President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will pledge to bring a bipartisan approach to the role during her confirmation hearing Tuesday as she faces down fierce opposition from Senate Republicans. In her prepared opening remarks before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Tanden vows that, if confirmed, she
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(CNN) — El martes marca el comienzo del segundo juicio político del expresidente Donald Trump, y todos los ojos están puestos en el Senado que servirá como jurado para deliberar si condena o absuelve al expresidente. Aquí te mostramos cómo ver y qué debes saber sobre el juicio político del Senado. El caso llega a
Continue Reading A roller coaster of research has stoked concerns that a coronavirus variant first linked to South Africa could be resistant to vaccines and raise the bar for herd immunity. But scientists and vaccine makers say the data have not yet had the final word, and there’s still reason to be hopeful. On Sunday, health officials
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A leading English referee and his family have been subjected to online death threats following two erroneous decisions in successive games he took charge of. Mike Dean had received criticism for sending off West Ham’s Tomas Soucek on Saturday and Southampton’s Jan Bednarek on February 2, despite reviewing both incidents on the pitch-side monitor. Both
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A school in Utah is continuing its Black History Month curriculum after parents asked the school to allow their children opt out of the program. Maria Montessori Academy in North Ogden, Utah, after receiving requests from parents, sent out an opt-out form last Wednesday for those unwilling to participate in the school’s planned Black History
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President Joe Biden had been in office less than a week when a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking one of his first immigration-related actions. The order was a victory for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who crowed “WE WON” on Twitter. In fact, Paxton, a controversial conservative Republican, had successfully gambled that his
Continue Reading The point of Donald Trump’s second impeachment is not his actual conviction. The quivering weakness of many Republican senators, who will not be moved to vote against him even after he incited a mob to attack the Capitol, means conviction appears impossible. But Trump can still be held to account. Indeed, this reckoning has already
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Elon Musk’s Tesla spent the last couple of years trying to win over China in a bid to conquer the world’s largest car market. Now the company risks upsetting Beijing’s powerful regulators. The electric carmaker has been summoned by five Chinese regulatory agencies to answer questions about the quality of its Shanghai-made Model 3 cars,
Continue Reading As the coronavirus pandemic continues to fuel uncertainty and anxiety, how it impacts our mental well-being is hard to ignore — something athletes, bereft of competitions and regular training routines, perhaps know better than most. For Colleen Quigley, a 3000-meter steeplechase runner from the United States, there’s some relief that she “discovered mental health” a
Continue Reading (CNN) — El hombre que se declaró culpable de la muerte de su nieta de 18 meses a bordo de un crucero de Royal Caribbean en 2019 fue sentenciado el lunes a tres años de libertad condicional, según un comunicado del gobierno de Puerto Rico. Salvatore «Sam» Anello cumplirá su condena en Michigan, donde vive,
Continue Reading A Washington state trooper was killed in an avalanche while snowmobiling Monday in Kittitas County, Washington, the county sheriff’s office said in a press release. Search-and-rescue crews recovered trooper Steve Houle, 51, of Cle Elum from the avalanche. He was a 28-year veteran of the Washington State Patrol, the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office said in
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando el segundo juicio político del expresidente Donald Trump comience el martes por la tarde, los estadounidenses revivirán, a través de los ojos de los senadores que juzgan sus acciones, el asalto al Capitolio que todos presenciamos en tiempo real hace solo un poco más de un mes. El líder de la mayoría
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County’s pandemic death toll increased to 1,781 Tuesday after the health department reported nine new virus-related deaths. The latest deaths included: 2 women in their 60s 2 women in their 70s3 men in their 70s 1 man in his 80s1 woman in her 80s Health officials also reported 295 new
Continue Reading After a full year of being pulled down by the pandemic, global oil prices are roaring back. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Impeachment The
Continue Reading ¿Por qué mutan los virus? Doce hábitos en tu estilo de vida para reducir el estrés. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Comienza el segundo juicio político de Trump El segundo juicio político del expresidente Donald Trump en el Senado comienza hoy. Hay algunas preguntas clave sobre
