He didn’t want to be fired, so he quit. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday submitted his resignation from SAG-AFTRA, the union representing roughly 160,000 professionals, from actors and musicians to media professionals. Trump’s resignation comes just weeks after the union’s National Board voted to have his membership reevaluated by a disciplinary committee, relating to
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(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Justicia de Tamaulipas informó este viernes que estableció la identidad de tres víctimas de la masacre de Santa Anita. En un comunicado, especificaron que son tres hombres de nacionalidad guatemalteca. Por el momento, mediante los estudios de perfiles genéticos han identificado a siete personas: dos de nacionalidad mexicana
Continue Reading (CNN) — JoJo Siwa está felizmente en una relación con «la novia más asombrosa, maravillosa, perfecta y hermosa del mundo». La estrella adolescente viral que tiene millones de seguidores –casi 32 millones solo en Tik Tok– apareció en «The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon» el miércoles, donde habló sobre haber hecho público que es miembro
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Click here for updates on this story Greenwood, Louisiana (KTBS) — As of Monday, Feb. 8, people over the age of 65 will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But some of the people who qualified in the first phase of the vaccine rollout are still waiting because they can’t get to a vaccination
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Ann, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Ann man is suing the city’s Papa John’s Pizza after experiencing what he calls employment discrimination and getting fired after filing complaints. George Mitchell said racist remarks were common when he worked at the Papa John’s and were so frequent he
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It looks as if it’s all systems go for the Australian Open next week after all players forced into a recent quarantine returned negative results, organizers announced on Friday. Earlier this week, more than 500 Australian Open players and staff went into quarantine after a hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19, causing play to be
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Gabbi Tuft is ready to show the world who she is. Tuft, a former WWE wrestling star, announced she is transgender this week. “This is me,” she wrote in an Instagram post coming out as transgender. “Unashamed, unabashedly me.” The former wrestler was active in the WWE from 2009-2012 under the ring name “Tyler Reks.”
Continue Reading (CNN) — A medida que aumentan los arrestos en la frontera sur, la Casa Blanca y otros funcionarios de la administración están abriendo un canal de comunicación con grupos de defensa que tienen una línea directa con los inmigrantes, según múltiples fuentes. En los primeros días de su presidencia, Joe Biden firmó una serie de
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Warm temperatures return to the region today, along with breezy to windy conditions. Temperatures will reach the low 70s this afternoon, but tomorrow will be cooler, in the 60s. The region will remain under mostly sunny skies through the weekend.
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It took less than six months for Instagram’s Snapchat clone to catch up to its rival’s audience size and be credited with stunting Snapchat’s user growth just as the company prepared to make its Wall Street debut in 2017. But Instagram and its parent company Facebook are having a harder time doing the same to
Continue Reading American dog royalty will be making an appearance at Puppy Bowl XVII. First Lady Jill Biden has filmed a public service announcement to air during the Discovery+ event, a beloved bit of alternative programming that runs on Super Bowl Sunday. In the video, Biden is seen in the White House, seated before a fire with
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Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conservative Republican firebrand member of Congress, has drawn revulsion in Washington and among Americans just learning about her history of shocking and violent rhetoric. A fellow lawmaker, California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez, has said he would introduce a resolution to expel her from the chamber, and House Speaker Nancy
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Robinhood, the stock trading app that helped fuel GameStop mania and ended up in a PR crisis, is running a Super Bowl ad. The 30-second spot, which will make its TV debut during Sunday’s game, highlights the company’s branding push that it is “opening America’s financial system to everyone.” The commercial features everyday people living
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The debate over when and how and whether to put American kids back in school is taking on a predictably partisan tinge in Washington, with Republicans targeting teachers’ unions and Democrats over perceived resistance to reopening. But it’s more complicated than that. The fight over schools slices through red and blue America. In San Francisco,
Continue Reading As the Trump faithful gathered around the Capitol on January 6, two conspiracy theories peddling in government mistrust converged: The fraudulent belief that the election was stolen, and the dangerous narrative that Covid-19 vaccinations are wildly unsafe. “We’re being led off of a cliff,” Del Bigtree, an anti-vaccine activist, told the crowd at the “MAGA
Continue Reading Vaccines are being rolled out in phases, and each state decides precisely who is eligible for each phase in its jurisdiction. When can YOU get the vaccine? Below are phone numbers and website links to find out who is eligible now in your state, and where the eligible can make appointments or find walk-in clinics.
