It’s been nearly a year since healthcare worker, Peter Woullard, has walked on his own. The 53-year-old, who contracted Covid-19 last March, lost his ability to stand and walk after spending months in the hospital fighting for his life. “I have nerve damage in certain areas of my body and also weakness,” he told CNN
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A dozen major companies earned an F for failing to publicly address the growing problem of toxic chemicals that may be in the products they sell to consumers, according to the 2021 Who’s Minding the Store? A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals. The report is a collaboration of nonprofit partner organizations,
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How Covid-weary Americans behave now will decide how many are yet to die. President Joe Biden on Monday warned that “now is not the time” to ease masking and social distancing and one of the country’s top health chiefs, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, admitted to feelings of “impending doom” even as hope rises that the beginning
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The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party faced swift backlash Friday for comments in which he called the three top Democratic women in the state “witches” and quipped about “assassination” as a way to rid the state of two Republican congressman who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Ron Weiser said in a tweet
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The newly hired head of diversity and inclusion at US Special Operations Command has been reassigned as the military conducts an investigation of his controversial social media posts, military spokesmen said Monday, including one that appeared to compare former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. On June 20, Richard Torres-Estrada posted a picture of Trump
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Federal prosecutors filed sex trafficking charges against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, alleging she recruited and groomed a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex acts with Epstein as recently as 2004. Prosecutors allege Maxwell and Epstein recruited the underage girl to perform massages that turned sexual at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence. In
Continue Reading Under real world conditions, the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines provide highly effective protection, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At full vaccination, the vaccines were 90% effective at preventing infections, including infections that had no symptoms. At least 14 days after first dose but before second
Continue Reading In the wake of two (more) high-profile mass shootings, we’re (again) talking about guns — and whether Congress will do anything to restrict people from purchasing them. That debate occasioned this exchange on Sunday between “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (bolding is mine): Wallace: “Senator, first of
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El Paso, Texas — High school yearbooks are normally filled with photos from school events held throughout the year, but for the class of 2021 many of those milestone moments didn’t happen due to the pandemic creating a challenge for high school yearbook students. “Just having to do everything online and having to try and
Continue Reading A federal jury in St. Louis returned a mixed verdict Monday in the case of three police officers accused of beating a fellow officer working undercover. Luther Hall, who was identified in a civil suit he filed, went undercover in 2017 during a protest concerning another police shooting of a Black man. Hall, himself, is
Continue Reading Rep. Jody Hice, a Republican, announced last week that he is running for Georgia secretary of state, the state’s top elections job. His 2022 campaign was immediately endorsed by former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly launched dishonest attacks against the Republican currently in the post, Brad Raffensperger. And then Hice went on television and
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EL PASO, Texas — The number of dogs entered into the city of El Paso’s animal shelter in 2020 drastically decreased from the previous year, bringing mixed reactions from Animal Services and an El Paso animal rescue. To prevent overcrowding in the animal shelter, El Paso Animal Services started a new program that allows residents
Continue Reading The number of unaccompanied migrant children in border facilities reached its highest point on Sunday since the federal government began releasing data last week. There were 5,767 children in Customs and Border Protection custody on Sunday, up from 5,495 children on Thursday. The numbers have gone up each day the data has been released, and
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EL PASO, Texas — It appears a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children at Fort Bliss could see its first arrivals on Tuesday. That’s according to Congressman Tony Gonzalez, whose Texas District 23 covers part of far east El Paso. He was briefed by Fort Bliss officials on Monday. I visited Fort Bliss to see the
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EL PASO, Texas – Monday was not a good day for El Paso schools looking to keep their state title hopes alive. In Class 5A, the Bel Air High School boys team lost to Amarillo Palo Duro, 2-1 in the area round of the high school soccer playoffs. The Highlanders were hoping to reach to
