America enters the somber holiday weekend following a Thanksgiving Day that saw more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases and 1,200 deaths — skyrocketing numbers given that 20 states did not report data. Traditionally the start of a time of shopping and giving, the final days of November have seen record highs in the worsening pandemic
Continue Reading The Federal Aviation Administration says it has supported “the first mass air shipment” of a Covid-19 vaccine. “As a result of the historic pace of vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed and careful logistics planning, the FAA today is supporting the first mass air shipment of a vaccine,” the agency said in a statement Friday.
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Nota del editor: Jeffrey D. Sachs es profesor y director del Centro para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Universidad de Columbia. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. Puedes leer más artículos de opinión en CNNe.como/opinion. (CNN) –– El mes pasado, escribí que Amy Coney Barrett ayudaría a marcar el comienzo de
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP men’s basketball game at Arizona scheduled for this upcoming Sunday afternoon has been postponed due to Covid-19. Athletic officials made the announcement Friday evening citing “a positive Covid-19 case in the Miner program and subsequent contact tracing.” Officials from the two schools were discussing the possibility of rescheduling the game, but no
Continue Reading Because risk for Covid-19 can vary among different groups of people, prioritization for a vaccine will be tricky, and President-elect Joe Biden will leave those decisions to health experts, Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of Biden’s coronavirus advisory board, said Friday. There will likely be a limited supply of coronavirus vaccine doses available immediately after
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Una nueva jornada de protestas ocurre en el centro de Santiago de Chile, donde al menos 25 personas fueron detenidas por la policía. Como cada viernes desde septiembre de este año, cientos de personas comenzaron a congregarse en las inmediaciones de la Plaza Italia desde la tarde, para luego marchar hacia el
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, California — Los Angeles County has announced a new stay-home order amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the nation’s most populous county. The three-week order takes effect Monday. It was announced Friday as the county confirmed 24 new deaths from Covid-19 and 4,544 new virus infections. Nearly 2,000 people in the county
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Honduras Manuel Zelaya fue retenido este viernes en el aeropuerto internacional Toncontín de Tegucigalpa luego de que presuntamente se le encontraron miles de dólares sin declarar mientras se preparaba para abordar un avión para salir del país. Zelaya publicó en Twitter que fue retenido «injustamente» cuando se preparaba a
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Puede que el Día de Acción de Gracias haya terminado, pero ahora el ambiente empieza a parecerse mucho a Navidad… gracias a Mariah Carey. El tráiler de «Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special», el próximo especial de Navidad de Carey en Apple TV+, se estrenó este viernes. Y puede ser exactamente lo que necesitamos
Continue Reading (CNN) — Sí, 2020 ha sido un completo desastre en muchos niveles, pero un espíritu de gratitud hacia la cultura pop puede ayudarnos a salir adelante todavía. Mientras seguimos luchando para terminar el año, resumamos algunas de las razones por las que podemos estar agradecidos por la cultura pop: Streaming, streaming, streaming: porque uno se
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President-elect Joe Biden saw a small net gain in votes as Milwaukee County, Wisconsin’s largest, certified its presidential general election results Friday after a recount requested by the Trump campaign. The results showed a net gain of 132 votes for Biden, with President Donald Trump receiving 134,482 votes and Biden receiving 317,527 after the recount,
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EL PASO, Texas — With the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season underway, local businesses are turning to online stores to keep their doors open. But some businesses may not have the resources to do that. Many business in downtown El Paso rely on foot traffic from across the U-S.-Mexico border. Mark Rosen, owner
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Cientos de familias de barrios y comunidades de Puerto Cabezas, en el Caribe nicaragüense, piden ser beneficiadas con las láminas de zinc que envía el gobierno central para apoyar la reconstrucción de viviendas dañadas por los huracanes Eta e Iota, según imágenes que medios locales divulgaron esta semana de personas que protestaban en
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Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has criticized the sport’s record on human rights ahead of Sunday’s Grand Prix in Bahrain. Hamilton has emerged as a strong voice for diversity and racial equality in the past few months, and he addressed the issue of human rights at a news conference Thursday. “Naturally, the human rights issue
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Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has criticized the sport’s record on human rights ahead of Sunday’s Grand Prix in Bahrain. Hamilton has emerged as a strong voice for diversity and racial equality in the past few months, and he addressed the issue of human rights at a news conference Thursday. “Naturally, the human rights issue
