Shut out of the stimulus package that passed the House last week, hospitals and nursing homes are hoping they can convince the Senate to give them an additional infusion of funding in its version of the $1.9 trillion relief bill. Congress last year created and poured $178 billion into the Provider Relief Fund to help
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(CNN) — Cinco investigadores elegidos de forma independiente han centrado su atención en el expresidente Donald Trump, una señal de que sus problemas legales van en aumento, puesto que ya no disfruta de las protecciones que una vez le otorgó la Oficina Oval. Trump ahora enfrenta investigaciones dirigidas por funcionarios electos desde Georgia hasta Nueva
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El gobierno de Joe de Biden podría reunir a las familias migrantes separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México durante el mandato del expresidente Donald Trump, afirmó este lunes el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas lidera el grupo de trabajo de reunificación de familias establecido por el presidente Joe
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 14 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. El Paso County’s pandemic death toll now stands at 2,086, with 329 additional suspected Covid-19 deaths currently under investigation by local health officials. The latest virus fatalities include: 1 man in his 30s1 man in his 40s3
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Once described as a vulnerable target of the scheme, a former Sarah Lawrence College student has been charged in a sex trafficking conspiracy and money laundering case, according to a grand jury indictment. Isabella Pollok has been charged with one count each of racketeering conspiracy, extortion conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy and money laundering, according to
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Americans have received some good news lately about the coronavirus. But that doesn’t mean we’re in the clear yet, experts warn. A third Covid-19 vaccine –– Johnson & Johnson’s single shot — has been authorized for emergency use and is now on its way to states across the country. And for several weeks, Covid-19 cases
Continue Reading Not sleeping well? Your smartphone could be the culprit. That bright, soothing rectangle of light may sap melatonin levels and make it hard to get to sleep. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Una de cada 10 personas que viven con alguien con covid-19 se contagiará, indica un nuevo estudio publicado en la revista JAMA. En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta habla del estudio sobre el contagio en el hogar y analiza los resultados. Puedes escuchar este episodio en Spotify o tu plataforma de
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — La senadora demócrata Elizabeth Warren enfrenta una batalla cuesta arriba para persuadir a Washington de que respalde su propuesta de un impuesto a los ultramillonarios, comenzando por convencer a la secretaria del Tesoro de su propio partido. Janet Yellen, a quien Warren elogió el año pasado como una «elección sobresaliente»
Continue Reading FBI Director Chris Wray will finally have to answer questions about the January 6 insurrection when he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, his first public testimony since the deadly riot occurred nearly two months ago. The hearing will also mark Wray’s first public appearance since the White House announced in January that he
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California leaders have reached an agreement to encourage schools to resume in-person classes by the end of March. The agreement combines proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom and from California’s legislature to provide $6.6 billion to help return schools to in-person learning. “We incentivize opening up our schools by providing real resources to do it,” Newsom
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Taylor Swift is over the jokes. The singer tweeted Monday to express her displeasure with a joke included in the Netflix series “Ginny & Georgia.” “Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back,” Swift tweeted along with a close caption of the joke “What do you care? You
Continue Reading And then there were three. There are now three Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. All three will be distributed across the United States. Many people are wondering which Covid-19 vaccine they should get: Is one better for certain groups
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, reafirmó la importancia de la relación entre su país y México durante una reunión virtual virtual con su homólogo mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el martes en la Casa Blanca. “Estados Unidos y México son más fuertes cuando nos mantenemos unidos. Hay una historia larga y
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El príncipe Felipe de Reino Unido, esposo de la reina Isabel II, fue trasladado a otro hospital de Londres este lunes para recibir tratamiento por una infección y evaluar una condición cardíaca preexistente, anunció el Palacio de Buckingham. Al duque de Edimburgo, de 99 años, lo ingresaron al Hospital King Edward VII el
Continue Reading (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump y la exprimera dama Melania Trump recibieron la vacuna contra el covid-19 en la Casa Blanca en enero, dijo el lunes un asesor de Trump a CNN. No estaba claro de inmediato cuál vacuna o cuántas dosis había recibido cada uno. Fauci: Me pondría cualquier vacuna
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China’s Nio is continuing its turnaround and even eyeing a push abroad. But the wannabe “Tesla killer” isn’t on completely sure footing just yet. Sales for the automaker climbed significantly higher in the fourth quarter of 2020, it reported Monday, though losses also widened more than expected. Nio posted a net loss of almost 1.4
Continue Reading Hundreds of schoolgirls that were kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria have been rescued, authorities said. The 279 girls were abducted on Friday by armed men who raided their state-run school in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State, a high-ranking government official with knowledge of the incident told CNN. Yusuf Idris, a spokesman for the regional governor, said
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The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures. “Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” said Dr. Rochelle
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A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Si la industria del entretenimiento realmente quiere que los Golden Globes enmienden su acto, entonces la ceremonia incómoda y llena de fallas técnicas desperdició una oportunidad de oro. Y, a la vez, resaltó los problemas que enfrentan todos los premios en este entorno impactado por la pandemia. La Asociación de Prensa Extranjera de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos apeló el fallo de un juez federal que declaró inconstitucional una moratoria de desalojos dispuesta por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) como una emergencia sanitaria. El Departamento de Justicia se pronunció el sábado a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El gobierno de Puerto Rico comenzó a explorar el desarrollo de una antigua base de la Marina de Estados Unidos en el municipio de Ceiba, en el este de la isla, a través de la Autoridad de Puertos. En ese sentido, el gobierno propuso para ese fin el aeropuerto regional José Aponte
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Jorge G. Castañeda es colaborador de CNN. Fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México de 2000 a 2003. Actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York y su libro más reciente, “America Through Foreign Eyes”, fue publicado por Oxford University Press en 2020. (CNN Español) — Una reforma inmigratoria integral figura
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Dr. Anthony Fauci, el principal experto en enfermedades infecciosas de EE.UU., instó el domingo a los estadounidenses a tomar cualquiera de las tres vacunas contra el coronavirus «altamente eficaces» que ahora están disponibles y no demorar en recibir una vacuna para esperar cualquier otra. Sus comentarios se producen después de que la
Continue Reading A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los Golden Globes se entregaron la noche de este domingo. Esta es la lista completa de nominados y ganadores. FOTOS | Globo de Oro 2021: una ceremonia distinta por la pandemia TELEVISIÓN Mejor actor en una serie de televisión – Musical o comedia Don Cheadle – «Black Monday» Nicholas Hoult – «The Great»
Continue Reading Addiction to smartphones will result in poor sleep, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in Frontiers in Psychiatry, looked at smartphone use among 1,043 students between the ages of 18 and 30 at King’s College London. Researchers asked the students to complete two questionnaires on their sleep quality and smartphone usage, in
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EL PASO, Texas — Monday, the UTEP football team officially kicked off their 2021 campaign with the start of spring practices. This will be the 4th season for UTEP head coach Dana Dimel. Dimel and his Miners are coming off a 3-5 record last season, the most wins for coach Dimel during his time at
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Earlier this year tensions between ABC News anchors George Stephanopoulos and David Muir boiled over to the point that Stephanopoulos threatened to walk to a rival network, according to sources close to the matter. In an unusual intervention, Disney executive chairman Bob Iger flew across the country to broker peace at ABC News. Iger smoothed
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