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(CNN) — En la dark web o internet oscura están a la venta tarjetas de vacunación falsificadas y lo que se ofrece como vacunas contra el coronavirus, de acuerdo a un informe publicado el martes. Investigadores de la compañía de ciberseguridad Check Point Software dijeron que descubrieron listados de vacunas contra el covid-19 de varias
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EL PASO, Texas– As case numbers, hospitalizations and Covid-19 related deaths continue to decrease, it appears El Paso is now trending in the right direction against the Coronavirus. The decrease in Covid-19 infections in recent weeks has the City of El Paso eyeing reopening facilities much missed by the public. It has been a year
Continue Reading A man who was fatally shot three days ago by a Virginia Beach police officer was wielding a handgun, the department said Monday in a news release. Donovon Lynch, a 25-year-old Black man, died Friday night after he was shot in the torso and thigh, according to a news release from the Virginia Office of
Continue Reading The US is entering a confusing time in the pandemic with vaccine distribution numbers soaring to new heights at the same time infection rates tick up nationwide. An influential coronavirus model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington projects that daily deaths and infections will trend down in the
Continue Reading As a congressional candidate last year in Nevada, Dan Rodimer pitched himself as “a small business man, a family man, living in the suburbs.” Now as a candidate for the US House of Representatives in Texas, gone is the suburban family guy in a transformation impossible to overlook. Rodimer is now pitching himself as a
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció este lunes que el 90% de los adultos será elegible para recibir una vacuna contra el coronavirus en las próximas tres semanas. También señaló que contarán con un sitio de vacunación a 8 kilómetros de donde viven. (Crédito: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) «La gran, gran, mayoría
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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. Tonight: Global banks are, once again, learning about the dangers of excessive leverage; the Great Stuck may be unstuck, but the Suez saga isn’t over; and the housing market has truly
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Desde la perspectiva de los medios, el juicio del exagente de policía de Minneapolis Derek Chauvin será el mayor juicio de la era de la transmisión en directo o «streaming». Los argumentos de apertura comenzarán alrededor de las 10 am hora de Miami este lunes. La gente estará mirando en servicios de
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An ABC-7 First Alert is in place for Tuesday. I expect the winds to gradually increase during the afternoon and evening along with some patchy blowing dust and sand. Temps will also be very warm with temps in the low to mid 80’s. The record high is 86 degrees. Temps will cool down behind a
Continue Reading A man charged with storming the Capitol and later threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also allegedly posted racist messages online advocating for the public execution of a Black police officer that he believed killed a pro-Trump protester, federal prosecutors said Monday. Prosecutors said that in the days after the January 6 attack, Garret Miller became obsessed
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EL PASO, Texas – In what has become the most common theme of college basketball offseasons, the UTEP Miners have lost their second player to the NCAA transfer portal in the last two weeks. Forward Efe Odigie, who played in 14 games this season and proved a legitimate part of Rodney Terry’s rotation, has entered
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Sergio Agüero anunció este lunes que se marchará del Manchester City al final de esta temporada. El argentino publicó una carta en Instagram para ponerle punto final a una etapa de 10 campañas con el club inglés. A sus 32 años, el delantero dice que buscará nuevos horizontes y que llegará luego
Continue Reading Some of the heaviest rainfall in Nashville’s history caused flooding that killed at least six people over the weekend. Authorities identified three of the six victims as men in their 60s and 70s who drowned after driving as floodwaters ravaged the area. One of them was swept away by floodwaters when he got out of
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SOCORRO, Texas — A victim was shot and seriously wounded in Socorro on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The gunfire happened about 2 p.m. in the 11600 block of Datsun Road. Socorro police detectives were at the scene investigating throughout the afternoon. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital in serious condition. Police did not
Continue Reading Some of the heaviest rainfall in Nashville’s history caused flooding that killed at least six people over the weekend. Authorities identified three of the six victims as men in their 60s and 70s who drowned after driving as floodwaters ravaged the area. One of them was swept away by floodwaters when he got out of
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