required voters to show  photo ID at the polls, limited  collective bargaining for public employees and expanded the governor’s power over  administrative rules .

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On Thursday, gun reform proponents overcame a key hurdle in the Senate after 68 senators — including 16 Republicans — voted to proceed to a comprehensive package that expands background checks for gun purchases, increases penalties against gun trafficking, and invests in school safety. The senate will consider the measure next week using an open debate process that will allow senators to offer amendments to the underlining bill. Sen.

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Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @ TPEquality . – Meet the amazing Trans 100 ! – Sen

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Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) Sunday became the latest senior Republican to question the 13 Republicans who have threatened to filibuster gun legislation they haven’t yet seen

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