Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has been asked to testify before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday, in a hearing focused on income inequality. The Amazon founder was invited by Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, the senator’s spokesperson, Mike Casca, confirmed to CNN. The hearing will include testimony from Jennifer Bates, an Amazon employee who
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will be the first foreign leader to visit the United States since President Joe Biden took office and the global coronavirus pandemic halted much international travel, according to a senior administration official. No firm date has been established yet for the trip, the official said. Biden met virtually with
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A granddaughter came to her grandmother’s apartment bearing a unique gift — it was a prescription for a hug. It had been a year since Evelyn Shaw had hugged anyone, let alone granddaughter Ateret Frank. Yet, Shaw said she wasn’t going to let her granddaughter into her Bronx apartment, even though both had been fully
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration announced Friday it is terminating a Trump-era agreement that it said discouraged sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children, like parents or relatives, to come forward due to fear their information would be shared with immigration enforcement agencies. The move comes amid a surge of unaccompanied children arriving at the border,
Continue Reading It’s been a gut-wrenching week for Black Britons. First came the interview where what many Black Britons believed in their hearts to be true was confirmed — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain’s first member of the modern British royal family to identify as a woman of color, said she was forced to leave the monarchy
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(CNN Español) — La alta comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, expresó su preocupación por los “crecientes signos” de reducción del espacio cívico en Venezuela. En su presentación de este jueves ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, señaló que su oficina documentó al menos 66 casos de
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American consumers are growing more confident as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel becomes brighter. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, President Joe Biden’s call on states to make shots available to all adults by May 1, and the new $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law Thursday, create a powerful cocktail of
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El canciller de Ecuador, Luis Gallegos, presentó este jueves su renuncia al cargo, según informó la Secretaría de Comunicación de Ecuador a CNN. Por el momento se desconoce qué motivó su salida y quién será su reemplazo. La renuncia de Gallegos, quien ejercía el cargo desde julio de 2020, se da mientras
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un hombre de Michigan fue recientemente exonerado de asesinato, un cargo por el que pasó casi cinco años en prisión. Ahora, está demandando a una compañía de alquiler de autos por no proporcionar registros que, según sus abogados, lo hubieran exonerado antes. Herbert Alford fue condenado injustamente por asesinato en segundo grado en
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President Joe Biden will take to the Rose Garden on Friday for the first time as president, celebrating passage of his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief measure as the kickoff to a weeks-long sales effort to promote his debut legislative victory. He will be surrounded by Democrats who helped secure the measure’s success, including House Speaker
Continue Reading When the pandemic hit, something astonishing happened in the cereal aisle: It cleared out. Beloved brands like Grape-Nuts were suddenly out of stock. Companies once desperate to boost sales swiftly curbed their promotions on products, fearing that they couldn’t meet demand. The early days of the pandemic led to shortages in packaged goods as people
Continue Reading Looking at the stock market, you’d never know that a year ago this week was the Coronavirus Crash. In a matter of days, the S&P 500 dropped 12% and into a bear market. One-day point drops in the Dow and S&P 500 set records, trading curbs were triggered and the history books recorded yet another
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Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A major law enforcement operation in the Fresno County mountains on Wednesday. It started with knocks at doors. Deputies and officers showed up unannounced to do compliance checks on probationers, parolees, registered sex offenders, and known arsonists. Those not in compliance were handcuffed and
Continue Reading A broad majority of Americans say that political violence in response to election results is likely in the United States in the next few years, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Overall, 71% say political violence in response to election results is at least somewhat likely, including 34% who believe it is
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Nick Jonas’ highly anticipated album “Spaceman” has arrived. It’s the fourth solo CD for the singer, which he says was inspired by his wife, actress Priyanka Chopra. The lyrics on a majority of the album’s songs deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some political commentary. On the single “Spaceman,” he sings “Mask off
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KCRA) — There was another step forward in the effort to reopen California as the state announced updates to its Blueprint for a Safer Economy on Thursday. Starting this Saturday, breweries, wineries and distilleries that don’t serve meals may now open outdoors even in the purple
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las cifras de covid-19 parecen estar disminuyendo en Estados Unidos después de un año de dolor colectivo. Pero en los próximos meses se prevén decenas de miles de muertes y los expertos advierten que los estadounidenses no deben bajar la guardia todavía. «Creo que nos vamos a engañar», dijo el jueves el Dr.
