December 2021

DHS secretary ‘extraordinarily concerned’ about latest software vulnerability that forced US Patent office to take its systems offline for 12 hours

December 16, 2021 11:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Geneva Sands, Sean Lyngaas and Gregory Wallace, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that he’s “extraordinarily concerned” about a newly revealed critical flaw in widely used software that is roiling the internet and caused the US Patent and Trademark Office to temporarily shut down external access to its computer systems. “It’s uppermost

El covid-19 hace estragos en Estados Unidos: el aumento de casos y hospitalizaciones causan trastornos en la sociedad

December 16, 2021 11:06 AM CNN Newsource

Germán Padinger (CNN) — Las infecciones y hospitalizaciones por covid-19 aumentan otra vez en Estados Unidos, lo que ha llevado a una nueva oleada de cancelaciones e interrupciones mientras el país se prepara para otra temporada festiva en medio de los estragos de la pandemia. Según los datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, en EE.UU.

Virus woes cancel Ohio St-Kentucky showdown, other games

December 16, 2021 11:00 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press Coronavirus concerns have forced the postponement of a number of college basketball games. They include this weekend’s showdown in Las Vegas between No. 15 Ohio State and No. 21 Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic. It’s unclear whether fourth-ranked UCLA’s game Saturday against North Carolina at the same tournament will also

Los asesores de vacunas de los CDC recomiendan las vacunas Pfizer y Moderna sobre la de J&J

December 16, 2021 10:59 AM CNN Newsource

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los asesores de vacunas de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. votaron 15-0 este jueves para cambiar las recomendaciones de las vacunas contra el covid-19, algo que deja claro que las vacunas realizadas por Moderna y Pfizer / BioNTech son preferibles a la vacuna de

Biden firma el aumento del techo de la deuda, evitando un posible desastre económico

December 16, 2021 10:58 AM CNN Newsource

macamilarincon (CNN) –– El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, firmó este jueves el proyecto de ley que aumenta el límite máximo de la deuda del país, según un comunicado de la Casa Blanca. La medida la aprobó el Congreso a principios de esta semana. El Congreso votó para aumentar el límite de la deuda

Justice Department breaks off settlement talks with families separated at US-Mexico border

December 16, 2021 10:57 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Justice Department has informed attorneys representing separated migrant families that it will cease settlement negotiations and are ready to go back to court, according to an attorney representing families. The news comes after the White House came under political pressure following news of the talks and potential payments to families

Lletget traded to Revolution by Galaxy, reunites with Arena

December 16, 2021 10:50 AM Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Midfielder Sebastian Lletget has been acquired by Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution from the LA Galaxy for $500,000 in 2022 and 2023 general allocation money. The trade includes conditional future general allocation money based on performance. Lletget is a regular on the U.S. national team. The 29-year-old had spent the

UNESCO puts Haitian soup on cultural heritage list

December 16, 2021 10:49 AM Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — The United Nations cultural agency has placed a traditional Haitian soup widely seen as a symbol of the nation’s independence on its prized intangible cultural heritage list. UNESCO’S director-general says joumou soup “tells the story of the heroes and heroines of Haitian independence, their struggle for human rights and their hard-won freedom.”

Live theater in London, NYC grapple with new virus outbreaks

December 16, 2021 10:49 AM Associated Press

By MARK KENNEDY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many stages on both Broadway and the West End have been forced to go dark once more as the live theater community grapples with new backstage outbreaks of the coronavirus and its variants. The new shutdowns have temporarily closed everything from London’s revival

Ben Affleck says negative reaction to Stern interview ‘hurts my feelings’

December 16, 2021 10:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ben Affleck is trying to set the record straight. After giving an expansive interview on Howard Stern’s radio show, Affleck faced backlash over some of the comments he made about his marriage to actress Jennifer Garner and how their troubles contributed to his alcoholism, saying if they hadn’t split in 2015,

Protocolo de la Esperanza: el pacto internacional para proteger a los defensores de DD.HH. que honra a Berta Cáceres

December 16, 2021 10:47 AM CNN Newsource

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El 3 de marzo de 2016 apagaron a tiros la voz de Berta Cáceres, dirigente indígena y activista hondureña reconocida por su trabajo ambiental. Su asesinato encarnó una vez más el riesgo mortal que enfrentan los defensores y líderes de derechos humanos en Latinoamérica: antes del homicidio, a Cáceres la amenazaron

BEHIND THE LENS: Chronicling a warming world

December 16, 2021 10:45 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press In Germany, a train passes a railroad crossing surrounded by floodwaters. In Greece, a man stands off a beach and watches a wildfire burn across the water. In Colombia, a landscape of cracked mud to the horizon evokes a sci-fi world even as it tells the story of a drying lagoon

Greece: Protest against budget constrained by pandemic costs

December 16, 2021 10:44 AM Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Labor unions led by the Greek Communist Party are demanding a return of wage and pension levels that were axed during three successive international bailouts. Some 2,000 protesters gathered in front of the parliament building in central Athens as lawmakers debated the 2022 budget on Thursday. The budget includes a proposed

BEHIND THE LENS: For Afghans, chaos and uncertainty — again

December 16, 2021 10:42 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press Afghanistan, the country that can’t catch a break, had another difficult year in 2021. It was punctuated by the chaos of a U.S. withdrawal and the quick next chapter. The Taliban, who were unseated as Afghanistan’s rulers by a U.S.-led coalition after the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago, returned. AP photographers

