The ‘Comeback Kid’ wasn’t able to get it done this time. Despite scoring 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost 27-24 to Patrick Mahomes‘ Kansas City Chiefs. The Raymond James Stadium in Tampa saw a shootout between two of the premier quarterbacks in the NFL and fans
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President-elect Joe Biden is entering the month of December weighing several barrier-breaking candidates to be his Secretary of Defense. Three candidates are in final contention to lead the department, people familiar with the matter tell CNN, with veteran Pentagon official Michèle Flournoy, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and retired Army general Lloyd Austin
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Tokio (CNN) — Eriko Kobayashi ha intentado suicidarse cuatro veces. La primera vez, ella tenía solo 22 años con un trabajo de tiempo completo en la industria editorial que no pagaba lo suficiente para cubrir el alquiler y las facturas del supermercado en Tokio. «Yo era muy pobre», dijo Kobayashi, quien pasó tres días inconsciente
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US stocks reached record highs on Friday as Wall Street’s outlook becomes crystal clear: With Covid-19 vaccines on the way, investors expect the economy to undergo a spectacular rebound next year, sending shoppers on a spending frenzy and padding corporate profits. Banks have issued a flood of 2021 forecasts reflecting this attitude, anticipating a sharp
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The Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated east of Tehran was shot by a remote-controlled machine gun operating out of another car, the semi-official Fars News Agency said Sunday. With top Iranian officials blaming Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and others have promised revenge for the Friday killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was the country’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — A partir de este lunes, Venezuela suspenderá la estricta cuarentena a nivel nacional y levantará los toques de queda impuestos en todas las ciudades a lo largo de la frontera con Colombia y Brasil, dijo el asediado presidente del país, Nicolás Maduro, durante una sesión informativa televisada el domingo por la noche. La
Continue Reading Autoridades en Argentina investigan la muerte de Maradona. Los desafíos de Biden con las políticas de inmigración de Trump. Finaliza la temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico. Además, desapareció el misterioso monolito en el desierto de Utah. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Investigación por la muerte
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 1 new coronavirus-related death Monday. The death of a woman in her 70s brings the death toll to 924 in El Paso County. Health officials also reported 461 new cases and 15 “delayed” positive results. These are results the State of Texas
Continue Reading Two of the world’s premier financial information providers are combining. S&P Global is buying IHS Markit for $44 billion in stock. S&P Global is one of the leading providers of credit ratings, analytics and indexes used to assess the global financial markets. It provides a leading index of US home prices as well as the
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A man in Oregon fatally shot a teenager Thanksgiving week after getting upset that the 19-year-old was playing music loudly in the parking lot of an inn that the two were staying at, police said. Robert Paul Keegan, 47, shot Aidan Ellison on Monday at the Stratford Inn in Ashland after the pair got into
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A man in Oregon fatally shot a teenager Thanksgiving week after getting upset that the 19-year-old was playing music loudly in the parking lot of an inn that the two were staying at, police said. Robert Paul Keegan, 47, shot Aidan Ellison on Monday at the Stratford Inn in Ashland after the pair got into
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden has repeatedly promised to build a government that “looks like America.” He’s not wasting any time in delivering on that front. Biden has moved quickly to name a diverse group to key White House and Cabinet posts. On Sunday night, he unveiled an all-female senior communications staff and is expected to roll
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NEW YORK, NY — Moderna announced Monday it will ask the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, making it the second company, after Pfizer, to seek EUA for a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States. Pfizer’s public FDA hearing — a crucial step in the authorization process — is scheduled for Dec.
