Groups and individuals spreading lies about the 2020 election and calling to protest the outcome have continued to hide in plain sight on Facebook, even as COO Sheryl Sandberg this week tried to downplay the platform’s role in the Capitol riots. From altering the names of their online forums to abusing the core features of
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As DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone lay on the ground at the US Capitol building, stunned and injured, he knew a group of rioters were stripping him of his gear. They grabbed spare ammunition, ripped the police radio off his chest and even stole his badge. Then, Fanone, who had just been Tasered several
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says the military has entered and “taken control” of his home and “we are in serious trouble.” The military denies it. Wine tweeted hours after he alleged that Thursday’s election was rigged and said “every legal option is on the table” to challenge the official
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There is growing concern about security on Capitol Hill, as well as worries from lawmakers facing threats to their personal safety, law enforcement sources and members of Congress tell CNN. Some members of Congress have told their party leadership that they are in fear for their lives and the lives of their families, sources told
Continue Reading The rehearsal for the inauguration ceremony will be delayed a day amid heightened security concerns, acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told CNN Friday morning. “It is going to take place on Monday, is the current schedule. Secret Service is in charge of running that schedule, but that’s done in partnership with Biden team,
Continue Reading Andy Slavitt, the former acting chief of Medicare and Medicaid under the Obama administration, is expected to join President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 team in a senior advisory role, CNN has learned. Slavitt’s role is expected to be temporary, sources said, as the incoming Biden administration is days away from inheriting the daunting task of getting
Continue Reading David Cohen, a deputy director of the CIA in the last years of the Obama administration, will return to the role, President-elect Joe Biden announced Friday. Cohen served as the No. 2 at the CIA from 2015 to 2017 in the Obama administration. The position does not require Senate confirmation. Earlier this week, Biden tapped
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Joe Biden’s crisis presidency effectively began Thursday evening, when he urged Americans to mobilize behind a $1.9 trillion plan to end the pandemic, save the economy and revive the weakened heartbeat of a nation. The President-elect’s appearance in Wilmington, Delaware, defined a precarious moment in US history as he prepares to confront the most extreme
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Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist of the influential American punk glam rock band New York Dolls, has died of cancer at the age of 69, according to a statement posted on his Facebook page. Sylvain, real name Sylvain Mizrahi, died on Wednesday after fighting the disease for two and a half years, according to the post, which
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Happy Friday, everyone! We made it through the week, enjoy the mild temperatures they won’t last. The weather will remain dry through Martin Luther King Jr. Day expect breezes to increase throughout the day. Sunday afternoon temperatures will drop a few degrees as a cold front moves in, bringing gusts near 30 mph. Cooler temperatures,
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(CNN) — En sus últimos días en el cargo, el presidente Donald Trump ha visto cómo las partes del trabajo que amaba eran reemplazadas por frías advertencias legales, forzados discursos en video y un círculo cada vez menor de maltratados asesores, todos preguntándose ansiosamente cómo será la vida después del mediodía del 20 de enero.
