March 2021

The county attorney for a largely Black community in Georgia was pushing to limit voting access in the state. Residents there protested — and now he’s out

March 19, 2021 12:28 PM CNN Newsource

A state lawmaker leading an effort to restrict voting rights in Georgia has been asked to resign from his role as attorney for a majority-Black county where residents as recently as 2015 accused other local officials of “making Black votes disappear.” State Rep. Barry Fleming, R-Harlem, is cosponsoring a bill that’s among more than 250

La pandemia de covid-19 por poco no sucede, muestra un nuevo estudio de datación genética

March 19, 2021 12:20 PM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — La pandemia de coronavirus por poco no sucede, muestra un nuevo estudio. Los investigadores que trabajan para mostrar cuándo y cómo surgió el virus por primera vez en China calculan que probablemente el virus no infectó al primer ser humano antes de octubre de 2019 como muy pronto. Y sus modelos mostraron algo

Fallas en WhatsApp, Instagram y Facebook

March 19, 2021 12:13 PM CNN Newsource

(CNN Español) — Si tienes problemas con WhatsApp, Instagram o Facebook no eres el único. Los problemas más comunes a esta hora con la app de mensajería son que no se pueden recibir ni enviar mensajes y que no conecta, según DownDetector, una página web que registra reportes de fallas de apps populares. Whatsapp, como

New Mexico lawmakers debate marijuana legalization bill as time runs short

March 19, 2021 12:11 PM Kate Bieri

SANTA FE, New Mexico — With fewer than 24 hours left in this year’s legislative session, senators are expected to vote on a bill that will legalize recreational cannabis in New Mexico. At noon on Friday, the New Mexico Senate was set to consider a number of bills, including House Bill 12, otherwise known as

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard calls for action after his player accuses Slavia Prague opponent of racist abuse

March 19, 2021 12:09 PM CNN Newsource

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard says he hopes the alleged racism directed at his player Glen Kamara during a match on Thursday does not get “brushed under the carpet.” Following his side’s 0-2 Europa League defeat to Slavia Prague, Gerrard spoke to the media where he confirmed that Kamara told him that he was racially abused

Democrat introduces resolution to expel GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

March 19, 2021 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California formally introduced a resolution Friday to expel Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, suggesting that she “advocated violence against our peers, the Speaker and our government.” “I take no joy in introducing this resolution, but any member who cites political violence and threatens our lives must be

Soldier’s letters make final journey home

March 19, 2021 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story PARK HILLS, Missouri (Daily Journal) — Connie Garner was just 2 when her dad was killed in action in the Korean War. On March 19, 1951, 70 years ago today, Cpl. Robert Eugene Bell, who was from Flat River, was killed during Operation Ripper in South Korea. He

Michigan sees worrying spike in Covid-19 cases as state prepares to open mass vaccination site

March 19, 2021 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

Covid-19 infections are on the rise across the country, with Michigan (+50%) among the states witnessing the largest spikes, according to Johns Hopkins University. Michigan cases have been climbing since the last week of February, and the state has reported the second highest number of cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the United

Fallas en WhatsApp, Instagram y Facebook: usuarios reportan problemas

March 19, 2021 11:58 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN Español) — Si tienes problemas con WhatsApp, Instagram o Facebook no eres el único. Los problemas más comunes a esta hora con la app de mensajería son que no se pueden recibir ni enviar mensajes y que no conecta, según DownDetector, una página web que registra reportes de fallas de apps populares. Whatsapp, como

Claire, a 12-year-old elephant at Omaha’s zoo, is pregnant and due in 2022

March 19, 2021 11:55 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — Zookeepers in Omaha are about to be busy baby-proofing the place. But they have about a year before Claire, a 12-year-old African elephant, welcomes a calf. Officials at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium announced Claire’s big news on Thursday. Claire will give

Running to replace husband who died from Covid-19, Julia Letlow hopes to bring her own experience to Congress

March 19, 2021 11:48 AM CNN Newsource

Julia Letlow didn’t expect to be on a ballot this Saturday. Three and half months ago, her husband had won the election for Louisiana’s 5th District in an early December runoff. But he never made it to Congress, dying from complications of Covid-19 before he was sworn in. Letlow, a university administrator who wrote a

Woman gains national attention for returning library book after 63 years

March 19, 2021 11:47 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — When Betty Diamond returned a book to the Queens Public Library recently after 63 years, she calculated what she might have owed. Diamond said the fine was 2 cents a day in 1957, when she was a 10-year-old in Whitestone, Queens. At

Fate of stolen $2M Ferrari in Buffalo court: Home to Italy or to a Florida car collection?

March 19, 2021 11:45 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (The Buffalo News) — A fight for a Ferrari is brewing in federal court in Buffalo. And it’s not over some everyday, run-of-the-mill Ferrari that costs a couple hundred thousand dollars. The fair market value for this red 1996 Ferrari F50 – one of just

Fallas en WhatsApp: usuarios reportan problemas para enviar mensajes

March 19, 2021 11:41 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN Español) — Si tienes problemas con WhatsApp, no eres el único. Los problemas más comunes a esta hora con la app de mensajería son que no se pueden recibir ni enviar mensajes y que no conecta, según DownDetector, una página web que registra reportes de fallas de apps populares. Whatsapp es propiedad de Facebook.