Continue Reading The sports world is rightly raving about Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for reaching his 10th Super Bowl this Sunday against Patrick Mahomes and the defending champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. But when Brady — who seeks his seventh ring in a surefire Hall of Fame career — trots off the field at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced six coronavirus-related deaths Friday morning. Health officials said the deaths happened over a span of the past six months. A man in his 20s was identified as one of the victims. This is the eighth person in their 20s to die of the virus
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La vacunación contra el covid-19 será el tema prioritario en el mundo en los años por venir a medida que los países intentan luchar contra la pandemia de coronavirus. ¿Cuál es la vacuna más efectiva? La vacuna de Sputnik V tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático y es
Continue Reading It’s called COVAX — and it may be the best hope in vaccinating the world. The relative obscurity of this vaccine program belies its critical role in the global battle against Covid-19. Indeed, COVAX may well be the most important acronym of 2021. As vaccine nationalism rears its ugly head, it’s the best — perhaps
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La vacunación contra el covid-19 será el tema prioritario en el mundo en los años por venir a medida que los países intentan luchar contra la pandemia de coronavirus. ¿Cuál es la vacuna más efectiva? La vacuna de Sputnik V tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático y es
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — The federal government says the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received only one report of a travel-related falsified COVID-19 test certificate, despite warnings from other countries. Under rules implemented Jan. 7 to help limit the spread of COVID-19, Canada requires all arriving air passengers
Continue Reading After four years of refusing to hold Donald Trump accountable for his lies, conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric, Republicans passed up another chance to purge those forces from their ranks Thursday when they overwhelmingly opposed Democrats’ efforts to rebuke Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The GOP is complaining that Democratic leaders are not only overreaching
Continue Reading You might be among the more than 26.6 million people in the United States who have had Covid-19 — and when it comes to coronavirus vaccines, emerging variants or the risk of re-infection, you might have a lot of questions. “We are continuing to learn a year into the pandemic,” Dr. Becky Smith, medical director
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all familiar with the “spike protein” – the thorny protrusions that allow the novel coronavirus to attach itself to the cells of its human host. Images of the SARS-CoV-2 virus give prominence to the spikes. They’re
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los envíos de vacunas de covid-19 se dirigirán a las farmacias la próxima semana bajo un programa federal que tiene como objetivo vacunar a más personas rápidamente. Veintiún «farmacias nacionales y redes de farmacias independientes que representan a más de 40.000 farmacias en todo el país» participan en el programa, según una hoja
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, informó el jueves por la noche que dio negativo en la prueba de covid-19. En un video publicado en su cuenta oficial de Twitter, López Obrador explica que se le administró una prueba de antígeno y ahora es negativo para coronavirus. López Obrador reaparece utilizando
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was jailed this week over a years-old fraud case, denied wrongdoing during a court hearing Friday on separate charges that he defamed a World War Two veteran. Navalny accused prosecutors of a “shameless” pursuit of “fabricated” cases and said he did not understand the latest allegations against him, which
Continue Reading She lay sprawled unconscious in the road, beaten and gassed by Alabama state troopers. A White officer with a billy club stood over her. The woman was Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911-2015), and a famous photo of that shocking moment helped galvanize the civil rights movement. It was taken during the “Bloody Sunday” march at the
Continue Reading The Senate passed a budget resolution early Friday morning — a key procedural step that sets up the ability for Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s sweeping Covid-19 relief package without the threat of a filibuster from Republicans who oppose it. The measure passed 51-50 on a party line vote, but only after Vice President
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