August 2021

Local mask mandates allowed for now after Texas Supreme Court rejects Gov. Abbott’s request to intervene

August 20, 2021 5:38 AM CNN

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is fully vaccinated against the virus, has tested positive for…

Local mask mandates allowed for now after Texas Supreme Court rejects Gov. Abbott’s request to intervene

August 20, 2021 5:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Kay Jones and Andy Rose, CNN The Supreme Court of Texas refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to intervene Thursday in the case of mask…

Bulgarian center-right party rejects offer to form a gov’t

August 20, 2021 5:32 AM Associated Press

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s center-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has rejected the president’s offer to form a…

Albania refuses to extradite man facing Egypt death sentence

August 20, 2021 5:31 AM Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A court in Albania has refused to extradite an Egyptian man who faces a death sentence in his country. A judge in Tirana…

US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray

August 20, 2021 5:28 AM Associated Press

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning that food aid will run out this week for millions of hungry people…

1.000 millones de niños del mundo corren un “riesgo extremadamente alto” de sufrir los efectos de la crisis climática, advierte Unicef

August 20, 2021 5:24 AM CNN Newsource

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Casi la mitad de los niños del mundo corren un “riesgo extremadamente alto” de sufrir los efectos de…

CLIMATE REPORT’S DIRE WARNING, DIXIE FIRE RAGES ON (330pET)

August 20, 2021 5:23 AM CNN

IPCC: Humans are unequivocally warming the planet. Darryl Forges…

Fabens ISD welcomes nearly 2,000 students for fall semester

August 20, 2021 5:21 AM Brianna Chavez

FABENS, Texas — It’s one of the smallest districts in the county, but the Fabens Independent School District has big plans for its students. FISD…

Mohseni: Ghani fleeing was ‘selfish’ and ‘cowardly’

August 20, 2021 5:14 AM CNN

Afghan media mogul Saad Mohseni says Ashraf Ghani’s quick departure from Afghanistan triggered the collapse of the…

German broadcaster says the Taliban are carrying out ‘organized searches’ for journalists

August 20, 2021 5:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Nadine Schmidt, CNN Business Taliban fighters searching for a Deutsche Welle journalist in Afghanistan shot dead a member of his family and…

Rafael Nadal anuncia que no competirá en lo que queda de 2021 por una lesión en el pie

August 20, 2021 4:58 AM CNN Newsource

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Rafael Nadal anunció este viernes que se perderá lo que queda de 2021 por una lesión en el pie y que, por tanto,…

‘These people were in bad, bad shape.’ A look inside of a Florida library converted to a Covid-19 treatment site

August 20, 2021 4:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The scene at the Jacksonville main public library was haunting, Louis Lopez recalled. As he waited for a Covid-19 monoclonal…

Nadal out of US Open, ends season because of injured foot

August 20, 2021 4:48 AM Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the U.S. Open and says he will not play tennis again this year because of a nagging injury to his left…

Infant bats babble, just like human babies, study finds

August 20, 2021 4:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Spary, CNN Baby bats babble just like human infants when learning to communicate, a new study has found. Scientists from the Museum of…

Police boat, divers search for missing from Turkish floods

August 20, 2021 4:44 AM Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A police boat and divers have joined the search for some 30 people still missing more than a week after severe floods…

Vaccine mandates at work meet their toughest opponent: America’s labor shortage

August 20, 2021 4:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business At Kevin Smith’s home health care agency in Massachusetts, only 52% of his 400 staff members have been…

“Esta gente estaba en mal, mal estado”. Una mirada al interior de una biblioteca de Florida convertida en sitio de tratamiento de covid-19

August 20, 2021 4:34 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia (CNN) — La escena en la biblioteca pública principal de Jacksonville era inquietante, recordó Louis López. Mientras esperaba un…

Apes say hello and goodbye, just like people do, research shows

August 20, 2021 4:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Kent, CNN Just like people, chimpanzees and bonobos aren’t ones for leaving without saying goodbye. Apes purposefully use signals to…

A billion children are at ‘extremely high risk’ of climate shocks, UNICEF says

August 20, 2021 4:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk…

52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain

August 20, 2021 4:28 AM Associated Press

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says a woman who was the only person pulled from a…

New England preps for 1st hurricane in 30 years with Henri

August 20, 2021 4:24 AM Associated Press

By PHILIP MARCELO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — New Englanders bracing for their first hurricane in 30 years are…

Hundreds of cases are being reviewed after police officers involved were relieved of duty over racist and anti-Semitic messages

August 20, 2021 4:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two former officers with the Torrance Police Department were charged Thursday with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting an…

Hong Kong quarantine exemption for Nicole Kidman draws flak

August 20, 2021 4:20 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW CHENG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s granting of a quarantine exemption to Hollywood star Nicole Kidman…

Taliban killings fuel fear, drive more chaos outside airport

August 20, 2021 4:19 AM Associated Press

By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The scene outside the airport in the Afghan capital is…

Diplomáticos estadounidenses enviaron un cable de advertencia sobre una posible catástrofe en Afganistán el mes pasado

August 20, 2021 4:17 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia Washington (CNN) — Un grupo de diplomáticos estadounidenses escribió un cable clasificado al secretario de Estado Antony Blinken…

Navalny marks year after poisoning with anti-corruption call

August 20, 2021 4:13 AM Associated Press

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has marked the anniversary of a poisoning…

Investigan una disputa entre Britney Spears y un empleado

August 20, 2021 4:00 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia (CNN) — Britney Spears fue acusada de agresión por un empleado luego de una disputa en la casa de la cantante en California el…

Uganda suspends over 50 civic groups charging non-compliance

August 20, 2021 3:49 AM Associated Press

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities have suspended more than 50 civic groups for allegedly not complying…

German train drivers’ union calls new 2-day strike

August 20, 2021 3:42 AM Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of…

German train drivers’ union calls new 2-day strike

August 20, 2021 3:42 AM Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of…

Month: August 2021