By Megan Marples, CNN Setting off dazzling displays of fireworks is a time-honored way to celebrate Independence Day, but it can quickly become dangerous — and even deadly — when safety guidelines are ignored. The United States saw a 50% increase in fireworks-related injuries and deaths from 2019 to 2020, according to a report from
Continue Reading With more public fireworks shows cancelled last year, more Americans chose to shoot off their own and a new report shows fireworks-related deaths and injuries increased by about 50% last year compared to the year before.
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By Manveena Suri and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has an efficacy rate of more than 93.4% against severe Covid-19 infection and 77.8% against symptomatic infection, according to data released Saturday by the shot’s developer. Pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech announced it had concluded the final analysis of its Phase 3 clinical trials,
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EL PASO, Texas – Current El Paso Chihuahuas outfielder Patrick Kivlehan has played for a number of teams over his 10-year professional baseball career, but none will top the team he’ll play for at the end of the month. Kivlehan was selected Friday to represent the United States as part of their baseball roster for
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Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, Saruul Enkhbold and Amy Sood, CNN In Mongolia, hospitals are overwhelmed. In the tiny archipelago of Seychelles, more than 100 new Covid-19 cases are being reported each day. And in Chile, a nationwide lockdown was lifted this week — but the country is still reporting thousands of daily cases. What links these
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TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Authorities in Japan say at least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in Atami, southwest of Tokyo. A spokesman says dozens of homes may have been buried in the town known for hot springs. Self-defense forces are joining firefighters and police in the rescue
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUNCES, New Mexico — Authorities confirmed Friday that two suspicious devices discovered by a person picking up cans in a Truth or Consequences park turned out to be explosives. X-rays conducted by the New Mexico State Police Bomb Squad determined both items found Thursday in Ralph Edwards Park, located off of Cedar and
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EL PASO, Texas — After a pandemic-induced hiatus last year, Fourth of July celebrations are back in action for 2021 in far west Texas and southern New Mexico. And the highlight of many of those celebrations? An awe-inspiring display of fireworks, of course. ABC-7 has rounded up a list of places across El Paso, Las
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Juarez authorities arrested a driver who they said was drunk and speeding when he crashed his van into a daycare in the Gómez Morín neighborhood on Friday. ABC-7’s newsgathering partners at Canal 44 obtained video showing the moment the van crashed through the wall of the daycare after it reportedly knocked
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Un grupo de investigadores en Austria tal vez haya encontrado una solución improbable al problema de la contaminación por plástico: las vacas y los microbios que se encuentran dentro de sus estómagos. Investigadores de la Universidad de Recursos Naturales y Ciencias de la Vida en Viena (BOKU), el Centro Austriaco de
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Los elefantes que conocemos y amamos tal vez sean los últimos supervivientes. Si bien ahora solo hay tres especies de elefantes —que están en peligro de extinción y se pueden encontrar en África y Asia—, alguna vez pertenecieron a un grupo llamado proboscídeos que incluía 185 especies que vivían en todo el
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Nearly 30 newly identified alleged abuse victims of former Ohio State University Dr. Richard Strauss filed a lawsuit against the university Monday, claiming the educational institution was aware of, facilitated and covered up Strauss’ alleged sexual abuse for decades. The lawsuit identifies six of the alleged 29 abuse male victims by
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los viajes de este largo fin de semana festivo en Estados Unidos estarán muy concurridos, y no solo según los estándares de la pandemia. Los expertos esperan que compita con el fin de semana del Día de la Independencia más ajetreado de la era anterior al coronavirus. Las filas en los
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department is defending the shooting of a dog that rushed two of its officers earlier this week, calling it an unfortunate and tragic incident. The officers responded to a welfare check when police said the dog charged at them, leaving them no choice but to fatally
Continue Reading ivancnne (CNN Español) — Nuevos videos obtenidos por CNN dan cuenta de los instantes previos y posteriores al colapso del edificio en Miami. En la otra costa de EE.UU., al menos 17 personas resultaron heridas en Los Ángeles cuando la policía trataba de detonar de manera segura explosivos improvisados. Al otro lado del mundo, la
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UPDATE, July 28: A 14-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head while playing with a gun earlier this month has died of his injuries. The boy’s shooting occurred back on July 2 at a home on Tays Street in central El Paso while he and a 14-year-old friend were playing with a loaded
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EL PASO, Texa s– Five days of nonstop rain has left El Paso roads littered with debris from the monsoon storm. While highways like US Highway 54 and Interstate 10 have been cleared by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crews, local El Paso roads like Dyer Street are all still left waiting. “It’s horrible. Being
Continue Reading By Keely Aouga and Laura Ly, CNN Actress Phylicia Rashad sent a letter to Howard University students and parents on Friday, offering “[her] most sincere apology” for tweeting in celebration of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction being overturned. “My remarks were in no way directed towards survivors of sexual assault. I vehemently oppose sexual violence,
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Congressional Democrats’ years-long attempt to nail down whether then-President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller effectively ended on Friday, with the US Supreme Court wiping away court decisions where the House Judiciary Committee was told it could access secret grand jury records from key witnesses in the Mueller investigation.
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The city of North Miami Beach has ordered the immediate closure and evacuation of a condo building after a report submitted Friday determined the structure is unsafe, officials said. Crestview Towers, about seven miles north of the Surfside condo building that collapsed last week, was deemed
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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas district attorney announced that a grand jury has indicted Daniel Perry on charges including murder in the death of a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Perry also was indicted on one count of aggravated assault and one misdemeanor count of deadly conduct stemming from the July 25,
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El huracán Elsa se fortaleció significativamente el viernes por la mañana, convirtiéndose en el primer huracán de la temporada 2021. Es la tercera tormenta de la temporada que amenaza la costa de Estados Unidos, acercándose potencialmente a la península de Florida la próxima semana, incluso alrededor del sitio del mortal colapso
Continue Reading By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Hurricane Elsa strengthened significantly Friday morning, becoming the first hurricane of the 2021 season. It is the third storm of the season to threaten the US coastline, potentially nearing the Florida Peninsula by next week, including around the site of the deadly Surfside condo collapse. Elsa has sustained
Continue Reading Hurricane Elsa has become the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Elsa is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Windward and Leeward Islands on Friday. Meteorologist Jennifer Gray has the forecast.
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters. Petroleos Mexicanos said it had dispatched fire control boats to pump more water over the flames. Pemex, as the company is known,
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CNN staff If you’re planning to travel to Hawaii, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Starting July 8, Hawaii will end its pre-travel testing and quarantine requirement for domestic travelers if they’ve been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 in the United States. This
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El huracán Elsa se fortaleció significativamente el viernes por la mañana, convirtiéndose en el primer huracán de la temporada 2021. Es la tercera tormenta de la temporada que amenaza la costa de Estados Unidos, acercándose potencialmente a la península de Florida la próxima semana, incluso alrededor del sitio del mortal colapso
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Some storms will break out across the area both Saturday and Sunday. A few isolated storms could be on the strong side. Temps will be in the upper 80s and low 90’s with mostly cloudy skies. It will also continue to be muggy and humid so anytime outdoors will be a bit more miserable.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN After a pandemic-induced hiatus last year, many places in the United States known for their Fourth of July celebrations will be back in action for 2021. And the highlight of many of those celebrations? An awe-inspiring display of fireworks, of course. Those who can’t make the trips to enjoy the shows
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