White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of the proposal from $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. The revised proposal reduced the funding request for broadband to match the offer put forward by Republicans
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A 17-year-old boy was on an Old Town rooftop with friends early Friday morning, when he fell about 40 feet down a ventilator shaft, Chicago police said. There was a large emergency response on LaSalle Street in Old Town early Friday as crews worked to
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Nota del editor: Carlos Alberto Rojas Ávila es profesor de Innovación Empresarial en Universidad La Salle Bolivia. Es Project Manager de la Comunidad Croata de La Paz, Bolivia. Desempeñó el rol de especialista en Control de Procesos en Amazon. Obtuvo un MBA por La Salle Open University. Tiene doble titulación en Ingeniería Comercial y Administración
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEAWOOD, Kansas (KCTV) — “Yes, dear.” That’s the secret to 70 years of marriage for Dick and Barbara Henley. The two sweethearts married on May 27, 1951. The couple met in 1949 at the College Inn near the Missouri State University campus when Barbara Henley was enjoying a
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CNN has obtained body camera video from one of the Louisiana State Police troopers who arrived at the scene as other officers attempting to arrest Ronald Greene had him on the ground. The new video is 30 minutes long and appears to show a different perspective from the scene than recordings previously released by the
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Covid-19 vaccines have created at least nine new billionaires after shares in companies producing the shots soared. Topping the list of new billionaires are Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Ugur Sahin, the CEO of BioNTech, which has produced a vaccine with Pfizer. Both CEOs are now worth around $4 billion, according to an analysis by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A woman is facing bias crime charges after she admitted to pushing a young boy because of his race, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, just after 11:30 a.m., deputies responded to a disturbance at a retail store in the
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“We’re following the science.” The line rolls regularly off the tongues of top US health officials — no one more so than US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Science dictated last week’s guidance — widely criticized as confusing — advising fully vaccinated Americans that they could ditch the masks under
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El video de una niña a quien intentan secuestrar en Florida puso en el foco el tema de la seguridad de los niños en Estados Unidos. Y es que no se trata de un asunto pequeño. En 2020, en Estados Unidos hubo 365.348 reportes de menores de edad desaparecidos, según cifras del
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 22-year-old Alamogordo man, who was out on bond for a drunk driving arrest just two days prior, is accused of being intoxicated yet again when he ran a stop sign and crashed his car into ambulance that was responding with lights and siren to an emergency call on Thursday
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente Alberto Fernández anunció nuevas medidas restrictivas “intensivas y temporarias”. ¿Qué implica esta nueva cuarentena en Argentina? — Comienza este sábado y se prolongará hasta el 30 de mayo inclusive. — Las actividades económicas, educativas, sociales, deportivas y religiosas en forma presencial están suspendidas. — Sólo se podrá circular entre las
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Three people are facing charges after Phoenix police say they stole from three of the largest home improvement businesses in the Valley and resold the products. Police raided a home near 75th Avenue and Bethany Home Road. They found more than $21,000 in cash, up
Continue Reading The Congressionally mandated commission established to recommend how to rename up to nine active-duty military bases and sites associated with the Confederacy will make its first site visit next week to the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. The visit was announced by retired Navy Adm. Admiral Michelle Howard who chairs the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Four children were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after strong winds sent a bounce house flying into the air. It happened around 4 p.m. in a neighborhood park near Val Vista Drive and Brown Road in Mesa. A party was going on, and
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Ralph Puckett Jr. — a United States Army Ranger who led the defense against six Chinese assaults on a frozen hill in the Korean War — was presented with America’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor, by President Joe Biden on Friday. Biden said that Puckett’s initial reaction to receiving the
