A French ski resort has used a helicopter to bring in snow in order to remain open after unseasonably warm temperatures left its slopes without snow cover. Photos capturing the scene in the Superbagnères resort in the Pyrenees show the helicopter delivering a bundle of snow to the area, then dumping it on the ground.
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General Motors is killing off the iconic Holden brand and pulling out of Australia and New Zealand, the latest in a series of moves to shrink the US carmaker’s global presence as it ramps up investments in electric and autonomous vehicles. The company announced Sunday that it would retire the Holden brand, which has existed
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After numerous Italian communities have tried to revive their dwindling populations by selling off dilapidated homes for little more than a dollar, one town has come up with a new approach. Teora, a pretty destination located in the southern region of Campania, is hoping to lure potential residents by offering to pay towards their rent
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El coronavirus no da señales de reducción y ya cobró su primera víctima mortal en Europa. El jurado del caso Weinstein empieza a deliberar. El exasesor de Trump Roger Stone conocerá su sentencia. Elecciones parlamentarias en Irán. Además, Elton John tiene neumonía. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.
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Democratic presidential candidates zeroed in on Michael Bloomberg over the weekend, criticizing his spending and record on issues such as stop and frisk. The comments reflect growing concern among Democrats as the former New York mayor, who has eschewed early voting states in favor of a strategy that concentrates on Super Tuesday contests, is rising
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French train maker Alstom said Monday that it is in talks to possibly take over the train business of Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace and engineering company. Alstom, which makes the French TGV high-speed trains, said in a brief statement that the discussions are ongoing and no decision has been made yet. The
Continue Reading Hong Kong (CNN) — A medida que el mortal coronavirus se extendía por China y el mundo el mes pasado, quedó claro que algo había salido mal. Funcionarios en Hubei, la provincia en el centro del brote, fueron acusados de restar importancia a la gravedad del virus, e incluso de encubrirlo deliberadamente, ignorando la evidencia
Continue Reading The US plan to evacuate Americans and their families from the Diamond Princess cruise ship appears, on its face, to be the case of a powerful government coming to the aid of its most vulnerable citizens. But the decision has prompted anger from some exhausted passengers, who believe the move could actually set back their
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las cosas se pusieron bastante difíciles cerca del lago Hollingsworth en Lakeland, Florida, esta semana. Después de que los residentes comenzaron a reportar avistamientos de serpientes al Departamento de Parques y Recreación de Lakeland, esta dependencia y el Departamento de Obras Públicas de la ciudad comenzaron a investigar. Resulta que es la temporada
Continue Reading A Montana police officer was taken to the hospital Saturday after being hit by a car driven by a 14-year-old boy, according to a news release from the Billings Police Department. Five teenage girls were also in the car, the release said. The boy has been charged with attempted deliberate homicide and was remanded to
Continue Reading Japan’s economy is flirting with recession, and the novel coronavirus could push it over the edge. The world’s third-largest economy shrank 1.6% in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to a government estimate released Monday. The decline from the third quarter is the biggest contraction since 2014. The drop was even more severe — a
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — Amy Klobuchar y Tom Steyer, aspirantes a la candidatura presidencial demócrata para las elecciones de 2020, no pudieron nombrar al presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, cuando se les preguntó durante una entrevista de Telemundo mientras hacían campaña en Nevada esta semana. “Lo olvidé”, dijo Steyer cuando se le preguntó. Klobuchar
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If you find yourself eating too much added sugar and unhealthy fats, it might be because you’re not getting enough sleep, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers from Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center examined the associations between measures of sleep quality and the dietary patterns of
Continue Reading Police in Hong Kong have arrested two men and are searching for a third after the group stole about 600 toilet paper rolls, in a robbery likely sparked by coronavirus fears that have gripped the city. Early Monday morning, a delivery worker was transporting goods to a supermarket in the city’s Mong Kok district. He
