Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden anunció el jueves una serie de nuevas medidas que tomará su administración para tratar de vacunar a más estadounidenses y frenar la propagación del coronavirus, incluida la exigencia de que todos los empleados federales deben dar fe de estar vacunados contra el covid-19 o enfrentar protocolos
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El covid-19 puede estar relacionado con el deterioro cognitivo y la aceleración de síntomas similares a los del alzhéimer, según informaron este jueves unos investigadores. Los investigadores de un consorcio internacional que busca comprender las consecuencias a largo plazo del covid-19 sobre el sistema nervioso central ha encontrado problemas de memoria
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Hours after authorities raised the Covid-19 alert level in the face of surging infections, especially among young people, residents packed a Mexico City plaza on a pleasant evening in the charming Coyoacan borough. Among them was Mario Estrada Flores, a lanky 21-year-old college student, who along with nine friends — all
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Greenland is experiencing its most significant melting event of the year as temperatures in the Arctic surge. The amount of ice that melted on Tuesday alone would be enough to cover the entire state of Florida in two inches of water. It’s the third instance of extreme melting in the past
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HATCH, New Mexico — The aroma of fresh roasted green chiles is already wafting through southern New Mexico as some farmers are getting a jumpstart on the harvest. The earlier start to the season is the result of some much needed rain, cooler temperatures and a change in the way some farmers are planting the state’s most
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a number of new steps his administration will take to try to get more Americans vaccinated and slow the spread of coronavirus, including requiring that all federal employees must attest to being vaccinated against Covid-19 or face strict protocols. The new measures come amid a
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit Pistons selected Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night. Cunningham had been widely expected to be the first name called in New York. The 6-foot-8 point guard was an Associated Press first-team All-American as a freshman with the Cowboys. He averaged
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said this week that it’s likely Iowa taxpayers will pay the cost of sending 28 Iowa Department of Public Safety officers to assist Texas officials at the U.S./Mexico border from July 10 through 20. Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens estimated the total cost at around $300,000 but said $100,000 of that
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN A Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, known as “Hushpuppi” has admitted his involvement in a conspiracy to defraud a Qatari businessman of more than $1m, the U.S. Justice Department has said. Abbas, 37, also admitted to laundering money “through bank accounts around the world,” including “several other cyber and business email
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By Miguel Marquez, Dakin Andone and Sarah Boxer, CNN Sitting in her hospital room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aimee Matzen struggled to breathe as she described how exhausting it is to have Covid-19. “The fact that I am here now, I am furious with myself,” she told CNN between deep, deliberate breaths. “Because I was
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden pidió este jueves al Congreso que extienda la moratoria de desalojo que expiraría este sábado, la cual prohíbe a los propietarios de todo el país desalojar a ciertos inquilinos que no pagan el alquiler en medio de la pandemia de covid-19. El mes pasado, la Corte
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OXNARD, California — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was listed Thursday as day-to-day because of a right shoulder strain after leaving training camp practice on Wednesday with a sore throwing arm. Prescott had an MRI that revealed the muscle strain but said he “didn’t see this as any kind of serious setback.” The 2016 NFL
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Rain chances will hold around 10% for Friday then pick up to around 20-30% for the weekend. Temps will stay in the lower 90’s with humid conditions. Rain chances will go up a bit for much of next week – at least 30%.
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Añade a tu lista de compras de regreso a clases: Comprar más máscaras. Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) recomiendan que todos en las escuelas primarias y secundarias usen una máscara, independientemente de su estado de vacunación, ya que actualizaron sus pautas de uso
Continue Reading By Peter Nickeas and Emma Tucker, CNN The number of homicides continues to rise in major American cities following a year that saw a record increase in homicides across the country, according to a report published Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice. A study of homicides during the first six months of this year
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has named two new cabinet secretaries. The top jobs oversee the departments of safety and education. Former Los Alamos Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus will become the new education secretary next month. Deputy Chief of the Rio Rancho Police Department Jason Bowie will become the next
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La economía de EE.UU. se expandió en el segundo trimestre a un ritmo más lento de lo esperado, aunque fue el crecimiento más rápido desde el otoño pasado. En concreto, creció a a una tasa anual del 6,5%. Fue un desempeño peor de lo esperado. Los economistas habían pronosticado una tasa
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Disneyland Resort tradicionalmente atrae a millones de visitantes de todo el mundo cada año al “lugar más feliz de la Tierra”, pero después de cerrar durante más de un año debido a la pandemia, el complejo se vio obligado a hacer algunos cambios importantes destinados a dar la bienvenida a los
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, CNN National security adviser Jake Sullivan reminded senior White House staff on Thursday of the stakes of passing the burgeoning $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, framing its passage as an “urgent national security imperative for the United States.” The Senate is expected to vote Friday morning on the motion to proceed to
Continue Reading By Jessica Dean, CNN The fate of a bipartisan deal overhauling policing looks increasingly dim with the August recess looming in just a matter of days. The two sides have traded offers for months and so far there is no indication they are any closer to a deal than when they announced a framework just
Continue Reading By Jenn Selva and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Two Colorado officers from the Aurora Police Department (APD) have been arrested on criminal charges in a use of force incident the police chief called a “very despicable act.” The officers — John Raymond Haubert, 39, and Francine Ann Martinez, 40 — were charged in connection with the
Continue Reading Two police officers have been arrested and charged following a use of force incident in Aurora, Colorado.
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By Kristin Fisher, CNN An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked Russian Nauka module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a “tug of war” with the space station and briefly pushing it out of position, according to NASA flight controllers. Nauka — a long-delayed laboratory module that
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Beijing recorded its first Covid-19 case in nearly six months on Wednesday, as Chinese authorities scramble to prevent the spread of the Delta variant amid an outbreak linked to an airport in the populous eastern city of Nanjing. China recorded 49 new cases on Wednesday, including 24 local infections from three
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Beginning Aug. 2, all New Mexicans will again be eligible for a $100 incentive for getting a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement late Thursday afternoon in a Twitter post. State officials said no more than one $100 incentive will be distributed per person.
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace and Christina Carrega, CNN The nation’s largest flight attendant union says nearly one in five of its members has encountered a violent airplane passenger so far this year, and it says the time has come for more focus on criminal charges for in-air disturbances. “When people are facing jail time for acting
Continue Reading A growing number of companies are requiring vaccinations for employees and in some cases, for clients and customers. CNN’s Christine Romans reports.
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Anchored by an impressive performance from Matt Damon, “Stillwater” confounds expectations in mostly frustrating ways. Director/co-writer Tom McCarthy (the Oscar-winning “Spotlight”) has set up a movie about a father determined to help free his daughter, but unlike the usual can-do Americans in this sort of tale, he’s clearly in way
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los patrocinadores de Simone Biles ofrecieron declaraciones de apoyo este miércoles tras su decisión de retirarse de la competición individual de gimnasia all-around del jueves en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio.La campeona de 24 años señaló que la razón de su salida de la competición por equipos del martes era la
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, who for months used techniques like public service announcements to persuade Americans to get vaccinated, feels he has struck a “brick wall” in convincing holdouts to get shots, according to people familiar with his thinking. In private meetings with top aides, Biden has raised one question repeatedly: “What’s
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