Naomi Osaka, a four-time major champion and the No. 2-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, announced on Twitter and Instagram that she will not be participating in press conferences during the French Open. “I’ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a
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(CNN) — Las autoridades están investigando una «muy considerable escena del crimen» en un patio de trenes de transporte público en San José, California, después de que un hombre armado abrió fuego y dejó nueve muertos. A 13 kms de distancia, las autoridades estaban investigando la casa del atacante, que se incendió. El atacante está
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las autoridades están investigando una «muy considerable escena del crimen» en un patio de trenes de transporte público en San José, California, después de que un hombre armado abrió fuego y dejó ocho muertos. A 13 kms de distancia, las autoridades están investigando la casa del atacante, que se incendió. El atacante está
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The eight victims of a mass shooting in San Jose on Wednesday have been identified as investigators begin the process of figuring out why such a fierce burst of violence happened during the early morning hours at a light rail yard. The victims, who ranged from ages 29 to 63, were identified by the Santa
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The US is hitting major Covid-19 vaccination milestones, but health experts say those who are not inoculated should not rely on protection from those who are, as their infection risk hasn’t gone down in response to declining cases. “The work ahead of us Is going to be really challenging because while the people who are
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Rusia e Irán son las dos fuentes principales de un coordinado comportamiento falso en Facebook, según un nuevo informe publicado por la compañía.El informe de Facebook, publicado este miércoles, muestra cómo agentes de influencia encubiertos, tanto extranjeros como nacionales, han cambiado sus tácticas y se han vuelto más sofisticados en respuesta a
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MESA, Arizona – It couldn’t have been a better start for the NMSU baseball team. Wednesday, in Mesa, Arizona, the Aggies defeated Seattle University, 7-5, in their opening game of the WAC Tournament. NMSU entered the tournament as a 4th seed, while the Seattle Redhawks were a 5th seed. With the Aggies trailing 3-2 in
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Luna del 26 de mayo será, sin lugar a dudas, algo muy especial, pues viene acompañada de dos eventos que pueden disfrutar tanto aficionados como profesionales de la astronomía. Por primera vez en 6 años, habrá un eclipse lunar total y una superluna 0:40 Se trata de una superluna y también
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HSBC is winding down much of its US business to turn its attention to richer clients. The British bank announced Wednesday that it was closing most of its retail banking locations in the country, reducing its current footprint from 148 branches to about 25. Those that will remain will be turned into international wealth management
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A 20-year-old man is facing hate crime charges after allegedly beating two Jewish teens and yelling anti-Jewish statements at several men in two incidents that took place in Brooklyn over the weekend, according to a criminal complaint. Danial Shaukat, 20, was charged by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office with two counts each of assault as
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – UTEP’s Paulo Benavides was the first Miner in over 20 years to advance to nationals in the pole vault, while a trio of sprinters – Sean Bailey, Shakeem Smith and Jevaughn Powell – earned spots in the next round on opening day in the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West
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Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat and veteran who helped comfort other lawmakers during the US Capitol insurrection, said Wednesday evening there’s a “domestic terror movement” in the US as he sought to highlight the risk of not investigating the January 6 riot. “We have a domestic terror movement in America. It has been enabled,
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A federal judge on Wednesday wrote that Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from him could still inspire some of the former President’s supporters to take up arms, as they did in January during the deadly US Capitol insurrection. The judge’s blunt assessment of the current, charged political climate came in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Several Las Cruces community members came together to honor those who’ve been forgotten in a special funeral service for those whose bodies have not been claimed by their families. The remains of 31 people were cremated and buried on Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Las Cruces. Those remains have
Continue Reading Amy Cooper, who was fired last May after she was videotaped calling police on a Black birdwatcher in New York City’s Central Park, is suing her former employer, claiming it did not adequately investigate the incident. Cooper filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against financial services firm Franklin Templeton, CEO Jenny Johnson and unnamed
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days. The announcement comes after a US intelligence report found several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and
Continue Reading After yet another apparent noose was discovered at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut on Wednesday, local NAACP officials and town leaders voiced their outrage with Amazon and law enforcement authorities for not taking the proper precautions before workers returned earlier this week. The latest discovery of a noose at
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — ¿Te sentirías cómodo si tuvieras a alguien sentado a tu lado mirando la pantalla de tu computadora todo el tiempo? Seguramente no. Sin embargo, eso es lo que estás permitiendo al hacer clic en “Aceptar” el uso de cookies al navegar por internet, ya que estás autorizando compartir todo lo que haces en
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“The Five,” one of the most popular shows on Fox News, is losing its liberal co-host — and Fox fans seem thrilled. Juan Williams, the lone dissenter on the conservative program, is stepping down from his co-host spot. He announced his departure on Wednesday afternoon’s broadcast. His exit is effective immediately. Fox says another liberal
Continue Reading Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday reflected on the frustration he had felt in office when his “institutional role” limited his ability to comment on federal investigations into the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. “I went as far as I could just commenting on cases like Trayvon Martin or what was happening
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las fuerzas policiales de toda la Unión Europea han sido acusadas de «singularización étnica» ilegales y de discriminación, después de que un estudio revelara que detenían y registraban de forma desproporcionada a miembros de diversos grupos étnicos, religiosos y otras minorías.Un informe publicado por la Agencia de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión
Continue Reading Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are objecting to changing protections police currently enjoy from civil lawsuits, underscoring the challenges facing a trio of lawmakers who are furiously working to cut a deal that would overhaul policing in America. The issue — known as qualified immunity for police officers — has long been the biggest
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continuada en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Sociales, así como estudios superiores posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Actualmente, Dávila Miguel es columnista
Continue Reading A New Mexico man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to kill President Joe Biden and others in text messages he sent to people in two states. John Benjamin Thornton is charged with using interstate commerce communications to send a threat to injure another person. The rambling texts allegedly from Thornton provided as
Continue Reading President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal lawmakers have made little progress with police reform one year after George Floyd’s death. Activists say they are demanding that the Senate pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which remains stalled amid
Continue Reading San Jose, California, officials said for more than a year, local transit employees battled the dangers of Covid-19 — only to now fall victim to another epidemic: gun violence. At least eight people were killed Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire at a public transit rail yard in San Jose. The victims were employees
Continue Reading A chance to win a $1 million prize has helped boost Ohio’s Covid-19 vaccination rate by 45%, Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday. The jump came after DeWine’s May 13 announcement of special lotteries offering millions of dollars in giveaways to adults — and full scholarships to younger Ohioans who get vaccinated. Across the country, governments,
Continue Reading Eric Carle, the author and artist of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and dozens of other popular children’s book, has died at 91. On Wednesday, Carle’s Twitter account acknowledged the death, indicating he died Sunday. “From the Eric Carle Team: It is with heavy hearts that we share that Eric Carle, author & illustrator of The
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los incendios forestales han quemado unas 5.800 hectáreas en California este año a medida que la sequía empeora en el suroeste de Estados Unidos, cinco veces más territorio que en el mismo período durante 2020. Se trata de una tendencia preocupante que ha forzado a los bomberos a tomar un enfoque proactivo —desde
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Public Schools district is holding a public forum Wednesday evening for the two finalists chosen for its vacant superintendent post. The two finalists include Ralph Ramos, who has been serving as the interim superintendent, and Oscar Rico who is currently the director of information technology for the
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