At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing or separated from their families Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya confirmed the updated death toll in a statement Monday, adding it would probably rise as first responders
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Faced with a return to in-person learning in the fall — and with no option for remote schooling — New York parents are hopeful — but also anxious about what the city will do to safeguard the health of their children. With vaccinations increasing and cases decreasing, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced
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George (CNN) — Ha pasado un año desde que George Floyd murió a manos de un agente de policía de Minneapolis, lo que provocó protestas mundiales. Este martes, simpatizantes, activistas y su familia lo recordarán con una serie de homenajes y marchas. Desde Dallas hasta Washington y Minneapolis, el nombre de George Floyd resonará en
Continue Reading A 29-year-old Jewish man, who was attacked in a New York City gang assault said Friday that he could not understand why there was so much hate directed at him. Joseph Borgen told CNN’s Don Lemon he doesn’t want revenge on the crowd that punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed him while shouting anti-Semitic slurs on Thursday
Continue Reading A second person has been arrested in connection with the attack on a Jewish man near Times Square during protests in New York City last week, the New York Police Department said Monday. The NYPD arrested Faisal Elezzi, 25, and is recommending charges of assault as a hate crime, menacing as a hate crime and
Continue Reading A federal judge has ruled that a 15-year-old soccer player should be able to be signed by the National Women’s Soccer League despite the league’s existing age restriction. In a ruling issued Monday, Judge Karin Immergut approved a temporary restraining order that would require the NWSL to lift its age restrictions, allowing Olivia Moultrie to
Continue Reading A 21-year-old University of Cincinnati soccer player drowned in a state park in Ohio over the weekend, authorities said. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) said witnesses reported Allyson Sidloski, of Strongsville, Ohio was hanging from the platform of a boat before disappearing into the water in East Fork State Park just before 5
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At least 25 states, plus Washington, DC, have now fully vaccinated at least half of their adult residents, data published Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Those states are Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon,
Continue Reading At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing or separated from their families Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya confirmed the updated death toll in a statement Monday, adding it would probably rise as first responders
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Academia Nacional de Medicina de Venezuela urge “la colaboración y cooperación internacional para obtener las dosis de vacunas necesarias y así evitar la profundización de la compleja emergencia humanitaria que ha estado afectando al país desde 2016”, de acuerdo con un artículo publicado en The Lancet. La Academia también alerta sobre
Continue Reading (CNN en Español) — Tras más de seis horas de debate, el presidente del Senado de Colombia, Arturo Char, levantó la sesión de la plenaria y citó a que continúe el 25 de mayo para votar la moción de censura contra el ministro de Defensa, Diego Molano. En el debate, varios senadores intervinieron y el ministro
Continue Reading The pilot whose fighter jet crashed after it took off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas has died, according to a release from the base’s public affairs unit. The pilot, who was not identified, was a contractor and the aircraft was owned and operated by Draken US, a Florida-based company that provides “adversary
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Sugar Land Skeeters defeated the El Paso Chihuahuas by a score of 7-2 for the second consecutive night Monday, handing El Paso its fifth consecutive loss. John Andreoli and Gosuke Katoh hit home runs on back-to-back pitches in the top of the sixth inning for El Paso’s
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Connecticut Sun head coach and general manager Curt Miller has been fined $10,000 and suspended for one game after making a comment to a game official regarding Liz Cambage of the Las Vegas Aces, the WNBA said Monday. In an Instagram story, Cambage said that Miller tried to get a call from one of the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas de Perú asegura que Sendero Luminoso es responsable de la muerte de 16 personas en el Valle de los ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro, una región conocida como Vraem, al sureste de Lima. La zona de Vraem está identificada por las autoridades como el centro
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The European Union will sanction Belarus and call on its airlines to avoid airspace there, after a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in the country, and a dissident journalist on board was arrested. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday said the bloc is “closing our airspace to
Continue Reading With nine children and one grandchild, life was hard for Mona Liza Vito and her family even before the pandemic. Vito used to work long hours peeling sacks of garlic, making about $2 a day, while her husband worked as a day laborer in construction. But now their work has dried up, a casualty of
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The FBI and other law enforcement are investigating a package with white powder sent Monday to Republican Sen. Rand Paul‘s home in Kentucky, according to the FBI Louisville office’s spokesman Tim Beam. “FBI Louisville is working with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office and the Capitol Police by providing forensic and technical support,” Beam told CNN.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP track and field team will compete in 13 events at the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 26-29 at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas. Traveling for the UTEP men are Sean Bailey (400m, 4×400), Paulo Benavides (pole vault), Kevin Hewitt (4×400), Joshua Hill (4×400), Aleks Hristov (discus), Dennis Johnson
Continue Reading Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next week after House Democrats and the Justice Department struck a deal paving the way for his closed-door testimony, according to three sources familiar with the discussions. McGahn’s testimony is coming after a years-long legal battle between House Democrats
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – «La casa de papel» («Money Heist» en inglés) anunció este lunes las fechas de su quinta y última temporada. Con un tráiler publicado en YouTube, Netflix indicó que la última temporada de la popular serie española estrenará en septiembre de este año. ¿Cuándo veremos la temporada 5 de «La casa de papel»?
Continue Reading (CNN) — El periodista disidente Roman Protasevich apareció este lunes en un nuevo video luego de que lo arrestaran las autoridades de Belarús el domingo tras el desvío de un vuelo de Ryanair a Minsk. El video, el primero desde la detención, se conoce en medio de los temores por su seguridad y de una
Continue Reading The NFL is reviewing claims made by a former player and coach in the league, who said he was told he was “not the right minority” while interviewing for a job this offseason, according to the Boston Globe. Eugene Chung, who worked as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs,
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Love at first sight. That’s how one El Paso native couple now living in San Antonio describes the moment they first saw their now five year old daughter in the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) at the hospital. However, this love story comes with some bumps in the road and now
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Monday lambasted Belarus’ sudden grounding of a commercial flight and subsequent arrest of onboard dissident journalist Roman Pratasevich as “a direct affront to international norms.” “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms both the diversion of the plane and the subsequent removal and arrest of Mr. Pratasevich,” Biden said
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas de Perú asegura que Sendero Luminoso es responsable de la muerte de 14 personas en el Valle de los ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro, una región conocida como Vraem, al sureste de Lima. La zona de Vraem está identificada por las autoridades como el centro
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Kevin Spacey is set to star in his first film since being accused of sexual misconduct in 2017. CNN has confirmed that the actor will play a detective in an upcoming Italian movie called, “L’uomo Che Disegnò Dio.” The film is directed by and also stars Franco Nero. It will also star Nero’s wife, Vanessa
Continue Reading (CNN) — Pink y su hija Willow Sage Hart actuaron juntas el domingo en los Billboard Music Awards, donde la cantante también recogió el Icon Award. Las dos hicieron una impresionante actuación acrobática con «Cover Me in Sunshine» de Pink, un sencillo que grabó con Willow. Después de la actuación, Pink dijo que su hija
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — All Isela can do is hope. She’s one of dozens of migrants who have found temporary refuge at the Buen Samaritano shelter in Juarez. The Peruvian fled from her home country six months ago. The pandemic shuttered her business, and that left her in debt. A debt that she says gang
Continue Reading The two lead Senate negotiators behind legislation to overhaul the nation’s policing laws expressed new optimism Monday, on the eve of a critical milestone President Joe Biden had set to make progress on such a plan, with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina saying, “I think we can see the end of the tunnel”
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