Sens. Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are pushing for the creation of a new federal agency aimed at controlling the rising cost of prescription drugs. The pair, who are both vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, proposed a bill Friday that would create a Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access, which would be
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Germany’s parliament has voted to make measles vaccinations compulsory for children, with parents who fail to immunize their children facing fines of €2,500 ($2,750). The Measles Protection Act, which the Bundestag approved on Thursday, requires all parents to provide evidence that their child has received two measles vaccinations before they are enrolled in school or
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A Los Angeles doorbell camera captured the gut-wrenching screams of a woman police say they believe may have been kidnapped, but it did not capture images of what caused her calls for help. Witnesses in the Leimert Park neighborhood called Los Angeles police Tuesday to report hearing a woman screaming, according to an LAPD news
Continue Reading Seven years after her daughter was killed in the Aurora movie theater shooting, Sandy Phillips says she can barely keep up with the nation’s deadly gun violence. And her goal is to help survivors navigate through their sudden and publicized grief. Phillips has been traveling to the sites of mass shootings along with her husband,
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China’s President Xi Jinping has called for an end to violence in Hong Kong, in strongly worded comments that coincide with the second protest related death in a week in the semi-autonomous city. Speaking on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brazil on Thursday, Xi said that ongoing “radical” protests had trampled the city’s
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(CNN) – Un niño prodigio de Bélgica está en camino de tener un título profesional a la tierna edad de nueve años. Laurent Simons está estudiando ingeniería eléctrica en la Universidad Tecnológica de Eindhoven (TUE), una especialidad difícil incluso para estudiantes de una edad promedio de graduados. MIRA: El niño genio de la agricultura en
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Congreso de Chile logró esta madrugada un acuerdo para redactar una nueva Constitución y alcanzar la paz en el país. Según Jaime Quintana, presidente del Senado, se realizará un plebiscito en abril de 2020 con dos preguntas. Se le preguntará a la ciudadanía si “aprueba o rechaza” una nueva constitución y
Continue Reading Veneto regional council, which is located on Venice’s Grand Canal, was flooded for the first time in its history on Tuesday night — just after it rejected measures to combat climate change. The historic Italian city has been brought to its knees this week by the worst flooding there in more than 50 years. And
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Hong Kong’s financial markets are getting a boost of confidence from Alibaba’s multibillion-dollar public offering. The Chinese e-commerce company, founded by billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma, said Friday it would begin selling shares to retail investors for up to 188 Hong Kong dollars ($24) each. It began selling to institutional investors earlier this week, and it
Continue Reading Sri Lankans head to the polls Saturday to elect a new President months after deadly terrorist attacks shook confidence in the government and security services and left more than 250 people dead. A record 35 candidates are vying to replace outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena, and election officials said the ballot paper will be 26 inches
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In Republican-led Texas, the state that executes the most death row inmates, a GOP lawmaker is urging the governor to delay the execution of Rodney Reed. “A death sentence is final, and given the doubt surrounding his innocence at this time, I believe our state cannot execute Mr. Reed in good conscience without fully reviewing
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Desde su llegada a México como asilado político este martes, el expresidente de Bolivia Evo Morales ha estado acompañado de miembros de seguridad del Estado mexicano, dijo el presidente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Respondiendo a críticas por la seguridad que le ofrece el Gobierno de México a Morales, AMLO dijo
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. I wanted to know what President Trump was hearing about day one of the televised impeachment hearings. So I decided to mute all my other TVs and just watch Fox News on Wednesday night. I
Continue Reading On the first day of the televised impeachment hearings against President Trump, the two most popular TV news channels were the two mostly closely associated with political parties. Fox News, the favorite among Trump and other Republicans, had the single biggest audience during the daytime hearings. It averaged 2.9 million viewers at any given time
