(CNN) — El temerario Alex Harvill murió el jueves mientras practicaba para romper un récord mundial de salto de rampa en motocicleta, dijeron funcionarios en el estado de Washington. Tenía 28 años. «Nuestro más sentido pésame para la familia, los amigos y los seres queridos de Alex», dijo el jueves el forense del condado de
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A coronavirus outbreak in southern China has clogged ports critical to global trade, causing a shipping backlog that could take months to clear and lead to shortages during the year-end holiday shopping season. The chaos began unfolding last month when authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong — home to some of the world’s
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When people like the German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the King of Belgium want to learn more about cybersecurity, they go to Estonia. The Baltic country runs on the internet. From filing taxes and voting, to registering the birth of a new baby, nearly everything a person might want or need from the government can
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With the odds stacked against the US reaching the target of 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4 — a goal set by President Joe Biden — a vaccine expert said time is running out to get ahead of the potential spread of Covid-19 variants. “Vaccines are our only way out of
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, dijo la madrugada de este viernes en rueda de prensa que se han levantado el 99% de los bloqueos viales en el Valle del Cauca. «Los bloqueos sencillamente son ilegales y son una agresión a los derechos de los ciudadanos, se seguirá trabajando conjuntamente para enfrentar
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The country continued this week on a path to reopening from the Covid-19 pandemic, with major population centers such as New York and California pulling back on restrictions following increased vaccinations and lowered infections. Yet with overall vaccination rates in the US slowing this month when compared to highs in April, health officials are raising
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Fuerza Popular, el partido de la candidata a la presidencia de Perú, Keiko Fujimori, anunció el jueves que enviará a organismos internacionales toda la documentación que dice haber presentado ya ante las autoridades electorales peruanas. Luis Galarreta, candidato a la vicepresidencia por Fuerza Popular, dijo que presentarán los documentos «como organización política
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US middle-distance runner Shelby Houlihan, who recently learned she has been banned from the sport of track and field for four years following a positive test for an anabolic steroid, appears less likely to take part in the US Olympic Trials. At one point on Thursday, it looked like she might be able to race
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mike Lewis Jr. estaba en una llamada con el médico el mes pasado cuando escuchó el repentino y frenético pitido de las máquinas. Su padre, también llamado Mike Lewis, estaba siendo tratado por covid-19 en un hospital en St. Petersburg, Florida. El médico llamó para decir que más temprano, el corazón de Lewis
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Let’s start by saying Andy Cohen is a master when it comes to interviewing. Not that we didn’t know that before, but it feels like his “Real Housewives” reunions prepped him well for Thursday’s “Keeping Up With the Kardashian” reunion special. The Kardashian-Jenners recently ended their enormously successful series with the 20th season. But if
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Two college students who were forcibly removed from their car and tased by police during a civil rights protest in Atlanta last summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city Thursday, according to their attorneys. Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young were in their vehicle in downtown Atlanta on May 30, 2020, when they were caught
Continue Reading Ciudad de México (CNN) — Las fallas en la construcción provocaron el colapso de un tramo del metro de la Ciudad de México que dejó 26 personas muertas y decenas de heridas el mes pasado, según los hallazgos preliminares de una investigación independiente publicada el miércoles por el Gobierno capitalino. La investigación, llevada a cabo
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OMAHA, Nebraska – The journey to get to the Olympics for El Pasoan Will Licon once again ended in heartbreak. Thursday, at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Licon finished third in the final of the 200 meter breaststroke. Only the top two finishers in the race move on to the Olympic games
Continue Reading The actor Frank Bonner, best known for his role as an overconfident sales manager in the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Wednesday in California, his daughter Desiree Boers-Kort told CNN. He was 79 years old. Bonner’s first credited role was in the cult film “Equinox,” in which he was credited by his birth name,
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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised US President Joe Biden Thursday, describing him as a “professional” who is “completely knowledgeable on all issues,” according to a Kremlin transcript of Putin’s televised remarks. “Mr. Biden is a professional, and you need to be very careful when working with him so as not to miss something,” Putin said
