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New York Factory Village’s Trail of Cancer Leads to Tap Water Probe

After his factory worker father died a painful death from kidney cancer at age 68 in 2013, Michael Hickey made it his mission to find out why so many people in his hometown along the Hoosic River were getting sick. …

Explosion at Western Kentucky Factory Injures 4

Four people were injured Wednesday in western Kentucky, where an explosion occurred inside a plastics factory, officials said. The accident happened shortly before 2 p.m. CST at Polymer Partners in Henderson. Two people suffered serious burns and were flown to …