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Los CDC prohíben la entrada de perros de países con alto riesgo de rabia; estos son los países de Latinoamérica que están en la lista

(CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC) dijeron este lunes que suspenderán la entrada de perros de más de 100 países donde la rabia aún se propaga entre los perros. La decisión afectará las misiones de rescate de perros, las importaciones de criadores de perros y

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Biden signs Juneteenth national holiday into law

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S. federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983, and will become at least

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Former Army nurse in WWII turns 100

Click here for updates on this story     BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan family is celebrating a milestone birthday 100 years young. Eileen Williams is a World War II veteran who served as a nurse in the Army. “Blessed. Feels very good,” Eileen Williams said. Birthday cards wishing the Bay City resident a happy

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Denmark and Belgium players halt Euro 2020 game after 10 minutes to observe minute’s applause for Christian Eriksen

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Denmark and Belgium players have halted their European Championship match for a stadium-wide minute’s applause for Christian Eriksen. Play was stopped after the clock hit 10 minutes to start the tribute. It was a pre-planned action to honor Eriksen. The midfielder wears the No. 10 shirt for Denmark’s national team. Eriksen is

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Zambia’s first president and champion of African independence, Kenneth Kaunda, dies at age of 97, says country’s leader

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) – Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97, the country’s president Edgar Lungu announced Thursday evening. Lungu said Zambia will have 21 days of mourning. Kaunda had been admitted to hospital on Monday and officials later said he was being treated for pneumonia. Kaunda was a leader

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Man on probation faces robbery charge

Click here for updates on this story     DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A 33-year-old Davenport man on probation until 2023 for breaking the windows of a Davenport Wells Fargo branch in September is facing a robbery charge after he allegedly walked into a Davenport credit union Wednesday and demanded money. Arnordo Corderrel Turner is charged

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Hong Kong police declare Apple Daily newsroom a crime scene as editors and executives arrested under national security law

Hong Kong police declared the Apple Daily newspaper office a crime scene Thursday, after 500 officers descended on the premises to arrest executives and top editors and seize journalistic materials under the city’s national security law. Apple Daily said Thursday that the company’s CEO Cheung Kim Hung, COO Chow Tat Kuen and chief editor Ryan

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McCarthy slams Biden for giving ‘Putin a pass’ after years of silence on Trump’s relationship with Russian president

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying in a statement on Thursday that Biden “gave Vladimir Putin a pass.” “The American people suffered massive disruptions because of Russia-linked cyber-attacks,” McCarthy said in a statement released Thursday. “Two Americans, both Marine veterans, are being held as prisoners

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Supreme Court says Philadelphia wrongly limited ties with Catholic agency over group’s refusal to work with gay couples

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples as foster parents. The justices say the city of Philadelphia wrongly limited its relationship with the group as a result of the agency’s policy. It’s a court

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