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What to know as India's medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor 08/17/2024 01:37pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — India's medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Saturday’s strike was called by the country’s largest group of doctors, the Indian Medical Association, say Betts and Kiermaier homer as Dodgers rally to beat skidding Cardinals 7-6 08/17/2024 12:38am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mookie Betts and Kevin Kiermaier homered in a five-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers came back to beat the skidding St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Friday night. The offensive outburst gave Justin Wrobleski his first major league win. The left-hander was called up from Trip 'Shoot me up with a big one': A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry 08/17/2024 12:01am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The arrest of five people in the overdose death of Matthew Perry has revealed key details about the final days of the “Friends” star, most of them spent in the throes of an addiction to the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Perry would die at age 54 on Oct. 28 after telling his Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels 08/16/2024 05:37pm • (New York) — Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were at the same time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far this year, there have been 10,865 recorded cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, compar Data Doctors: Pros and cons of Windows BitLocker encryption 08/16/2024 04:30pm • Q: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? A: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those options. Various versions of Windows include the option to use BitLocker, which is Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool. What is encryption? COVID-19 is on the upswing in the US 08/16/2024 03:28pm • COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that COVID-19 has been with us,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Johns Hopkins University infectious disease phy US calls on Sudan's military to join talks to calm the country's grinding conflict 08/16/2024 03:16pm • CAIRO (AP) — The United States on Friday called on Sudan's military to join talks aimed at calming the country's grinding conflict as the African country faces a worsening humanitarian crisis. The military has boycotted the negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, now in their third day, despite inte Matthew Perry's death leads to sweeping indictment of 5, including doctors and a reputed dealer 08/16/2024 01:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 10 months after the death of Matthew Perry, the long-simmering investigation into the ketamine that killed him came dramatically into public view with the announcement that five people had been charged with having roles in the overdose of the beloved “Friends” star. What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry's death? 08/16/2024 11:58am • The investigation into the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry has led to a sweeping indictment that pulled in five people who prosecutors say contributed to his ketamine overdose in October, including two doctors and a street dealer involved in providing Perry large amounts of the powerful an Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital 08/16/2024 08:14am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people marched through various Indian cities Friday to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital, demanding justice and better security at medical campuses and hospitals. Demonstrators held signs calling for accountability for the woman' She fought to become a midwife. Now she’s fighting to save mothers and their babies in South Sudan 08/16/2024 12:11am • BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth. She vowed to become a midwife to spare others from the same fate in South Sudan, a country with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates. “If I saw people dying, I want A trainee doctor is raped and killed in India, sparking protests and an attack at a medical college 08/16/2024 12:09am • KOLKATA, India (AP) — A trainee doctor was raped and killed, sparking protests in several cities and an attack on a medical college campus as doctors and paramedics in several cities across India demand better and safer working conditions. Scores of people went on a rampage at a medical college ca Wrongful death suit against Disney serves as a warning to consumers when clicking 'I agree' 08/15/2024 11:03pm • A wrongful death lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is serving as a reminder to consumers of the importance of reading the fine print when signing up for a streaming service or smartphone app. The lawsuit was filed by the family of a New York woman who died after eating at a restaurant in Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg says he is cancer-free 08/15/2024 10:09pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says he is cancer-free. The Chicago Cubs great made the announcement on Instagram on Thursday, nearly seven months after he announced he had metastatic prostate cancer. “Rang the Bell this morning!” he wrote. “WE did it, WE won! What a Matthew Perry's assistant among 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in 'Friends' star's death 08/15/2024 09:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five people including his personal assistant and two doctors have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death in what prosecutors called a “broad underground criminal network” dedicated to getting the “Friends” star the powerful surgical anesthetic that killed