WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden on Friday touted the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic after the U.S. added 943,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%. “Now while our economy is far from complete, and while we undoubtedly will have ups and downs along the way as we continue to
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Virgin Galactic anunció la reapertura de la venta de pasajes por primera vez en años, ofreciendo a todo aquel que pueda pagarlo la posibilidad de reservar un asiento en el avión espacial suborbital impulsado por cohetes de la empresa por un monto de US$ 450.000, lo que supone un importante
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UPDATE: Socorro Police said they arrested the owner of a severely malnourished dog on animal cruelty charges following a meeting Friday with an animal rescue group. Mario Huereca, 21, was booked Friday into the El Paso County jail on $2,000 bond. No mugshot was immediately available, authorities indicated. “The dog was (recently) retrieved from the
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have launched formal investigations into whether two regional officials failed to properly warn citizens ahead of last month’s deadly floods. Prosecutors in the western city of Koblenz said on Friday the investigations so far had confirmed an “initial suspicion” of negligent homicide and
Continue Reading MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The United States has slapped visa restrictions on 50 immediate family members of Nicaraguan officials who have been involved in or benefited from President Daniel Ortega’s growing repression. The U.S. State Department said Friday the officials include lawmakers, prosecutors and judges. Over the past two months, Ortega’s government has arrested nearly
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By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury yields are powering higher Friday, and stock indexes are holding close to their record highs on Wall Street after a report showed the U.S. job market is making widespread improvements. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% a day after setting
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A US Defense Department expert team concluded that the drone behind the deadly attack on the Mercer Street commercial vessel was produced in Iran, US Central Command said in a statement Friday. The statement said that the investigative team dispatched to the vessel from the USS Ronald Reagan found that the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Cada primer viernes de agosto en todo el mundo se celebra el Día Internacional de la Cerveza. Un día para disfrutar de esta bebida que se popularizó en todos los países del mundo. Sabemos que la cerveza es la bebida alcohólica más consumida en el continente americano, y que
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La mitad de la población de EE.UU. está completamente vacunada contra el covid-19, según el director de datos de la Casa Blanca, el Dr. Cyrus Shahpar. En un tuit el viernes, Shahpar dijo que se informó que se habían administrado más de 821.000 dosis sobre por encima del total del día
Continue Reading The biggest job gain since August last year is signaling a strong labor market. CNN’s Julia Chatterley reports.
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A celebration for an Oahu woman who fought against the coronavirus and won! She became a new mom along the way. 36-year old Colleen Bonds spent two weeks in the ICU unit at the Queens Medical Center after contracting COVID-19. She was
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By Pete Muntean, CNN Spirit Airlines — which has been beset by flight disruptions all week — canceled almost 300 flights as midday Friday ET, according to data from FlightAware. The number of cancellations has been rising during the morning hours and comprise more than one-third of its Friday schedule. So far, the data shows
Continue Reading Spirit Airlines entering a 4th straight day of cancellations and delays creating chaos at airports nationwide
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Las discusiones internas en la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) se han centrado en un cronograma para diseñar una estrategia sobre las vacunas de refuerzo contra el covid-19 para principios de septiembre, dijo a CNN un funcionario de la administración de Joe Biden.
Continue Reading By Jenna Rae Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, Illinois (KMOV) — Law enforcement agencies are looking for the person responsible for hitting and killing a Metro East officer Wednesday morning. Officer Brian Pierce of the Brooklyn Police Department was one of the several officers responding to a call that led to a
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Half of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, White House Data Director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar said Friday. More than 821,000 doses had been reported administered over the previous day’s total, including about 555,000 people who got their first shot, Shahpar said in a tweet. “50% of Americans (all ages)
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Half of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, White House Data Director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar said Friday. More than 821,000 doses had been reported administered over the previous day’s total, including about 555,000 people who got their first shot, Shahpar said in a tweet. “50% of Americans (all ages)
Continue Reading By Stephanie Baumer Click here for updates on this story FREEBURG, Missouri (KMOV) — A Freeburg couple pleaded guilty to defrauding an elderly family member out of nearly $200,000. Ronald and Jean Speiser, both 81, pleaded guilty in federal court to two felony charges after the crimes. According to court documents, the Speisers were the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor are bringing back that warrior princess feeling. The pair, who co-starred in the ’90s series ‘Xena: Warrior Princess,” have reunited in the Acorn TV series “My Life is Murder.” Set in New Zealand, it stars Lawless as retired detective Alexa Crowe, who gets back to
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is jailed after police said they found “over 1,000 images of children and infants being sexually assaulted” during a search of his central city home. 28–year-old Oscar Eduardo Montes Carbajal was being held on $125,000 bond at the El Paso County Detention Facility downtown, charged with five
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Biden administration officials are becoming increasingly pessimistic about reviving the Iran nuclear deal as the country’s new hardline president takes office and its nuclear program continues to accelerate, national security and intelligence officials familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The deal’s original signatories known as the P5+1 —
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Whitney Wild and Annie Grayer, CNN For the 535 members of Congress, the haunting memories of the violence and chaos from January 6 don’t go away as they leave Washington, DC. The ongoing threat remains top of mind for many lawmakers ahead of the August recess when Republicans and Democrats
Continue Reading By Sydney Warick Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A man is facing charges after allegedly admitting to police that he shot a handgun at a vehicle with children inside on Monday in Nashville. Arrest papers say the victim was dropping off a friend at Riverchase Apartments when she saw Shaquille
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Cuando la vicepresidenta de EE.UU. Kamala Harris visitó Guatemala a principios de este verano, el presidente Alejandro Gianmattei le ofreció en privado un consejo sobre su objetivo de frenar la avalancha de migrantes esperanzados hacia la frontera de Estados Unidos con México. Sea más firme, le dijo Giammattei. Envíe un mensaje
Continue Reading By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story SHELTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man was arrested for an armed carjacking in Shelton. Police charged 21-year-old Davon Brown of New Haven for the crime, which happened back on June 30. A victim told police that he listed a vehicle for sale on Facebook Marketplace
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats from across the party’s political spectrum seem near the unanimity they’ll need for the crucial first step toward their $3.5 trillion infrastructure vision. That vision is contained in the huge measure coming up this fall to bolster health care, education, family services and environment programs.
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is taking the Federal Reserve to task over inflation. In a Thursday letter to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, Manchin called for the US central bank to immediately reverse course and remove stimulus support for the economy before it overheats. “With the recession over and our strong
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
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Sen. Rob Portman, the longtime Washington veteran and savvy deal-cutter, is on the cusp of achieving a major bipartisan achievement that would amount to a capstone of his three decades of public service: The Senate’s passage of a roughly $1 trillion package to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. But
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Democratic senator, saying he is concerned about inflation, is urging the Federal Reserve to start trimming its monthly bond purchases. In a letter to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, Sen. Joe Manchin said that he had become “increasingly alarmed” that the Fed has continued to
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