Jamie Lynn Spears called Tesla “a secret cat-killer” and told CEO Elon Musk that he owes her a couple new feline friends. The actress, singer and sister of Britney Spears said in a since-deleted Instagram video that her cats were run over by a Tesla they never heard coming. Teslas, like other electric cars, run quieter
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An Army reservist who federal investigators say has secret-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was among the latest wave of rioters charged by federal prosecutors in connection with the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Others charged this weekend include a woman who has been seen in photos brandishing the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department reported eight new coronavirus-related deaths and 496 new cases Monday morning. El Paso County’s pandemic death toll has now increased to 1,590. The victims were identified as: 1 man in his 50s1 women in her 50s1 man in his 60s1 woman in her 60s1 woman
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Just a little more than halfway into January, the US has added a staggering 3.9 million new Covid-19 cases and more than 51,000 virus-related deaths. The country’s total Covid-19 death toll is now rapidly approaching 400,000 — that’s more than the number of Americans who died in World War I, Vietnam War and the Korean
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Esta semana supone el fin del gobierno de Trump y el cambio de mando con una toma de posesión atípica, no solo por la pandemia. La caravana de migrantes choca con las autoridades de Guatemala. Avanza el caso Nisman en Argentina. Navalny regresó a Rusia. Además, hoy es el ‘Blue Monday’. Esto es lo que
Continue Reading Hong Kong (CNN) — Programas públicos de vacunación masiva que utilizan una vacuna china contra el coronavirus están en marcha en Indonesia y Turquía, donde se espera que decenas de millones de personas reciban dosis de la vacuna CoronaVac, fabricada por la empresa Sinovac, con sede en Beijing. El miércoles, el presidente de Indonesia, Joko
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Mars is about to be a very busy place when three separate missions arrive at the red planet in February. One of those missions includes NASA’s Perseverance rover. When it lands, we’ll be able to hear the sounds of Mars for the first time, thanks to microphones riding on the rover. A new interactive experience
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As if we needed any more reason to ruminate over pandemic life’s daily plights, today (January 18) is Blue Monday — the third Monday of January, which is rumored to be the most depressing day of the year. But is it? Research hasn’t proved that there is any one day more depressing than all the
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EL PASO, Texas — Nelly Yanez says she was frustrated by what she saw when she went to take her 93-year-old father to get his Covid-19 vaccination at the mega-site at University Medical Center. “I’m like this is ridiculous there’s no way. There was elderly people there in wheelchairs, some of them with oxygen tanks.
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Instead of training for up to five hours a day as they prepare for the Australian Open, 72 players find themselves unable to leave their hotel rooms under quarantine rules — and a number of them are vocally expressing their frustrations. Some are not only frustrated. Covid-19 Quarantine Victoria Commissioner Emma Cassar said on Sunday
Continue Reading As Los Angeles County battles against the unrelenting coronavirus, an air pollution control agency says it has temporarily suspended limits on cremations in order to assist crematoriums in the county with a “backlog” caused by the pandemic. The South Coast Air Quality Management District said in a news release Sunday that permits for crematoriums usually
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El doctor Huerta responde esta semana a las preguntas de la audiencia sobre las secuelas del coronavirus, entre ellas la pérdida de olfato y la tos. También, quién es el especialista médico que debe darle seguimiento a la enfermedad, más preguntas sobre la vacuna y las formas de contagios. Puedes escuchar este
Continue Reading Sao Paulo, Brasil (CNN) — En medio de un devastador resurgimiento del coronavirus en partes de Brasil, funcionarios federales de salud del país sudamericano finalmente votaron para autorizar dos vacunas para uso de emergencia. El domingo, la agencia reguladora brasileña Anvisa aprobó tanto la vacuna Oxford/AstraZeneca como la vacuna Coronavac. Minutos después, Monica Calazans, una
Continue Reading (CNN) — Como si necesitáramos más razones para reflexionar sobre las dificultades diarias de la vida, este 18 de enero es el ‘Blue Monday’, el tercer lunes de enero, del que se dice es el día más deprimente del año. ¿Pero lo es? Las investigaciones no han demostrado que haya un día más deprimente que
Continue Reading Mukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive. Between March and November last year, even as the coronavirus upended lives and devastated economies around the world, India’s richest man was handed more than $27 billion to make a bet
