ELN declara en Colombia cese al fuego unilateral por coronavirus
(CNN Español) — El Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) declaró un cese al fuego unilateral desde el 1 al 30 de abril por la emergencia del…
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Plastic-eating bacteria could be small step toward tackling world’s pollution crisis
Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill. Now scientists discovered a strain of…
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Donald Trump’s special day
When Donald Trump was growing up in the New York of the 1950s, Easter was a grand civic festival as well as a religious holiday. He was eight in…
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Demi Lovato performs an emotional ‘Skyscraper’ for Living Room Concert
Demi Lovato sang “Skyscraper” for fans during iHeart’s Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night. The lyrics felt uplifting…
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‘That governor is me’: Gretchen Whitmer takes on Trump as coronavirus cases rise in Michigan
President Donald Trump has lashed out at several Democratic governors who are responding to the coronavirus crisis, but his harshest words have been…
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‘That governor is me’: Gretchen Whitmer takes on Trump as coronavirus cases rise in Michigan
President Donald Trump has lashed out at several Democratic governors who are responding to the coronavirus crisis, but his harshest words have been…
Continue Reading These countries have more than one capital
The wars, revolutions and fallen empires that transformed the world map in the 20th century have a surprising beneficiary: capital cities. Only…
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Is the worst over for markets? Wall Street can’t decide
As unprecedented stimulus efforts move through markets, banks face growing pressure from clients to say when risky assets could reach their low…
Continue Reading Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood snag CBS special after their Facebook concert
Sometimes crashing Facebook can be a good thing. That’s what Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood learned after their recent concert on Facebook…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely denies saying two things he said last week
On two occasions during Sunday’s coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump falsely denied he had said words he had said publicly last week.…
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Fact check: Trump falsely denies saying two things he said last week
On two occasions during Sunday’s coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump falsely denied he had said words he had said publicly last week.…
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Trump strikes friendly tone on China with trade in mind, as his top officials point fingers over pandemic
As coronavirus cases in the US surge, President Donald Trump isn’t focused just on those statistics, administration officials say, but is also…
Continue Reading Armed vigilantes blocked a neighbor’s driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine
A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed…
Continue Reading DoD isolating critical troops and commanders to be ready in a crisis amid pandemic
Some of the most critical US senior military commanders and nuclear and special operations forces are now operating under extraordinary protection…
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Spanish princess becomes first royal to die from coronavirus
Spain’s Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal in the world to die from coronavirus, according to a statement from…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 30: Coronavirus, strikes, trades probe, China, North Korea
This won’t be over by Easter. President Trump has officially extended social distancing guidelines until April 30. Here’s what you need…
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5 things to know for March 30: Coronavirus, strikes, trades probe, China, North Korea
This won’t be over by Easter. President Trump has officially extended social distancing guidelines until April 30. Here’s what you need…
Continue Reading Ken Shimura, famed Japanese comedian, dead at 70 after contracting coronavirus
Famed Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died after contracting novel coronavirus, according to his representatives. Shimura suffered pneumonia-like…
Continue Reading Italy’s coronavirus death toll passes 10,000. Many are asking why the fatality rate is so high
When Antonia Mortensen was pulled over by police while driving recently in Milan, the northern Italian city where she is staying, it wasn’t for…
Continue Reading What will travel look like after coronavirus?
As movement around the world grows more and more restricted, it’s hard to imagine what travel will look like when it eventually ramps back up.…
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Wimbledon will be canceled, says German tennis official
The Wimbledon tennis championships will be canceled this week, according to German Tennis Federation (DTB) vice-president Dirk Hordorff. Tournament…
Continue Reading Global stocks and oil fall as investors brace for another wild week in markets
Global markets sank again on Monday as the coronavirus pandemic continued to worsen and after President Donald Trump announced that social distancing…
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How to decide whether to bring your elderly parent home from assisted living during the pandemic
Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living to live. Coleen Hubbard took her 85-year-old mother out of independent living to…
Continue Reading My roommates and I built a coronavirus plan. We didn’t expect to need to put it in action so quickly
Just over two weeks ago, I was visiting New York City, and the world felt poised on a precipice. As cases ratcheted up in the city and I girded…
Continue Reading A police officer is wearing a coronavirus helmet to warn people to stay inside during India’s lockdown
As India enforces a nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, one police officer has found a creative way to get the message across.…
Continue Reading ISIS members riot and break out of Syrian prison
Several Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members escaped from a Syrian prison on Sunday by ripping off doors and using them to break down a…
Continue Reading Hong Kong asked domestic workers to stay in to stop the spread of coronavirus. But some got infected at home by their employers
When the coronavirus outbreak reached Hong Kong, domestic worker Jinkie Alhambra followed guidance from the government and stayed home on her day…
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Hong Kong asked domestic workers to stay in to stop the spread of coronavirus. But some got infected at home by their employers
When the coronavirus outbreak reached Hong Kong, domestic worker Jinkie Alhambra followed guidance from the government and stayed home on her day…
Continue Reading Stabbing victim dies 3 months after attack at Hanukkah celebration in New York
A New York man severely injured in a stabbing during Hanukkah last year has died. Josef Neumann, 72, was injured in a machete attack in Monsey, New…
Continue Reading Convicted serial killer known as the ‘Grim Sleeper’ found dead in prison cell
A convicted serial killer, who murdered and preyed on women in California over a span of three decades, died over the weekend at San Quentin State…
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