EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported eight more coronavirus deaths on Saturday to cap a week that saw a record 97 deceased and raised the overall pandemic fatality toll to 853. The latest deaths included a man in his 50s, two men in their 60s, two men in their 70s, a man
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The country saw it after Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day: spikes in Covid-19 cases in parts of the country a few weeks after Americans gathered with family and friends to celebrate. We were warned each time. Some of us told ourselves that we were fatigued from the spring lockdown (true), the
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From complicated Zoom setups to smaller gatherings, Thanksgiving dinner will look different for many families and friends this year. The annual feast is further complicated because of the troubled economy, giving millions of Americans anxiety about their finances. It doesn’t help that food prices are on the rise. LendingTree found that the average American will
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A Republican member of the Wisconsin Election Commission posted a tweet Thursday praising a well-known conspiracy theorist who has spread false claims about voter fraud. The commissioner, Bob Spindell, praised Jack Posobiec, a far-right agitator who is known for spreading conspiracies and disinformation on the Trump-friendly One America News Network. “Thank you @JackPosobiec for tuning
Continue Reading Just before Thanksgiving 2017, a group of six US oil executives were summoned to Venezuela for an emergency work meeting, where they were arrested on corruption charges Now, the families of the CITGO 6 — Tomeu Vadell, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Alirio Jose Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano and Jose Angel Pereira — are preparing to
Continue Reading With special pandemic unemployment benefits set to expire in the next few weeks, opera singer Brian Montgomery is making plans to leave the country. Since March, Montgomery — a New Yorker who also works as a voice teacher and tour guide — has not been able to find steady work, but he’s gotten weekly payments
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As US coronavirus cases soar and people seek tests ahead of Thanksgiving travel, long lines are forming outside testing sites around the country, appointments are filling up, and commercial labs are warning that their capacities are being stretched. And while the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended not traveling for Thanksgiving
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– I think our two day streak of record highs will come to an end this afternoon, but still expected to come close to the record. A flow of high level clouds will continue to track into the Borderland, which will help shave off our afternoon high a few degrees. El Paso: High
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LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has signed an interim trade deal with Canada to give the government more time to negotiate future trading rules as it prepares the country for business life outside the European Union. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that the stopgap agreement allows trade between the two countries to continue
Continue Reading Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a personal spokesman told CNN on Friday. “Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result,” the spokesman said. “He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and is following all medically
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International football’s governing body, FIFA, has banned the president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, from the sport for life, following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse, the organization said in a statement. In May, Jean-Bart, also known as “Dadou,” was provisionally suspended by FIFA while the organization’s ethics committee
Continue Reading When US Sen. Kamala Harris of California was elected as the next vice president of the United States, girls all over the country saw someone like themselves elected to the second-highest office in the country for the first time. CNN asked photographer Kate T. Parker, who has been photographing the lives of girls since 2006,
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The holidays are going to be a little different this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but NORAD says it will be ready to track Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada, says
Continue Reading Massachusetts police are looking for a man who told two hikers who weren’t wearing masks he had Covid-19 and spat at them several times Sunday. The man told the hikers it was the “law” to wear masks, saying they were selfish and “completely irresponsible” before spitting at them. The incident took place at the Hudson
Continue Reading Christian Fuchs fondly remembers the moment in 2016 when it dawned on him that Leicester City — a team which avoided relegation the previous season by the narrowest of margins — would do the unthinkable and win the English Premier League, defying astronomical odds of 5,000/1 in the process. It was four years ago that
