Health Dec 01 A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS, but only if it can get to everyone who needs it A twice-yearly shot has shown to be 100 percent effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and published results show it worked nearly as well in men. Now, the drugmaker Gilead has said it will allow cheap, generic versions…
Politics Nov 08 Trump’s victory won’t halt migration, experts say President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to reduce immigration. But by narrowing the already limited legal pathways into the U.S., migrants will just recalibrate their plans and resort in greater numbers to hiring smugglers, according to experts.
World Oct 01 Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico’s first female president Claudia Sheinbaum has taken the oath of office as Mexico’s first female president in more than 200 years of independence.
World Sep 27 Families still seek answers 10 years after 43 students disappeared in southern Mexico Families of the 43 students from a rural teacher’s college abducted 10 years ago in southern Mexico marked the painful anniversary Thursday, disillusioned after what they say was a decade of unfulfilled government promises.
World Aug 02 Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader’s headquarters as post-election tensions escalate A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolas Maduro following the country's disputed presidential election.
World Jul 26 AP report: Powerful Mexican cartel leader was lured onto airplane before U.S. arrest Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada got on an airplane to the U.S. believing he was going somewhere else, said the official, who spoke on the condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
World Jun 04 Mexico’s next president faces money and dialogue challenges, plus the U.S. election A top economic challenge will be whether Sheinbaum will have the money to continue her predecessor’s popular social programs, considering the government has a big deficit of almost 6% that the Treasury has vowed to reduce.
World Jun 03 Mexico picks Claudia Sheinbaum for president, first woman to hold the job The climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor was the favored successor of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
World May 30 Mexico to choose between two women in presidential election amid violence and polarization The battle lines are drawn: the ruling Morena Party already holds the governorships of 23 of the country's 32 states, and is going for them all. It already has a simple majority in both houses of Congress, and wants a…
Science May 23 ‘Heat dome’ leads to sweltering temperatures in Central America and the U.S. South Meteorologists say the conditions have been caused by what some refer to as a heat dome — an area of strong high pressure that blocked clouds from forming and caused extensive sunshine and hot temperatures.