White House says Biden is ‘100% fine’ after he tripped boarding Air Force One

March 19, 2021 11:41 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden is doing “100% fine” after he tripped while walking up the stairs to board Air Force One earlier Friday, White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. Biden stumbled as he climbed the plane’s steps, initially appearing to trip, get up, then trip a second time. He struggled to get up

Biden ‘proud’ of Blinken after tense exchange with Chinese officials

March 19, 2021 11:36 AM CNN

President Joe Biden said Friday he was “proud” of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a day after the top US diplomat pushed back against Chinese officials in an unusually public and tense diplomatic exchange. “I’m very proud of the secretary of state,” Biden said when asked by reporters on the South Lawn for his reaction

Migrant family stuck at border in Tijuana details harrowing violence in homeland

March 19, 2021 11:35 AM CNN

Click here for updates on this story TIJUANA, Mexico (KABC) — Hundreds of families from Mexico, Central America and other nations are stuck in encampments at the border in Tijuana as they attempt to seek asylum in the United States. One such family spoke to Eyewitness News reporter Anabel Munoz, who visited the encampments with

Video shows what led up to undercover officer’s beating during protest

March 19, 2021 11:33 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The video shot by undercover St. Louis Police Detective Luther Hall the night he said he was beaten by three St. Louis officers was released Thursday. The video starts with showing people running in downtown St. Louis while shouting is heard. When Hall stops

The Fed is yanking away big banks’ ‘get out of jail free’ card

March 19, 2021 11:29 AM CNN Newsource

Federal regulators said Friday they won’t extend a Covid relief provision granted to big banks, dashing Wall Street’s hopes for an extension. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and other big bank stocks retreated on the news, helping to drive the Dow down as much as about 300 points, or 1%. US Treasury yields also crept higher,

Modern-day miracle as 2 men find kidnapped baby girl

March 19, 2021 11:13 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — It’s a modern-day miracle. “I’m very blessed that God has put Royalty and her mother back together,” said Donnie Howell. “My window was down, no music was playing, I got about right there to the cone, and she was screaming.” After hours of separation, kidnapped

EU regulator declares AstraZeneca vaccine safe, but experts fear damage has been done

March 19, 2021 11:10 AM CNN

The European Union’s medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries suspended their rollouts following reports that it could be linked to blood clots. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s executive director Emer Cooke said the agency had “come to a clear scientific conclusion: this is a

Sharon Stone says she was misled about explicit interrogation scene in ‘Basic Instinct’ — Vanity Fair

March 19, 2021 11:09 AM CNN Newsource

Sharon Stone says she wasn’t warned that her genitals would be exposed in the infamous interrogation scene in “Basic Instinct.” In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, published in Vanity Fair, the Golden Globe-winning actress talked about filming the 1992 erotic drama, saying that although the movie made her a star, the “terrifying” experience of

Regulators reject Wall Street’s calls to extend Covid relief for big banks

March 19, 2021 11:07 AM CNN Newsource

Federal regulators said Friday they won’t extend a Covid relief provision granted to big banks, dashing Wall Street’s hopes for an extension. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and other big bank stocks retreated on the news, helping to drive the Dow down as much as about 300 points, or 1%. US Treasury yields also crept higher,

Bikini waxes, lashes and blowouts: It’s time to return to our pre-pandemic selves

March 19, 2021 11:06 AM CNN Newsource

After months of sporting the “casual look” — in some cases surrendering fully to our inner shaggy and shabby — consumers are itching to trim, wax and glue their way back to their glorious pre-pandemic selves. Service providers for body waxes, eyelash extensions and one-hour shampoo and blowout combos say their business has revved up

Modern-day miracle as two men find kidnapped baby girl

March 19, 2021 10:51 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — It’s a modern-day miracle. “I’m very blessed that God has put Royalty and her mother back together,” said Donnie Howell. “My window was down, no music was playing, I got about right there to the cone, and she was screaming.” After hours of

BioNTech ‘turning every stone’ to scale up vaccine production, co-founder tells CNN

March 19, 2021 10:49 AM CNN Newsource

The makers of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are “turning every stone” to scale up production capacity as Europe continues to suffer from a deficit in vaccine supply. In an exclusive interview with CNN, BioNTech co-founder and chief medical officer Özlem Türeci said the company is “continuously reevaluating how the target we have already set could

Environmentalist icon unveils bridge repurposing project “Bison Bridge”

March 19, 2021 10:44 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story Environmentalist icon unveils bridge repurposing project “Bison Bridge” (WQAD) — Environmentalist icon, Quad City native, and President of Living Lands and Waters Chad Pregracke unveiled a project to repurpose the I-80 bridge to bring new interest to the Quad Cities from the local and national level by turning

Hailey Bieber on marrying Justin ‘insanely young’

March 19, 2021 10:31 AM CNN Newsource

Hailey Bieber knows getting married when you’re in your 20s may not seem like such a good idea to many people, but for her and Justin Bieber, it worked. “I mean, I was married when I was 21, two months before I turned 22, which is insanely young,” the model told Elle magazine in their

Watch astronauts relocate a spacecraft outside the International Space Station

March 19, 2021 10:30 AM CNN Newsource

The astronauts on the International Space Station have already conducted five spacewalks so far this year — and now they’re going to relocate a spacecraft outside of the orbiting laboratory. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, along with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, will fly the Soyuz MS-17 capsule from its current port to another

Biden ‘proud’ of Biinken after tense exchange with Chinese officials

March 19, 2021 10:24 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden said Friday he was “proud” of Secretary of State Tony Blinken, a day after the top US diplomat pushed back against Chinese officials in an unusually public and tense diplomatic exchange. “I’m very proud of the secretary of state,” Biden said when asked by reporters on the South Lawn for his reaction

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