A maskless Memorial Day weekend is a huge deal. People are traveling, Covid-19 cases are down across most of the country and vaccines have made their way into millions of arms. And while glimpses of normalcy are exciting to see, one health expert is warning that the millions of people who have not been vaccinated
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Devin Haney defended his WBC world lightweight title with a unanimous decision over former three-weight champion Jorge Linares. Haney won 116-112, 116-112, 115-113 on the judges’ scorecards. The 22-year-old Haney dominated the first seven rounds and weathered a late surge by Linares, who staggered the 135-pound champion at the end of
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Beginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop a train back to Wilmington after his work day on Capitol Hill, spending most nights and weekends at the place he considered home, 100 miles from Washington. Doing so earned him the
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By now, Simone Biles was supposed to be enjoying retirement at the ripe old age of 24. The 25-time world medalist previously said she would retire after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — capping an illustrious career in a sport in which many gymnasts struggle or retire by the time they turn 20. But the pandemic
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We are here to make sure you don’t embarrass yourself. Inevitably, someone says something demonstrating confusion over the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Allow us to explain it to you. Memorial Day: Celebrated the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is the holiday set aside to pay tribute to those who died serving
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Here’s a look at Mad Cow Disease, a fatal brain disease found in cattle. Facts It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official name of mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). BSE lesions are characterized by sponge-like changes seen under an ordinary microscope.
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Tech stocks are showing investors how durable they can be, bouncing back from two sharp sell-offs this year to continue a dramatic surge that has seen the Nasdaq more than double since March 2020. The Nasdaq is now up 6.6% this year, despite the wobbles caused by inflation fears. The first stumble of 2021 left
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El Paso, Texas- After a hot and sunny Memorial Day, we will finally see rain chances move into the region. Temperatures won’t change much over the next few days with overnight lows in the mid-60s. We will see our daytime highs reach the low 90s every day this week. The big change is the rain
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Manchester City stars Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker both received racist messages on Instagram after losing 1-0 to Chelsea in the Champions League final on Saturday. Facebook, which owns Instagram, said the abuse sent to the players was “abhorrent” and said it acted swiftly to remove a number of comments and accounts for breaking its
Continue Reading Naomi Osaka enjoyed the perfect start to her French Open campaign, beating Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig in straight sets — 6-4 7-6 (7-4) — on Sunday. Osaka, a four-time major champion, cruised through the opening set but was asked to dig deep to win a tiebreak in the second. The 23-year-old has never been past
Continue Reading Travel is up, Covid-19 cases are down, and vaccines have been put in many arms. The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but Memorial Day weekend is set to look more like it did before the virus upended life more than a year ago. Americans Saturday were experiencing their first holiday weekend since the CDC changed its
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Police are looking for the assailants who opened fire a Florida club, killing at least two people and wounding at least 20 more, Miami-Dade police director Alfredo Ramirez III said. A white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up to a billiards club in Hialeah between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m., Ramirez said. Three people got out with
Continue Reading Two people were killed and at least 20 others were injured in a shooting early Sunday outside of a billiards club in Hialeah, Florida, according to Miami-Dade police director Alfredo Ramirez III. A white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up to the location between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m., Ramirez said. Three people got out with assault
Continue Reading Despite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida’s manatees are survivors. When power plants began popping up along Florida’s East and West coasts, manatees learned to follow the flow of the unseasonably warm water. When boats with sharp motors increasingly flooded their habitats, they learned how to live with debilitating injuries, or tried to. And
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HIALEAH, Florida — Miami-Dade police were looking for the assailants who opened fire outside a banquet hall in south Florida early Sunday, killing at least two people and an estimated 20 to 25 more. The gunfire erupted at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade County, near Hialeah, police said. The banquet hall had