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WUHAN, China— The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of Covid-19 said Tuesday, dismissing as unlikely an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab. A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan
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Attentive lover. Passionate about work. Empathy in spades. Facial hair. For months, Sara Jablow has sought a hard-to-find combination of personality traits in prospective boyfriends. Now, however, after nearly a year of the Covid-19 pandemic, one elusive characteristic is beginning to transcend all others for her: vaccination status. It’s not that Jablow is picky; the
Continue Reading It’s another home run for coffee consumption — as long as it’s black and caffeinated, that is. Drinking one or more cups of plain, leaded coffee a day was associated with a long-term reduced risk of heart failure, according to a review of diet data from three major studies using analytic tools from the American
Continue Reading (CNN) — La pregunta planteada por el segundo juicio político de Donald Trump, que comienza el martes, es si un presidente que ha perdido la reelección puede salirse con la suya con un violento intento de golpe en un esfuerzo desesperado por mantenerse en el poder. La respuesta contenida en la probable absolución del excomandante
Continue Reading Tokio (CNN) — Un submarino japonés chocó con un barco comercial el lunes, cuando intentaba salir a la superficie frente a la costa del país en el Pacífico, dijeron funcionarios del gobierno. Tres miembros de la tripulación del submarino Soryu de la Fuerza de Autodefensa Marítima sufrieron heridas leves. Imágenes de la Guardia Costera japonesa
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A Louisiana woman has sought medical treatment after mistakenly using Gorilla Glue spray adhesive in place of actual hair spray. Tessica Brown’s plight went viral earlier in February after she revealed that her hair had been stuck in the same style for a month since she substituted her usual Got2b Glued spray with the industrial-strength
Continue Reading When crowds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed into the US Capitol weeks ago, hundreds of photos and videos emerged: clips of crowds chanting violent threats, selfies inside the building, photos of ransacked offices and broken windows. Americans watched in horror. Then, colleagues, friends and family members began pointing out the faces of people
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN) — Un ejército de piratas informáticos de Corea del Norte robó cientos de millones de dólares durante gran parte de 2020 para financiar los programas nucleares y de misiles balísticos del país en violación del derecho internacional, según un informe confidencial de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas. El documento acusaba al
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Fue el día soñado para Ousmane N’dong. El 14 de noviembre de 2020 «fue una fecha hermosa para mí», dice con la sonrisa que le inunda el rostro. No solo eso: también fue el primer futbolista senegalés en debutar en la primera división de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) de su
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La recuperación de las economías de América Latina y el Caribe afectadas por la pandemia de covid-19 podría frustrarse por el recrudecimiento de los contagios, advierte el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) en un documento sobre la región publicado este lunes. El organismo reconoció el desproporcionado impacto que la crisis ha tenido en el
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Después de que su suegra tuvo dificultades para inscribirse a la vacuna contra el covid-19, una mujer de Massachusetts creó una página web con el objetivo de facilitarle las cosas. Y así lo hizo más sencillo para todos. Olivia Adams diseñó un sitio web que muestra citas de vacunación en todo el estado.
Continue Reading Police fatally shot a man in his own front yard after mistaking him for a suspect during a pursuit in Idaho on Monday, police said. The man who was shot and killed was not the suspect, who was found after the incident hiding in a nearby shed, Idaho Falls Police Department Chief Bryce Johnson said
Continue Reading The New York State Department of Health is continuing to release data shedding more light on Covid-19 deaths among residents in the state’s long-term care facilities, after a state Supreme Court judge ordered the department to fulfill a watchdog group’s Freedom of Information request. The health department has recorded nearly 15,000 confirmed and presumed Covid-19
Continue Reading Atlanta Public Schools is considering mandatory summer school aimed at helping students who suffered setbacks in their learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a top district official. The plan, proposed February 1 at an Atlanta Board of Education meeting, has not been decided upon yet, but would focus on the unfinished learning dating back
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