Continue Reading When Tyra Patterson was 19 years old, she was imprisoned for a crime she says she didn’t commit. For 23 years, she spent her life locked in a prison cell. Patterson’s convictions for murder and robbery have not been overturned, but while she’s been working to clear her name, she has been making a difference
Continue Reading The CEO and President of South Dakota-based Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the U.S., says he will not be wearing a mask because he has already had Covid-19. Hospital staff are appalled. In an email sent Wednesday, which CNN obtained from a nurse at a Sanford Health hospital, CEO and President
Continue Reading The motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, in August has been linked to a Covid-19 outbreak in Minnesota, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlighting how one state’s lax rules during the pandemic affect others with stricter measures in place. The 10-day event is a long-standing tradition
Continue Reading Vaccines like to be kept cool, none more so than the Pfizer candidate for Covid-19, which has to be deep-frozen. And that’s going to be an issue for developing countries — and for rural areas in the developed world. The “cold chain” is just one of the challenges in distributing vaccines worldwide. There are plenty
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(CNN Español) — El banquero argentino Jorge Brito murió en un accidente de helicóptero en Salta, según le dijo a CNN una fuente de la Gobernación de esa provincia y dos fuentes más del Ministerio de Seguridad Nacional de Argentina. Brito fue fundador y presidente del Banco Macro y luego tuvo negocios inmobiliarios. La Policía
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Brasil superó los 6 millones de casos de covid-19. Esto lo convierte en el tercer país que alcanza este hito después de Estados Unidos e India. Este viernes, Brasil registró 38.397 infecciones nuevas. Con esta cifra, el país acumula 6.020.164 casos, según datos publicados por el Ministerio de Salud. Brasil registró 552 muertes
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Perú enfrenta una de sus peores crisis políticas, institucionales y sociales. Desde la vacancia contra Martín Vizcarra, a las protestas que hicieron renunciar a Manuel Merino de Lama y el nombramiento de Francisco Sagasti, repasamos cómo el país tuvo tres presidentes en un periodo de 9 días.
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SAN DIEGO, California — U.S. border authorities stopped people entering the country illegally from Mexico more than 69,000 times in October, the sixth straight monthly increase and the highest level since July 2019. Mark Morgan, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, said deteriorating economic conditions were driving more people to come to the United
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The DC Comics universe is about to get even more diverse with a new Latinx character taking on the role of “Wonder Woman.” Get ready to see the new hero on the small screen, too. DC Comics unveiled Yara Flor as the next iteration of Wonder Woman in a series of upcoming comic books scheduled
Continue Reading A hiker who was found in whiteout conditions on Washington’s Mount Rainier “came back from the dead,” his doctor said, after his heart stopped for 45 minutes. Michael Knapinski, 45, was put on life support after arriving at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, last week. But doctors were able to jumpstart his heart. “He
Continue Reading “The Baby Whisperer,” “ICU Grandpa” and, sometimes, just “Grandpa David.” These were the nicknames that David Deutchman earned by volunteering for 14 years at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Deutchman would head to the hospital to comfort and care for sick and premature babies. On November 14, Deutchman died
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A family is mourning the death of 12-year-old Aedan Selph, who this week became the youngest New Mexican to die from coronavirus — and they have a message for others. His sister, Evelyn Wolfe, explained that her father is an essential worker and unknowingly brought the virus home. “We have medically fragile kids
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El Vaticano está buscando una explicación por parte de Instagram, luego de que la cuenta oficial del papa Francisco le diera un «me gusta» («like» en inglés) a la foto de una modelo brasileña en lencería. Una imagen de la modelo Natalia Garibotto, que la mostraba vistiendo ropa interior estilo colegiala, recibió un
Continue Reading (CNN) — Ocho personas resultaron heridas cuando estallaron los disparos en un centro comercial suburbano cerca de Milwaukee el viernes, según la policía de Wauwatosa. Los investigadores trabajan para identificar al sospechoso del tiroteo en el centro comercial de Mayfair, dijo el jefe de policía de Wauwatosa, Barry Weber, en una conferencia de prensa el
Continue Reading Most coronavirus infections are spread by people who have no symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in newly updated guidance. It’s one of the main reasons mask use is so important, the CDC said. “Most SARS-CoV-2 infections are spread by people without symptoms,” the agency said in a section of its
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