August 2021

2020 was Europe’s hottest year on record ‘by a considerable amount,’ scientists say

August 25, 2021 10:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Last year was Europe’s hottest on record, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Meteorological…

Juventus board approves new share issue of of $475 million

August 25, 2021 10:09 AM Associated Press

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Serie A club Juventus has moved a step closer to receiving a cash injection of up to 400 million euros ($475 million) by…

El número de personas con presión arterial alta se ha duplicado a nivel mundial, según estudio

August 25, 2021 10:08 AM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un gigantesco estudio mundial concluye que el número de personas mayores de 30 años con presión arterial alta se…

Old Alabama fossil plant’s smokestacks toppled by dynamite

August 25, 2021 10:05 AM Associated Press

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (AP) — Workers have used dynamite to demolish six smokestacks at a decommissioned power plant in Alabama. The implosion took place…

Deli meats linked to multi-state salmonella sicknesses

August 25, 2021 10:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A dozen people have been hospitalized with salmonella and two dozen sickened as of August 24 in multistate outbreaks of two…

Coach Prime eager to raise profile of Jackson State, HBCUs

August 25, 2021 9:59 AM Associated Press

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Former NFL star Deion Sanders is eager to put Jackson State on the football map and help raise the profile of…

Coach Prime eager to raise profile of Jackson State, HBCUs

August 25, 2021 9:59 AM Associated Press

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Former NFL star Deion Sanders is eager to put Jackson State on the football map and help raise the profile of…

Pentagon mandates US military service members receive Covid vaccine immediately

August 25, 2021 9:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessica Schneider, Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated…

2nd hiker dies within days in Death Valley National Park

August 25, 2021 9:49 AM Associated Press

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley National Park rangers are reminding visitors to limit stressful activities during summer…

12 fallecidos luego de una explosión en una mina de carbón en Colombia

August 25, 2021 9:48 AM CNN Newsource

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Agencia Nacional de Minería de Colombia (ANM) informó este martes por la noche que…

Virgin Hyperloop releases new video of 670 mph passenger pods

August 25, 2021 9:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy, CNN Virgin Hyperloop has released a new concept video showing its plans for a transportation system it says will allow passengers to…

Giants finally activate veteran TE Kyle Rudolph off PUP list

August 25, 2021 9:45 AM Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph is finally getting on the field with the New York Giants. The Giants announced Rudolph has…

Delta Air Lines anuncia sanciones para los empleados no vacunados

August 25, 2021 9:40 AM CNN Newsource

CNNEE (CNN) — Delta Air Lines está poniendo una nueva fecha límite para los empleados no vacunados que requerirá que tomen pruebas semanales…

Trump makes executive privilege threat as House committee seeks documents from agencies on January 6 attack

August 25, 2021 9:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to invoke executive privilege…

Mexico welcomes 124 Afghan refugee journalists, families

August 25, 2021 9:38 AM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has welcomed a group of 124 Afghan media workers and their families who fled their country after the Taliban takeover.…

‘Bob Ross’ paints a complex portrait of the artist’s life, and the battle that followed it

August 25, 2021 9:37 AM CNN Newsource

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Add the late PBS painter Bob Ross to the list of youthful memories with a darker side, at least in terms of the messy…

Man protecting his baby fatally shot in Florida restaurant

August 25, 2021 9:35 AM Associated Press

By TERRY SPENCER and DAVID FISCHER MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A gunman walked into a Miami Beach restaurant and fatally shot a tourist who was…

Olympic champ Thompson-Herah keeping Flo-Jo’s time in view

August 25, 2021 9:35 AM Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah believes she can break Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old record in the…

Detienen a ciudadano brasileño de origen libanés en Paraguay requerido para extradición por EE.UU.

August 25, 2021 9:35 AM CNN Newsource

CNNEE (CNN Español) — Autoridades paraguayas detuvieron este martes a Kassem Mohamad Hijazi, ciudadano brasileño de origen libanés residente…

Moderna completa la solicitud para la aprobación plena de su vacuna contra el covid-19

August 25, 2021 9:33 AM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Moderna anunció este miércoles que concluyó su solicitud a la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de…

Colorado high school volleyball coach says school administrators asked him to denounce being gay or leave his job

August 25, 2021 9:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Carma Hassan and Kay Jones, CNN A volleyball coach says administrators at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, forced him to…

Women’s rights activist recounts pain of leaving Afghanistan

August 25, 2021 9:28 AM Associated Press

By DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — A former mayor of a central Afghanistan city is in Germany after having fled her…

Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls

August 25, 2021 9:27 AM Associated Press

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal…

Visualizing the stark maternal health inequities in the United States

August 25, 2021 9:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Black women in the United States are more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than any other demographic — and the…

Ancient DNA from a teen girl reveals previously unknown group of humans

August 25, 2021 9:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The bones of a teenage hunter-gatherer who died more than 7,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi tell the…

Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent

August 25, 2021 9:16 AM Associated Press

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press A federal report finds that in the run up to the 2020 presidential election U.S. states and territories had spent…

Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent

August 25, 2021 9:16 AM Associated Press

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press A federal report finds that in the run up to the 2020 presidential election U.S. states and territories had spent…

EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?

August 25, 2021 9:11 AM Associated Press

By BEN FOX and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 82,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban…

EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?

August 25, 2021 9:11 AM Associated Press

By BEN FOX and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 82,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban…

Disney World reaches deal to mandate vaccine with unionized workers

August 25, 2021 9:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney World will require vaccinations for many of its employees at the Florida-based resort after the company made a…

Month: August 2021