Hours after a state-imposed lockdown brought public transport in the Chinese city of Wuhan to a halt in late January, Wan Jiuxiong and his colleagues sprang into action. The 27-year-old ride hailing driver joined a group of volunteers ferrying medical staff to and from overcrowded hospitals, where rows of feverish patients were fighting the coronavirus
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Two US-based cruise lines are forbidding people with Chinese, Hong Kong or Macau passports from boarding their cruise ships, according to company statements released Friday. Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International released statements as the coronavirus continues to spread. The companies say the new policies apply to anyone — guest or crew member —
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointed on Friday to the US Senate, fresh off a near party-line acquittal vote to conclude the impeachment trial this week, as an example of the dangers of partisan polarization. Asked about modern challenges facing the rule of law, Ginsburg cited “a loss of the willingness to listen to
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(CNN) – Almacenado en dispositivos que la policía le confiscó a Lev Parnas, se encuentra un video de celular en el que Rudy Giuliani, abogado personal de Donald Trump, disfruta de una corrida de toros. También hay fotos en las que aparece posando con dos toreros, una bailarina de flamenco que gira su falda y
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump tuvo su mejor semana del año y una de las mejores semanas de toda su presidencia. Considera cuánto le ha ido bien desde el lunes: 1) Las asambleas partidarias de Iowa del lunes fueron una debacle absoluta, al no informar NINGÚN resultado el martes por la tarde y no
Continue Reading President Donald Trump fired two key impeachment witnesses Friday, dismissing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council, and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. An adviser to Trump said the firings of the major impeachment witnesses was meant to send a message that siding against the President
Continue Reading The lead defense attorney in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault trial said in an interview that she has never been sexually assaulted “because I would never put myself in that position.” In an interview Friday on The Daily podcast, Donna Rotunno, was asked whether she had ever been the victim of a sexual assault.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El Poder Ejecutivo y la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador están enfrentados por la contratación de un préstamo de 109 millones de dólares, y ha llevado a que el presidente Nayib Bukele convoque una sesión extraordinaria para forzar a los diputados a debatir el tema este domingo. Los legisladores no han logrado
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Facebook’s official social media accounts appear to have been hacked by a group that has previously compromised accounts belonging to HBO, the New York Times and, most recently, the NFL and a number of its football teams. A spokesperson for Twitter confirmed that two of Facebook’s accounts, @Facebook and @Messenger, were hacked through a third-party
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Just four days before the New Hampshire primary, seven candidates took the stage in The Granite State for one of their final moments to pitch themselves as the best Democratic choice for the 2020 election. Here are the major takeaways from the ABC News Democratic debate on Friday night. Sanders, Buttigieg
Continue Reading Democratic House impeachment managers believe President Donald Trump has not learned anything from his recently concluded impeachment trial and will likely continue the same behavior while in office, they told CNN in an exclusive interview. “Of course he hasn’t learned a lesson,” Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Cooper sat
Continue Reading Two days after his Senate impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump has emerged emboldened and vindictive, making it clear he harbors resentment toward some of the witnesses who testified in nationally televised hearings during the House inquiry. Some of the diplomats and officials who provided testimony about the administration’s dealings with Ukraine are bracing for more
Continue Reading The CEO of an Arizona company is no longer at the helm after using a racial slur during a disagreement with an Uber driver. The incident unfolded after Hans Berglund, then-CEO of Tempe fertilizer company Agroplasma, insisted on sitting in the front seat next to the driver when he was picked up January 31 at
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El subsecretario interino de Estado de EE.UU. para el Hemisferio Occidental, Michael Kozak, y el presidente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, anunciaron este viernes la oportunidad de miles de visas de trabajo para guatemaltecos en la producción agrícola estadounidense. Durante una conferencia de prensa revelaron que el número total de empleos se fijará
Continue Reading President Donald Trump fired key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland on Friday, along with Lt. Col. Alex Vindman. Sondland, who has served as US ambassador to the European Union, announced his dismissal Friday evening in the following statement: “I was advised today that the President intends to recall me effective immediately as United States Ambassador to
Continue Reading A political war of words between New York City and Washington has escalated after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot an apparently unarmed man in Brooklyn. ICE said two federal officers were “physically attacked” and had to be taken to a hospital after the arrest of an undocumented Mexican immigrant Thursday morning. An
Continue Reading After a two-month investigation, police have charged Jose Morales with killing his girlfriend, Christine Holloway in Connecticut. Their 1-year-old daughter remains missing, police say. Morales, 43, who had been a suspect in the homicide case since mid-December, was arrested at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday. In addition to the murder charge, Morales was charged with tampering
Continue Reading The natural world never fails to surprise us, and this moving encounter between an orangutan and a man in Borneo has melted hearts all over the world. Amateur photographer Anil Prabhakar captured the fleeting moment, in which one of the Indonesian island’s critically endangered apes stretched out its hand to help a man out of
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It’s a great weekend to catch up on outdoor work or just go for a long walk. Temps will climb to the mid and upper 60’s Saturday with around 70 or so Sunday. Next week we are watching our next cold front that will drop our temps to the upper 40’s and give us another
Continue Reading House Democrats are sounding alarms that a prolonged fight for their party’s presidential nomination will only serve to bolster President Donald Trump’s reelection prospects, as many in their party grow anxious in the aftermath of his impeachment trial. Democrats still believe their party will ultimately unite and get behind a candidate who will take back
Continue Reading Joe Biden is restructuring his senior staff after a disappointing fourth-place showing in the Iowa caucuses, elevating a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama to lead his campaign operation. Anita Dunn, who already worked as an adviser to Biden, traveling at times with the former vice president and leading his debate preparation, now has
Continue Reading An update from the National Transportation Safety Board into the January 26 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people in Southern California appears to point the investigation away from engine failure and toward the weather and the actions of the pilot, according to one aviation expert. Friday’s update covered several topics, such
Continue Reading A man came home to see a box of puppies that someone had left on his lawn. He called police to report the cute surprise. But when deputies took a look inside, they realized the “puppies” weren’t dogs after all. They were bear cubs. “It’s not uncommon to find black bears in the county,” Camden
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EL PASO, Texas — Three Pints Pub in the 10700 block of North Gateway Boulevard has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case of an El Paso woman who was alleged to have drank there before being arrested for a fifth time for drunk driving after a deadly crash. “The investigation is concluded,” Chris
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The Justice Department notified four major automakers that it has closed an antitrust investigation involving the companies, launched after they rejected the Trump administration’s relaxed air pollution and mileage regulations, a department official told CNN. The Department of Justice opened the antitrust investigation last year into BMW, Ford, Honda and Volkswagen and after they agreed
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On Friday morning, President Trump tweeted about his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Trump praised Xi as “strong, sharp and powerfully focused” on containing the virus, and added that he thinks Xi will be successful, “especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in El Paso made five separate drug seizures in a single-day, setting a new record, officials said Friday. CBP officers seized nearly 223 pounds of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana at two El Paso ports of entry on Thursday night. In addition to the drug caches,
Continue Reading Police investigating an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault found a different woman’s body stuffed in a suitcase at a home in Las Vegas. The incident started Wednesday when a woman told Las Vegas police that she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted at a residence by the suspect later identified as Gary Walker, 55. When
Continue Reading Former national security adviser John Bolton’s team on Friday accused the White House of trying to suppress his unpublished book after word surfaced that the National Security Council had sent him a letter expressing concerns that the manuscript contained classified information. The White House has been scrutinizing Bolton’s book, which is due out next month,
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