AUSTIN, Texas — Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive unemployment benefits as of June 26, the Texas Workforce Commission has announced. Since last year, special pandemic guidelines have allowed some out-of-work people to decline a job if it doesn’t have
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Click here for updates on this story WETHERSFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Wethersfield is planning to fire the town’s long-time police chief for allegedly violating his retirement agreement. Chief James Cetran was supposed to retire in August but changed his mind in May. This all comes after he was put on administrative leave in January pending
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(CNN Español) — El secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, considera que en Nicaragua el Gobierno de Daniel Ortega no ejerce el poder de acuerdo al Estado de derecho, lo que es considerado una dictadura. Así se lo dijo en entrevista a Fernando del Rincón en Conclusiones de CNN. Almagro
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas officials are investigating after newly released body camera footage obtained by the non-profit news outlet Reveal showed a deputy tasing a migrant teenage boy at a shelter. The footage, which the outlet said it obtained under a Texas state records law from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, showed a deputy
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Two of the senior officials expected to round out President Joe Biden’s cyber team faced lawmakers on Thursday for their confirmation hearing as the administration grapples with how to deal with the growing number of foreign ransomware attacks against American companies and organizations. Chris Inglis is the nominee for the newly-created National Cyber Director role
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Organizers of this year’s Juneteenth celebration say the event is in jeopardy after Pittsburgh Public Safety sent them a big bill for security. Organizers say the $140,000 tab for police is something they can’t afford and never had to pay before. Juneteenth, which marks the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A man intends to sue the Philadelphia Police Department, accusing one of its officers of apparently deleting video of an arrest from his cellphone. “There’s dishonesty happening here,” Lennon Edwards with Mills & Edwards LLP said. “There’s tampering with evidence here and it kills. It
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County Commissioner Kirkland Carden is pushing to create new oversight for trash collection companies that operate in unincorporated parts of the county in light of numerous complaints he said commissioners have been receiving about solid waste haulers. Under a proposal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WESTAMPTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — Storms turned deadly Wednesday when a man was killed by a lightning strike on a New Jersey golf course. It happened at Burlington Country Club. Officials say 70-year-old Michael Florence was on the golf course when he got caught in a pop-up
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (The Buffalo News) — Greg Syposs got sticker shock last month when he ordered his usual tray of pizza and 30 wings. The meal for his family of seven usually cost $53 but had jumped to $63. “I was a bit surprised,” the Niagara Falls
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A violent rampage inside a Brooklyn pizzeria was caught on camera Wednesday. The suspect, who was seen flipping tables in the random attack, is now in custody after a group of good Samaritans held him until police arrived. Within seconds of a man walking
Continue Reading (CNN) — El papa Francisco no aceptó la renuncia del cardenal alemán Reinhard Marx, y le dijo en una carta que continúe en su papel de arzobispo de Munich y Freising. El cardenal Marx ofreció su renuncia al papa el viernes 4 de junio en un anuncio sorpresa, diciendo que quería compartir la “responsabilidad por
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Poco después de que Nayib Bukele anunciara en Twitter el envío del anteproyecto de la Ley Bitcoin a la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador —ley que fue aprobada— el presidente salvadoreño cambió su imagen de perfil por una fotografía de él con ojos láser azules. Pero, ¿qué significa esto? #NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/StGY0ctyk0 —
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — Spend time at Oakland Animal Services, you expect to see cats and dogs, but the presence of eight white pigeons may surprise you. Not Elizabeth Young, however. “They were not raised to be handled. They were raised to be butchered,” she said. Elizabeth runs
Continue Reading (CNN) — Si eres un rover robótico, junio parece ser un buen momento para realizar un viaje «por carretera» a Marte. Perseverance comenzó a alejarse de su lugar de aterrizaje Octavia E. Butler el 1 de junio. El rover de Marte abandonó el mirador donde capturó imágenes y videos de los vuelos del helicóptero Ingenuity
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KGO) — Believe it or not, some people are already talking about Christmas. Christmas in the Park that is! Organizers of the San Jose holiday tradition are making plans for a return to normalcy this year while keeping around some pandemic favorites. It’s not even
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, New Jersey (WPVI) — Karen Parker has been serving food and smiles to patrons at the Golden Dawn Diner since the 1990s. She says it’s the customers that keep her coming back to work every day. But the hospitality world was turned upside-down due to the COVID-19
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SMYRNA, Delaware (WPVI) — In today’s “Morning Moms,” we are highlighting a very special duo who heard a call to serve and answered. Denise King from Smyrna usually plays cheerleader to her two sons, 17-year-old Gabriel and 24-year-old Damien. But during the pandemic, Denise and Gabe took on
Continue Reading President Joe Biden announced Thursday evening that the United States plans to donate 500 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses globally as part of his efforts to reassert US leadership on the world stage. “America knows first-hand the tragedy of this pandemic. We’ve had more people die in the United States than anywhere in the world,
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President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday signed a new Atlantic Charter meant to reflect the shifting threats facing the world 80 years after the original document was signed during World War II. Read the charter here: cnn.com/2021/06/10/politics/new-atlantic-charter/index.html
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dos personas murieron a tiros dentro de un Publix en Royal Palm Beach, Florida, según la oficina del sheriff del condado de Palm Beach. El atacante también murió, dijeron las autoridades. En un tuit, la oficina del sheriff dijo que los detectives están en la escena del tiroteo que tuvo lugar este jueves.
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Luna bloquea parcialmente al Sol este jueves para crear un eclipse solar conocido como «anillo de fuego». Algunas personas que se encuentran en el hemisferio norte han podido ver este 10 de junio el primero de los dos eclipses solares del año. Un eclipse solar ocurre cuando la Luna cruza entre el
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A common cold virus called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is spreading across the South, causing an unusual wave of late spring disease, the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention said Thursday. The CDC issued a Health Advisory Network warning to doctors and other health care providers to be on alert for the virus, which
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Two people were shot and killed inside a Publix in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office. The shooter is also deceased, PBSO said. In a tweet Thursday, the sheriff’s office said deputies arrived at the scene to find three people dead from gunshot wounds, including a man, a woman
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Scientists have discovered an exoplanet located 90 light-years from Earth with an intriguing atmosphere — one that could contain water clouds. Exoplanets are planets located outside of our solar system. This exoplanet, called TOI-1231 b, completes a full orbit around its star every 24 Earth days. It orbits a red, or M-type, dwarf star, known
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A bike courier delivering medication says he was racially profiled by a homeowner in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood in a tense exchange captured on a viral video. The nearly eight-minute video shows a man who identified himself as “John” demanding identification and other
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Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network’s chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with colleagues at The New Yorker. Toobin was interviewed by anchor Alisyn Camerota on “CNN Newsroom” about that incident, and about recent legal news. “I feel like we should address what’s happened
Continue Reading (CNN) — A medida que una renovada sensación de optimismo recorre EE. UU. este verano con menores casos de covid-19 reportados, el director general de Sanidad de EE. UU. ha emitido una advertencia para aquellos que no están vacunados: no bajen la guardia todavía. “Para aquellos que no están vacunados, corren cada vez más riesgo
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Illinois (KMOV) — A bear has been spotted in a Metro East subdivision. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thursday a large bear was seen in the subdivision of Chantilly Village near Old Baum Church Road. The department said they are working with the Illinois Conservation
Continue Reading Hackers have broken into the systems of Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, and stolen source code used in company games, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business on Thursday. Online forum posts reviewed by CNN Business and vetted by an independent cybersecurity expert show that on June 6, hackers claimed to
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