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Senate GOP group pours millions into defending Kansas seat

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Senate Republicans' main super PAC is redirecting millions of dollars to defend a Kansas Senate seat and scaling back its investments in a GOP-held seat in North Carolina, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News.

The shifts are another sign of how the race for control of the upper chamber is changing in the final weeks before the midterms, with the GOP defending several traditionally red-leaning states. Republicans can lose up to three seats and still hold onto their Senate majority, but President Trump's party is facing an unfavorable political environment.

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USThe Guardian

Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday its inspectors had detected cyclospora at the Mexican farm blamed for the largest foodborne illness outbreak of the parasite in US history. FDA inspectors said Friday they found cyclospora in two places: a wastewater tank and a drainage ditch used for lettuce cultivation. They said it was unclear how the lettuce became infected. The agency’s announcement comes less than a month after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared an end to the multi-state outbreak, which infected nearly 13,000 people across 21 states and led to 570 hospitalizations and two deaths.

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