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Month: October 2023

CDC draft recommends certain people use antibiotic pill after sex to prevent the spread of STIs

By Amanda Musa and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Health care providers should consider prescribing a commonly used antibiotic to certain people as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections, according to a draft recommendation posted online by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. “The purpose of the proposed guidelines

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Microsoft CEO warns of ‘nightmare’ future for AI if Google’s search dominance continues

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned on Monday of a “nightmare” scenario for the internet if Google’s dominance in online search is allowed to continue, a situation, he said, that starts with searches on desktop and mobile but extends to the emerging battleground of artificial intelligence. Nadella testified on Monday

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Charlotte Sena, la niña de 9 años desaparecida, podría estar en “peligro inminente”, dice la Policía

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La familia de Charlotte Sena, quien desapareció la noche de este sábado en el norte del estado de Nueva York, pidió la ayuda de la comunidad mientras las autoridades intensifican la búsqueda de la niña de nueve años, que podría haber sido secuestrada. Charlotte, que acampaba en el Parque Estatal del

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Brazil’s government starts expelling thousands of people from two Amazon Indigenous territories

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government has started removing people from two Indigenous territories in a move likely to affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The South American nation’s intelligence agency said in a statement that the goal is to return the Apyterewa and Trincheira

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Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state’s drug abuse problems

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state commission has awarded nearly $14 million in the latest round of funding to groups fighting drug abuse in Kentucky. Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the announcement Monday. A few dozen groups will receive portions of the $13.9 million, stemming from a massive settlement with

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Congress didn’t include funds for Ukraine in its spending bill. How will that affect the war?

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When U.S. lawmakers approved a spending bill Saturday that averted a widely expected government shutdown, the measure didn’t include the $6 billion in military assistance that Ukraine said it urgently needed. Now the Pentagon, White House and European allies are urging Congress to

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Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state’s drug abuse problem

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state commission has awarded nearly $14 million in the latest round of funding to groups fighting drug abuse in Kentucky. Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the announcement Monday. A few dozen groups will receive portions of the $13.9 million, stemming from a massive settlement with

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Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company’s rival program, Bing. Nadella testified in a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom as part of the government’s landmark antitrust trial

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Israel arrests Mexican former diplomat wanted for alleged sexual assault, Mexico’s president says

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that Andrés Roemer, a Mexican author, playwright and former diplomat, has been arrested in Israel and is awaiting extradition. Roemer has been wanted in Mexico since 2021 for allegedly abusing at least eight women. The writer was also Mexico’s UNESCO ambassador and used to host

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