(CNN) — Paul Mooney, el famoso comediante estrella de «Chappelle’s Show» y «Bamboozled», murió a los 79 años, dijo a The Hollywood Reporter una representante del actor, Cassandra Williams. La hija de Mooney, Spring Mooney, también abordó la noticia en Twitter y dijo que su «mejor amigo» había muerto. FOTOS | Los famosos que han
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Zhang Yiming built ByteDance into one of the biggest names in Chinese tech. Now he’s stepping down as CEO at just 38 years old, becoming the latest young tech entrepreneur in China to quit while leading a company on the rise. Zhang — who founded Tiktok owner ByteDance in Beijing nine years ago — announced
Continue Reading Nota del editor: esta historia contiene imágenes perturbadoras. Se recomienda la discreción del espectador. (CNN) — Un alto el fuego en el sangriento conflicto entre israelíes y palestinos podría ser «inminente, posiblemente en un plazo de 24 horas», dijeron funcionarios de Hamas a CNN el miércoles, en momentos en que líderes mundiales aumentaron la presión
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There is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with poorer brain health, according to a new study. In an observational study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers from the University of Oxford studied the relationship between the self-reported alcohol intake of some 25,000 people in
Continue Reading (CNN) — Casi un año después de cerrar sus fronteras, la Unión Europea acordó permitir la entrada a viajeros vacunados de países con bajas tasas de infección, aumentando la posibilidad de escapadas de verano al continente. La medida tan esperada se confirmó el miércoles cuando la UE publicó sus recomendaciones para levantar las restricciones de
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Penn State University’s Faculty Senate has approved a proposition to remove gendered language including “freshmen” and “upperclassmen” from course and program descriptions, the university told CNN. The Faculty Senate, which has legislative authority on educational matters at the university, voted on April 27 to pass the changes in proposition ‘AD84 — Preferred Name and Gender
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Gobierno de Bogotá informó el miércoles que se registraron incidentes de violencia al finalizar la jornada pacífica de protestas en la capital de Colombia. Las protestas del miércoles en Bogotá fueron en su mayor parte pacíficas, según las autoridades. (Photo by Diego Cuevas/Getty Images) Las protestas, dijo la secretaría
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una niña de 11 años que esperaba su autobús escolar en Pensacola, Florida, logró evitar un presunto intento de secuestro y ponerse a salvo el martes por la mañana, dijeron las autoridades. Un sospechoso de 30 años fue arrestado más tarde el mismo día después de una búsqueda en la que participaron al
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The world’s largest iceberg has calved from Antarctica over the past few days, a giant floating piece of ice close to 80 times the size of Manhattan. The iceberg broke off the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Wednesday. The iceberg is shaped like
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The “Friends” reunion made the cast imagine who their characters would be today. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer reunited on Stage 24 at Warner Bros. Studios, where they were thrown back in time with recreated sets from the show. The group, who landed the cover of People
Continue Reading (CNN) — El anuncio que hizo el martes la fiscal general de Nueva York, Letitia James, de que su investigación sobre la Organización Trump pasó de ser estrictamente civil a ser también una investigación penal es un buen recordatorio de los varios enredos legales que enfrenta el expresidente Donald Trump mientras trabaja para mantener el
Continue Reading (CNN) — El miércoles, el presidente Joe Biden aumentó de manera drástica la presión pública sobre el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, para que ponga fin a la lucha con Hamas que ya se ha extendido durante 11 días, en momentos en que la relación de décadas entre ambos enfrenta una dura prueba. La Casa
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The US is reporting some of the lowest Covid-19 metrics in nearly a year and officials say we’re finally turning the corner. But vaccination rates have slowed nationwide and are uneven across American communities. For parts of the US, it will be an uphill battle to get more shots into arms. But experts say that
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccines have proven a tremendous ally in America’s battle against the virus — but there’s more work to do. “For the first time since the pandemic began, Covid cases are down in all 50 states,” White House senior Covid-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said in a Tuesday briefing. “We are winning the war on the
Continue Reading A traffic stop north of Scipio, Utah, resulted in a deputy’s truck being stolen, a shootout with police and the suspect apprehended after a chase on Wednesday. Interstate 15 in Juab County, approximately 100 miles south of Salt Lake City, reopened Wednesday evening following a manhunt in which the suspect allegedly stole a vehicle and