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(CNN) — Solo tres días después de su lanzamiento, Correos, el servicio postal de España, puso fin a una campaña de sellos postales ampliamente criticada que estaba inspirada en diferentes tonos de piel tras ser acusada por perpetuar el racismo. El servicio postal administrado por el gobierno presentó a principios de esta semana «Equality Stamps»,
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UPDATE: El Paso police confirmed a passenger died and a driver was seriously injured when the car they were traveling in went into the median on Loop 375 early Sunday and overturned. The deceased crash victim was identified as 33-year old Gabriel Mars of El Paso. Police said Mars was ejected from the car during
Continue Reading It’s hard to see art in the smoldering aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when White Americans destroyed a wealthy Black community in 1921, killing dozens and leaving entire city blocks in ashes. It’s hard to see triumph in the innumerable chapters of racism, bondage and hatred that have darkened our American story for hundreds
Continue Reading It’s hard enough to beat defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal on the red clay courts of Roland Garros, where he has won a record 13 singles titles. But imagine the psychological hurdle of competing against a player so dominant that he is immortalized in a statue outside the stadium? That’s the challenge Novak Djokovic,
Continue Reading Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested Saturday after police in an Atlanta suburb responded to a report of an assault and saw him grabbing a woman by the neck and throwing her against a wall. According to a press release from the Sandy Springs Police Department, officers responding to a call regarding an assault
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MIDLAND, Texas – As the last remaining team from the city in the Texas High School State Baseball Tournament, the Riverside Rangers were indeed the “Lone Rangers.” But after running into an athletic Stephenville team, in the Regional Semifinals, the Rangers bowed out in sweeping fashion. Stephenville won Game 1 of the series on Friday
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EL PASO, Texas — For ten students, their parents and one teacher, the pandemic forced them to transition from traditional schooling to homeschooling. “I was intimidated but we just jumped in with both feet,” Victoria Perez said. “With all of us that’s probably like 46 feet or something jumping in.” Known to her students as
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Los visitantes temporales que viajan a Estados Unidos son el grupo más grande de migrantes. Entre las visas de no inmigrante más comunes está la B-1 y B-2, visas que se otorgan a los viajeros que vienen a EE.UU. por negocios (B-1) o por turismo (B-2) o una combinación de ambos. En 2019,
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Seven people are presumed dead after a small plane crashed into a lake near Nashville on Saturday, authorities said. The victims were identified in a press release issued Saturday night by the Rutherford County Government as William J. Lara, Gwen S. Lara, Jennifer J. Martin, David L. Martin, Jessica Walters, Jonathan Walters, and Brandon Hannah.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un Black Friday en mayo tuvo lugar en Caracas este viernes, en el marco del aniversario número 23 de la cadena de centros comerciales Sambil, con sedes en Caracas, Valencia, Margarita, Maracaibo, San Cristóbal, Barquisimeto y Paraguaná. También en las tiendas ubicadas fuera de Venezuela, en Madrid, Curazao y República Dominicana. Tras
Continue Reading One person has died and six others wounded after a shooting late Friday in Miami, police said. Officers responding to gunshot detection system alerts in Wynwood shortly before midnight found several people with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, Miami Police Department spokeswoman Kiara Delva said. Some shooting victims arrived at the hospital on their
Continue Reading Dixie Lewis, the daughter of “Moneyball” writer Michael Lewis and former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren, died in northern California last week, the author said in a statement to a local news outlet. Lewis, 19, and her boyfriend, Ross Schultz, 20, were killed in a car accident, according to a report from Berkeleyside.org. “We loved her
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The owner of a Nashville hat store is being accused of anti-Semitism after announcing the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, which read “NOT VACCINATED.” Nashville’s hatWRKS posted a photo on Instagram on Friday announcing the sale of a
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ARLINGTON, Texas — B.J. Thomas, whose smooth voice made him a country and pop crossover success, died Saturday of complications from lung cancer in his Arlington home, his publicist said. He was age 78. Thomas first came to prominence with a cover of the Hank Williams standard “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” spending 13
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Chelsea FC dio la gran sorpresa y sorprendió al Manchester City en la gran final de la Liga de Campeones, disputada este sábado en el estadio Do Dragao en Oporto, Portugal. El héroe del partido fue el alemán Kai Havertz, pues con su gol al minuto 42 selló la victoria londinense
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