(CNN Español) — Dependiendo de en qué parte del mundo estés, es probable que en unos días tengas que ajustar la hora en tu reloj. Aproximadamente 70 países tienen cambios de horario por estas fechas: de verano, si están en el hemisferio norte, o de invierno, si están en el hemisferio sur. Muchos países cerca del
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Thursday outlined the administration’s efforts to vaccinate the nation’s veterans and other work to care for veterans amid the pandemic. Veterans, McDonough said, “have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.” More than 230,000 veterans in the VA’s care have been infected by Covid-19, with 10,605 deaths, but as
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Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — For nearly three decades the homicide case of Fort Smith teen Melissa Witt has gone unsolved, but a former detective refuses to give up hope. On a daily basis, JC Rider, a retired Fort Smith Police Department detective, thinks about the case. “I
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Roughly one in seven people in El Paso County have now had Covid-19. Hospitalizations are decreasing, but health experts say there is a new kind of surge on our healthcare system as those previously infected seek specialists for lingering symptoms. “I was throwing up. I had diarrhea for a whole
Continue Reading (CNN) — La ivermectina, un medicamento que normalmente se usa para tratar parásitos, incluidos los piojos y la rabia, no pareció tener un impacto significativo en mejorar los síntomas de los pacientes con covid-19, según una nueva investigación publicada el jueves en la revista Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). En enero, el Panel
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Chris Harrison is speaking out in his first TV interview since temporarily stepping aside as the host of ABC’s “The Bachelor” following controversial remarks he made last month. Harrison spoke with “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan in a pre-taped interview in which Harrison was pressed to explain why he defended contestant Rachael Kirkconnell’s antebellum
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The silk-screening presses are busy at the Embroidery Factory on Market Street in Pittston, where workers are making sweatshirts and t-shirts for a fundraiser for the Pittston Police Department. “Yeah, it is really nice,” said Embroidery Factory co-owner Elise Nemetz. “We’re really happy with
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mientras los funcionarios y los expertos en salud están en la carrera para vacunar a los estadounidenses contra el covid-19, algunos obispos católicos han intervenido para disuadir a los miembros de la Iglesia de ponerse la vacuna recientemente aprobada de solo una dosis de Johnson & Johnson. La Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — March is National Nutrition Month. Damaris Rosado, Physician Assistant and Nutrition Outreach Fellow with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, said living a healthier life can help individuals avoid weight gain, which can be a risk factor for chronic illness. She recommends individuals focus on eating from the five food
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AUSTIN, Texas — In April 2020, an optimistic Gov. Greg Abbott announced at the Texas Capitol that he would soon take initial steps to allow businesses to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. The loosening of restrictions, his team said, would be informed by a statewide “strike force,” composed of business leaders and four medical experts who would advise the
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“Fast & Furious” fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the next installment in the blockbuster series. Universal is once again delaying “F9,” the ninth movie in the action franchise, pushing the film from a Memorial Day weekend release on May 28 to June 25. The film, which stars Vin Diesel as
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Last year, people were stockpiling food and essentials at stores and ordering a lot more groceries online. That was great news for America’s biggest grocery chains. Now companies say the pandemic-time boom is over. Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in this country, said Thursday that it expects comparable sales, or sales at stores open for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Businesses in the hospitality industry in Luzerne County will be able to get some much-needed cash. Luzerne County, CAN DO, and the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber announced the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) on Thursday. The program will distribute a total of $3.5
Continue Reading (CNN) — Natiq Anwar, que asiste a la iglesia de Bagdad donde trabaja como cuidador, revive la experiencia más horrible de su vida todos los días. Cerca de la banca donde se sienta el hombre de 66 años, una dispersión de figuras carmesí marca los lugares donde los feligreses y el clero murieron hace 10