Continue Reading In a reversal, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday it will release within 30 days of an incident the names of deputies who shoot a suspect. In the past, the department concealed deputies’ names sometimes for months while the District Attorney’s office completed its investigation. “We’re not going to interfere with investigations, but our
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For the second night in a row, there has been a no-hitter in a Major League Baseball game. Corey Kluber of the New York Yankees was the latest to accomplish the feat, against the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Wednesday. The Yankees won 2-0, with a lone walk costing Kluber a perfect game. “It was
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EL PASO, Texas – And then there were three. Only three El Paso area teams are left standing in the high school baseball playoffs. The Riverside Rangers and the Clint Lions in Class 4A, and the Tornillo Coyotes in Class 3A. All three teams will begin their regional quarterfinal series this week. A win in
Continue Reading Viola Fletcher was 7 years old when she witnessed one of worst acts of racial violence the US has ever seen. An angry White mob rampaged through Tulsa’s Greenwood District in Oklahoma, killing hundreds of Black people and leaving her thriving neighborhood in ashes in 1921. The 107-year-old testified before members of a House Judiciary
Continue Reading There is a lot to love about bees. They are crucial to growing many of our favorite and healthiest foods as they move pollen from plant to plant, pollinating more than a hundred fruits and vegetables including strawberries, potatoes and apples. Unfortunately, many bee species are under threat as a result of changes in land
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(Courtesy: Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today it has signed Borderland native, forward Ricardo Zacarías, pending league and federation approval. “Ricardo is fully deserving of his place on this team,” said Mark Lowry, Locomotive Head Coach and Technical Director. “He has worked incredibly hard over preseason and has shown an incredible team-first
Continue Reading Ronald Greene, a Black man who died after a pursuit by Louisiana State Police in 2019, can be heard apologizing to officers and telling them he was scared before being tased, dragged and kicked in newly obtained body camera video by the Associated Press. The AP posted three clips, totaling just over two minutes in
Continue Reading A Virginia sheriff’s deputy, confronted with an overturned car and a child inside screaming for his mother, lifted the vehicle to save the woman trapped underneath, according to the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office. When Gloucester Sheriff’s Deputy J. Holt arrived at the scene on May 7, he found a boy sitting in the overturned car screaming
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In a bid to bolster former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump’s Republican allies are now seeking Arizona-style audits in other swing states — including Georgia, where the former President’s false claims have set off an intraparty war. A day after Trump said in a statement that Georgia should
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that New York Attorney General Letitia James can intervene in a federal proceeding against two notorious right-wing political operatives over what she says were efforts to suppress Black voters ahead of the 2020 election. The operatives, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, are accused of orchestrating robocalls aimed at deterring voters
Continue Reading Will you or won’t you take off your mask? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on May 13 that fully vaccinated people can take off their masks in nearly all settings. Not so fast. Many people are deciding for themselves about which settings in which they feel comfortable shedding them.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico probably overpaid unemployment insurance benefits by an estimated $250 million during the coronavirus pandemic amid a backlog of investigations into potentially fraudulent claims, the budget and accountability office of the Legislature announced Wednesday in a research report. Analysts briefed members of the Legislature’s lead budget writing committee on the trajectory
Continue Reading (CNN) — El miércoles, el presidente Joe Biden aumentó de manera drástica la presión pública sobre el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, para que ponga fin a la lucha con Hamas que ya se ha extendido durante 11 días, en momentos en que la relación de décadas entre ambos enfrenta una dura prueba. La Casa
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Kluber threw the major leagues’ sixth no-hitter this season and second in two nights, leading the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-0. The 35-year-old right-hander, a two-time American League Cy Young Award winner, came within a third-inning walk to Charlie Culberson of throwing a perfect game. Kluber pitched his
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EL PASO, Texas — A man who has largely funded the legal battle to preserve the area known as Duranguito in downtown El Paso says he wanted to discuss a settlement to end the costly case, but the City of El Paso hasn’t called him back. “I have reached out to them, they never reached
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