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The UK’s Culture Secretary has called on Netflix to put a disclaimer at the start of episodes of “The Crown” telling viewers that the royal drama is “a work of fiction.” Oliver Dowden said that without a warning that the show uses artistic license, younger viewers might “mistake fiction for fact.” The current season of
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As Guadalupe Lopez walked into work at Chicago’s 911 center one night four years ago, three officers were shot on the city’s west side. Lopez sat at his desk on the communications floor as officers screamed into their police radios. There was confusion over the location, and the wounded were without backup. Lopez took over
Continue Reading (CNN) — A medida que millones de personas en Estados Unidos viajan de regreso a casa después de las vacaciones de Acción de Gracias, las hospitalizaciones por covid-19 se acercan poco a poco a 100.000, la cifra más alta que jamás se haya registrado. Dado que se espera que aumenten las infecciones, los expertos dicen
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente del Tribunal Supremo Electoral de Brasil, Luís Roberto Barroso, dijo este domingo en conferencia de prensa que en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones municipales celebradas en medio de la pandemia de coronavirus hubo un abstencionismo del 29,5%, según informó la agencia estatal de noticias de Brasil. OPINIÓN | La
Continue Reading The record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season ends today, just in time for the first major storm system of the fall to affect about 15 million people in the southeastern US. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
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The record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season ends today, just in time for the first major storm system of the fall to affect about 15 million people in the southeastern US. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden marks a milestone on his path to the White House Monday when he gets his first President’s Daily Brief — the intelligence community’s collection of secrets, intelligence, and analysis about long- and short-term threats US leaders need to know to run the country and keep it safe. President Donald Trump, who has
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden has hairline fractures in his “mid-foot” and will “likely require a walking boot for several weeks,” his doctor said in a statement Sunday, after Biden slipped while playing with his dog, Major, Saturday. “Initial x-rays did not show any obvious fracture, but his clinical exam warranted more detailed imaging,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor
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Formula One driver Romain Grosjean was involved in a horrific crash that left his car engulfed in flames at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, causing the race to be halted. On the first lap, Grosjean veered off the track after the third corner following some contact with Daniil Kvyat and his Haas car ploughed
Continue Reading Formula One driver Romain Grosjean was involved in a horrific crash that left his car engulfed in flames at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, causing the race to be halted. On the first lap, Grosjean veered off the track after the third corner following some contact with Daniil Kvyat and his Haas car ploughed
Continue Reading Australia’s winemakers are scrambling to find new buyers around the world after China imposed hefty tariffs on the industry, effectively cutting it off from its most important export market. Beijing’s decision last week to impose tariffs of up to 212% on Australian wine imports has endangered business with mainland China, according to Tony Battaglene, CEO
Continue Reading (CNN) — La victoria del presidente electo Joe Biden sobre el presidente Donald Trump en Wisconsin se reafirmó el domingo después de que se completara un recuento en uno de los condados más grandes del estado. El recuento en el condado de Dane, que fue solicitado por la campaña de Trump, mostró que Biden ganó
Continue Reading (CNN) — El científico nuclear iraní asesinado el viernes en el este de Teherán recibió un disparo de una ametralladora a control remoto que operaba desde otro automóvil, dijo el domingo la agencia de noticias semioficial Fars. Mientras que altos funcionarios iraníes culpan a Israel del ataque, el líder supremo ayatolá Seyyed Ali Khamenei y
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As millions of people in the United States travel back home from the Thanksgiving holiday, Covid-19 hospitalizations are inching closer to 100,000 — the highest they’ve ever been. With infections expected to increase, experts say the stakes are even higher for the public to get tested to help slow the spread. “To every American, this
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Wilma Mayfield used to visit a senior center in Durham, North Carolina, four days a week and attend Lincoln Memorial Baptist Church on Sundays, a ritual she has maintained for nearly half a century. But over the past 10 months, she’s seen only the inside of her home, the grocery store and the pharmacy. Most
Continue Reading Maggie Smith‘s poem “Good Bones” made the rounds again on social media amid the post-election vote-tallying limbo that fanned the fires of Americans’ already heightened anxiety. This came as no surprise to Smith, whose remarkable ability to recognize darkness while tenaciously holding onto hope is embodied in the 17 lines of free verse. She has
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Trump es Trump. No hay nada nuevo que decir sobre el hombre. Pero todavía hay mucho que aprender sobre sus habilitadores. Mucha gente, desde funcionarios republicanos hasta presentadores de Fox News, lo están ayudando a socavar la democracia al negar las elecciones y atacar la realidad. Mucha gente es cómplice. Personas como
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