BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses
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(CNN) — El Gobierno de la Ciudad de México confirmó otra muerte por el derrumbe de un paso elevado del metro ocurrido el lunes de noche, con lo que la cifra total de fallecidos aumentó a 26. Además, 34 personas siguen hospitalizadas por la tragedia en la Linea 12, dijeron las autoridades. El Gobierno de
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UPDATE, May 10: Investigators said Monday that drunk driving was to blame for wrong-way car that crashed head-on into a Greyhound bus over the weekend along 1-10 east between Executive and Sunland Park. The intoxicated car driver, identified by police as 23–year old Alan Ray Harrawood of El Paso, was the lone fatality. His death
Continue Reading A Southern California air quality board voted Friday to require large warehouses to drastically cut diesel emissions in an apparent first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce pollution in the nation’s smoggiest region. “About half of the air pollutants that contribute to smog come from the goods movement industry, with the largest source being heavy-duty trucks heading to
Continue Reading A man who allegedly held five people captive during an eight-hour standoff at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota, wanted a “big show,” authorities said. Those held hostage in the bank said the suspect wanted the robbery to “go viral” and wanted to be a “martyr,” according to a criminal complaint filed in
Continue Reading Scientists want to build a radio telescope on the far side of the moon to help pull back the curtain on the mysteries surrounding the beginning of the universe. While not an official full-fledged NASA mission, the concept of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope, or LCRT, has been in development for years. The project recently
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The United States will likely reach its Covid-19 vaccination goals for the summer, but vaccine hesitancy and variants could still cause a surge in the winter, an influential model predicted Thursday. With more variants being identified around the world, like the B.1.617 that has sent cases skyrocketing in India, officials are racing to encourage Americans
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EL PASO, Texas – The bidistrict round of the high school baseball playoffs continued Friday, while the area round of the softball playoffs got underway. Some El Paso baseball teams were on the brink of elimination, while others were one win away from advancing to the area round. Meantime, five softball teams from El Paso
Continue Reading A Georgia woman was shocked to find a swarm of at least 100,000 bees living in her house — for the second time. Lisa Ohrmundt has been living in her home in Decatur for 14 years, and in that time she told CNN she has had to remove bees from her home four times. “Four
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Take a look at this motley crew. Lily James and Sebastian Stan are basically unrecognizable in the first photos of the pair transformed into Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, respectively, for the upcoming Hulu limited series “Pam & Tommy.” Hulu released the images on Friday. The series, which Hulu described as “comedic,” will tell “the
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Pitcher Wade Miley threw the first no-hitter of his MLB career as his Cincinnati Reds defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-0 on Friday night. Miley struck out eight players and walked one over the nine innings in Cleveland. “That’s so surreal,” Miley said after the feat. It was the fourth no-hitter in major league baseball this
Continue Reading Paul Van Doren, the co-founder of Vans sneaker and clothing company, has died at age 90, the company announced Friday. “It’s with a heavy heart that Vans announces the passing of our co-founder, Paul Van Doren,” the company tweeted. “Paul was not just an entrepreneur; he was an innovator.” Van Doren, a high school dropout,
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The funeral pyres in New Delhi tell the tragic story of an uncontrolled Covid-19 wave. For a world that’s grown numb to wave after wave of infection, the images of patients dying due to a lack of oxygen while others lie untended on the floor are a brutal reminder that this pandemic is far from
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On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an elections bill that makes it more difficult to vote. The Florida law is part of a cross-country Republican effort — in the wake of President Donald Trump’s lies about the integrity of the 2020 election — to impose new restrictions on voter access. DeSantis said Thursday that
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En diez días de manifestaciones miles de personas han salido a las calles de Colombia para protestar contra el gobierno de Iván Duque. Esa semana de protestas, en su mayoría pacíficas, también han dejado escenas dolorosas con decenas de muertos, enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y la fuerza pública, denuncias de abuso policial y
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Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — While the majority of Canadians will roll up their sleeve for a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s their turn, there are some who may want to consider an alternate injection site, such as the thigh. Because the COVID-19 vaccines are designed to be delivered
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For young people who are experiencing social isolation and loss during the pandemic, the mental health effects have been taxing. Research shows that depression and anxiety are prevalent among children and adolescents due to Covid-19. Keren Taylor, who started WriteGirl, a creative writing and mentoring program for teenagers in Los Angeles, has seen it firsthand.