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EL PASO, Texas — The 50th anniversary airing of the Rankin-Bass holiday classic “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” is coming to your TV on Friday night. The beloved special, which first aired on the ABC television network in 1970, will be shown at 7 p.m. Mountain time on ABC-7. The special was filmed in
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SANTE FE, New Mexico — While New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed Covid-19 cases had been trending downward over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month, a concerning 2,076 new cases were reported on Friday. State health officials said the added infections included 98 in Doña Ana County, bringing the statewide total to
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El Servicio Nacional de Salud de Gran Bretaña (NHS, por sus siglas en inglés) hará el ensayo piloto de una simple prueba de sangre que puede detectar más de 50 tipos de cáncer. También se espera que la prueba ayude a miles de personas al permitir que la enfermedad pueda tratarse con éxito
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A federal appeals court on Friday dealt the Trump campaign’s effort to change the outcome of the presidential election another blow, writing in a scathing opinion that the campaign’s lawsuit lacked proof and its allegations in Pennsylvania “have no merit.” The three-judge panel for the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals denied the campaign’s effort
Continue Reading Rep.-elect Carlos Gimenez of Florida announced Friday evening that he and his wife tested positive for Covid-19 Thursday and are self-isolating in their home. “After several negative tests, both Lourdes and I tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. We are both feeling good and experiencing no symptoms at this time,” Gimenez said in a statement. “I
Continue Reading (CNN) — Si tuvieras que saludar a un neandertal con un apretón de manos, podría sentirse un poco incómodo por sus dedos. Los dedos de la gente de la Edad de Piedra, que se extinguieron hace unos 40.000 años, eran mucho más gruesos que los nuestros. Además, el pulgar de un neandertal habría salido de
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump hizo una breve referencia a la atroz pandemia de coronavirus con un grupo de reporteros el jueves en la Casa Blanca, y dijo que el presidente electo Joe Biden no debería recibir crédito por el desarrollo y distribución de vacunas «porque el de las vacunas fui yo». “Las vacunas,
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Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WSHM) — The snow we saw in western Mass. at the end of October was a sharp reminder that winter is right around the corner, and our thoughts will soon turn from driving with the windows and sunroof open to snow-covered, slippery roads. If the last
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EL PASO, Texas – It was another rocky week for high school football as the week saw another round of games get cancelled. Friday, two games were supposed to take place, but the early morning game between Bel Air and El Dorado was cancelled due to issues of Covid-19 on Bel Air’s team. That left
Continue Reading Thanksgiving is over. Many people celebrated with just their household unit, but many others did not. In fact, up to 50 million Americans are traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to the American Automobile Association, or AAA. The comings and goings of US travelers belie the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to surge. The
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, dijo por primera vez el jueves que dejará el cargo si el Colegio Electoral vota por el presidente electo Joe Biden, pero dejó en claro que no está preparado para conceder. «Ciertamente lo haré, y ustedes lo saben», dijo Trump cuando un periodista le preguntó sobre si
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos entra en un fin de semana festivo sombrío luego de un Día de Acción de Gracias en el que se registraron más de 100.000 casos nuevos de covid-19 y 1.200 muertes, cifras que se dispararán dado que 20 estados no informaron datos. Este viernes el país superó los 13 millones de
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AUSTIN, Texas — Iowa State didn’t fret or panic while trailing Texas for nearly an entire game Friday. Instead, the Cyclones looked like a program with championship DNA in the fourth quarter, despite not having won a conference title in more than 100 years. Breece Hall scored on a 3-yard run with 1:25 remaining, and
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A surge in Thanksgiving demand is taxing Delta Air Lines’ pandemic-era workforce. The carrier was forced to cancel hundreds of flights this week, according to its pilot union and the airline. Delta ultimately canceled nearly one in every five flights it was scheduled to operate on Thanksgiving Day, and has dropped in total more than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — For nine months, Michelle Gibson Lake has watched patients suffer and die from COVID-19. She does everything she can for them as a nurse in the intensive care unit. But sometimes the virus wins. “People ask me, ‘Is it as bad as they say?’
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