By Kylie Atwood, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken met privately with US officials who were affected by Havana syndrome during his visit Thursday to the US Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, according to a senior State Department official. “He heard their experiences and reiterated that the issue and their care is an absolute priority for
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By JOSH BOAK and MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. financial regulators are acknowledging climate change to be a serious threat to the stability of the nation’s financial system. On Thursday, they approved a series of steps aimed at addressing the financial dangers posed by a changing climate. The actions were approved by
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Jimmie, la jirafa macho más vieja de Estados Unidos y “puede que del mundo”, se encuentra en cuidados paliativos, informó el zoológico de Plumpton Park en Maryland. Es la principal atracción del zoológico, que ha sido su hogar durante los últimos 25 años. La mayoría de las jirafas macho rara vez
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer For the NBA’s 75th anniversary team, 75 players weren’t enough. The league needed 76 instead. The top 75 players in NBA history — and one more because of a tie in the voting — have now been revealed, a group that has combined to win 158 NBA championships, earn
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Meghan, duquesa de Sussex, insta a los líderes demócratas del Congreso a aprobar la licencia familiar y médica federal pagada y “asegurar que este momento tan relevante no se pierda” mientras los demócratas continúan negociando un acuerdo para aprobar la red de seguridad social y el paquete de infraestructura del gobierno
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN As Britney Spears prepares to return to court next month to try to bring her 13-year conservatorship to an end, her father Jamie Spears has a new lawyer. Vivian L. Thoreen, Jamie Spears’ former attorney, announced the change in counsel in a statement to CNN on Thursday. “We are proud of
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continuada en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Sociales, así como estudios superiores posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Actualmente, Dávila Miguel es
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Snapchat’s corporate parent has disclosed that its ad sales are being hurt by a privacy crackdown that rolled out on Apple’s iPhones earlier this year, raising investor fears that the app’s financial growth is going into a tailspin. The revelation in Snap Inc.’s third-quarter earnings triggered a nearly 22% drop
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By Stella Chan, CNN A Southern California sheriff’s deputy was charged by prosecutors with assault after security camera footage showed him allegedly kicking a suspect in the head after the man appeared to have surrendered to authorities. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office said it has charged Deputy Corie Smith with one felony count
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El líder de la pandilla haitiana que secuestró a 17 misioneros estadounidenses y canadienses amenazó con matar a los rehenes si no consigue lo que pide, según un video publicado este jueves. El video fue grabado el miércoles en un funeral de los miembros de la pandilla que, según él, murieron
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Ecuador confirmó este jueves a la prensa que el lunes abrió una investigación previa por “presunta defraudación tributaria” contra el presidente Guillermo Lasso. Según la Fiscalía, la investigación previa responde a una denuncia presentada por el excandidato presidencial del movimiento indígena Pachacutik, Yaku Pérez, en relación a
Continue Reading SUPERIOR, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says a man who was fired from a grain elevator returned later in the day and shot three people, killing two, before he was shot to death by another employee. The patrol says the shooting happened Thursday afternoon at the Agrex Elevator in Superior. A preliminary investigation
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have been a major disappointment heading into Monday night’s matchup against New Orleans. At 2-4, the Seahawks are in last place in perhaps the toughest division in the league and with only Detroit and the New York Giants having worse records in the
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Business) — Cuando los planes de WeWork de su exitosa oferta pública inicial se derrumbaron en 2019, la compañía se convirtió en un ejemplo sobre los excesos del capital de riesgo y la cultura de las startups en la era posterior a 2008. “Lo que le sucedió a WeWork no es
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Michael Ellis, who was installed as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency during President Donald Trump’s final days in office, was appropriately sidelined the day after his arrival at the agency based on a pair of security incidents that took place in early 2021, the Defense Department inspector
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By Lauren M. Johnson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The mystery behind the deaths of a couple, their baby daughter and the family dog, who were found on a hiking trail near Yosemite National Park in August, has come to an end. The cause of death for Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter, Miju,
Continue Reading The cause of death for Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, was hyperthermia with possible dehydration due to environmental exposure, Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese said at a news conference.
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Saturday’s football game between Drake and Stetson in Des Moines has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns among Drake personnel. Drake announced Thursday that the Pioneer Football League canceled the game because of “COVID-19 issues within Drake’s Tier I personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, managers, and staff.” Drake medical
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will both play Thursday night despite being slowed by injuries. Bridgewater was listed as questionable this week with a foot injury sustained last week. He also has a quadriceps injury. Beckham was questionable after injuring
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer The Cincinnati Bengals have a chance to move into a tie for first atop the AFC North if they can win at division-leading Baltimore on Sunday. For a Cincinnati team with young standouts at quarterback and receiver, this is a chance for the Bengals to see how they measure
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Texas man who threatened lawmakers and tech executives online on January 6 to 14 months in prison, the toughest sentence yet for a US Capitol riot-related defendant. Troy Anthony Smocks, who was in Washington on the day of the attack but
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CNN, POOL, JANUARY 5, BANNON’S WAR ROOM, JOHN HARRINGTON, January 5/Bannon’s War Room By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Texas man who threatened lawmakers and tech executives online on January 6 to 14 months in prison, the toughest sentence yet for a US Capitol riot-related defendant. Troy
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, CNN Jeff Miller, a lobbyist and close ally of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, has warned GOP consultants in recent weeks that they can’t work for both McCarthy and Rep. Liz Cheney, a source confirmed to CNN, claiming she is working to undermine the House GOP’s efforts to win back the majority.
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer A Congressional committee is seeking documents and information from the NFL regarding the investigation into the Washington Football Team and how the league handled it. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform says it sent a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell requesting by Nov. 4 all documents and
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s debut of its new license plate failed to take off after the illustration of a banner in flight was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers’ first plane. The new plate’s banner reads “Birthplace of Aviation.” The banner should have been trailing behind the plane but was attached
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US suffered a setback in the race with China and Russia to develop hypersonic weapons when its latest test failed, the Pentagon said in a statement Thursday. A booster stack, which is the rocket used to accelerate the projectile to hypersonic speeds, failed and the test of the projectile, the
Continue Reading CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia museum is proposing to melt down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017 in Charlottesville. It then wants to create a new work of public art from it. The Daily Progress reports that the Jefferson School
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL season has had 22 games with a winning score in either the final minute of regulation or in overtime. That’s the highest six-week total in history. The Minnesota Vikings have kept up with the rest of the league’s clutch teams despite a 3-3
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sin duda ir de vacaciones se ha vuelto mucho más complicado debido al covid-19. Tras más de un año de pandemia, las restricciones fronterizas siguen cambiando constantemente a medida que surgen nuevas variantes, mientras que las pruebas de PCR y de antígenos se han convertido en parte integral de los viajes.
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar is warning that the country is already facing “an internal armed conflict” and if power isn’t returned to the people in a democratic way “we will go in the direction of a failed state.” Christine Schraner Burgener told U.N.
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