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Month: February 2021

Ex-USA Gymnastics coach John Geddert commits suicide after being charged with human trafficking and sex crimes

UPDATE: LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sport doctor Larry Nassar died by suicide Thursday after being charged with two dozen crimes, including forms of human trafficking, the state attorney general said. The announcement from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel came about three hours after a news conference where Nessel

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‘Cherry’ reunites Tom Holland and the Russo brothers on a not-so-super movie

The current Spider-Man and directors of “Avengers: Endgame” reunite on “Cherry,” but that’s the only conspicuously super thing about this grim adaptation of the bestselling book. Tom Holland’s kinetic performance is impressive, but it’s in the service of an uneven film that too self-consciously works at mirroring the form of a novel. Holland’s title character

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OPINIÓN | Meghan Markle, un enigma muy difícil de definir

Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento. Productora de cine. Columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. Lee más artículos de opinión en cnne.com/opinion. (CNN Español) — Para

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John Geddert, exentrenador del equipo olímpico de gimnasia de EE.UU., enfrenta cargos de crímenes sexuales y tráfico humano

(CNN) — John Geddert, quien fue entrenador del equipo estadounidense de gimnasia femenina en los Juegos Olímpicos 2012, enfrenta cargos de crimen organizado, tráfico humano, conducta sexual criminal y mentir a un funcionario de la policía, según registros de una corte del estado de Michigan. Geddert es el exdueño del reconocido equipo de Michigan llamado

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Top New York state health official grilled on the handling of Covid-19 nursing home deaths

New York state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker again on Thursday defended the state’s handling of nursing homes and their residents during the pandemic. The administration’s decision to delay the release of data on Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities — the subject of a federal investigation — has erupted as a major political crisis

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Annunciation House says 25 asylum seekers to enter El Paso daily starting Friday

EL PASO, Texas — Ruben Garcia, the director of Annunciation House, said his organization expects to receive 25 asylum-seekers daily enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) program once they are allowed to enter the U.S. through El Paso beginning Friday. The MPP, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program was implemented under the Trump administration and

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Biden resets Saudi ties as US prepares to release intelligence report on Khashoggi’s murder

President Joe Biden’s reset of the US-Saudi Arabia relationship will take another step with the release of a long-awaited US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi insider turned dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The release of the congressionally mandated report, which is expected to further implicate Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the

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City council unanimously passes major reforms in hopes of more equitable policing

Click here for updates on this story     Berkeley, California (KGO) — Berkeley City Council held a special meeting Tuesday night to vote on sweeping police reforms. Convened before police killed George Floyd last May, Berkeley’s Fair and Impartial Policing Workgroup, shared data on racial disparities, when it comes to who Berkeley Police stop in cars,

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Arizona Republicans propose giving lawmakers — not election officials — final review of election results

Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills — including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results “if needed” and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state’s presidential electors — as Republican lawmakers around the country work to change election laws in the wake of the 2020 election.

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What Tiger Woods means to Black America

We almost lost Tiger Woods in a gruesome car accident Tuesday along a Southern California highway during these final days of the month when America celebrates Black history. With apologies to late poet T. S. Eliot, such a horror would have made February the cruelest month, instead of April. Just four weeks ago, Hank Aaron

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