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Month: April 2024

‘Vampire facials’ were linked to cases of HIV. Here’s what to know about the beauty treatment

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week, marking the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through cosmetic services using needles. Federal health officials

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President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discuss migration in latest call

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether to take executive action that would crack down on the number of migrants arriving at the southern U.S.

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House and Senate negotiate bill to help FAA add more air traffic controllers and safety inspectors

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congressional negotiators have agreed to help the Federal Aviation Administration hire more air traffic controllers and safety inspectors. House and Senate leaders said Monday they have agreed on a $105 billion bill governing the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years. They say the bill will increase the

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José Mujica anuncia que tiene un tumor en el esófago: “Estoy agradecido, y que me quiten lo bailado”

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) –El expresidente de Uruguay José “Pepe” Mujica, de 88 años, anunció este lunes en una rueda de prensa que tiene un tumor en el esófago, y que “es algo obviamente muy comprometido” y “doblemente complejo” en su caso, porque padece “una enfermedad inmunológica” que dificulta “técnicas de quimioterapia o de cirugía”.

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A second new nuclear reactor is completed in Georgia. The carbon-free power comes at a high price

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation. Georgia Power said Monday that Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 is complete. The project has cost billions more and took years longer than projected. Unit 3 began commercial operations last summer. They’re the first two

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United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. After a day off on

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