Continue Reading (CNN) — México continuará usando la vacuna contra el coronavirus de AstraZeneca, entre otras, informó el jueves por la noche el subsecretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. El anuncio se produjo después de que una mujer de 75 años falleciera en el estado de Hidalgo una hora después de recibir la vacuna Coronavac de Sinovac, y
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL ) — Baltimore resident Aurea Torres celebrated a monumental occasion: her 100th birthday. One of 14 children, Torres survived malaria in her native Puerto Rico, worked tirelessly in the textile district of New York, and left Spanish Harlem to settle in Baltimore. Torres has five grandchildren
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY ) — This weekend will mark the year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death. As protest groups make their plans for demonstrations, and events to honor her, local businesses are bracing for uncertainty. City leaders will be shutting down parts of eight streets in and around
Continue Reading Ulta Beauty CEO Mary Dillon, one of only a few dozen female chief executives of Fortune 500 companies, is stepping down after an eight-year run heading the company. Dillon will become executive chair of the company’s board of directors in June, the company said Thursday. She will be replaced as CEO by Dave Kimbell, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KMBC ) — Officials with the University of Kansas Health System said Wednesday the hospital has eight acute COVID-19 cases, including two that are in the ICU and only one on a ventilator. Hospital officials say this is the lowest number for acute COVID-19 patients
Continue Reading A Michigan man was recently exonerated of murder, a charge for which he spent nearly five years in prison. Now, he’s suing a rental car company for not providing records that, his lawyers say, would’ve exonerated him earlier. Herbert Alford was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder in 2016 and freed in 2020 after the Hertz
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump’s time in the White House helped shield him from investigations and some lawsuits but it might open him up to greater legal peril from New York prosecutors investigating his finances. Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office have discussed using a section of New York criminal procedure law that they successfully
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Si estás usando la contraseña de Netflix del padre del novio de tu hermana, escucha. El gigante de la transmisión está probando una nueva función que podría ayudarlo a tomar medidas enérgicas contra el intercambio de contraseñas. Netflix está lanzando alertas pidiendo a los usuarios que verifiquen que están autorizados
Continue Reading Britain’s exports to Europe collapsed in January as companies grappled with new terms of trade following Brexit. The United Kingdom exported goods worth £8.1 billion ($11.3 billion) to the European Union in its first month completely outside the bloc, a 41% decline compared to December, according to the Office for National Statistics. The drop off
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona announced Friday that she will not seek re-election in 2022 and will retire from Congress at the end of her term. “Serving Arizonans has been my absolute honor and joy, but after much consideration, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2022. I will continue the good fight
Continue Reading The New York prosecutor leading the most significant criminal probe against Donald Trump and his business announced Friday he is not running for reelection, putting the spotlight on who will be elected to take over the investigation into the former president and his business. Sources have told CNN for weeks that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus
Continue Reading “Yes Day” star Jennifer Garner just got her ears pierced. The actress, 48, said it never really occurred to her to do it sooner and feared her father would get upset with her for putting holes in her ears. Garner told Ellen DeGeneres during an appearance on her talk show, “I was afraid that my
Continue Reading President Joe Biden delivered the first prime-time address of his term on Thursday night, lamenting the devastation caused by Covid-19 over the past year and touting his plans to help the country recover. Biden’s speech, which ran for just shy of 24 minutes, did not include a large number of fact-checkable assertions. But here is
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