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una actriz de Disney murió el sábado después de padecer un tumor cerebral, según la escuela en Uganda donde estudiaba. Nikita Pearl Waligwa, quien apareció en la película de Disney Queen of Katwe, de 2016, tenía 15 años. La película cuenta la verdadera historia de Phiona Mutesi, quien pasó de vivir en los
Continue Reading As the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to batter China, the country’s central bank has implemented a new strategy to contain the virus — deep cleaning and destroying potentially infected cash. The new measures, announced by the People’s Bank of China on Saturday, aim to contain the spread of the virus, officially known as Covid-19. There
Continue Reading Jaylan Butler, a black student at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, filed a lawsuit against several police officers and sheriff’s deputies alleging he was wrongfully detained after being mistaken for a suspect. The lawsuit, filed January 21 in US District Court for the Central District of Illinois, says that Butler was stopped by police
Continue Reading TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Chartered flight carrying Americans from cruise ship quarantined in Japan during virus crisis lands in California.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un hombre de Kentucky falleció en 2012, pero antes de hacerlo, se aseguró de que su esposa siempre supiera cuánto la amaba. Por más de ocho años, Rich Cox ha enviado un arreglo floral a su esposa para su cumpleaños y el Día de San Valentín, que están separados por un día. Cuando
Continue Reading (CNN) – Se suponía que el vuelo debía durar menos de dos horas: ser rápido y sin problemas. Pero se convirtió en lo que una pasajera describió como una agresión dolorosa… y en últimas en el motivo de discusión acerca de lo que es la etiqueta adecuada dentro de los aviones. Wendi Williams, quien se
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El estado de Virginia, en Estados Unidos, está en camino de aprobar un proyecto de ley que permita a los inmigrantes indocumentados obtener licencias de conducción. El 12 de febrero, el senado estatal, de mayoría demócrata, aprobó un proyecto de ley que les permitiría a los residentes de Virginia que paguen impuestos
Continue Reading (CNN) — Ning Zhu, una enfermera en Wuhan, la ciudad china central en el corazón de un brote mortal de coronavirus, está inquieta. En lugar de ayudar en la primera línea, ha estado bajo cuarentena en su casa durante semanas, después de que un escáner de tórax el 26 de enero revelara que tenía un
Continue Reading An off-duty Ferguson police officer was shot multiple times when he confronted a shoplifter at a Walmart in the Missouri city Sunday night, according to the St. Louis County Police Department. The 35-year-old officer was working security in the Walmart on West Florissant Avenue and was in full uniform when he approached the shoplifter around
Continue ReadingPEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Donald Stratton, a survivor of the USS Arizona, died February 15, according to a statement from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. He was 97, a tweet from USS Arizona said. Stratton joined the Navy in 1940 after growing up in Nebraska. The USS Arizona was the first ship he joined, the
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El gerente de campaña del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, eliminó un tuit con una épica foto del Air Force One en las 500 Millas de Daytona después de que usuarios señalaran que la imagen había sido tomada durante la visita del presidente George W. Bush a la carrera de NASCAR
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council will meet Monday to discuss it’s transformation over the last five years, including the development of downtown. During the meeting, the economic and international development office as well as planning and inspection will discuss accomplishments and progress made towards achieving goals outlined in the City’s Strategic Plan.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Se ha hablado mucho de los aviones presidenciales en América Latina últimamente. El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, prometió en campaña que vendería el avión presidencial y que viajaría en vuelos comerciales. Aunque esto último es verdad, lo de vender el avión se ha complicado y AMLO optó por la
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EL PASO, Texas– Lovely start to the week with highs on Monday reaching into the 70s for much of the area. A backdoor cold front pushes through the region on Tuesday bringing cooler high temperatures Wednesday through Friday. A passing disturbance may bring low- end precipitation chances to our far eastern zones on Wednesday/Thursday. An
Continue Reading The teenage girl behind the Renegade got her time to shine Sunday during the NBA All-Star game. Jalaiah Harmon, 14, performed her viral dance in front of thousands at Chicago’s United Center. Prior to All-Star weekend, most people didn’t even know Jalaiah had created the dance. That is until Friday when Atlanta rapper K Camp
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