Basic economy is fine if you’re a solo airline passenger willing to roll the dice on a middle seat. For families, the lowest airfare class can be problematic. Without seat assignments — which increasingly come with a fee attached — children may end up separated from their parents. That’s unacceptable, says Consumer Reports’ advocacy arm.
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(CNN) – A los niños en Inglaterra, Escocia e Irlanda del Norte ya no se les permitirá cabecear balones de fútbol durante las sesiones de entrenamiento. La nueva directriz para niños hasta los 11 años le sigue a un estudio sobre exjugadores de fútbol en Escocia, que descubrió que quienes practicaban el deporte tenían 3,5
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Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont top the Democratic presidential candidates in South Carolina, according to a new poll from NBC/Marist released Monday. Biden, with 27% support among likely voters, and Sanders, with 23%, lead over businessman Tom Steyer — the only other candidate to reach double digits in the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La autoridades sanitarias de Paraguay calificaron este lunes como un “avance histórico” la decisión de otorgar las primeras licencias para la producción medicinal de cannabis. En su cuenta de Twitter, Arnaldo Giuzzio, ministro de la Secretaría Nacional Antidrogas (SENAD,) anunció que el programa será coordinado con varias agencias gubernamentales. Como resultado de
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A woman and a child were critically injured late Monday afternoon in a 3-vehicle crash at a Las Cruces intersection. The crash happened at Sonoma Ranch and Sirocco Avenue. The two injured victims were flown from the scene to University Medical Center in El Paso. No further details were available.
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Click here for updates on this story DYER, AR (KFSM ) — Eight families are now without a place to call home after an apartment complex caught fire Sunday(Feb. 23) morning. “My neighbor Cody came banging on the door and woke me up and whenever I woke up I smelled smoke and there was smoke
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Bernie Sanders, the clear front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, was asked over the weekend how much his various plans would cost if implemented. He didn’t know. Here’s the exchange between Sanders and Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes”: Cooper: Do you know how all — how much though? I mean, do you have a price
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EL PASO, Texas — Seven people were injured in a fiery rollover crash at a busy northeast El Paso intersection during the evening rush hour Monday, and police suspected drunk driving in the incident. That crash involving a pickup truck and an SUV happened at Sean Haggerty and Dyer around 5:45 p.m. in what the
Continue Reading Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said at a private event in 2016 that his presidential campaign platform would have been to “defend the banks” and also labeled the progressive movement and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, now a rival for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, as “scary.” When asked his views on the rise
Continue Reading Former Vice President Joe Biden has released a new digital ad in South Carolina slamming Sen. Bernie Sanders, accusing his opponent of attempting to undercut President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign in 2012. The video begins with a montage of anchors announcing Obama’s reelection campaign before a narrator says, “When we rallied together to defend our
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A former tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin who accepted $100,000 in bribes in the college admissions scam was sentenced to six months in prison Monday, prosecutors said. Michael Center, 55, last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud. In exchange for the bribes, Center agreed with the mastermind of the
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Intuit has agreed to acquire Credit Karma for approximately $7.1 billion in cash and stocks, the companies announced Monday. Intuit is the maker of tax preparation software TurboTax, small business accounting software QuickBooks and personal finance manager platform Mint. The acquisition of Credit Karma pushes Intuit further into the world of consumer finance technology. Credit
Continue Reading (CNN) – El aroma dulce de las galletas recién horneadas que flota en la casa de la abuela ahora puede estar mezclado con un olor más picante. El olor a marihuana. La cifra de estadounidenses mayores de 65 años que ahora fuman marihuana o usan comestibles se duplicó dos veces entre 2015 y 2018, según
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (WPMT ) — Police are warning people about a “nighttime” prowler in a Cumberland County neighborhood. The suspect was captured on home-surveillance video by a neighbor in Hampden Township. Police said a similar situation happened back in October in the neighborhoods off of Wertzville Road.
