BEIJING (AP) — China says a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. A one-sentence announcement from the National Health Commission on Monday said the experts would be meeting with Chinese counterparts but gave no other details. It wasn’t
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(CNN) –– Una sesión de fotos en la Casa Blanca: eso hacía la primera dama Melania Trump mientras miles de partidarios de Donald Trump llegaron a Washington este miércoles, se dirigieron primero a la Elipse para escuchar al presidente y luego al Capitolio para asediar el epicentro de la democracia estadounidense. Iluminación profesional, del tipo
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As hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, breaking windows and wreaking havoc, politicians and activists were among the many who drew comparisons between the police response on Wednesday to that of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. The death of George Floyd — a Black man who died after a
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Federal authorities are working to determine the level of planning and coordination among insurgents, including members of law enforcement and the military, that carried out the attack last week on the US Capitol, law enforcement officials said. Among the questions federal prosecutors and investigators are pursuing: Was there a plan to capture and hold hostage
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Six people were ejected from the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday as the third Test between Australia and India was overshadowed by allegations of racist abuse. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj complained of hearing racist slurs while fielding near the boundary rope on Saturday, the third
Continue Reading Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sunday sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for an emergency declaration in order to get additional funding for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration as safety concerns mount following the US Capitol breach. “In light of the attack on the Capitol and intelligence suggesting further violence is likely during
Continue Reading Federal authorities are working to determine the level of planning and coordination among insurgents, including members of law enforcement and the military, that carried out the attack last week on the US Capitol, law enforcement officials said. Among the questions federal prosecutors and investigators are pursuing: Was there a plan to capture and hold hostage
Continue Reading At least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened in the wake of Wednesday’s US Capitol breach that engulfed the nation’s capital in chaos, Army secretary Ryan McCarthy told Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, according to a news release from the congressman’s office. Crow, a member of the House Armed Services committee, said McCarthy relayed the
Continue Reading US federal prosecutors say Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández helped an alleged drug trafficker deliver thousands of kilos of cocaine to the United States in exchange for hefty bribes — a claim the Honduran Presidency rejected on Sunday as “100% false.” A motion submitted Friday by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York details
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A rioter who stormed the US Capitol Wednesday wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the phrase “Camp Auschwitz” has been identified as Robert Keith Packer of Virginia, according to three sources who spoke with CNN. An image of Packer inside the Capitol, whose sweatshirt bore the name of the Nazi concentration camp where about 1.1 million
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The CEO of a Chicago company said he was arrested after breaching the US Capitol during Wednesday’s Trump-fueled insurrection in Washington, DC. Brad Rukstales, CEO of the marketing technology firm Cogensia, apologized for what he called a “moment of extremely poor judgment.” “It was the single worst personal decision of my life,” Rukstales said in
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A woman charged with attempting to assault a 14-year-old and falsely accusing him of stealing her cell phone has been granted supervised release after her arrest and extradition to New York, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told CNN. Miya Ponsetto, 22, of Piru, California, was arraigned Saturday evening on charges of attempted
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is preparing to lean into his fight with Twitter and other social media platforms this week, a Trump adviser said, using his permanent suspension from Twitter as an opportunity to shift the narrative away from the insurrection on Capitol Hill earlier in the week. While the President was outraged by Twitter banning
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is not the only one getting some fanfare as he enters the White House — his rescue dog, Major, is being honored by the shelter he came from. The Bidens adopted Major, a German shepherd, in 2018 from the Delaware Humane Association (DHA). The shelter and Pumpkin Pet Insurance are now hosting
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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close ally of President Donald Trump who was critical of the President this week, was confronted and screamed at by Trump supporters at Reagan National Airport, according to videos posted on social media Friday. “You traitor,” a woman screams at the senator in one video, as he walks
Continue Reading (CNN) — La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, dijo el domingo que la Cámara intentará aprobar una resolución por consentimiento unánime el lunes por la mañana pidiendo al vicepresidente Mike Pence y al gabinete del presidente de Donald Trump que invoquen la Enmienda 25 y destituyan al presidente de su cargo. Se
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As part of the hunt for new coronavirus variants, an international database shows the United States ranks 61st in how quickly virus samples are collected from patients, analyzed and then posted online. Countries with far fewer resources, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Suriname, process samples more quickly than the United States does. “It’s pathetic,” said
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will attempt to pass a resolution by unanimous consent Monday morning calling for Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office — her first time definitively saying the House will move to impeach him. If the
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Danish freediver Stig Severinsen has broken the world distance record for swimming with fins on just one breath — making it 202 meters (662 ft 8.7 in) underwater, Guinness World Records has confirmed. Guinness said Severinsen, 47, completed the swim on November 26 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The previous record of 177
Continue Reading The man seen chasing a Black Capitol Police officer up the stairs during Wednesday’s insurrection and riot is Doug Jensen, according to a CNN comparative analysis of his booking photo and posts on social media. Jensen is one of the individuals now facing federal charges. On a Twitter account bearing his name, Jensen twice identified
Continue Reading President Donald Trump ordered that the flag flying above the White House be lowered to half-staff on Sunday to honor US Capitol Police officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, who were both on duty when a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday. The step comes days after Capitol Police announced on
Continue Reading House Majority Whip James Clyburn on Sunday said House Democrats might wait until after President-elect Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office to send any articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, a move that would give the incoming President time to tackle his agenda in Congress before the start of a
Continue Reading The CEO of Parler, a social media platform popular among conservatives, told Mediaite that it removed a post from attorney Lin Wood calling for Vice President Mike Pence to be executed by “firing squads.” “Yes, some of his parleys that violated our rules were taken down,” John Matze told Mediaite, specifying that the post, or parley,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La noche de este sábado, desde el Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura de Quito, siete de los 16 candidatos a la Presidencia de Ecuador calificados por el Consejo Nacional Electoral participaron en la primera parte de un foro organizado por Grupo El Comercio de Quito, el cual se desarrollará durante
Continue Reading A Capitol Police officer who was among those who responded to the storming of the Capitol last week, died while off duty, the Capitol Police said. Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, was assigned to the Senate Division and has been with the Department since April 2005. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends,
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The United States witnessed a violent insurrection on Wednesday designed to prevent the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. It left five dead, including police officer Brian D. Sicknick. The majority of Americans — including between 70% and 80% of Republicans surveyed in two new polls this week — have rightfully disavowed the violence. Yet
Continue Reading House Democratic leaders have not finalized plans for the coming week, after spending several hours on a call Saturday night working through the possible outcomes tied to impeachment, according to a source with direct knowledge of the call. Speaker Nancy Pelosi held the call with her leadership team as the Democratic caucus has moved into
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In some hospitals, health centers and pharmacies in the United States, there are vials of Covid-19 vaccines that aren’t making it into arms. Out of the more than 22 million doses of vaccine that have been distributed to hospitals and pharmacies so far in the United States, only about 6.7 million people have received their
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EL PASO, Texas – A bomb threat was phoned in to a northeast El Paso business, but the subsequent investigation has determined it not to be credible, a police spokesman said. Police were called out a business along the 4400 block of Dyer Sunday morning and a wide part of Dyer was cordoned off by
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