Un eclipse solar ‘anillo de fuego’ iluminará el cielo este jueves
(CNN) — La Luna bloqueará parcialmente al Sol este jueves para crear un eclipse solar conocido como «anillo de fuego». Algunas personas que se…
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Bitcoin jumps after El Salvador says it’ll start accepting it as legal tender
Bitcoin’s value shot up after El Salvador became the world’s first country to accept it as legal tender. As of 3:30 a.m. ET on Thursday,…
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A 1956 double murder has been solved using DNA evidence. It may be the oldest case cracked like this so far, investigator says
After 65 years, a grisly double murder case of two teenagers in Great Falls, Montana, was solved with DNA evidence, according to investigators.…
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FBI faces its own racial reckoning while leading probes into police shooting deaths
The Federal Bureau of Investigation just unveiled a newly created position to tackle its decades-old diversity problem: chief diversity officer.…
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US surgeon general warns unvaccinated people are ‘increasingly at risk’ as more Covid-19 variants develop
As a renewed sense of optimism sweeps the US this summer with lower reported Covid-19 cases, the US Surgeon General has issued a warning for those…
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National Championships: UTEP’s Sean Bailey qualifies for final in 400m run; rough day for pole vaulter Paulo Benavides
EUGENE, Oregon – The UTEP Miners began their quest for gold Wednesday at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Seven Miners…
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Locomotive FC tops Indy Eleven in a shutout, 2-0
(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC earned a full three points with 2-0 victory over Eastern Conference foe…
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A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will light up the sky this Thursday
The moon will partially block out the sun this Thursday to create a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. Some people in the Northern Hemisphere…
Continue Reading Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts detected in space
Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts have been detected in space thanks to a Canadian telescope and an international group of researchers. The…
Continue Reading Meth production surged in Asia as economy faltered due to Covid-19, report says
Asia’s drug cartels adapted quickly to the pandemic in 2020, flooding markets with synthetic narcotics worth tens of billions of dollars even…
Continue Reading Watchdog report finds Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park for Trump’s visit to St. John’s Church last June
The US Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park to allow for then-President Donald Trump‘s march to St.…
Continue Reading El Chapo’s wife expected to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges Thursday, according to report
The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was a regular fixture at his federal trial, will plead guilty Thursday to being a…
Continue Reading Detienen en Nicaragua a siete líderes de la oposición en menos de una semana
(CNN) — Lo han calificado como una «noche de los cuchillos largos en versión tropical». En menos de una semana, y solo unos meses antes de una…
Continue Reading La «pandemia de dos vías», los pasaportes de vacunas de la UE y el Proyecto S; esto es lo que hay que saber sobre el covid-19 esta semana
Nota del editor: Esta es la primera edición semanal del boletín de noticias sobre el coronavirus de CNN. Recibe tu resumen todos los miércoles.…
Continue Reading Investors holding $41 trillion demand action on climate — now
Investors managing more than $41 trillion in assets are loudly calling on world leaders to immediately step up their climate game if they don’t…
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Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges
WASHINGTON, DC — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the U.S. that alleged she helped…
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An obscure service provider briefly broke the internet Tuesday. It could happen again
A giant chunk of the internet briefly broke on Tuesday because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of before. Reddit,…
Continue Reading These new Barbies are made from ocean-bound plastic
Mattel is launching a new line of Barbies made from plastic that would otherwise become ocean waste. The “Barbie Loves the Ocean”…
Continue Reading NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams insists he lives in city amid residency controversy
Does one of the front-runners to be the next mayor of New York City live in New York City — and if so, where exactly? Those were the questions…
Continue Reading Biden warns he’ll tell Putin ‘what I want him to know’ as he defines goals of foreign tour
President Joe Biden told a hangar of US troops on Wednesday he was in Europe to defend the very concept of democracy, setting high stakes for his…
Continue Reading Fact check: Texas Congressman Gohmert’s attempts to connect moon orbits and solar flares to climate change
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas made an argument about climate change at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday that…
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Juarez police rescue 140 Central American migrants kept in tiny house by smugglers
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police in Juarez rescued 140 migrants on Wednesday who were forced to stay inside a small house that was just 16-by-16 feet.…
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Morgan Freeman and a University of Mississippi professor donate $1M to college’s policing program
Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the school in order to establish a new…
Continue Reading Human Rights Watch denuncia «brutalidad policial» en protestas en Colombia: «Reforma a la Policía de Duque es cosmética»
(CNN Español) — La organización de derechos humanos Human Rights Watch denunció en un nuevo informe «brutalidad policial» contra manifestantes…
Continue Reading Mark Zuckerberg plans to work remotely for at least half of the next year
Facebook is giving its employees more flexibility to work outside the office — and Mark Zuckerberg is leading by example. The Facebook CEO told…
Continue Reading Russian court declares Navalny groups ‘extremist’ ahead of elections
A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled that two organizations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny are “extremist” groups —…
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El Paso named ‘All-America City’ for Covid vaccination efforts
EL PASO, Texas — For the fourth time since 2010, El Paso has been named an All-America City. The Sun City received this latest prestigious…
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Community Champions: Las Cruces cheer team wins state title
EL PASO, Texas – The Las Cruces High School cheer team overcame a lot of obstacles in route to winning a state title. From injuries, to exposure to…
Continue Reading Meet the federal judge who overturned California’s decades-old assault weapons ban
The federal judge who overturned California’s decades-old assault weapons ban last week opened his 94-page ruling with an eye-opening analogy.…
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El Pasoan accused of driving Lamborghini 140 mph in fatal DUI crash with moped in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — A 58-year-old moped rider was struck and killed this week in a suspected drunk driving crash a few blocks west of the Las…
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