Continue Reading Five Italian hikers were rescued on Alaska’s Stampede Trail as they were returning from visiting the abandoned bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild.” The International Emergency Response Coordination Center first received an alert about a medical emergency Saturday morning, according to Alaska State Troopers. “Searchers from Tri-Valley Fire Department and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mike Ryan, director ejecutivo del Programa de Emergencias Sanitarias de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, dijo este lunes que es demasiado temprano para declarar el nuevo coronavirus como una pandemia, pero ahora es el momento de prepararse. “Mira lo que sucedió en China, hemos visto una caída significativa en los casos, una
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Heart disease is the number one killer of people worldwide. What’s the leading cause of heart disease? High blood pressure, which is often triggered by high sodium (salt) intake in the food we eat. Hypertension is also the leading cause of stroke, heart failure and kidney disease. Yet even if we never salted another dish
Continue Reading Hong Kong / Londres (CNN Business) — El mercado de valores de EE.UU. cayó fuertemente hoy después de que el número de casos de coronavirus aumentó en Italia y Corea del Sur, poniendo en riesgo a dos economías importantes por un virus que ya ha causado inconvenientes generalizados en China. El Dow terminó con 1.032
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg was challenged late last year about the New York Police Department’s widespread surveillance of Muslims when he was mayor of New York City. He responded dishonestly. In an exchange filmed in December but tweeted out only last week, Bloomberg told Sarah Pearson, a Milwaukee activist and organizer who is also
Continue Reading President Donald Trump traveled abroad to India and received a very special treat: A large crowd of supporters. But it wasn’t just any large crowd — it could be Trump’s largest crowd ever. Thanks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “Namaste Trump” rally was held in India’s largest cricket stadium with a capacity of
Continue Reading A group of seven measures to restrict gun rights in Virginia was advanced by a state Senate committee on Monday. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass legislation ranging from a measure that would provide for expanded background checks on any gun sales or purchases to one that would create an order allowing for
Continue Reading Vanessa Bryant broke hearts Monday. The wife of Kobe Bryant spoke publicly for the first time at the memorial for him and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, who were killed along with seven others last month in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Vanessa Bryant eulogized her 41-year-old husband and their daughter with emotional remarks. “God
Continue Reading This is only the beginning — that was the message from a group of women known as the Silence Breakers had on Monday following the conviction of Harvey Weinstein on two of five charges in a New York criminal case. “He will rot in jail, as he deserves, and we will begin to have some
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Steve Tobocman es exrepresentante de la Cámara por el estado de Michigan y presidente ejecutivo de Global Detroit, una organización sin fines de lucro enfocada en estrategias de desarrollo económico inclusivas para inmigrantes. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. (CNN) – El pasado 27 de enero, la Corte
Continue Reading Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are set to cast a historic vote this week to designate lynching as a federal crime. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced last week that the House on Wednesday will take up HR 35, anti-lynching legislation introduced in the House by Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois called the
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 tried to get answers Monday from the El Paso judge who signed off on a personal recognizance bond for the man now accused of stabbing and seriously wounding a 5-year-old girl inside a McDonald’s restaurant play area last week. Judge Francisco Dominguez had granted the PR release to Isaac Dorfman,
Continue Reading Oil and gas companies give more in campaign contributions to members of Congress with voting records against the environment, according to a new study. The study found the oil and gas industry is more likely to invest in the campaigns of legislators who receive a lower score from environmental groups that track their voting records.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una ola de calor de nueve días azotó el extremo norte de la Antártida a principios de este mes. Nuevas imágenes de la NASA revelan que casi una cuarta parte de la capa de nieve de una isla antártica se derritió en ese momento, un síntoma cada vez más común de la crisis
Continue Reading The widow of Kobe Bryant is suing Island Express Helicopters for the January crash that killed the NBA legend and their daughter, alleging in part that the pilot failed to safely operate the aircraft. Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the same day a memorial celebration for Kobe and
Continue Reading Both Skeet Ulrich and Marisol Nichols are leaving “Riverdale” at the end of its current fourth season, a rep for the CW tells CNN. Ulrich played Jughead’s dad (played by Cole Sprouse). He tells CNN in a that while he will miss everyone, it’s time to move on. “I’m incredibly grateful for the friendships I’ve
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