Omicron is dominant in wastewater samples in Florida county

December 16, 2021 10:38 AM Associated Press

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though there have been no cases of clinical infection, the new omicron variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the Florida county that is home to the nation’s largest theme park resorts. That’s based on wastewater samples. Officials said Wednesday that the omicron variant has quickly

All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say

December 16, 2021 10:37 AM Associated Press

By EVENS SANON and PETER SMITH Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed. That’s according to the group and to Haitian police. The spokesman for Haiti’s National Police confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the remaining hostages

Coastal Carolina and Northern Illinois meet in Cure Bowl

December 16, 2021 10:36 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press Coastal Carolina is looking to finish with 11 wins for the second straight year when it faces Northern Illinois in the Cure Bowl. Quarterback Grayson McCall’s efficiency rating of 207.95 is well ahead of the pace to break the record of 203.06 Alabama’s Mac Jones set last season. Northern Illionois is

Solid demand, backlog of home orders favors builders in ’22

December 16, 2021 10:28 AM Associated Press

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilder stocks have outpaced the broader market this year, and analysts are bullish on the prospects for more gains in 2022, despite expectations of continued supply chain woes. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders exchange-traded fund is up 45% this year, more than double the S&P 500.

Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court

December 16, 2021 10:24 AM Associated Press

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has returned a lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a federal appeals court that has twice allowed the law to stay in effect, rather than to a district judge who sought to block it. Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday signed the court’s order

Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court

December 16, 2021 10:24 AM Associated Press

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has returned a lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a federal appeals court that has twice allowed the law to stay in effect, rather than to a district judge who sought to block it. Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday signed the court’s order

Child care hiring crisis is closing programs and keeping parents out of workforce

December 16, 2021 10:18 AM CNN

CNN By Gabe Cohen, CNN A hiring crisis is closing classrooms at Nurtury Early Education in Boston. The nonprofit, which serves mostly low-income families, has seen its staff shrink 30% during the coronavirus pandemic. “We cannot find enough educators who are willing to come into our classrooms,” CEO Laura Perille said. “Because they can earn

The first true millipede has been discovered in Australia. It has the most legs of any living animal

December 16, 2021 10:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Millipedes have lots of legs. It’s defining feature of this creature, which is neither worm nor insect. However, despite a name derived from the Latin for thousand (mille) and feet (pes), no millipede has been found with more than 750 legs — until now. Scientists have discovered the first millipede that

Biden signs debt limit increase, averting potential economic disaster

December 16, 2021 10:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Sam Fossum President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the bill raising the debt limit ceiling that passed Congress earlier this week, according to a press release from the White House. Congress voted to raise the national debt limit by $2.5 trillion and extend it into 2023 after lawmakers raced to avert a catastrophic default

Ted has heart-warming Christmas message in ‘Ted Lasso’ animated short

December 16, 2021 10:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a Christmas miracle for “Ted Lasso” fans. If you’re missing the Richmond gang, Apple TV+ on Wednesday released a stop-motion animated short that will help fill the Ted-shaped hole in your heart this holiday season. In the short, Ted and the gang go on a search after Ted’s iconic mustache

Judge sets January arguments for lawsuits seeking to hold Trump accountable for US Capitol riot

December 16, 2021 10:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Three lawsuits that seek to hold Donald Trump and his closest advisers accountable for the US Capitol riot are moving forward after months of inaction. Judge Amit Mehta of the DC District Court has set oral arguments on whether the cases should be dismissed for January 10.

The last ever A380 superjumbo is delivered to Emirates

December 16, 2021 10:09 AM CNN Newsource

Francesca Street, CNN The last Airbus A380 ever made has been delivered to Emirates, marking the end of an era for the superjumbo that was once touted as the future of aviation until airlines cast it aside for smaller aircraft. The huge double-deck aircraft, call sign A6-EVS, arrived in London on Thursday and will soon

Shipping CEO: The best solution to global supply chain chaos

December 16, 2021 10:06 AM CNN Newsource

Opinion by Vincent Clerc for CNN Business Perspectives Almost everything you buy has traveled along some of the millions of miles of networks that make up the world’s supply chains. Most of the time, the logistics involved in making this possible are invisible and kept behind the scenes. But these days, supply chains are front

Police say El Paso driver lost control, crashed into lower valley home

December 16, 2021 10:05 AM David Gonzalez

UPDATE: Police say a 25-year-old lower valley man died after crashing into the corner of a cinder-block home. Police have identified the driver as Isaac Matthew Vargas. Investigators say Vargas was speeding and failed to negotiate a curve before crashing into the home just after 4:30 a.m. Police say Vargas died at the scene of

Pressure builds against doctors peddling false virus claims

December 16, 2021 10:05 AM Associated Press

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Medical regulators are under increasing pressure to act against American doctors who spread COVID-19 misinformation. A small but vocal group of physicians in communities around the country have decried the coronavirus as a hoax, promoted unproven treatments and pushed bogus claims about the vaccine, including that the shots magnetize the

McDonald’s recupera US$ 105 millones de Steve Easterbrook, CEO al que despidió

December 16, 2021 9:56 AM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — McDonald’s llegó a un acuerdo con el exCEO Steve Easterbrook, que obliga al ejecutivo desacreditado a devolver el paquete de indemnización que recibió por el despido, que asciende a más de US$ 100 millones. Easterbrook fue despedido en 2019 después de que la junta directiva del gigante de

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