TOKYO, Japan — Alaska has an Olympic swimming champion. Seventeen-year-old high schooler Lydia Jacoby gave the United States a victory in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, knocking off teammate and defending Olympic champion Lilly King. Jacoby was the first swimmer from the state ever to make the U.S. Olympic swimming team. Now, she’s heading back to
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By Manu Raju, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House and Democratic Senate leaders are trying to salvage President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but it’s not clear whether enough senators will get behind a nominee who has faced intense opposition from gun rights activists.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea says the leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to restore suspended communication channels and improve ties. The presidential office in Seoul says President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached such an agreement during several rounds of exchanges of letters since April. The
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TOKYO, Japan —The American men have lost a backstroke race at the Olympic pool for the first time 1992. Russian athletes swept the top two spots in the 100-meter back, with Evgeny Rylov claiming the gold medal in 51.98 seconds and teammate Kliment Kolesnikov taking the silver in 52.00. The defending Olympic champion, American Ryan
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio comenzaron oficialmente este fin de semana y, a primera vista, los índices de audiencia de la ceremonia de inauguración del viernes parecían un fracaso. Según las primeras cifras, solo 17 millones de personas vieron la ceremonia de apertura por televisión en Estados Unidos.
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EL PASO, Texas — The county of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez are now in a race against the clock when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine supply. El Paso will be forced to throw away between 4,000 to 10,000 vaccines if they cannot find anyone to get the vaccine within days. “It’s a lot
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TOKYO, Japan — Kaylee McKeown has given the Australian women another swimming gold medal. McKeown backed up her status as the world record-holder in the women’s 100-meter backstroke with a winning time of 57.47 seconds. That’s just off the mark she set this year of 57.45. The silver went to Canada’s Kylie Masse in 57.72,
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Vacation homes are one of those things that many people aspire to. And with house prices recently seeing double-digit percentage increases in 90% of US metro areas, along with other urban centers around the world, some of those fantasy properties in less expensive destinations are starting to look pretty appealing. Though
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DALLAS, Texas — El Paso native and FC Dallas forward Ricardo Pepi has been voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2021 MLS season. Pepi became the youngest player to ever score a hat trick in MLS at 18 years and 196 days old in FC Dallas’ 4-0
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La mayoría de los adolescentes que regresan a la escuela en las próximas semanas no estarán vacunados contra el covid-19, sugieren datos federales. Mientras muchos adolescentes en Estados Unidos se preparan para regresar a la escuela este otoño, un nuevo análisis de CNN muestra que menos de un tercio de ellos
Continue Reading By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US and China fought a war of words Monday as each side worked to set the narrative after their latest testy senior-level meetings. A US delegation led by the Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other officials in Tianjin, China,
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Apparently, Machine Gun Kelly isn’t a fan of his new movie, “Midnight in the Switchgrass.” The rapper tweeted over the weekend, “if i don’t talk or tweet about a movie i’m barely in it’s because it’s [trash can emoji].” CNN has contacted Kelly’s representatives for further comment. Kelly, 31, whose real
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Jason Gallagher, an infectious disease pharmacist in Philadelphia had gotten the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine through a clinical trial in November, but this summer he didn’t like the direction Covid-19 cases were taking due to variants. “Come June, I started to get nervous about this Delta variant spreading and had
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El nuevo abogado de Britney Spears presentó este lunes una petición para destituir a Jamie Spears, padre de la cantante, como administrador de su patrimonio. La petición presentada en la Corte Superior de Los Ángeles por el abogado Mathew Rosengart busca destituir a su padre como tutor y reemplazarlo con Jason Rubin,
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. In today’s business news: Yes, your cereal boxes are shrinking; a $30 billion insurance merger gets called off; and Philip Morris wants to ban cigarettes in
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By Kay Jones, CNN The city of St. Louis and St. Louis County reinstated an indoor mask mandate on Monday to try to stop the spread of Covid-19, even as Missouri’s attorney general followed through on a threat to sue over the requirement. Beginning Monday, St. Louis required those ages 5 and older to wear
Continue Reading By Sarah Moon, CNN California will require all state employees and health care workers to provide proof of vaccination status or get regular testing amid a surge of cases from the highly contagious Delta variant, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced at a press conference Monday. All employees will be required to prove they have received the
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack will hear testimony Tuesday from four police officers who were on the front lines that day as rioters supporting then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral
Continue Reading The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack will hear testimony from four police officers who were on the front lines that day as rioters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral win. CNN’s Josh Campbell reports.
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you are living with heart disease, having a small amount of alcohol each day is linked to a lower risk of having another heart attack, stroke, angina (heart pain because of constricted arteries) or an early death, according to a new large study. “This is not the general population —
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: El psicólogo John Duffy, autor de “Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety”, ejerce en Chicago. Está especializado en el trabajo con adolescentes, padres, parejas y familias. (CNN) — Puede que los adolescentes y los preadolescentes no te lo digan, pero hay muchas cosas que quieren que sepas
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — Este domingo falleció en Chile a los 90 años Fernando Karadima, un exsacerdote que fue expulsado de la Iglesia católica tras denuncias de abuso sexual y de conciencia contra menores y adultos. Chile: Falleció exsacerdote Fernando Karadima 2:28 En el certificado de defunción, que publicó el Registro Civil, se indica que
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Enough moisture will persist to give us a chance for storms each and every day this week. Rain chances are generally around 10-20%. Temps will gradually heat up too. Expect highs in the mid and upper 90’s. Along with the hotter temps, the humidity will make it feel even hotter and more miserable.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — No hay nada que nos resulte más querido que nuestras tradiciones vinculadas a la comida: lo que cocina nuestra mamá, lo que nos daba de comer nuestra abuela. Por eso que nos digan que lo que hay en nuestro plato está colaborando con el cambio climático puede hacernos sentir amenazados en
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal is in a perilous state with Republicans and Democrats remaining far apart on a range of outstanding issues after the latest round of furious talks, the clearest sign yet that one of the White House’s top legislative priorities could collapse in the
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Deanna Hackney, CNN No charges will be filed against two former Charleston County, South Carolina, detention officers who tased and pepper sprayed Jamal Sutherland before his in-custody death in January, Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Monday. “Ethically, I can’t bring a case forward that I know I can’t prove beyond
Continue Reading Scientist and author Katharine Wilkinson says that to cut through all the politics around climate change, we need to address hearts and minds.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Cars stranded in streets turned to rivers. Bus passengers rescued by raft. Train stations submerged, sparking travel chaos. The now-familiar scenes of a city inundated by floods played out in London over the weekend, when heavy rainfall put parts of the UK capital underwater. When two London hospitals turned non-emergency patients
Continue Reading SURFSIDE, Florida — The last remaining victim of the Florida building collapse was identified Monday, ending a month-long search and recovery operation. Ikey Hedaya told The Associated Press that his sister Estelle Hedaya, an outgoing 54-year-old, was the last victim of the fallen condo to be identified of the 98 victims removed from the rubble.
Continue Reading By Mallory Simon, Amara Walker and Maria Cartaya, CNN Six-year-old Audrey Gard will head to first grade next week wearing a mask. It’s a precaution her mom believes will help to minimize the chances of her getting coronavirus. But the Gwinnett County School District, north of Atlanta, is making masks optional for now, and Sara
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