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MERIDEN, Conn. – A Boy Scout from Connecticut who is believed to have caught bubonic plague while visiting Wyoming has fully recovered from the rare, potentially deadly illness. The 18-year-old, whose name and hometown haven’t been released, recovered after a course of the antibiotic Cipro, according to a doctor who …

Guinness World Records has taken the title of world’s tallest man away from Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk because he has continually refused to be measured in accordance with the publication’s guidelines, Reuters reported The title now reverts back to China’s Bao Xishun, who stands at 7 feet, 8.95 inches. Stadnyk stands …

BAGHDAD – Masked gunmen ambushed a bus carrying electoral officials in southern Iraq on Monday, killing two and seriously wounding a third, officials said. Two top members of a local committee preparing for provincial elections were killed, according to police and the head of Basra’s elections panel, Hazim al-Rubaie. Upcoming …