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Year: 2021

Llegan primeras vacunas Pfizer a República Dominicana y el Gobierno anuncia el inicio de la vacunación de jóvenes de más de 12 años

(CNN Español) — República Dominicana recibió en la tarde de este viernes el primer lote de vacunas de la farmacéutica Pfizer-BioNTech. La vicepresidenta de la República, Raquel Peña, informó que este primer embarque fue de 228.150 dosis de las cerca de 10 millones de dosis contratadas con la farmacéutica estadounidense. Peña indicó que con este

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Fiscal solicita que se dicte prisión preventiva contra Keiko Fujimori por caso Odebrecht; ella responde que la medida es “absurda”

(CNN Español) — El fiscal José Domingo Pérez, titular del equipo especial que trabaja investigaciones relacionadas a supuestos hechos de corrupción de Odebrecht, solicitó a un juez revocar la orden de comparecencia con restricciones que se le dictó a Keiko Fujimori, candidata presidencial de Fuerza Popular, y se imponga nuevamente prisión preventiva en su contra,

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Federal board unanimously approves to rename 16 Texas geographic sites that included the word ‘Negro’

Sixteen Texas geographic locations with names like “Negro Creek” will no longer include the term “Negro” following a decision by a federal board. The US Board on Geographic Names unanimously approved a proposal on Thursday in its monthly meeting to rename the 16 geographical features in Texas that include the word “Negro.” The board, which

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Family of Georgia’s secretary of state was still getting death threats months after election, report says

Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, his wife, Tricia, and their family received threats of violence months after the election that former President Donald Trump falsely claims was riddled with fraud, Tricia Raffensperger told Reuters in an exclusive interview. Tricia Raffensperger, whose husband became persona non grata within his state GOP for stating that

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Supply shortages impacting Starbucks menu

SEATTLE, Washington — If you like hazelnut syrup in your coffee, you may be disappointed the next time you order your favorite drink at Starbucks. The coffee giant is putting a hold on 25 menu items and ingredients because of supply issues and shortages. That’s according to Business Insider, which cited a Starbucks memo. The

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Barr pushed investigators to finish leak probes

The Justice Department’s leak investigation that targeted lawmakers was more than a year old when Attorney General William Barr took office in 2019. Barr had vowed early on to help answer lingering questions from conservatives about the fairness of the Justice Department’s handling of politically sensitive investigations. Barr pushed for briefings from national security prosecutors

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Justice Department watchdog to investigate data seizure as House Democrats discuss impacts of leak probe

The Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate the department’s handling of a leak investigation into former President Donald Trump’s political enemies that included a subpoena to collect metadata of lawmakers, staff and some family members, the office announced Friday. The request comes as House Intelligence Committee Democrats held a briefing led by Chairman Adam Schiff.

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This skateboarder is helping plus-size riders roll

Windows down, music up. That’s how Andy Duran describes the feeling of riding a skateboard. “Imagine your favorite song and then suddenly being able to kind of feel the song moving through you in the wind,” Duran said. “That’s what skating kind of feels like. It just feels really beautiful.” Duran grew up skateboarding in California’s Bay Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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