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The posts imply that HIV-negative people could suffer health complications from prevention pills only seen in a shrinking group of HIV-positive people, thus deterring them from treatment, the letter claims. Advocacy groups say that they’re not able to spend a comparable sum on counteradvertising and that Facebook should consider the real-world implications of the ads, which in effect make HIV transmissions more widespread. Facebook told The Washington Post that its third-party fact-checkers didn’t find falsehoods in the campaign, which is largely pushed by private injury attorneys....

At least the regulators are now tailing the fund frauds that flourished right under their noses. This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting new rules to push funds toward obeying the current laws (they don’t now), as well as making it harder for them to let big investors skim off profits. In a few weeks, the NASD (formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers) will bring enforcement actions against brokerage firms that grossly overcharged investors....

NEWSWEEK: You issued an appeal in March to fill a $500 million shortfall. What has been the response? Josette Sheeran: All these food prices had gone into an aggressive pattern starting in June, after years of climbing up. So in February we felt we needed to stop and say, “What’s the [financing] gap?” We established the $500 million figure. Since then the gap has grown another 20 percent. So you’re up to $600 million?...

Retired: Kalusha Bwalya, one of Africa’s greatest soccer players, hung up his boots last week after a 21-year career. The former Zambian midfielder graced stadiums from Belgium to Mexico to South Korea, where he captained his country’s Olympic squad to a historic 4-0 win over Italy on its way to the quarterfinals of the 1988 Summer Games. Bwalya, 37, will be embarking toward coaching excellence, taking the helm of the Mexican club Potros Marte....

After I went .500 in the Sweet 16, I could understand. But I rallied in the Elite Eight, going 3-1 including the South Carolina upset of Florida. For extra credit, I even told you how Oregon would beat Kansas. I just didn’t have the guts to pick it. MORE: Ranking the best players of the Final Four So maybe I’m on a roll. Maybe I just got lucky. We’ll see Saturday in the 2017 Final Four at University of Phoenix Stadium....

“We got it done, but we’re not stopping now, are we?” Beilein said. “We’re not stopping now. We’ve got two more to get, and one day. … We’re going to win one day at a time until we get there. Tonight, let’s just win the celebration.” MORE: Ranking each team’s Final Four chances The Wolverines take on No. 11 seed Loyola on Saturday at 6:09 p.m. ET in the Alamodome in San Antonio, with the winner getting a chance at either No....

Think again. That picture is from the movies (old movies). Nowadays your will may affect only a fraction of what you own. Most of your serious property will probably pass outside your will, through joint ownership, living trusts or the beneficiary forms attached to life insurance and retirement accounts. If the forms aren’t in sync (and they’re often not), the wrong person might inherit or an adult child (maybe you) might get less than the parents intended....

The main symptoms of RA are pain, swelling, and stiffness in the affected joints. Fatigue, weight loss, and a mild fever can also be present in people with RA. Diagnosing RA can be difficult because the signs and symptoms often mimic other disorders. There is no one test to diagnose RA. Instead, doctors will do a physical exam and order blood tests, gather a patient’s family medical history, and perform imaging tests such as X-rays, which use radiation to formulate an image of the joints, to see how much damage has been done....

Why Caregivers Need Respite Care There are many situations for which, as a caregiver, you may need respite care, including: You need to get to the doctor for your own checkup. You have another child, a spouse, or a parent who needs you. You’re close to your breaking point and unable to do a good job of caring for your autistic loved one. You haven’t had alone time with yourself or a partner for far too long....

Right now the Democratic and Republican parties have changed personas. The Democrats usually tear each other limb from limb; the GOP generally has an orderly coronation. Right now, Hillary is approaching the throne all but unscathed; the Republicans have only begun to go after each other in earnest. The GOP has no ideological unity; the Democrats have a lot. If Obama wants to win this nomination, he had better get after it....

Obama’s long-term goal remains: to prepare to compete, if he locks up the nomination, in states that haven’t been on his party’s fall target list for eons. One is Virginia, where voters also tend to love their guns. The last Democrat to win there was LBJ in 1964, “but now it has become a true swing state,” says Charlie Black, a top strategist for John McCain. While the public focuses on Pennsylvania and other last-ditch primary states, strategists in Washington are zeroing in on the higher math of the Electoral College....

Marin made the announcement during a joint-press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm, with both countries having debated joining NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. The parliamentary debate in Finland will take place after a government-commissioned report was released on Wednesday highlighting the change in security across Europe amid the war in Ukraine. The report is scheduled to be debated in Finland’s parliament next Wednesday (April 20) with a decision on whether to join NATO expected to be made “within weeks,” according to Marin....

According to reports, the fire broke out at the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, where millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine are being manufactured. Local reports said that the blaze was at a construction site at the large facility, with a source close to the plant telling the BBC the fire will not affect the production of the COVID vaccine. Doses produced at the plant will go to India and many other low and middle-income countries....

Here’s a list of the coaching turnover in college basketball in 2017. MORE: Print your 2017 NCAA Tournament bracket NCAA basketball coaching changes Morehead State, Dec. 15 WHO IS OUT: Sean Woods resigned after being charged with battery of two of his players. WHO IS IN: Morehead State announced on March 16 that interim coach Preston Spraldin , who went 12-9 overall and 10-6 in conference this year, earned the permanent job as head coach, reportedly beating out Pittsburgh assistant Jeremy Ballard for the gig....

The annual calendar has set pulses racing for 29 years now, and this time out they’ve included a “summer” edition. The heat is definitely turned up as the firefighters frolic at the beach and in the water, complete with sunglasses and ice creams. In total there are six editions on offer, at $16 each, including cats, dogs, horse, classic and “mixed animal,” along with the summer edition. And for the first time in its near-three decade history, the calendar will be printed in Dallas for its U....

Firefighters saved Iva Ballard’s house, but it was too late for First Missionary Baptist. Within two hours, the church and its new classroom wing, built in 1990 on the hard work and small contributions of its interracial congregation, were a total loss – the latest in a lengthening list of Southern black churches to be destroyed by arson. Nearly 30 churches have been burned so far in 1996 and 41 others, according to an Atlanta-based group called the Center for Democratic Renewal, were burned or vandalized in 1994 and 1995....

Bo Pelini explained the state of Nebraska football Monday, providing a clear view to the one thing that has sucked the very life from the once proud and powerful program. MORE: Big Ten trophies | SEC icons | Top 10 freshmen Apathy. “I don’t believe the state of our program,” Pelini said, “is any different than it was a week ago.” Or a year ago. Or a decade ago. And that should make every Huskers fan from Omaha to Chadron reach for a sick bucket....

The January guidelines, which were published in JAMA Oncology, offer recommendations for survivors depending on anticipated life expectancy. The guidelines are specifically for survivors age 75 and older. While mammograms can detect cancer, lead author Rachel A. Freedman, MD, MPH, medical director of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Cancer Care Collaborative and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard University, tells Verywell that sometimes, the scans find growths that are not cancerous....