Full of joy and pride, the Jamaican trio of Shericka Jackson, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce join Coy Wire to revel in the medal success the sprinters have had at Tokyo 2020. The three fastest women in the world discuss how competition between them drives their success.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Dr. Bud Weidermann runs one of the US pediatric trial sites for a Covid-19 vaccine and the question coming from parents now isn’t about the vaccine itself, but rather, what exactly is taking so long? Eager parents want to vaccinate young children, and they want to do it now — but
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As Britain enjoyed a summertime lull in COVID-19 cases, the nation’s attention turned to the end of pandemic-related restrictions and holidays in the sun. But scientists are warning the public not to be complacent, saying high levels of infection in the community are likely to lead to
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — The new Bundesliga season begins with Bayern Munich the favorite to win yet another title. Bayern begins its bid for a record-extending 10th consecutive German championship at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. The defending champion has a new coach in Julian Nagelsmann. Nagelsmann turned Leipzig into Bayern’s
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By Katia Hetter, CNN As Covid-19 cases are surging across the United States again, daily infection rates are at their highest levels since February, due in large part to the very contagious Delta variant. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has once again urged a return to indoor mask-wearing, citing that even vaccinated
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Flooding brought by heavy rains shut down some freeways in the Detroit area Thursday as waves of thunderstorms made their way across large swaths of the Midwest. Thunderstorms that toppled trees or tree limbs onto power lines left nearly 1 million homes and businesses in Michigan without power at one point Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Nick Paton Walsh, Clarissa Ward, Hannah Ritchie and Barbara Starr, CNN Twelve provincial Afghanistan capitals are now under Taliban control after the militant group captured strategic cities on Thursday, leaving the Afghan capital of Kabul increasingly beleaguered and cut off from the rest of the country. The city of Herat,
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Bennu es uno de los asteroides conocidos más peligrosos de nuestro sistema solar. Gracias a la visita de una nave espacial de la NASA, los científicos tienen una comprensión mucho mayor del asteroide, sus próximos acercamientos más cercanos a la Tierra y si podría impactar nuestro planeta. Si bien la misión
Continue Reading By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent In most cases, a “breakthrough” means a sudden, dramatic or important discovery. With Covid-19, however, the expression has been used to describe an infection that “broke” through the protective immunity of the vaccine — and this is sometimes misinterpreted as a sign the vaccine is not working.
Continue Reading By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent In most cases, a “breakthrough” means a sudden, dramatic or important discovery. With Covid-19, however, the expression has been used to describe an infection that “broke” through the protective immunity of the vaccine — and this is sometimes misinterpreted as a sign the vaccine is not working.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — London’s top police official says the city’s police department is reviewing its files but not opening an investigation of Britain’s Prince Andrew. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said London police working with prosecutors had already reviewed the case twice before a woman sued Andrew in a U.S. federal court this week. Dick
Continue Reading By KATHERINE FAN of NerdWallet As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, recent research shows that office-based workers report being happy with the option to work remotely — and employers have also been pleased with the results. Of course, moving to a remote-work business model has its challenges. Meetings, scheduling, data storage, communication and project management are
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By KATHERINE FAN of NerdWallet As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, recent research shows that office-based workers report being happy with the option to work remotely — and employers have also been pleased with the results. Of course, moving to a remote-work business model has its challenges. Meetings, scheduling, data storage, communication and project management are
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, anunció el miércoles que los maestros y otros empleados de la escuela deben vacunarse contra el covid-19 o someterse a pruebas periódicas. California se convertirá en el primer estado de la nación en implementar tal requisito. “Para darles a los padres la confianza de que sus
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Lemos As the Delta variant drives a surge of Covid-19 cases in Florida, a rapid-response unit will be deployed to administer monoclonal antibody treatments to residents infected with the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. “This is the most effective treatment that we’ve yet encountered for people who are infected with Covid-19,” DeSantis
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As schools start classes across the United States, public health experts warn that the politics around masks could hinder the nation’s fight against Covid-19. But the real-life evidence about masks leaves little doubt that they work. In some places where schools have been open for a while now, such as Georgia
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As schools start classes across the United States, public health experts warn that the politics around masks could hinder the nation’s fight against Covid-19. But the real-life evidence about masks leaves little doubt that they work. In some places where schools have been open for a while now, such as Georgia
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business If you visit an IHOP in the not-too-distant future, chances are you may encounter some unexpected menu items that weren’t available before: beer, wine and bubbly. That’s because for the first time, IHOP is offering its franchisees, which run the vast majority of IHOP restaurants, the chance to add an
Continue Reading Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A new law requiring food delivery companies in Spain to hire delivery riders and drivers as employees rather than freelance contractors has gone into effect. Spain’s Trade Union Confederation said the so-called Riders Law that entered into force on Thursday would “put an end to the labor fraud that workers
Continue Reading Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A new law requiring food delivery companies in Spain to hire delivery riders and drivers as employees rather than freelance contractors has gone into effect. Spain’s Trade Union Confederation said the so-called Riders Law that entered into force on Thursday would “put an end to the labor fraud that workers
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Todos los presidentes desde George W. Bush han dicho que es hora de dejar Afganistán y dedicarse a construir nación en casa. Pero solo Joe Biden lo está logrando. Su enorme apuesta por más de US$ 4,5 billones en gastos de infraestructura y una salida de la guerra más larga de
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By Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN More than 4,400 students in Mississippi are quarantining after being exposed to Covid-19 in the first weeks of the school year, according to data from the state’s department of health. The department tracked student and staff Covid-19 exposure and positive cases by individual schools and counties from August
Continue Reading By Manveena Suri, Diksha Madhok and Meenketan Jha, CNN Business India’s main opposition party is accusing Twitter of stifling freedom of speech after the company took action against hundreds of tweets that identified the family of a child who was allegedly raped and murdered. Twitter’s decision followed a call from India’s child protection agency to
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a man holding five people hostage in an Indianapolis apartment shot and wounded three people, including a police officer, before turning the gun on himself. Police identified the suspect in the shooting Wednesday evening on the city’s northeast side as 32-year-old Donald Williams. Officers were called to the apartment about
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean military court has sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison for crimes including providing prostitutes to foreign businessmen. The Defense Ministry says the former member of the boy band Big Bang was taken into custody after the ruling by an army court in Yongin,
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Protesters have closed roads in different parts of Lebanon, angry over the central bank’s decision to end subsidies for fuel products. The decision is likely to hike prices of almost all commodities amid a paralyzing economic crisis. The outgoing prime minister described the decision by the central
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Protesters have closed roads in different parts of Lebanon, angry over the central bank’s decision to end subsidies for fuel products. The decision is likely to hike prices of almost all commodities amid a paralyzing economic crisis. The outgoing prime minister described the decision by the central
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By Eric Bradner, CNN The Census Bureau on Thursday released the data used to draw congressional and state legislative district lines, starting a nationwide scramble to draw new boundaries in time for next year’s midterm elections. The data, based on last year’s once-a-decade canvassing, showed that population growth in the United States over the past
Continue Reading Senate passes resolution that starts a road for major spending legislation to pass with no Republican support.
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week amount to the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece has seen in decades. The fires broke out as the country roasted during the most intense and protracted heat wave
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