Continue Reading A serial assailant known as the Potomac River Rapist assaulted at least 10 women — killing one of them — during the 1990s, police and FBI said. “The Potomac River Rapist brazenly and brutally preyed upon women in the Washington (DC) area,” the FBI said in a 2011 plea for the public’s help in the
Continue Reading Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh received an extended standing ovation from members of the conservative Federalist Society on Thursday night as he delivered his first high-profile speech since his tumultuous confirmation hearing a year ago. He said his theme for the evening was “gratitude.” Over the next several minutes he ran down a list of
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un estudiante abrió fuego contra sus compañeros de clase el jueves por la mañana en una escuela secundaria del sur de California, hiriendo fatalmente a una niña de 16 años y un niño de 14 años, dijo a los periodistas el sheriff del condado de Los Ángeles, Alex Villanueva. Otras tres estudiantes, dos
Continue Reading This was originally published as the November 15 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. Who gets power and how much of it should they have? A great debate is unfolding across the globe over the meaning of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two murder cases in New Mexico with the alleged suspects attempting to kill themselves in the span of several days. Juan Lopez-Banos is accused of killing his wife, 41-year-old Amberly Busby Lopez, then attempting to kill himself on Saturday on the 3100 block of Posada Court in Las Cruces. According
Continue Reading (CNN) — Erika Contreras todavía tiembla cada vez que pasa cerca del Walmart en El Paso donde un asaltante mató a tiros a 22 personas durante el verano. A veces, ella y su madre de 70 años no pueden contener las lágrimas, pero saben que no pueden mantenerse alejadas para siempre. “Sé que se sentirá
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s actions in the Ukraine scandal constitute “bribery” and that Trump has admitted to it himself. She’s the latest and most high-profile Democrat to use that word when describing Trump’s conduct on the July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which Trump has
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EL PASO, Texas – For the first time in its storied history, the Sun Bowl will bear a new sponsor. And Sun Bowl Association Executive Director Bernie Olivas thinks its “Grrrr-eat!” The city of El Paso will host the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl for the 86th season on December 31, 2019, keeping its streak
Continue Reading Larry Everhart was leaving his house to get a coffee in his quiet Santa Clarita neighborhood Thursday morning when he noticed an onslaught of students sprinting toward him. “I just saw all kinds of kids running up the street screaming, crying (and) yelling,” Everhart told CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS. “It really saddened my heart. They were
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El excanciller de Bolivia, Diego Pary, insistió al llegar a Nicaragua que hubo un golpe de Estado en su país que la OEA fue parte del mismo. En el aeropuerto Augusto C Sandino, Pary agregó que la OEA “no solamente ha sido cómplice, sino actor dentro del proceso golpista en Bolivia”. “Está
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SANTA CLARITA, California — A teen whose birthday was Thursday went to his Southern California high school, pulled a pistol from his backpack and shot five classmates and himself in 16 seconds, authorities said. Two victims — a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy — died at a hospital. Three students were wounded and taken
Continue Reading (CNN) – Las políticas de inmigración del gobierno Trump les han pasado factura a algunos de los funcionarios encargados de llevarlas a cabo, según un informe mordaz del senador demócrata Jeff Merkley. El reporte de 81 páginas, revelado este jueves, recopiló denuncias de informantes y publicaciones de medios de comunicación para proporcionar una radiografía de
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The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Dollar Tree for receiving over-the-counter drugs produced by foreign manufacturers that have been found to be adulterated, including acne treatment pads and Assured brand drugs. The letter — sent earlier this month to Greenbrier International Inc., which does business as Dollar Tree —
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Emma Coronel, esposa de Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, se estrenará en la televisión estadounidense con una aparición en un programa llamado Cartel Crew. Coronel, de 30 años, es madre de dos de las hijas de Guzmán, y fue una figura habitual en los tres meses del juicio al Chapo en Nueva York.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La periodista Carmen Aristegui entrevistará en vivo a Evo Morales, expresidente de Bolivia, en Aristegui este viernes 15 de noviembre a las 11:00 p.m. (Miami), por CNN en Español. El exmandatario boliviano se encuentra en México desde comienzos de esta semana luego de que el gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador le concedió asilo político por
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