(CNN) — Ocho personas murieron en tres salones de masajes del área metropolitana de Atlanta el martes, y el principal sospechoso fue arrestado a 240 kilómetros de distancia después de una dramática persecución en automóvil, según la policía. Los sangrientos ataques, que ocurrieron en el espacio de aproximadamente una hora, ocurrieron en dos salones en
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WASHIINGTON, DC — About 90 million stimulus payments, totaling more than $242 billion, have been sent as of Wednesday, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said. That likely covers more than half of the households eligible for this third round of payments, which were included in the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill signed into
Continue Reading It’s been a long year for Disneyland fans, but “The Happiest Place On Earth” is finally set to reopen its doors. The flagship Disney resort, which houses Disneyland and its sister theme park California Adventure, plans to reopen with limited capacity on April 30, the company announced on Wednesday. Disneyland’s doors in Anaheim, California, have
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DALLAS, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke on Wednesday about the influx of unaccompanied children crossing into the state across the U.S.-Mexico border. Abbott made his remarks at a news conference in Dallas, one of two Texas cities the Biden administration has recently identified to host temporary shelters for thousands of migrant children. The Washington Post reported the locations
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Fernando Alonso just can’t get enough of the thrill of traveling at speed. That goes for both two wheels as well as four. After stepping away from Formula One in 2018, the two-time world champion is back this season, on a familiar team — formerly known as Renault, but now racing under the new name
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las estadísticas son impresionantes. Más de 400.000 niños migrantes han cruzado la frontera de Estados Unidos sin sus padres desde 2003. Y cada vez que llega una nueva ola, sigue la controversia política. Los números están incrementándose de nuevo, con algunos niños que llegan de tan solo 6 o 7 años. Este aumento
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House Republicans on Wednesday voted to reverse their conference-wide ban on earmarks, according to two sources familiar with the vote, marking a change after the spending practice had been banned for a decade. The vote, which was conducted via secret ballot, happened as Democrats are preparing to allow earmarks in upcoming spending and infrastructure legislation.
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The largest union-owned bank in the United States announced its support for reparations for African Americans on Wednesday. Amalgamated Bank became the first major American bank to endorse HR 40, a piece of legislation sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee that creates a commission to develop reparation proposals for African Americans. The bank also called
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Click here for updates on this story EUREKA, Missouri (KMOV) — Eureka High School parents say patches on the baseball team’s hats weren’t meant to be political, but rather a show of support for the military and first responders. “Eureka is a really strong community when it comes to military, their firefighters, their police, EMS,
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The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to renew the lapsed Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation championed by President Joe Biden. A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the VAWA, as it is known, was introduced in the House earlier this month by Democratic Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and House Judiciary
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CARROLLTON, Michigan (WNEM) — Carrollton Township Police removed 24 dogs from a home where they believe the owner was illegally breeding. Officers can been investigating the home with Saginaw County Animal Care and Control for suspected animal cruelty. They didn’t have enough evidence for a search warrant until
Continue Reading The House is pushing forward with a joint resolution to remove a deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, after a recent federal court ruling said the deadline for the ERA expired long ago. Proponents of the ERA believe the court ruling signaled that it’s now up to Congress to validate their argument
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said he is still making a decision on withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan ahead of a May 1 deadline set by former President Donald Trump, saying it “could happen, but it is tough.” “I’m in the process of making that decision now as to when they’ll leave. The fact is, that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A group of actors is putting a twist on a Shakespearean classic as they prepare for Hamlet Under the Bridge. “This unused space kind of like a dead area in Saginaw and I consider one of the more beautiful real arts areas of Saginaw
Continue Reading Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers Wednesday that the US-Mexico border is secure and repeated that it is “not open,” as the administration faces an ongoing influx of migrants. His appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee comes as the Biden administration struggles to accommodate the growing number of children crossing the US-Mexico border
