August 2021

A medida que aumentan las hospitalizaciones por covid-19, más estadounidenses deciden vacunarse

August 20, 2021 7:23 AM CNN Newsource

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Ante el alarmante aumento de los casos de covid-19 y las hospitalizaciones, más estadounidenses han tomado…

US keeps ban on nonessential border crossings to slow COVID

August 20, 2021 7:19 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is extending a ban on nonessential travel along the borders with Canada and Mexico to slow the spread of…

This $15 billion startup promises 30-minute deliveries. Now it’s facing a worker backlash

August 20, 2021 7:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Gopuff, a startup that originally launched to offer hookah deliveries for college students and later food…

J&J CEO Gorsky to step down, company veteran to lead in 2022

August 20, 2021 7:16 AM Associated Press

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson will replace Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky with another veteran company executive starting next…

J&J CEO Gorsky to step down, company veteran to lead in 2022

August 20, 2021 7:16 AM Associated Press

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson will replace Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky with another veteran company executive starting next…

Supreme Court puts brief hold on court order requiring revival of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

August 20, 2021 7:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito put a brief hold on a lower court decision requiring the revival of a…

Must-watch videos of the week

August 20, 2021 7:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Wray, CNN A snake handler captures a 10-foot python at the grocery store, a zoo guest wrestles an alligator, and a 9-year-old opera singer…

Cowell says 9-year-old will be ‘one of the biggest stars’

August 20, 2021 7:03 AM CNN

Opera singer Victory Brinker’s latest performance reminded “America’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell of the potential he once saw in a young Carrie…

Amazon truck creates its own exit off interstate

August 20, 2021 7:03 AM CNN

Watch an Amazon truck make its own exit off an interstate. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports on a shortcut that went…

See Kevin Hart’s unfiltered reaction after learning Don Cheadle’s age

August 20, 2021 7:03 AM CNN

During an interview on the show “Hart to Heart,” host Kevin Hart seemed legitimately shocked when he learned how old actor Don Cheadle was, but the…

Aaliyah music hits streaming services

August 20, 2021 7:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Aaliyah’s music is back. Friday marked the re-release of five time Grammy-nominated superstar’s studio album,…

Mientras la Casa Blanca se apresura sobre Afganistán, Joe Biden se enfrenta a algunos de los días más graves de su presidencia

August 20, 2021 7:02 AM CNN Newsource

Mariana Toro (CNN) — Dos fotografías del presidente Joe Biden esta semana ilustraron claramente la lucha de la Casa Blanca por contener las…

Grace se degrada a tormenta tropical, impactó México como huracán categoría 3 y provocó 8 muertes

August 20, 2021 6:59 AM CNN Newsource

Mariana Toro (CNN) — El paso de Grace por México ha ocasionado al menos 8 muertos y tres desaparecidos en Veracruz, informó este sábado en…

Clean needles depend on the blue blood of horseshoe crabs

August 20, 2021 6:56 AM Associated Press

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Anyone who has to get an injection in the U.S. probably has horseshoe crabs to thank for…

StormTRACK Weather: Mostly quiet afternoon, isolated storms east

August 20, 2021 6:56 AM Nichole Gomez

Good Friday morning! It will be another hot and humid afternoon but a drier airmass will limit thunderstorms. Far East El Paso and the Lower Valley…

US extends non-essential travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico

August 20, 2021 6:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The US is extending non-essential travel restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through at least September…

Embattled Minnesota Republican Party leader resigns

August 20, 2021 6:32 AM Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The embattled leader of the Minnesota Republican Party has been forced to resign following accusations that she ran an operation…

COVID anxiety rising amid delta surge, AP-NORC poll finds

August 20, 2021 6:31 AM Associated Press

By JAMES ANDERSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since…

Covid anxiety rising amid delta surge, AP poll finds

August 20, 2021 6:31 AM Associated Press

By JAMES ANDERSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since…

COVID anxiety rising amid delta surge, AP-NORC poll finds

August 20, 2021 6:31 AM Associated Press

By JAMES ANDERSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since…

Refugee group: 32 Afghans trapped between Poland and Belarus

August 20, 2021 6:28 AM Associated Press

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish refugee rights group says 32 people who fled Afghanistan before the Taliban…

The picture for Chinese tech stocks just keeps getting worse

August 20, 2021 6:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business China’s escalating crackdown on the country’s once-mighty technology sector shows no signs of abating,…

Asian Americans reported being targeted at least 4,500 times this year

August 20, 2021 6:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Potri Ranka Manis says she was trying to handout free face masks on the New York City subway when she was assaulted and called…

Korda struggles, Hall shares lead at Women’s British Open

August 20, 2021 6:14 AM Associated Press

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Nelly Korda could barely raise a smile after tapping in for the first birdie of her second round at the Women’s…

He negotiated with the Taliban. Here’s what he learned

August 20, 2021 6:14 AM CNN

Taliban expert and former EU envoy Michael Semple says we should now consider Afghanistan “a failed…

UK jury says south London attack last year was preventable

August 20, 2021 6:04 AM Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — A jury in London has concluded that a terror attack in the south of the city last year could have been prevented had the perpetrator…

French Riviera wildfire not spreading but still uncontrolled

August 20, 2021 6:02 AM Associated Press

LE LUC, France (AP) — Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera. The…

Screen time during pandemic impacted El Paso kids vision

August 20, 2021 6:00 AM Brianna Chavez

EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso pediatric ophthalmologist says she’s seeing more kids coming into her practice, giving them stronger vision…

The Taliban’s mask slips further after militants kill journalist’s relative

August 20, 2021 5:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, Nadine Schmidt and Tim Lister, CNN Afghans are witnessing early glimpses of the true nature of Taliban rule, after the brutal…

Czech film festival to honor Michael Caine, Ethan Hawke

August 20, 2021 5:50 AM Associated Press

PRAGUE (AP) — The international film festival has returned to the Czech spa of Karlovy Vary after it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The…

Month: August 2021