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A blank-check legislation signed into law in 2001 has allowed the Pentagon to launch more than 40 military interventions in at least 22 countries without congressional approval A new study from the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute estimates that over 4.5 million people have died from wars launched by the west in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks. The study estimates that between 906,000 to 937,000 people have been killed as a direct result of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia. These countries have experienced the most violent wars in...

(CBS 5 / BCN) VALLEJO Solano County Public Health officials said Tuesday they would conduct free tuberculosis skin tests June 5 following the discovery that someone associated with Vallejo High School has active, contagious tuberculosis. Map of Vallejo, California, USA Robin Cox, health education manager for Solano County Public Health, said people who may have had close contact with the person with tuberculosis will be tested at Vallejo High School and the test results will be known June 7. Health officials were working to get documents and information on students, faculty, staff members and others who had close proximity...