Continue Reading When people like the German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the King of Belgium want to learn more about cybersecurity, they go to Estonia. The Baltic country runs on the internet. From filing taxes and voting, to registering the birth of a new baby, nearly everything a person might want or need from the government can
Continue Reading A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Take a wild guess: What percentage of all monthly TV consumption time is spent watching content on Netflix, the king of all the streamers Thirty percent? Twenty percent? The answer, according to Nielsen, is so
Continue Reading US middle-distance runner Shelby Houlihan, who recently learned she has been banned from the sport of track and field for four years following a positive test for an anabolic steroid, appears less likely to take part in the US Olympic Trials. At one point on Thursday, it looked like she might be able to race
Continue Reading States across the country are scrambling to close their government offices Friday after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a US federal holiday. While June 19 — which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States — falls on a Saturday this year, governors across the country announced in quick succession a
Continue Reading After decades standing in the shadows of the nation’s largest Confederate monument, a predominantly Black town in Georgia is trying to break ties with its own racist history. This weekend, Stone Mountain, Georgia, will hold its first Juneteenth celebration and honor the end of slavery. “What we are actively trying to say is: Things have
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The St. Louis couple who made headlines last year for pointing their guns at people protesting near their home pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, according to court documents obtained from the city of St. Louis on Thursday. Mark and Patricia McCloskey drew national attention in June 2020 after they were seen on video brandishing guns
Continue Reading The teenaged boys all looked like they were having heart attacks. They complained of chest pain and general discomfort, and tests looked at first as if they were suffering an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack. But they weren’t. Instead, the seven youths ages 14 to 19 were suffering from a very rare type of
Continue Reading The actor Frank Bonner, best known for his role as an overconfident sales manager in the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Wednesday in California, his daughter Desiree Boers-Kort told CNN. He was 79 years old. Bonner’s first credited role was in the cult film “Equinox,” in which he was credited by his birth name,
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Before Juneteenth became an official federal holiday, 94-year-old Opal Lee was on a mission. “I’m not just going to sit and rock, you know?” the determined “Grandmother of Juneteenth” told CNN. “The Lord is going to have to catch me.” Days later, the spirited nonagenarian shouted with delight as she watched
Continue Reading In recent weeks, GOP lawmakers from at least 16 states have flocked to Phoenix for a first-hand look at a controversial, partisan “audit” of the 2020 vote in Arizona’s largest county. The visits look to be a harbinger for similar exercises yet-to-come in those other states — and a potential revenue stream for, among others,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Salvador se convirtió en el primer país en establecer por ley el Bitcoin como moneda de intercambio y de curso forzado. La criptomoneda sufre altas y bajas cada vez que Elon Musk, CEO de Tesla, hace un comentario, eventos que han provocado que la conversación alrededor de esta y otras criptomonedas
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El canciller de Ecuador, Mauricio Montalvo, reveló este jueves que «no ha tenido avance» el retiro de la nacionalidad ecuatoriana al fundador de Wikileaks, Julian Assange, otorgada a finales del 2017 durante el gobierno de Lenín Moreno, y que la situación deberá resolverse en las instancias correspondientes. Montalvo hizo esa revelación ante
Continue Reading The planet is trapping roughly double the amount of heat in the atmosphere than it did nearly 15 years ago, according to an alarming new analysis from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Researchers say it’s a “remarkable” amount of energy that is already having far-reaching consequences. “It’s excess energy that’s being taken
Continue Reading Four people were shot — one fatally — as a gunman went on a shooting spree in the northwest suburbs of Phoenix on Thursday, police said. Nine other people were hurt by shrapnel and debris, Sgt. Brandon Sheffert with the Peoria Police Department said at a news conference. “We have a total of eight incidents
Continue Reading Su Thandar Win shows a photo of her 7-year-old son on her phone and a proud smile instinctively spreads across her face. But it soon fades when she explains why she hasn’t seen him for well over two years. “I left him with my mum,” said the Myanmar migrant worker, 26, who is living in
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