For days, executives at the industrial company 3M gave Trump administration officials shifting explanations for why they couldn’t send a larger share of the company’s global production of N95 masks to the US. Export restrictions prevented them from shipping to the US, they said at first, before explaining they didn’t want to jeopardize foreign business
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Pete Buttigieg launched a new super PAC on Friday, hoping to turn the excitement around his presidential campaign into a political organization that will help a new generation of Democratic leaders. The group, called “Win the Era” in a call back to a line he often used during his failed presidential run, will raise money
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(CNN) – “Cuida a los que ayudan”. Es una buena linea. Gracias señor Rogers. Y su resistencia no es sorprendente. La presencia de los que ayudan nos ofrece esperanza en momentos de caos. El mundo puede sentirse terrible en este momento, con una pandemia que se extiende por todo el mundo, pero, de alguna manera,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dwayne Johnson se está asegurando de que su hija menor se lave bien las manos con un poco de ayuda de “Moana”. En un video publicado en Instagram, cubierto con una toalla, Johnson, también conocido como ‘The Rock’, compartió con sus seguidores su “refugio en casa, el ritual de papá antes de la
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Perhaps half the world’s population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Many are starting to wonder when and how these tough limits on everyday activities will end. Most experts agree that the only way out of a lockdown is testing. Reliable tests would allow people to know
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Perhaps half the world’s population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Many are starting to wonder when and how these tough limits on everyday activities will end. Most experts agree that the only way out of a lockdown is testing. Reliable tests would allow people to know
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EL PASO, Texas — The Center for Inter-American Border Studies at The University of Texas at El Paso hosted an online seminar Friday afternoon that took an in-depth look at the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic along the U.S.-Mexico border. At a time when many people are concerned about the newly weakened Borderland economy, UTEP
Continue Reading (CNN) — La aviación lucha por su supervivencia. Los cruceros están en los puertos. A medida que crece la pandemia, la industria de viajes enfrenta un futuro incierto y está luchando por adaptarse. Esos aviones que vuelan en medio de la pandemia ahora están sujetos a protocolos de higiene más estrictos que nunca, pero cuando
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Google (GOOGL) is publicly releasing the data it’s already collecting about people’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it plans to publish a series of “Community Mobility Reports” to show the types of places people are visiting across 131 countries and regions. The first report was published on Friday. Google said in a
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In the midst of a global pandemic, we see a surge in something that gives us hope: Kindness is trending. We are seeing it everywhere — from the grocery store clerk in Atlanta organizing food runs for elderly neighbors, to the Bay Area dad hosting virtual storytime so exhausted parents can take a break. These
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In the midst of a global pandemic, we see a surge in something that gives us hope: Kindness is trending. We are seeing it everywhere — from the grocery store clerk in Atlanta organizing food runs for elderly neighbors, to the Bay Area dad hosting virtual storytime so exhausted parents can take a break. These
Continue Reading (CNN) — Antes del lanzamiento del servicio de transmisión HBO Max, HBO busca facilitar el distanciamiento social poniendo a disposición 500 horas de programación gratis por un tiempo limitado, bajo el título #StayHomeBoxOffice. La promoción comienza el 3 de abril e incluirá la transmisión gratuita de series como “The Sopranos”, “The Wire” y “Veep”, así
Continue Reading (CNN) — Bill Withers, el cantante y compositor cuyos éxitos conmovedores como “Lean On Me”, “Ain’t No Sunshine” y “Lovely Day” se convirtieron en parte de la banda sonora durante una generación, murió. Tenía 81 años. Withers murió el lunes en Los Ángeles de complicaciones cardíacas, según su familia. “Estamos devastados por la pérdida de
Continue Reading Golf, basketball, hockey and other sports have all suspended their seasons. Major league baseball says it may start up in late spring. But competitive video gaming is going strong as esports tournaments move their operations completely online. Some companies, including the Electronic Sports League, Riot Games and Activision Blizzard, resumed their competitions online after pulling
Continue Reading (CNN) – Un reciente estudio realizado en China, tan crudo que aún no ha sido revisado por terceros, tiene algunas noticias inquietantes para los amantes de los gatos. Nuestros amigos felinos peludos parecen ser susceptibles a contraer covid-19, la enfermedad causada por el coronavirus llamado SARS-CoV-2. Peor aún, los gatos en el estudio pudieron infectarse