Continue Reading (CNN) — El próximo vuelo de Ingenuity en otro planeta nunca fue parte del plan. Una vez que el helicóptero Ingenuity completara sus cinco vuelos para demostrar que podía hacerlo en Marte, se suponía que su misión había terminado. Nadie se lo dijo a Ingenuity, que a su vez era un complemento de la misión
Continue Reading (CNN) — A partir de esta semana, la Casa Blanca espera que los estadounidenses hagan match con las vacunas contra el covid-19, ya que se asoció con una serie de aplicaciones de citas destacadas para ofrecer incentivos a los clientes que han sido vacunados contra el coronavirus. Los usuarios vacunados en Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, BLK,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 7,3 sacudió a China este viernes, según el según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El sismo se produjo en el sur de la provincia de Qinghai. El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 10 kilómetros de profundidad. Este viernes en la mañana
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A local clash over the audit of state legislative vote totals in a New Hampshire town of 14,000 has turned into one of the flashpoints in the attempts of former President Donald Trump and his supporters to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election. The stakes, in terms of election outcomes, are low:
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Pop superstar Lady Gaga has spoken out about the lasting pain and trauma of being sexually assaulted as a teenager, revealing she suffered a “total psychotic break” years after being left pregnant by her alleged rapist. The Grammy award-winning singer — real name Stefani Germanotta — recalled her harrowing experience in an emotional appearance on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Gauging by the near-constant laughter around him is pretty clear why Charlie Jones is such a favorite among the urban gardeners in the Cheatham Place housing development. “Charlie is just a joy to be around,” Janet Arning said. Arning is a coordinator of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The Metro Nashville Metropolitan Police Department arrested a teenager in a stolen car with the help of OnStar. Police said that 18-year-old Dyquan Poole had stolen a 2017 Cadillac SUV Wednesday night around a residence on Hillwood Boulevard in West Nashville. According to police,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A former Clarksville school nurse is believed to have taken photos of more than 40 victims during his time at North East High School. Authorities say Leon Hensley, who was previously arrested in 2019 for sexual exploitation of a minor, was arrested near his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATHENS, Georgia (WGCL) — Athens-Clarke County police are learning more about May 17 fatal shooting after an attempt to purchase a bike off Facebook Marketplace goes wrong. The shooting happened in the 300 block of Marlborough Downs Road. According to a police spokesperson, officers responded to a person
Continue Reading Londres (CNN) — El príncipe Harry dijo que bebió mucho, consumió drogas y tuvo ataques de pánico mientras luchaba por hacer frente a las presiones de la vida real a finales de los 20 y principios de los 30. Harry habló sobre salud mental con Oprah Winfrey, en una amplia entrevista para su serie documental
Continue Reading The family of Ronald Greene, whose death two years ago is being relived this week via newly public video from his encounter with Louisiana State Police officers, say they have not been given a chance to grieve him. “I haven’t processed what happened to him, if there’s even such a way of properly processing,” his
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Cuando Carlette Duffy hizo tasar su casa en Indianápolis como parte de una solicitud de refinanciamiento el año pasado, siguió siendo valorada mucho más baja de lo que esperaba. Sospechando que su raza pudo haber jugado un papel en eso, ordenó otra tasación, pero esta vez ocultó que es una persona negra
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — No ha sido una gran semana para las monedas digitales. Bitcoin cotiza casi un 40% por debajo de su precio récord de US$ 64.000 dólares tras una caída repentina provocada por los movimientos regulatorios en China. Ethereum ha bajado más del 35% desde su máximo histórico, y dogecoin ha bajado más del
Continue Reading The intern who helped save former US Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords in the minutes after she was critically wounded in a 2011 shooting is running to represent her old Arizona district in Congress. Arizona Democratic state Rep. Daniel Hernandez announced his bid Thursday to represent Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District. Hernandez joins a growing competitive Democratic
Continue Reading Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that’s been likened to a “vampire” and a “corporate strip miner,” has succeeded in its bid to buy all of Tribune Publishing, a chain of newspapers from Hartford to Orlando to Chicago. Reporters at the papers who banded together and sought alternatives to Alden said they will continue to
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