People most at risk of HIV are not getting the health services they need
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/key-populations-to-hiv/en/
11 July 2014 ¦ Geneva - Failure to provide adequate HIV services for key groups ? men who have sex with men, people in prison, people who inject drugs, sex workers and transgender people ? threatens global progress on the HIV response, warns WHO.
Ted Steeg, Who Found Big Audience With Jury Duty Films, Dies at 84
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/nyregion/ted-steeg-documentarian-who-produced-jury-duty-films-dies-at-84.html
Ted Steeg, a documentarian whose best-known films have been seen by millions of cursing, carping, cranky, choleric and incontrovertibly captive audience members, died on Monday in Manhattan. Mr. Steeg, who produced the informational movies long ...
A federal court is about to answer the question: Who do you actually work for?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/11/a-federal-court-is-about-to-answer-the-question-who-do-you-actually-work-for/
Right now, the National Labor Relations Board is weighing the very question of what it means to be an "employer," and therefore who has to come to the bargaining table when workers organize for better treatment. The problem: Over the past few decades ...
Calif. man who hoarded snakes is sentenced
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/11/calif-man-who-hoarded-snakes-is-sentenced/
SANTA ANA, Calif. ? A Southern California teacher who had 400 snakes in his home, many of them dead or dying, pleaded guilty Thursday to failing to provide proper care for them. William Buchman, 53, entered the misdemeanor plea in Orange County and ...
Peter Wege, a 'dreamer who made a difference,' is laid to rest
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/07/peter_wege_a_dreamer_who_made.html
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - In a fitting tribute to a man who loved the outdoors and had poured so much of himself and his money into Grand Rapids, those who gathered for Peter Wege's funeral Mass concluded the service outside - under a beautiful sky and in the ...
Convicted serial rapist who hid in Maine for 34 years sentenced for crimes as ...
https://bangordailynews.com/2014/07/11/news/portland/convicted-serial-rapist-who-hid-in-maine-for-34-years-sentenced-for-crimes-as-a-fugitive/
PORTLAND, Maine ? A man who was convicted of three brutal rapes in Massachusetts during the late 1970s and then spent more than three decades hiding out in Gorham was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison on Friday for charges tied to his time ...
Immigrants Who Speak Indigenous Languages Encounter Isolation
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/nyregion/immigrants-who-speak-indigenous-mexican-languages-encounter-isolation.html
Laura is a Mexican immigrant who lives in East Harlem, a neighborhood with one of the largest Latino populations in New York City. Yet she understands so little of what others are saying around her that she might just as well be living in Siberia ...
SE Portland man who died in apartment fire was sleeping in living room as fire ...
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/07/se_portland_man_who_died_in_ap.html
The man, who has not been identified, was found unconscious in a hallway between his living room and bedroom shortly after Portland Fire crews arrived at 3:09 a.m. to the two-story complex at 2530 SE 125th Ave. Crews tried to resuscitate him but he was ...