Continue Reading (CNN) — En casos leves a moderados de coronavirus, la pérdida del olfato y, por lo tanto, del gusto, se está convirtiendo en uno de los primeros signos más inusuales de la enfermedad llamada covid-19. “Lo que se llama anosmia, que básicamente significa pérdida del olfato, parece ser un síntoma que desarrollaron varios pacientes”, dijo
Continue Reading In an unprecedented move, the US government is automatically suspending payments and waiving interest on federal student loans for six months, providing immediate relief for more than 20 million people currently paying off their debt. But the change, which was included in the $2 trillion economic stimulus package signed into law last week by President
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An Oklahoma newspaper has retracted a coronavirus-related story it published on April Fools Day that caused panic among parents and teachers. The Sapulpa Times also issued an apology on its website for a story that claimed Sapulpa students would have to repeat the entire school year. The Oklahoma State Board of Education ordered all public
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Janet Broderick is just happy to be alive. The older sister of actor Matthew Broderick has survived after becoming critically ill with Covid-19, and is now sharing her story. Broderick, who is a rector at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, told New York magazine’s Intelligencer that while hospitalized she told herself, “I’m going
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“Rescue 51 with an ALS run, now en route to Room 12.” The hospital PA system alerts us to the patient the Los Angeles County Fire Department just brought in. The firefighter’s familiar faces are hidden by scarce N95 masks, many showing signs of reuse. The Emergency Room staff brings us the “donning-doffing” cart so
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“Rescue 51 with an ALS run, now en route to Room 12.” The hospital PA system alerts us to the patient the Los Angeles County Fire Department just brought in. The firefighter’s familiar faces are hidden by scarce N95 masks, many showing signs of reuse. The Emergency Room staff brings us the “donning-doffing” cart so
Continue Reading Ciudad de Nueva York (CNN Business) – El nuevo coronavirus ya dio un golpe económico sin precedentes a una gran parte de los trabajadores estadounidenses, con un récord de 9,9 millones de personas que solicitan desempleo en un período de dos semanas del 16 de marzo al 29 de marzo. El alcance total del daño
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MESILLA, New Mexico — A large brush fire burned Friday at Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, just southwest of the town of Mesilla. The flames from the fire, which burned along the west side of the river, produced heavy smoke visible over portions of the Dona Ana County sky. Initially no structures were threatened, but
Continue Reading The National Rifle Association of America sued New York state’s governor and economic development arm in federal court on Thursday for closing gun stores during the coronavirus epidemic by deeming them non-essential businesses. In the lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of New York, the NRA claimed that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has “effectively
Continue Reading The American economy lost more jobs than it gained for the first time in a decade. In March, the economy shed 701,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the first time the economy lost jobs in a month since September 2010, and the worst month for American jobs since the depths
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA ) — Airbus has donated 40,000 face masks to Mobile and Baldwin counties to aid and protect city and health care professionals in their fight against the COVID19 virus. According to Airbus, 20,000 masks each have been donated to the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department in Mobile
Continue Reading (CNN Español)– El Dr. Anthony Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergia y Enfermedades Infecciosas de EE.UU., hizo una analogía del coronavirus como un partido de baloncesto el cual, según él, está lejos de terminar. Fauci fue un invitado en “Basketball & Beyond with Coach K”, un programa presentado por el entrenador de baloncesto masculino
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Democrats could put on hold a host of their infrastructure priorities and instead advance a new stimulus measure that mirrors the historic $2.2 trillion stimulus package President Donald Trump signed into law last week. Her comments signal Democrats’ willingness to collaborate on emergency legislation yet again — even
Continue Reading These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it seems almost no nation is spared. As infection rates rise, so does panic across financial markets, as economies drastically slow down and supply chains are severely disrupted. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. As
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — As nationwide demand for health protection equipment surges, New Mexico’s health care system has a limited statewide stock of about 44,000 snug-fitting N95 face masks that protect medical workers from the coronavirus by filtering out small airborne particles, state officials said. New Mexico also has about 2.4 million exam gloves,
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