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MEXICO CITY 鈥? Diminutive figures skeletons in facemasks and medical caps are all too common on Mexicos Day of the Dead altars this year.More than 1,700 Mexican health workers are officially known to have died of COVID-19 and theyre being honored with three days of national mourning on these Days of the Dead.One is Dr. Jose Luis Linares, who attended to patients at a private clinic in a poor neighborhood in Mexico City, usually charging about 30 pesos roughly $1.50 a consultation. I told him, Luis, dont go to work. But he told me, then who is going to see those poor people,
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PHOENIX AP 鈥?Backpage founder Michael Lacey was convicted Thursday on a single count of money laundering and acquitted on another. But the Arizona jury deadlocked on 84 other counts against him in a case that alleged he participated in a scheme to sell sex ads through the lucrative classified site, leading the federal judge to declare a mistrial.It marked the second time a mistrial has been declared in the case against the founder of the site. U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix declared the mistrial after jurors deliberated for six days.Laceys first trial in 2021聽ended in a mistrial聽when another judge concluded prosecutors had too many references to child sex trafficking in a case where no one faced such a charge.Lacey, 75, was tried on a total of 86 criminal counts in the case against him and four other Backpage employees.Chief financial officer John Brunst was convicted of one count of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and more than 30 money laundering counts.Executive vice president Scott Spear was convicted of one count of
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The Winter Olympics are officially underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea. What makes this year special, othe
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that though the economy is in recovery, the central bank will keep interest rates at record-low levels to stave off a return to recession. Bernanke appearance before the House Financial Services Committee marked his first return to Capitol Hill since being confirmed in January to a second term as Fed chairman. In prepared remarks to the committee, he told lawmakers that weakness
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On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., before ending his own life. File photo by Getty Images The White House will hold a moment of silence Saturday, a White House official told Politico, on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 28 dead, including 20 children and six staff members.Politico also reported that Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., scheduled an educational event on gun safety, purchasing firearms, legal requirements and safety standards on the same day as the Sandy Hook anniversary. Yoho told Politico that the event date is not intentional. The date was not chosen to coincide
salomon with the terrible tragedy at Sandy Hook, and my thoughts and prayers go to the victims and families, Yoho said in a statement on Facebook.Vice President Joe Biden also announced Tuesday that the Obama administration promises to dedicate $100 million to improve mental health services in
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