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Twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission if people can get it
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions – although it's unclear how many in the U.S. and abroad will get access to the powerful new option.
While a vaccine to prevent HIV still is needed, som ... (full story)
ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job.
"There was finally a sense of calm,'' said Rebecca Shi, C ... (full story)
Yield trap or treasure?
Q: What's a yield trap? -- H.C., Greenville, North Carolina
A: Imagine running across a stock with a dividend yield in, say, the double digits. That's unusually high, and it could be that you've found a terrific source of reliable investment income -- or you might instead have stumbled upon a yield trap, tied to a company that's ... (full story)
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US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning far beyond Israel's strikes on Tehran
(THE CONVERSATION) Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S. then supported the long, repressive reign of the Shah of Iran, whose security services brutalized Iranian citiz ... (full story)
Along with the ideals it expresses, the Declaration of Independence mourns for something people lost in 1776 − and now, too
(THE CONVERSATION) Right around the Fourth of July, Americans pay renewed attention to the country's crucial founding document, the Declaration of Independence. Whether Republican or Democrat or independent, some will say – with reverence – that adherence to the values expressed in the declaration is what makes them Amer ... (full story)
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10 years after Europe's migration crisis, the fallout reverberates in Greece and beyond
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Fleeing Iran with her husband and toddler, Amena Namjoyan reached a rocky beach of this eastern Greek island along with hundreds of thousands of others. For months, their arrival overwhelmed Lesbos. Boats fell apart, fishermen dove to save people from drowning, and local grandmothers bottle-fed newly arri ... (full story)
In rural Alaska, a village turns to solar and biomass energies to cut diesel and save money
GALENA, Alaska (AP) — Eric Huntington built his dream cabin nestled in the wilderness of central Alaska, eventually raising two daughters there. But over the years, he learned that living in this quiet, remote village came with a hefty cost.
Every year, the Huntington family spent about $7,000 on diesel to heat the cabin d ... (full story)