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Over 90,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 in the next three weeks, according to new predictions from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is occurring as the United States has surpassed 388,000 reported deaths, with the country shattering the record of over 4,000 deaths per day for two days last week. The
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NEW YORK, NY — Nine in 10 Americans oppose the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, seven in 10 say Donald Trump bears at least some responsibility for it and a majority in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll – 56% – favors efforts in Congress to bar him from holding elected office again.Fifty-four percent
Continue Reading For the first time in more than 100 years, Lee-Jackson Day will not officially be celebrated in Virginia. The holiday, which was observed on the Friday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January, celebrated Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as “defenders of causes.” The event typically involved Civil War-themed parades, wreath
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Groups and individuals spreading lies about the 2020 election and calling to protest the outcome have continued to hide in plain sight on Facebook, even as COO Sheryl Sandberg this week tried to downplay the platform’s role in the Capitol riots. From altering the names of their online forums to abusing the core features of
Continue Reading “WandaVision,” Marvel Studios’ first original series for Disney+, hits streaming this weekend. That’s excellent news for Disney+, considering that Marvel is the company’s mightiest brand. And it’s bad news for Disney’s rivals, since the new service has notched 86 million subscribers, even without an exclusive original series from Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster franchise. Sure, Disney+ has
Continue Reading There is growing concern about security on Capitol Hill, as well as worries from lawmakers facing threats to their personal safety, law enforcement sources and members of Congress tell CNN. Some members of Congress have told their party leadership that they are in fear for their lives and the lives of their families, sources told
Continue Reading In his final days in office, President Donald Trump has found the parts of the job he loved replaced by cold legal warnings, forced video addresses and a shrinking circle of downtrodden aides, all anxiously wondering what life will be like after noon on January 20. Gone are the clicks of flashing cameras. Absent is
Continue Reading At the current rate of daily fatalities, the US death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic may surpass 400,000 before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Wednesday. Another 14,400 Americans are projected to die from the virus over the next six days, according to an ensemble forecast published by the Centers for Disease Control and
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El argentino Kevin Benavides se coronó este viernes campeón del Rally Dakar 2021 en categoría motocicleta. Es el primer latinoamericano en ganar el Rally Dakar en motocicleta en la historia. El oriundo de la provincia de Salta se coronó campeón con un tiempo de 44 horas, 55 minutos y 55 centésimas, tras
Continue Reading It’s estimated that 80% of people abandon their resolutions by the end of January. This number is likely even higher for fitness-related resolutions as too many people, driven by the “new year, new you” marketing mantra, attempt to reinvent themselves to match an unrealistic ideal. Overwhelmed by the burden of making sweeping lifestyle changes based
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the U.S. exit from the pact. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that the U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty last year “significantly upended the balance of interests of signatory states,” adding that
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos siete personas, incluido el conductor, resultaron heridas después de que un autobús se estrellara contra una barrera en un paso elevado en el área del Bronx, en la ciudad de Nueva York, según el Departamento de Policía local. El autobús quedó colgando sobre la carretera de abajo, dijo la policía. El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 15 new coronavirus-related deaths and 390 new cases Friday morning. All 15 patients had underlying health conditions and included: 2 men in their 40s2 men in their 50s1 woman in her 50s2 men in their 60s2 women in their 60s2 men in
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NEW YORK, NY — At least seven people, including the bus driver, were injured after a bus crashed through a overpass barrier in New York City’s Bronx area, according to the New York Police Department. The tandem bus is now dangling over the roadway below, the NYPD said. The crash happened close to midnight Thursday
Continue Reading (CNN Business) –– Millones de usuarios han acudido en masa a Signal, una aplicación de mensajería encriptada, durante los últimos días. Tanto así que esta semana llegó al puesto número 1 en Play Store de Google y también en las principales listas de aplicaciones gratuitas de la App Store de Apple. Signal registró cerca de
Continue Reading La ivermectina no previene el coronavirus. Prepárate para un auge de empleos en EE.UU. en 2021, dice un experto. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 ¿Qué pasa si el Senado condena a Trump? El presidente Donald Trump fue acusado nuevamente: es el primer mandatario en la historia
Continue Reading (CNN) — A pesar de la esperanza en las vacunas este año, los expertos advirtieron que el comienzo de 2021 sería un momento muy difícil en esta pandemia. Resulta que las dos primeras semanas han sido horribles. Estados Unidos acaba de romper sus récords históricos de mayor cantidad de infecciones, hospitalizaciones y muertes por covid-19
Continue Reading Yakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Al menos 34 personas murieron y cientos más resultaron heridas después de que un terremoto de magnitud 6,2 azotara el viernes la isla de Sulawesi en Indonesia, informó la agencia de mitigación de desastres del país. El epicentro del terremoto, que se produjo a la 1:28 am hora de Yakarta, se
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Dakar Rally rider Pierre Cherpin has passed away from injuries sustained in a crash on January 10, race organizers announced on Friday. Cherpin, 52, was competing in the seventh stage of the iconic rally from Ha’il to Sakaka in Saudi Arabia when he crashed at the 178-kilometer mark. According to a statement from race organizers,
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