With coronavirus variants posing a serious threat to President Joe Biden’s efforts to contain the pandemic, a Biden official tells CNN that the administration is still simply “not where we want to be” on surveillance of mutations in the US — and simultaneously worried that Americans will grow increasingly complacent about the virus. “We are
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Larry Flynt, the “Hustler” magazine founder and outspoken First Amendment activist who built an adult entertainment empire, died Wednesday at his Hollywood Hills home, his nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., tells CNN. He was 78. His exact cause of death was not disclosed, but Flynt Jr. said his uncle had been in frail health for much
Continue Reading The New York Times is familiar with breaking some of the biggest stories related to culture, race, and gender. But events over the past several weeks reveal that the nation’s paper of record is largely divided when it discovers such issues sitting in its own backyard. The announcement Friday of the departure of two high-profile
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(CNN Español) — Carlos Mejía Godoy, autor de canciones emblemáticas de la Revolución Sandinista que derrocó a Anastasio Somoza en 1979, rechazó este miércoles, a través de un video divulgado en sus redes sociales, el proyecto de ley «que declara la bandera, el himno, el sello, las canciones, los documentos escritos, gráficos y audiovisuales del
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Kansas City Chiefs outside linebackers coach Britt Reid is no longer employed by the team, according to reports by ESPN and the NFL Network. Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was placed on administrative leave after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash last Thursday. The crash left a 5-year-old girl in critical
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There’s a new busiest air travel route right now, and it’s not what you’d expect. No, it’s not Dubai to London, or Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. It’s … Orlando to San Juan. (Which, yes, is classified as international.) Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading The Harvard Law Review has elected Hassaan Shahawy, a Los Angeles born and bred Egyptian American, as the first Muslim president in its 134-year history. Jennifer Heath, the program administrator and information systems manager at the publication, confirmed that Shahawy is the first Muslim president. Founded in 1887 by future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Continue Reading The Biden administration’s rollout out of active-duty troops to boost vaccination capacity is off to a slow start as the Federal Emergency Management Agency sorts through requests from individual states, according to multiple defense officials. FEMA initially anticipated that as many as 10,000 troops would be used in the effort, but so far barely a
Continue Reading Usar dos mascarillas puede bloquear el escape de más del 92% de las partículas. Más de 11 millones de personas podrían perder los subsidios por desempleo. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Fuertes videos sobre el ataque al Capitolio marcan el juicio político de Trump Los fiscales
Continue Reading Tokio (CNN) — El presidente del Comité Organizador de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, Yoshiro Mori, dimitirá después de que comentarios sexistas que hizo sobre las mujeres se filtraran a los medios japoneses la semana pasada, informó el jueves la emisora pública japonesa NHK, citando fuentes. Mori dijo en una reunión de la junta
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A variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina and, just days later, in Maryland. Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving — it’s what viruses
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While vaccinations are ramping up across the United States and many parts of the world, some preliminary studies have suggested the current vaccines may not be as effective with emerging coronavirus variants. With companies looking to develop booster shots that target these variants, some have asked — should I wait before I get the vaccine
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, explicó este miércoles en entrevista con Fernando del Rincón en «Conclusiones» de CNN en Español en qué consiste el Estatuto de Protección Temporal que cobijaría a alrededor de un millón de migrantes venezolanos que actualmente están en territorio colombiano en situación irregular. El presidente dijo que actualmente
Continue Reading “Where are the stamps?” I asked my wife. “I can’t believe you are asking me. They are right where they always are,” she yelled from across the room. This does nothing to help me in my quest. The stamps are nowhere to be found. My wife and I engage in this dance, a common couple’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las personas que han sido vacunadas por completo contra el coronavirus en Estados Unidos –en este momento eso significa con dos dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer/BioNTech o de Moderna– pueden omitir la cuarentena si han sido expuestas a alguien infectado con el virus, dijeron el miércoles los Centros para el Control y