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center of El Paso finally closed registration for 3,000 vaccination appointments for “super seniors” – those 70 years of age and older – at 4 p.m. Thursday. A UMC spokesman indicated it took seven hours to fill those spots after the hospital had opened its registration website and phone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT ) — A Lancaster County restaurant is temporarily closed after a car crashed into it Thursday morning, according to East Hempfield Township Police. The Bob Evans restaurant on Hempland Road was struck by a vehicle around 8:54 a.m., police say. A preliminary investigation determined
Continue Reading (CNN) — El riesgo de muerte por covid-19 es aproximadamente 10 veces mayor en países donde la mayoría de la población tiene sobrepeso, según un informe publicado el miércoles por el Foro Mundial de Obesidad. Los investigadores encontraron que para finales de 2020, las tasas globales de mortalidad por covid-19 eran más de 10 veces
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The city council on Wednesday voted to remove the prohibition on marijuana dispensary drive-thrus in Las Vegas. It was a 6-0 vote on the bill sponsored by Councilwoman Michele Fiore of Ward 6. The move is similar to that made by the Clark County
Continue Reading Michael B. Jordan is coming for the Russians. The trailer for Amazon’s “Without Remorse” has dropped and it features Jordan as a top-secret agent bent on revenge after a Russian assassination squad kills his family. The “Black Panther” star plays Sr. Chief John Kelly in the Amazon Prime film based on the Tom Clancy novel
Continue Reading There’s something unusual about Amazon‘s first physical store outside the United States: No waiting to pay. The e-commerce giant opened a convenience grocery store in London on Thursday that offers “just walk out” shopping — meaning customers don’t scan items or pay for them in store. Instead, customers scan a QR code using the Amazon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa (Quad-City Times ) — A Scott County supervisor has hired the same election attorney defending Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the contested election outcome in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District to keep his dual roles on the Scott County Board and North Scott school
Continue Reading Oh, the places Dr. Seuss books will go after they ignite controversy. This week, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six books penned by the children’s author will no longer be published because of the “hurtful and wrong” ways characters of color are portrayed. Now, Dr. Seuss books have soared to the top of Amazon’s bestseller
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (Quad-City Times ) — Agents with the Quad-City Metropolitan Enforcement Group (QCMEG) arrested three people from a Rock Island home on methamphetamine and marijuana trafficking charges. Brian R. White, 50, of 1206 14th St., is charged with two counts of delivery of more than 5
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Just days after new safety efforts were launched in San Francisco’s Chinatown, video is surfacing of a shocking attack targeting an older man in a laundromat on the Nob Hill/Chinatown border. Surveillance video shows the terrifying moments a 67-year-old customer is attacked by three
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — New Haven police are investigating after a bullet struck a school window this morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. on Thursday at the Achievement First Amistad High School on Dixwell Avenue. The school went into lockdown mode, but it has since been
Continue Reading The Supreme Court ruled against an undocumented immigrant on Thursday who has been living in the United States for more than 25 years but faces deportation because of a misdemeanor conviction in state court. In a 5-3 opinion, penned by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court held that Clemente Pereida, who was born and raised in
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The ills of excessive screen time have been well-documented, but a recent study just identified another possible risk. Children between the ages of 9 and 11 in the US who have more screen time are more likely to develop binge eating disorder (BED) one year later, the study found — and social media is a
Continue Reading The Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that, among other things, would counter state-level Republican efforts to restrict voting access. Democrats describe the package as anti-corruption legislation that would expand voting access and improve accountability and transparency in Washington. Republicans, however, argue that the legislation limits political
Continue Reading Arriving late to the streaming wars is apparently better than never getting involved in them at all. That’s what investors seem to think, at least. Just look at the huge stock gains for ViacomCBS and Discovery so far in 2021. The Paramount+ streaming network finally launched Thursday after a lot of fanfare, including investors sending
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Cuatro personas fueron detenidas en relación con el asesinato de Julio Galindo Pérez, líder de la Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex) en San Luis Potosí, México, confirmó en conferencia de prensa el titular de la Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE), Federico Arturo Garza Herrera. Según la FGE, Galindo Pérez perdió la
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