LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Public Schools welcomed back students Monday to in-person learning, but will also continue with virtual instruction for some. The district announced that masks will be enforced for students, faculty, and staff while indoors throughout the school day and at any indoor after school events. LCPS staff who are
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Jury selection for singer R. Kelly’s trial begins Monday, with hundreds of potential jurors expected to appear in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, as Covid-19 cases surge, fueled by the Delta variant. Twelve jurors and six alternates will be selected, and those chosen will be the only members of the
Continue Reading Jury selection starts Monday for another R Kelly trial. This time it’s in New York.
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Jane Withers, a former child movie star who won hearts during Hollywood’s Golden Age, has died aged 95. The Atlanta-born actress died on Saturday evening in Burbank, California, surrounded by her loved ones, her daughter, Kendall Errair, confirmed in a statement to Deadline. “My mother was such a special lady,” Errair
Continue Reading Actress Jane Withers, one of the biggest child stars of the 1930s and later the advertising icon Josephine the plumber, has died at age 95.
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Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are joining forces with local law enforcement in five major US cities to surge resources toward stopping gun violence. CNN’s Josh Campbell got inside access to a new task force in Washington using cutting-edge technology to identify and lock up shooters before they strike again.
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Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — Las tasas de vacunación a nivel mundial siguen avanzando, pero el promedio mundial se mantiene relativamente bajo: el 29,9% de la población mundial está vacunada al menos parcialmente contra el covid-19, y solo el 15,4% está completamente vacunado. Las noticias mejoran en el continente americano: el 50,01% de la población en
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is currently only authorized for emergency use in the United States, but its full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration could happen within weeks. The ramifications could alter the course of the pandemic in several ways. First, full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could persuade more
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is currently only authorized for emergency use in the United States, but its full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration could happen within weeks. The ramifications could alter the course of the pandemic in several ways. First, full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could persuade more
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Este lunes comenzaron los controles en los establecimientos en Francia, incluidos bares, restaurantes y centros de transporte, al entrar en vigencia el mandato del pase de salud de covid-19 en el país. Para ingresar a locales cubiertos por la ley, que también incluyen cines y trenes y autobuses de larga distancia, las
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package is poised for a final vote in the Senate on Tuesday morning after clearing the last procedural hurdle following months of furious negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday evening that Republicans and Democrats have reached an agreement
Continue Reading The Senate will reconvene this afternoon after voting last night to end debate on the infrastructure deal.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La administración Biden revelaría nuevas sanciones a Belarús y un nuevo decreto presidencial en medio de la continua represión por parte del régimen de Alexander Lukashenko. Una fuente del Congreso le dijo a CNN que se esperaba que las acciones se anunciaran el lunes, en el primer aniversario de las elecciones del
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will release billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong on parole this week after he spent 18 months in prison for his role in a massive corruption scandal that triggered nationwide protests and led to the ouster of the country’s previous president. The announcement by the Justice Ministry,
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Bobby Bowden, el famoso entrenador de fútbol americano universitario que dirigió la Universidad Estatal de Florida durante más de 30 años y transformó el equipo de Tallahassee en una potencia, murió el domingo, dijo la escuela en un comunicado. Tenía 91 años. Bowden “falleció en paz” en su casa, según un comunicado
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Por primera vez en casi una década, el aeropuerto Changi de Singapur ha perdido su lugar en la cima de la clasificación anual de Skytrax de los mejores aeropuertos del mundo en los World Airport Awards. El Aeropuerto Internacional Hamad (HIA) de Doha, que ha estado escalando posiciones durante años, ha sido
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — El diputado Walter Espinoza fue electo como candidato a la Presidencia de Nicaragua por el Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) en una reunión extraordinaria de la junta directiva del partido, y se inscribió este sábado ante el Consejo Supremo Electoral, informó Espinoza a medios de comunicación nacionales a su salida de la
Continue Reading NY: The woman previously known as “Executive Assistant 1” is stepping forward publicly to accuse Gov. Cuomo of a sex crime
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Mientras el mundo lucha contra sequías históricas, incendios forestales que alteran el paisaje e inundaciones mortales, un histórico informe de científicos del mundo dice que la ventana se está cerrando rápidamente para reducir nuestra dependencia de los combustibles fósiles y evitar cambios catastróficos que transformarían la vida tal como la conocemos. El
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNI By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN With the Olympic flame extinguished in Tokyo, all eyes are now on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games less than six months away. Scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, the Winter Games is seen as a major moment of pride in China, with
Continue Reading Hear US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry deliver a major policy speech emphasizing the urgency of climate action at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. Under the Paris Agreement, most nations agreed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees. The US remains the world’s second biggest greenhouse gas emitter after China and is by far the biggest emitter historically.
Continue Reading Democratic Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that the fires in her state show that climate change is real and is “like a hammer hitting us in the head.”
Continue Reading By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it. The state-of-the-science report from the United
Continue Reading GENEVA, Switzerland — Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent. That’s according to a report released Monday that the United Nations calls a “code red for humanity.” Report co-author Linda Mearns of the U.S. National Center
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most comprehensive and conclusive “state of the science” on the climate crisis: why it is happening, how it is impacting every region of the planet, how much worse things are set to get and what must be
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Una asistente del gobernador de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo, a quien hasta ahora solo se le había identificado como “Asistente Ejecutiva 1”, se presentó públicamente y detalló sus denuncias de acoso sexual contra el gobernador demócrata. Lo que Cuomo decía del acoso sexual antes de acusaciones 2:30 Brittany Commisso, una de las
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La principal asesora del gobernador de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo, Melissa DeRosa, renunció el domingo por la noche, menos de una semana después de la publicación de un informe del fiscal general del estado que encontró que Cuomo acosaba sexualmente a 11 mujeres. “Ha sido el mayor honor de mi vida servir
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN With the Olympic flame extinguished in Tokyo, all eyes are now on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games less than six months away. Scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, the Winter Games is seen as a major moment of pride in China, with Beijing poised
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By Kay Jones, Gregory Lemos and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Rising cases of Covid-19 in Louisiana have led to the cancellation of the New Orleans Jazz Fest for the second year running, organizers announced Sunday. Louisiana broke its own record for Covid-19 related hospitalizations on multiple days last week, with 2,421 individuals hospitalized with the virus
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Hace un mes, la cantante María Isabel presentó su segundo sencillo en español “No soy para ti”, una canción que nace como una continuación natural a su primer EP (extended play en inglés), “Stuck in the sky”. Aunque para el mercado latino puede ser muy nueva, revistas como Rolling
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