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Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Dr. Dre is back home after being hospitalized for more than a week in Los Angeles, according to his attorney Peter Paterno. “He’s home and on the mend,” Paterno said in a brief email to CNN on Sunday. Paterno did not provide additional details on the 55-year-old’s condition. The news comes
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong is heading back to prison after a South Korean court handed him a two and a half-year sentence for his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal. One of Lee’s lawyers said the decision was “regrettable.” His side says the 2015 deal at issue in the
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Two young men work side-by-side in a butcher’s shop. They live in the same teeming and densely packed town. One is fortunate — he’s eligible to get an Israeli Covid-19 vaccination. The other isn’t. Both are Palestinian residents of Kafr ‘Aqab, a finger of territory that under Israeli law is part of greater Jerusalem, but
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EL PASO, Texas — One local university professor says Antifa, a left-wing political group, infiltrated pro-Trump supporters Jan. 6 when hundreds converged on Washington, D.C. at the behest of President Trump, then stormed the U.S. Capitol. It was a history-making siege that led to the deaths of five people, one of those being a Capitol police officer.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos entra en la semana de la toma de posesión con una desconcertante presencia policial y militar que custodia los vestigios de la democracia, con los estadounidenses conteniendo la respiración mientras los funcionarios federales advierten sobre las amenazas de violencia y los posibles disturbios que han empañado los preparativos para las ceremonias
Continue Reading (CNN) — La principal figura de la oposición rusa y principal crítico del Kremlin, Alexey Navalny, fue detenido por la policía local el domingo, momentos después de su regreso a Rusia. Fue llevado «por agentes de policía en la frontera» sin explicación, tuiteó su portavoz Kira Yarmysh. «Al abogado no se le permitió ir con
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EL PASO, Texas — As medical centers remain in need of backup all across the country, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso has a brand new class of students officially entering their first semester of nursing school and getting one step closer to helping in the fight against Covid-19. “We have
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Japan’s prime minister vows to hold the already postponed Olympics this summer as proof of victory over virus — Israel trades Pfizer vast troves of medical data for the continued flow of its hard-to-get vaccine — China economy grows in 2020 as it rebounds from virus, likely becoming the only major economy to expand
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Police Department and Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for the public’s help in finding two men who have burglarized a couple of businesses. The first burglary happened about 5 a.m. on Dec. 14 at Wholesale Appliance Liquidation on Rojas Drive. The thieves arrived in a pickup
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 751 new Covid-19 cases and 22 additional deaths. Four of the latest deaths happened in the southern New Mexico counties of Doña Ana and Luna and included: A man in his 70s from Luna County who was hospitalized.A woman in her 80s from Doña Ana
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COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Staley won’t have to move that far for his first head coaching opportunity. Staley agreed to become the Los Angeles Chargers’ coach on Sunday night after one season as the defensive coordinator for the crosstown Rams. The Chargers made the decision to hire Staley after their second interview with
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RUIDOSO, New Mexico – A Ruidoso man was arrested after he twice fled from officers, was fired at by police and then crashed his car, authorities said Sunday. Trevor Hoyle, 26, is charged with aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer, tampering with evidence and leaving the scene of an accident. Hoyle was not struck
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Officials were prepared this weekend for potential unrest ahead of Inauguration Day, but the small groups of protesters that gathered at state capitols across the country were dwarfed by the heavy presence of law enforcement. Demonstrations remained small and peaceful as of Sunday night, despite warnings that armed protests were being planned at all 50
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but — as of now — is not expected
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a source familiar with the decision tells CNN. Gensler and Chopra are both allies of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Currently a member of the Federal
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