Thousands gathered in major cities across the United States over the weekend to support Palestinians as Israel’s military launches massive airstrikes on Gaza and the death toll mounts. Sunday marked the deadliest day in Gaza yet, with more than 50 killed, according to the region’s health ministry. Since the violence broke out last week, Israeli
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Firefighters are battling two wildfires in New Jersey, with one burning more than 900 acres near the Jersey Shore. The second wildfire was in the Brendan T Byrne State Forest, which is located in Vincentown, Burlington County, about 25 miles from Philadelphia. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service warned people to avoid the area. No
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At first, the news sounded great: Fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks indoors, with just some exceptions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. But most of the country is not fully vaccinated. And as more businesses drop their mask mandates, it’s impossible to tell who really is. So while the
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the western coast. The navy said it had rescued 177 people of the total 400 on the two barges in the
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The first time Abraham Majok Matet Guem competed in a track race, he ran in his black school shoes. Guem — now a 21-year-old Olympian representing South Sudan — was so fast he quickly caught the eye of a coach, who bought him proper running shoes and sportswear. “I used those for some years, and
Continue Reading The Arkansas Department of Transportation employee who was responsible for inspecting a key bridge over the Mississippi has been fired after authorities determined the person failed to notice damage to the structure two years ago. The agency announced the findings Monday in a news release, saying drone video showed evidence of the fracture in the
Continue Reading As the coronavirus spiked in Missouri last fall, a wave of cases hit a nursing home in the state’s rural heartland. Robin Bull, a part-time nurse, remembered an ambulance “coming and going constantly” on one especially scary morning, rushing residents to Moberly Regional Medical Center, the local hospital. But even as Bull was helping send
Continue Reading The city of Columbus, Ohio, will pay a $10 million settlement to the family of Andre Hill, a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer. The city council voted Monday to approve the largest settlement in the city’s history, Criminal Justice & Judiciary Council Chair Shayla Favor said. “We cannot afford to
Continue Reading Residents of an Alaskan village were forced to evacuate after it was inundated last week by more than five feet of floodwater caused by an ice jam. On Monday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster in the city of Buckland, a news release from his office said. “I have directed all state agencies to provide
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Jerusalén (CNN) — Los servicios de emergencia de Israel respondieron a lo que han descrito como un «evento con víctimas en masa» después del colapso de una grada en una sinagoga ortodoxa en el asentamiento de Giv’at Ze’ev, en la Ribera Occidental, al noroeste de Jerusalén. El jefe de policía del distrito de Jerusalén dijo
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN) — La semana pasada, los Centros para el Control de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron que las personas completamente vacunadas pueden estar en interiores y exteriores sin usar mascarilla, excepto cuando se encuentran en entornos de atención médica, en el transporte público o en áreas específicas
Continue Reading The Denver Broncos have hired Kelly Kleine as the Executive Director of Football Operations/Special Advisor to the General Manager, making her one of the most powerful women in the National Football League. She is believed to be highest-ranking woman as a scouting executive with an NFL team, according to an NFL spokesman. “Kelly is a
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — La renuncia de Bill Gates en 2020 a la junta directiva de Microsoft se produjo después de que la junta contratara a un bufete de abogados para investigar una relación romántica que él tuvo con una empleada de Microsoft, según un nuevo informe de The Wall Street Journal. Citando a «personas familiarizadas
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A North American Aerospace Defense Command fighter jet intercepted a small aircraft that had violated Presidential airspace over Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday, according to a statement from NORAD, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada. The fighter jet dispensed signal flares to alert the pilot and direct the aircraft, which
Continue Reading The Republican official who heads Maricopa County, Arizona’s election department offered a forceful defense of his office on Monday after former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the county’s “entire Database” had been deleted. “At some point, we are humans, it has to stop,” Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County recorder, told CNN’s Erin Burnett on
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EL PASO, Texas – Nothing ever came easy for Gory Guerrero, except maybe wrestling. Guerrero’s first wrestling match was in 1937, and it would be the spark of a legendary wrestling career that spanned six decades. His journey in wrestling would lead him to El Paso where he and his wife would raise their six
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Astros will permit 100% attendance for games at Minute Maid Park starting May 25. The capacity will remain at full capacity for the rest of the season, the team said Monday. The Astros will not require masks for fans who are fully vaccinated. The team said fans who aren’t fully vaccinated
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Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers in the U.S. have found the first instance of COVID-19 causing recurring blood clots in a patient’s upper extremities. The case study was one of 1,000 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 between March and May 2020 who were part of a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — With warm weather approaching and the promise of a “one-dose summer” on the horizon, many Canadians are making plans for the summer and fall, eager for life to get back to pre-pandemic “normal.” But not all Canadians are happy to see the end
Continue Reading A former Philadelphia police officer seen on video using pepper spray on Black Lives Matter protesters had his charges dismissed Monday, according to court documents. Municipal Court Judge William Austin Meehan Jr. dismissed the case after he determined Richard Paul Nicoletti had not committed a crime, Nicoletti’s attorney Fortunato Perri Jr. said, declining to comment
Continue Reading (CNN) — La explosión de violencia actual entre palestinos y el Estado de Israel todavía no dejó tantas víctimas como el conflicto devastador en Gaza en 2014, pero en muchos sentidos es un episodio más sombrío y premonitorio. El enfrentamiento no se limita a bombardeos aéreos y al lanzamiento de cohetes sobre Gaza y el
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Texas and Indiana will end early the $300 weekly federal boost to state unemployment payments, as well as two other pandemic jobless benefits programs, according to both states’ Republican governors — joining 17 other GOP-led states in dropping the federal expanded benefits over the past two weeks. The two states’ announcements on Monday mean that
Continue Reading A confused Waymo self-driving car was captured on video as it became stranded on an Arizona road earlier this month while carrying a passenger and then unexpectedly driving away as a worker from the company’s roadside assistance arrived to help. But the Waymo vehicle soon became stuck farther down the road, which was lined with
Continue Reading Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Friday signed into law a bill allowing death row inmates to elect execution by electric chair or firing squad if lethal injection drugs are not available, according to the state legislature’s website. The change in South Carolina’s law comes as states nationwide have hit barriers executing those on
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The White House is currently in the process of reviewing clemency applications and has signaled that President Joe Biden, who views the pardon power as a key tool for advancing equity, will issue acts of clemency before the middle of his presidential term, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The White House has
Continue Reading The Israeli military pounded Gaza with airstrikes on Monday, saying it was targeting the homes and infrastructure of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “to continue to strike at the targets of terrorism.” The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said 212 people had been killed and 1,400 others injured
Continue Reading (CNN) — En el siglo XIX, cuando los deportes sangrientos eran socialmente más aceptables, se acuñó el término «Big Five» para referirse a los leones, rinocerontes, búfalos, elefantes y leopardos, los animales que los cazadores de trofeos en África consideraban los más peligrosos para cazar a pie. Pero el fotógrafo británico Graeme Green quiere dar
Continue Reading New York will adopt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines to not require masks or social distancing for vaccinated people beginning Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. Unvaccinated people should still wear masks, and masks will still be required of all people on public transit, in schools and some communal settings,
Continue Reading Arizona Republican officials are pushing back against false claims from former President Donald Trump and his allies about the 2020 election — another sign of how the same divisions that led the House GOP to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as No. 3-ranking member last week are fracturing the party outside of
Continue Reading The White House on Monday released the 2020 tax returns for Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff. Read the returns below.
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