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If there’s one person who knows a thing or two about setbacks, it’s Lindsey Vonn. After countless injuries led to missing out on Olympics, world championships and world records, it was only her immense mental strength to push through the pain barrier with a body “broken beyond repair” that she retired two years ago as
Continue Reading Sofia Kenin‘s bid to defend her Australian Open title ended in disappointment on Thursday after she was knocked out of the tournament by world No. 65 Kaia Kanepi. The American, who was moved to tears in her post-match press conference, looked way off her best and was beaten in straight sets 6-3 6-2 in just
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Larry Flynt, el fundador de la revista Hustler y activista vocal de la Primera Enmienda que construyó un imperio de entretenimiento para adultos, murió este miércoles en su casa de Hollywood Hills, confirmó a CNN su sobrino Jimmy Flynt Jr. Tenía 78 años. La causa exacta de su muerte no fue revelada. Sin
Continue Reading (CNN) — La variante del coronavirus detectada primero en el Reino Unido que ha «barrido el país» «va a barrer el mundo con toda probabilidad», dijo Sharon Peacock, directora del consorcio Covid-19 Genomics UK, a la BBC el miércoles. La cepa de coronavirus altamente transmisible se identificó por primera vez en septiembre de 2020, en
Continue Reading (CNN) — México aprobó el uso de emergencia de las vacunas contra el coronavirus CanSino y Sinovac fabricadas por China, anunció el miércoles el subsecretario de Salud del país, Hugo López-Gatell. México tiene la mayor letalidad por covid-19 entre las 20 naciones más afectadas, según la Universidad Johns Hopkins López-Gatell dijo que la Comisión Federal
Continue Reading The man accused of killing one person and wounding four others in a shooting at a Minnesota health care clinic had threatened a mass shooting at the same health care center in 2018, according to a police report obtained by CNN. Gregory Ulrich, 67, is accused of shooting five people at the Allina Health Care
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — McDonald’s escuchó las quejas y ha decidido traer de vuelta la bebida Hi-C Orange, favorita de los clientes, después de una ausencia de casi cuatro años de las fuentes de sodas. McDonald’s traerá de vuelta la bebida Hi-C Orange en los próximos meses. La bebida de color naranja comenzará a
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Naiya Stubbe said that on the day of the shooting in Buffalo, Minnesota a friend and neighbor sent her a screenshot of the scene at the Allina Clinic. Right away, she texted her friend Lindsay Overbay, a medical assistant there, and asked if she was OK. Overbay’s husband dropped their two children at Stubbe’s house
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El Ministerio de Salud de Argentina reportó este miércoles 7.739 casos nuevos de coronavirus. Así la cifra total supera los 2 millones de contagios en el país desde que comenzó la pandemia. El informe registra 2.001.034 casos de covid-19. Argentina, destino de ocho ensayos clínicos de vacunas contra el covid-19 Las autoridades
Continue Reading New Haven police are looking for an MIT graduate student as a “person of interest” in their investigation into the killing of a Yale graduate student this past Saturday, though police say he’s not currently a suspect. Authorities are searching for Qinxuan Pan, 29, who police say was allegedly in possession of a stolen vehicle
Continue Reading (CNN) — Nuevos datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) muestran que usar doble mascarilla (una de tela sobre una máscara médica, como una quirúrgica azul desechable) puede mejorar significativamente la protección. Los investigadores encontraron que la combinación de las dos mascarillas puede impedir que escapen el
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the United States will sanction Myanmar’s military leaders after last week’s coup in the country. In brief remarks, the President said he had approved a new executive order allowing the United States to “immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests as well as
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump was unhappy with his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor Tuesday, two people familiar with his reaction told CNN. Castor, who is representing Trump alongside attorney David Schoen, delivered a meandering argument during the first day of the Senate impeachment trial, including praise for the House impeachment
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Instagram eliminó este miércoles la cuenta del controvertido activista antivacunas Robert F. Kennedy Jr. «Eliminamos esta cuenta por compartir repetidamente afirmaciones desacreditadas sobre el coronavirus o las vacunas», dijo un portavoz de Facebook, propietario de Instagram, en un comunicado. Kennedy, hijo de Robert F. Kennedy, el fallecido exsecretario de Justicia, senador y
Continue Reading New Haven police are looking for an MIT graduate student as a “person of interest” in their investigation into the murder of a Yale graduate student this past Saturday, though police say he’s not currently a suspect. Authorities are searching for Qinxuan Pan, 29, who police say was allegedly in possession of a stolen vehicle
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