The danger and extent of the COVID-19 outbreak is now universally accepted. But how to deal with it remains the subject of much debate — among heads of state, governors, mayors and at every kitchen table in much of the world. While France and other countries in Europe have gone fully on lockdown, the US
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EL PASO, Texas — A 63-year-old man died after suffering a medical condition and crashing his car at an east El Paso intersection late Tuesday night, police said. It happened around 11 p.m. at Seahorse Drive and George Dieter, not far from Pebble Hills. The victim, whose name was not released, was taken to the
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(CNN) — El rey Felipe VI de España renunció a la herencia personal de su padre, Juan Carlos I, en medio de acusaciones de irregularidades financieras. Felipe también renunció “a cualquier activo, inversión o estructura financiera cuyo origen, características o finalidad puedan no estar en consonancia con la legalidad o con los criterios de rectitud
Continue Reading (CNN) — Ya sea que estés confinado en tu casa durante las próximas dos semanas debido a una cuarentena por el covid-19, o simplemente tratando de sobrevivir a un cierre de la escuela o el trabajo, es probable que estés limitando o evitando los viajes al mercado. Entonces te preguntarás: ¿cuáles son los mejores alimentos
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The State Department is using social media to encourage Iranians to share information with the Trump administration — both on an encrypted tip line and through an online survey — about the coronavirus pandemic that is devastating the country. “This is Iran’s Chernobyl,” said one administration official of the outbreak, who described social media portals
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EL PASO, Texas — A person was hospitalized in serious condition after being pulled late Tuesday night from the water of the Rio Grande. That person was discovered by the El Paso Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team as they searched the river near the Zaragoza Bridge and Loop 375 after receiving reports of several people
Continue Reading The White House Office of Management and Budget submitted an emergency funding request to Congress late Tuesday for an additional $45.8 billion — a sweeping request for new funds and statutory authority across the federal government to address the growing coronavirus pandemic. The request came on the same day the Trump administration presented a $1
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As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the world and many governments prove themselves less than prepared to cope, the blame game is heating up. But while there is plenty of opprobrium to go around in areas where the virus is now rapidly spreading — particularly over why precautions were not put in place earlier, when
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Tom Brady, ampliamente reconocido como el mejor mariscal de campo de la historia, dijo que no volverá a firmar con los Patriots de Nueva Inglaterra, terminando así una de las alianzas más exitosas de la historia del deporte estadounidense. El quarterback de 42 años pasó toda su carrera con los Patriots y
Continue Reading US Citizenship and Immigration Services is suspending its in-person services, including all interviews and naturalization ceremonies, to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus, according to the agency. The suspension is effective Wednesday until at least April 1. It includes all field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers, which collect fingerprints and biometrics. Employees will
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday a “handful” of State Department employees have tested positive for the coronavirus in the first official acknowledgement that his staff has been directly affected by the pandemic. “We’ve had a couple of employees — you can count ’em on one hand — who have positive tests,” Pompeo said
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SAN DIEGO, California — The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the president has during pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak to mount what would be one of the most aggressive attempts to curtail illegal
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EL PASO, Texas — The Speaking Rock Entertainment Center, a tribal run recreational venue in El Paso’s Lower Valley, said Tuesday night it would continue operations but was shutting down its bars. “Please be assured that Speaking Rock Entertainment has scaled up our efforts and strategies on mitigating the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus). In an
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The biggest newsrooms in the United States are taking steps to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus while covering the crisis minute by minute. Employees of several news organizations have been infected by the virus. CNN reported a case at its New York office on Tuesday. The New York Times reported one sick employee
Continue Reading (CNN) – La pandemia del coronavirus ha sacado lo peor de algunas personas: aquellas que se niegan a cumplir el distanciamiento social o que viajan pese a correr el riesgo de transmisión. Pero dos niños en Columbus, Ohio, han mostrado que en estos tiempos difíciles también podemos dar lo mejor de nosotros mismos. En el
Continue Reading (CNN) – El sistema de justicia penal de Estados Unidos se encuentra a prueba mientras los fiscales, jueces y abogados tratan de hallar un equilibrio entre los derechos constitucionales de los acusados, los derechos de las víctimas y la incertidumbre sin precedentes que llega con un virus que los funcionarios de salud pública aún están
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/KSMO) — Nearly half of the city council is under quarantine due to possible exposure to the novel coronavirus, a spokesperson for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas reported Tuesday evening. The spokesperson said that of the six council members under self-quarantine, none are showing any
Continue Reading The administration is pushing to use the coronavirus pandemic to accomplish some of the tough immigration restrictions that hardliners have struggled to put into practice since President Donald Trump took office, including blocking entry to asylum seekers, according to US officials briefed on the plans. A plan to turn back all migrants seeking asylum would
Continue Reading (CNN) — Casi un millón de pasajeros menos pasaron por los puntos de control de seguridad de aeropuertos en todo EE.UU.el viernes, parte de una fuerte caída en el transporte aéreo en las últimas dos semanas relacionado con el coronavirus, según muestran los datos. Los datos de la Administración de Seguridad del Transporte (TSA, por
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The silence is deafening at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grishman shutdown all casino and racetracks in New Mexico that were not on tribal land as of March 15, putting thousands of jobs around New Mexico on hold. Fred Danley, a horse trainer who has worked for 54
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With thousands of New Mexico students out of school for weeks, daycare providers must make the difficult decision to continue to serve families or close their doors in fear of the coronavirus. Alpha School was one of the first childcare providers to temporarily close this week in Las Cruces. “I
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A Kentucky novel coronavirus patient checked himself out of the hospital against medical advice. So to prevent him from spreading the virus, officials are surrounding his house to keep him there. The 53-year-old man in Nelson County refused to quarantine himself after testing positive for Covid-19, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said. Nelson County officials “forced
Continue Reading Andrew Yang said Tuesday that his nonprofit group has been in touch with the White House about an economic stimulus proposal that would give $1,000 to Americans, an idea he made central to his Democratic presidential campaign he ended in February. “We’re in contact. We are doing anything we can to help. Obviously, this is
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Writing this was hard. Practically speaking, I’m feeling overwhelmed. I am behind on work because we kept my runny-nosed but otherwise seemingly fine, toddler home from school for a few days to not worry his teachers. My online shopping cart has been subject to a large number of orders and revisions. Do we need more
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Las defensorías del Pueblo de Colombia y Venezuela dieron a conocer este martes que han decidido “promover un diálogo fluido y constante” entre las instituciones para velar por “las garantías” de ciudadanos de ambos países que transitan por la frontera. Según un comunicado conjunto, la amenaza del coronavirus podría provocar “una crisis
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Omaha (WOWT) — The risk of coronavirus is impacting our courts one judge shows us how one courtroom operates even when the judge isn’t there. “I was in England for 4-days and then I was in France,” said Judge Horacio Wheelock. Last week, a family vacation interrupted by
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Nevada’s governor ordered a month-long closure of casinos and other non-essential businesses like bars, movie theaters and gyms and restaurants to shutter their dining rooms and only offer takeout or delivery in order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Bars, movie theaters and gyms should also close by noon
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