By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny home loans to people of color than to white people with similar financial characteristics. Holding 17 different factors steady in a complex statistical analysis of more than 2 million conventional
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By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny home loans to people of color than to white people with similar financial characteristics. Holding 17 different factors steady in a complex statistical analysis of more than 2 million conventional
Continue Reading By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny home loans to people of color than to white people with similar financial characteristics. Holding 17 different factors steady in a complex statistical analysis of more than 2 million conventional
Continue Reading By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny home loans to people of color than to white people with similar financial characteristics. Holding 17 different factors steady in a complex statistical analysis of more than 2 million conventional
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine generated a big spike in antibodies, the frontline immune system defenses against infection, the company reported Wednesday. People who received a booster six to eight months after their initial J&J shots saw antibodies increase nine-fold higher than 28 days after the first
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More than 270 homes in central Tennessee were destroyed in deadly flooding that killed 18 people and left three still unaccounted for days later, officials said Tuesday. A damage assessment conducted in Humphreys County showed 271 homes were destroyed by Saturday’s flooding, according to a news release from the county’s emergency
Continue Reading By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state news agency says an oil spill caused by leakage from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil refineries is spreading along the coast of the Mediterranean country. SANA reported Wednesday that the oil spill reached the coastal town of Jableh, about 20 kilometers
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Belgium ended their evacuations from Afghanistan, but other European nations vowed to press on for as long as possible. The decisions came as the clock ticked down on the dramatic airlift of people fleeing Taliban rule ahead of a full American withdrawal. President Joe
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Mariana Toro Washington (CNN) — Los esfuerzos de evacuación de la administración de Biden en Afganistán han ganado un impulso considerable en los últimos días, ahora superando con creces las metas diarias iniciales después de un comienzo caótico y desarticulado. La Casa Blanca dijo el martes por la mañana que al menos 12.700 personas habían
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval this week for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 years of age and older. This is the first of the coronavirus vaccines to receive full approval from the FDA. What does full approval mean for those who are already vaccinated? What
Continue Reading olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Krispy Kreme está redoblando su popular promoción de donas o rosquillas gratis para los clientes vacunados contra el covid-19 en Estados Unidos. A partir del 30 de agosto, la cadena le dará a cualquier persona con prueba de vacunación dos donas gratis todos los días hasta el 5 de
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.” The Associated Press obtained footage of the May 2019
Continue Reading By RYAN ZUMMALLEN Edmunds To make room for new models, automakers bid adieu to older cars and SUVs each year. The models making their last appearance in 2022 are the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Volvo V60, the Mazda 6, the Volkswagen Golf, and lastly, the Acura NSX. While there are reasons behind each vehicle’s discontinuation,
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La ciclista australiana Paige Greco ganó el miércoles el primer oro de los Juegos Paralímpicos de Tokio 2020 con los Juegos, retrasados un año debido a la pandemia, finalmente en marcha a medida que aumentan los nuevos casos de coronavirus en la capital de Japón. Greco cruzó la línea en primer lugar
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Five women from Afghanistan’s renowned robotics team arrived in Mexico on Tuesday, following the country’s takeover by the Taliban. The five women, along with one of their partners, were transported on a commercial flight to Mexico on Monday, funded by different organizations, Martha Delgado, undersecretary for multilateral affairs
Continue Reading The Taliban announce they no longer want Afghans leaving the country. CNN’s Sam Kiley reports from inside Kabul airport
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker says he “can’t sit on the sidelines anymore” as he joins Georgia’s Republican Senate race. He was a football star at the University of Georgia and has former President Donald Trump as his cheerleader. But Walker is untested as a politician and it remains to
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker says he “can’t sit on the sidelines anymore” as he joins Georgia’s Republican Senate race. He was a football star at the University of Georgia and has former President Donald Trump as his cheerleader. But Walker is untested as a politician and it remains to
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The SPAC party on Wall Street is flaming out about as fast as it began. Increased scrutiny on the accounting methods used by special purpose acquisition companies, along with a series of PR headaches involving high-profile deals, threaten to stop the so-called blank check fad in its tracks.
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By Alex Rogers, CNN Herschel Walker, the former football star, announced his campaign for US Senate in Georgia on Wednesday, after months of speculation marked by both former President Donald Trump’s public encouragement and some Republicans’ rising concerns about the political newcomer’s ability to win a crucial seat. “Our country is at a crossroads, and
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business One of China’s biggest tech firms has pledged to hand over its entire profit for the last quarter to rural development projects in the country as Beijing steps up the pressure for wealth redistribution. E-commerce firm Pinduoduo on Tuesday pledged to donate the $372 million it made in the three
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Taylor Swift publicó su primer TikTok y, por supuesto, sus seguidores se volvieron locos. La cantante acudió a la plataforma de redes sociales para promocionar la edición en vinilo del próximo lanzamiento de la regrabación de “Red”, actualmente disponible para preventa. “Están sucediendo muchas cosas en este momento”, escribió Swift. “El vinilo
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La Liga Premier de Inglaterra dice que sus clubes han decidido “de mala gana pero por unanimidad” no liberar jugadores para partidos en países incluidos en la lista roja del Reino Unido para el próximo parón internacional el próximo mes. De acuerdo con las pautas del gobierno del Reino Unido, cualquier persona
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — An insurance industry group says that devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of about 7 billion euros ($8.2 billion). That’s significantly higher than its previous estimate. More than 180 people died in Germany and hundreds more were injured in the July 14-15 floods, which
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — An insurance industry group says that devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of about 7 billion euros ($8.2 billion). That’s significantly higher than its previous estimate. More than 180 people died in Germany and hundreds more were injured in the July 14-15 floods, which
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers. The White House made the announcement Wednesday following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top business executives. The gathering was held during a relentless
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El número de nuevos casos de covid-19 reportados a nivel mundial “parece estabilizarse” después de haber aumentado durante casi dos meses, dijo el lunes la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). La OMS notificó más de 4,5 millones de casos nuevos y 68.000 nuevas muertes en todo el mundo la semana pasada,
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Reports and officials say a Russian man from a Russian-held island claimed by both Tokyo and Moscow is seeking asylum after being found in a wetsuit on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido. Japanese media reports say the man was found on the coast of Hokkaido across
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers. The White House made the announcement Wednesday following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top business executives. The gathering was held during a relentless
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — La fuerte recuperación del empleo ha llevado a muchos trabajadores a separarse de sus empleadores, en muchos casos, para buscar trabajos que ofrezcan más flexibilidad o mejores salarios. En junio, casi 4 millones de trabajadores en Estados Unidos renunciaron a sus trabajos, según la última encuesta sobre vacantes laborales y rotación
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