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Republicans are worried that they could lose one of their House seats in a special election Tuesday in western New York. The district has long been safe Republican territory. But the race has become a referendum on the GOP's controversial Medicare reform plan.

While the rhetoric heats up in Washington D.C., Coast Guard and BP officials on the ground in the Gulf seem intent on working together. Despite mounting criticism for the spill response, federal agencies and the corporation say they're doing the best they can in the face of a massive and changing disaster.

Feuding state parties have reached a compromise over how to spend the $85 million the state won in a settlement with a pharmaceutical company which was being sued over its role in the opioid crisis.

Many of the industry's biggest companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, are tangled up in litigation. The latest filing was by Insys Therapeutics after a $225-million settlement agreement.

State and federal officials say they found DNA evidence that ties two missing prison inmates to a remote area of northern New York about 30 miles west of Dannemora, N.Y.

Federal scientists say mountain lions are extinct in the East. But sightings of the big cats continue, and some researchers say cougars could be staging a comeback.

Several million dogs and cats are put to death in U.S. animal shelters each year. Spay and neuter programs are having some impact in some areas, but solving the overpopulation problem tests the resources of activists and animal-control officials.

The arrest of 12 Muslim men and five teens in an apparent plot to attack the nation's stock exchange and spy agency shocks Canadians. The nation's fabled tolerance may enable support for radical Islam. Many Muslims see a danger.

The election between Trump and Biden is still not settled, and it might not be for days.

A man in Canada tried to sell a carved replica of a grand wooden chair. Over six years, he dropped the price from 5,000 to 1,000 Canadian dollars. At last a pub owner bought it, the CBC reports.