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Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is receiving protection from the Arizona Department of Public Safety after fielding multiple death threats amid the election audit in Maricopa County. Hobbs has been a vocal opponent of the audit, which was demanded by Republican state senators and is being overseen by a purveyor of election conspiracies. The
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EL PASO, Texas – On gamedays, it’s tough to miss Church Bar in downtown El Paso. Just look for the El Paso Locomotive FC flag draped outside. And on the eve of Locomotive FC’s season opener, it means it’s time again to hoist the colors. “We hoisted it this weekend,” says bar manager Manuel Barquin. “We’ll
Continue Reading A TikTok video has led to fresh leads in the case of Sofia Juarez, who was abducted one day before her fifth birthday in 2003 as she walked near her home, according to police in Kennewick, Washington state. Users of the social media app TikTok contacted Kennewick police after seeing a video featuring a young
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un video de TikTok filmado en Culiacán, México, dio lugar a nuevas pistas en el caso de Sofia Juarez, una niña que fue secuestrada la noche del 4 de febrero de 2003, un día antes de cumplir cinco años, mientras caminaba cerca de su casa en Kennewick, en el estado de Washington, según
Continue Reading There are only about 200 California condors in the wild in California, but for some reason, 15 to 20 of the massive birds decided to congregate in one location — on a woman’s deck. Cinda Mickols, who lives about two hours outside Los Angeles in Tehachapi, California, told CNN that she was coming back into
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Como todos los viernes, el Dr. Elmer Huerta responde las dudas de la audiencia, en su mayoría sobre la vacuna contra el covid-19. Desde cuál es la mejor vacuna para recibir hasta efectos secundarios. Además, respondemos preguntas sobre las formas de contagio. Puedes escuchar este episodio en Spotify o tu plataforma de
Continue Reading (CNN) — Antes de espantar a una avispa en tu próximo picnic, detente a pensar en las hermosas y delicadas orquídeas martillo. Estas flores australianas evolucionaron para parecerse a la parte trasera de una avispa thynnidae hembra: se trata de una artimañana para atraer a las avispas macho. Cuando una avispa trata de ligar con
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police SWAT team raided a home in northeast El Paso on Friday evening and arrested a man as a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter circled overhead. The raid happened around 7 p.m. in the area of Kenworthy Street and Lucy Drive, which was about an hour after
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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday that prohibits transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports in schools, according to the records of the state legislature. Gianforte signed the measure, House Bill 112, into law two weeks after the final version of the bill passed both houses of the state legislature. Nearly three dozen
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UPDATE, May 10: Investigators on Monday blamed “driver inattention” for a deadly crash last Friday where a pickup truck slammed into the rear of a semi-truck along westbound US 70 just outside the Las Cruces city limits. The Office of the Medical Investigator said the pickup driver, identified as 66-year-old Donald Haynie of Las Cruces,
Continue Reading It’s the little chopper that could. After four historic flights, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully flew to a new destination. The 4-pound chopper conducted a one-way flight to its new airfield on Friday. As with previous flights, Ingenuity took off from Wright Brothers Field, but it’s not coming back. This time, Ingenuity ascended 16 feet
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Roberto Izurieta es director de Proyectos Latinoamericanos en la Universidad George Washington. Ha trabajado en campañas políticas en varios países de América Latina y España, y fue asesor de los presidentes Alejandro Toledo, de Perú; Vicente Fox, de México, y Álvaro Colom, de Guatemala. Izurieta también es colaborador de CNN en Español.
Continue Reading Asian American and Pacific Islanders in New York City have the highest rate of vaccination among adult residents with at least one Covid-19 shot, according to New York City’s Citywide Immunization Registry. However, community advocates say the achievement hides disparities that remain between groups that happen to fall under the same demographic umbrella. Asian American,
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