Continue Reading The Senate confirmed Katherine Tai to serve as US trade representative on Wednesday, giving her a key role to smooth supply chains shaken by the pandemic, implement a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada and address a multitude of challenges with China. Tai, the daughter of immigrants from Taiwan, is the first woman of
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dos variantes de coronavirus detectadas por primera vez en California son ahora oficialmente «variantes de preocupación», anunciaron los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Las variantes pueden ser aproximadamente un 20% más transmisibles, dijeron los CDC, citando investigaciones preliminares. Algunos tratamientos contra
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Food choices can make all the difference when it comes to getting a good night’s rest. If you struggle with falling and staying asleep, or wake up feeling tired, it might be time to take inventory of what you’re eating and when. These eight diet habits can cause you to toss and turn, so avoid
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Sanidad de España notificó que este martes se registraron dos nuevos casos sospechosos de reacciones adversas a la vacuna contra el coronavirus de AstraZeneca. Con base en los datos del Sistema Español de Farmacovigilancia, una persona desarrolló una hemorragia que le provocó la muerte, y la otra persona sufre
Continue Reading Londres (CNN) — En el espacio de unos pocos días, la aplicación de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Oxford-AstraZeneca se ha estancado en prácticamente toda Europa occidental. Francia, España, Alemania, Italia y más de una docena de otros países han detenido el despliegue de la vacuna, calificándola de medida de precaución debido a preocupaciones
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushed back Wednesday against Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s border policies, refusing to say that the surge of migrant children entering the United States is a “crisis.” As GOP members of Congress argued that President Joe Biden had wrongly rolled back immigration
Continue Reading The SPAC market is so hot that this year’s fundraising haul has already surpassed all of 2020’s. And it’s not even April. Understandably, the world’s largest asset manager worries the SPAC boom is overdone. “If you look at the SPAC market, there’s some really attractive new companies and new technologies coming to the market that
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Los infectólogos suelen ser muy categóricos con los tratamientos para combatir el VIH: es necesario mantenerlos en el tiempo y tomar regularmente los antirretrovirales. Así se logran mantener las defensas altas, que se expresa en los en los llamados linfocitos CD4; y tener una carga viral indetectable. Es decir, tener tan poca
Continue Reading Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the recent lethal shootings at a series of spas in the Atlanta area, marking her most formal remarks about the ongoing issue of violence against the Asian American community. “It is tragic. Our country, the President and I and all of us, we grieve for the loss,” said Harris, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — It’s critical work, truly tasked with stopping the spread of COVID-19. “So, really anywhere that patients go, we follow right after, so whether it’s to the doctor’s office or surgical unit, or units with ICU’s, we clean the common areas, public spaces, patient rooms,
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Sharon Osbourne says she’d like to turn her argument on “The Talk” into a teachable moment. “I very much want to listen to the youth,” Osbourne told “Entertainment Tonight” in an exclusive interview which aired Tuesday. “Do I have my finger on the pulse of what’s going on, with the Black situation in this country?
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Canada has expanded its rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, reversing an earlier recommendation that it not to be given to seniors, even as more European nations moved to suspend its use. Citing recent real-world evidence from the United Kingdom, a Canadian expert advisory panel on Tuesday updated its recommendation on the vaccine to now include
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — This week has brought joy and comfort into the lives of many seniors, who’ve been able to have family to their rooms for the first time in almost a year. The last time Leonard Dunaway’s family visited him at Homestead of Olathe Memory Care
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“We’re just tired,” Will Lex Ham of New York City tells CNN. “We’re tired of being scapegoated.” Ham’s sentiments echo the fatigue, frustration and collective trauma experienced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) due to recent racist attacks on their communities. For many in the AAPI community, just leaving home requires a new routine
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – No es secreto que la música latina, en específico la urbana, domina en las listas de reproducciones y no solo reina en América Latina, sino más allá de nuestro continente. Mucho le tenemos que agradecer a «Despacito», la canción compuesta por Luis Fonsi, Erika Ender y Daddy Yankee. El sencillo rompió récords
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