Lila Hartley, 12, wrote a letter to her school board in Duval County, Florida, urging them to mandate mask wearing in schools to protect all students and staff, but mostly her little brother. CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports.
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By George Ramsay, CNN With three gold medals from three events, Tokyo’s Ariake Urban Sports Park has been a home from home for Japanese skateboarders at the Tokyo Olympics. Sakura Yosozumi was the latest to top the podium as park skating’s first ever Olympic champion, while her teammate, Kokona Hiraki, made history of her own
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s army says it has fired back after three rockets were fired over the border from Lebanon. The exchange on Wednesday comes after sirens sounded in northern Israel warning of a possible rocket attack. The warnings sounded near Kiryat Shmona near the border with Lebanon. There were no immediate reports
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olivertapia (CNN Español) — La alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López, informó que “se suspende el ingreso de público a los estadios” y se convoca a la División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano “y demás miembros de mesa de seguridad en el fútbol para que se apliquen las más severas sanciones”. La medida se toma luego de
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By Jack Guy, CNN Actor John Corbett has revealed that he and partner Bo Derek married at a secret ceremony in December. “Around Christmas time we got married. Bo and I got married,” Corbett told Jerry O’Connell, host of CBS’ “The Talk,” on Tuesday. “I noticed your ring, and I was going to say something,
Continue Reading Mariana Toro Washington (CNN) — La resistencia del gobernador de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo, a dejar el cargo después de una investigación incriminatoria de la fiscalía general de Nueva York ha provocado nuevos llamados por un juicio político en su contra en todo el estado. La investigación realizada por la oficina de la fiscal general
Continue Reading On August 4, 2020, an explosion in Beirut Port killed more than 200 people, injured 6,000 others, displaced over 300,000 people and destroyed most of Beirut’s central and eastern districts. The official investigation into the blast has stalled, and questions about how and why this bloodbath happened remain unanswered. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports from Beirut.
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN It’s been a year since one of the world’s largest ever non-nuclear explosions ripped through Lebanon’s capital, killing more than 200 people. On any given day in Beirut’s worst-affected neighborhoods, theories about the explosion still circulate. No two stories of human tragedy are alike, and most interactions between people here end
Continue Reading Dr. Uzma Hasan discusses with CNN’s Jim Sciutto how safe it is to send children back to school with the Delta Covid-19 variant this fall.
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN Florida’s second-largest school district said it will withdraw its mask mandate after the governor threatened to withhold funding from districts that require face coverings. South Florida’s Broward County Public Schools had announced last week that the district would require everyone in their buildings to wear masks to guard
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN)– El Dr. Francis Collins, director de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NHI, por sus siglas en inglés), le dijo a Brianna Keilar de CNN el martes que las personas que están completamente vacunadas contra el covid-19 deben hacerse una prueba si experimentan síntomas leves del virus. “Seamos claros, las infecciones en personas
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN In many parts of the world, people are attempting to return to life as it was before the pandemic — at least when it comes to work and school. For many, that means a sleepy morning struggle to wake, eat breakfast, pack lunches, get kids and themselves out the door, and
Continue Reading By Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN “Half the girls were crying because they were in a fight, and the rest were crying because they weren’t cool enough to be included in the fight,” a middle school student told me. “Sixth grade is complicated!” She’s right. Middle school can be challenging enough without a pandemic, but months
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Estados Unidos puede estar enfrentando actualmente el peor aumento de casos de covid-19 que la nación ha visto hasta ahora, dijo el martes el Dr. Jerome Adams, ex director de Sanidad bajo la administración Trump. “No estamos levantando una falsa alarma. Este aumento que estamos atravesando en este momento tiene todo
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un muro de hielo se derrumbó este lunes en el museo Titanic Museum Attraction, lesionando a tres visitantes del popular sitio turístico en la región de las Grandes Montañas Humeantes de Tennessee. El Departamento de Bomberos de Pigeon Forge llegó al museo a las 8:11 p.m. después de recibir una llamada
Continue Reading By Serenitie Wang and Jake Kwon, CNN South Korea plans to pursue a formal complaint in response to a Chinese Olympian who was heard repeatedly swearing during a badminton match between the two nations. Chen Qingchen, 24, could be heard shouting a popular Chinese slang term, translated loosely as “f**k” in Mandarin, throughout the live
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae and Jill Martin, CNN The probe into US athlete Raven Saunders’ X gesture at the Olympics has been suspended after she shared on social media that her mother has died, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Saunders — a 25-year-old Black, LGBTQ athlete — raised her hands and crossed them to
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, Alexandra Meeks and Brisa Colón, CNN California water regulators voted Tuesday to restrict water access for thousands of Central Valley farmers as the state endures a severe drought. The California State Water Board unanimously agreed to issue an emergency order that bans some farmers from diverting water from rivers and streams in
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una serie de “tesoros” arqueológicos, como cerámicas griegas y cestas de mimbre de 2.400 años de antigüedad llenas de fruta, fueron descubiertos en los restos de la antigua ciudad hundida de Thonis-Heracleion, frente a la costa egipcia.Thonis-Heracleion fue el mayor puerto mediterráneo de Egipto antes de que Alejandro Magno fundara Alejandría
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN The idea that kids don’t get hit hard by Covid-19 is losing steam — in part because of a variant more contagious than any we’ve seen before. Since this time last year, more than 45,000 children have been hospitalized with Covid-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As the coronavirus pandemic continues, infections caused by the Lambda variant have been emerging in the United States, including in Texas, where Houston Methodist Hospital last month reported its first case. Genomic sequencing has identified 1,060 cases of Covid-19 caused by the Lambda variant in the United States so far, according
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Madeline Holcombe and Amir Vera, CNN The surge of Covid-19 fueled by the Delta variant and low vaccination rates is sending the country backward in the pandemic, with hospitalizations reaching wintertime levels. For the first time since February 27, more than 50,000 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized Monday, according to data from the
Continue Reading A car bomb exploded near the home of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister in Kabul and residents in the area responded by chanting in support of security forces. CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports.
Continue Reading FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The British navy says hijackers who boarded a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the ship, without elaborating. The notice on Wednesday came after the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations warned of a “potential hijack” under unclear
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Tencent has announced new limits on the amount of time minors can spend playing the company’s online games, even as investors worry that China may extend its historic crackdown on the private sector to the gaming industry. Those fears were stoked Tuesday after Economic Information Daily — a business newspaper
Continue Reading A trio of new video games feature cats, mouse robots and living spaghetti in their game play. Yes, really. Rick Damigella reports.
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EL PASO, Texas — Here’s a collection of ABC-7’s on-air and online coverage on Aug. 3, 2021, reflecting the two-year anniversary of El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting that claimed the lives of 23 people. WATCH: Healing Garden unveiled at Ascarate ParkWATCH: Star on the Mountain tribute to Aug. 3 victimsWalmart’s Grand Candela lacks
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN The US once again ranked last in access to health care, equity and outcomes among high-income countries, despite spending a far greater share of its economy on health care, a new report released Wednesday has found. The nation has landed in the basement in all seven studies the Commonwealth Fund has
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN The US once again ranked last in access to health care, equity and outcomes among high-income countries, despite spending a far greater share of its economy on health care, a new report released Wednesday has found. The nation has landed in the basement in all seven studies the Commonwealth Fund has
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Dos policías de Washington que respondieron a la insurrección en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos murieron por suicidio, según el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana. “El agente Gunther Hashida, asignado al Equipo de Respuesta a Emergencias dentro de la División de Operaciones Especiales, fue encontrado muerto en su residencia el jueves 29 de
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