Jay Barbree, space journalist and ‘Moon Shot’ author, dies at 87
Pioneering space journalist Jay Barbree died Friday, according to his former employer, NBC News. He was 87. Barbree joined NBC News in 1958 and…
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Three Nashville police officers are suspended without pay over botched apartment raid in 2020
Three Nashville police officers who raided the wrong apartment last summer will be suspended without pay as well as face other disciplinary measures,…
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The outlook is brighter for the US on Covid-19. It’s why school life may return to almost-normal in the fall
Between the first 12-year-olds receiving their Covid-19 vaccines and new guidance that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors, the outlook…
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Some states and retailers usher in return to normalcy for people vaccinated against Covid-19
Several state governors and big retailers signaled a return to normal on Friday, a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
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Sabrina Ionescu honors Kobe Bryant, hits game-winning 3 to start the WNBA season
Sabrina Ionescu had a dream that this was coming. On Friday, her first game back since a sprained ankle sidelined her for most of her rookie season…
Continue Reading Two workers were killed in an explosion while doing maintenance on an Oklahoma dam
The bodies of two contract workers were recovered Friday after they died following an explosion in an Oklahoma dam that was undergoing maintenance,…
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UTEP track & field opens competition at the C-USA Championships on Friday
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee – The UTEP track and field men’s team opened its 2021 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with 13 points…
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Friday Scoreboard: High School Baseball & Softball Playoffs
EL PASO, Texas – The high school baseball playoffs rolled on with several teams from El Paso in action in the area round. One team from the…
Continue Reading Nine people injured in shooting that Rhode Island police chief says was between feuding groups
Nine people in Rhode Island’s capital were injured in a shooting Thursday, Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements said during a news conference.…
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Seawater being used to put out fire on a cargo ship wreckage off the Georgia coast
The wreckage of a cargo ship off the Georgia coast caught fire during salvage operations on Friday and seawater is being used to extinguish the…
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Biden revoca el decreto de Trump que buscaba exigir que los inmigrantes tuvieran seguro médico
(CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, revocó un decreto del gobierno de Trump que requería que los solicitantes de visa tuvieran…
Continue Reading China has successfully landed a rover on Mars, state media says
China has successfully landed its rover on Mars, according to state media, becoming the second country in history to have a rover on the red planet.…
Continue Reading What’s the science behind CDC’s decision to say fully vaccinated people don’t need masks?
A fresh batch of data from a big study of health care workers across the country helped prompt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to…
Continue Reading Apple despide a un exempleado de Facebook recién contratado que en el pasado publicó una autobiografía «misógina»
(CNN Business) — Apple despidió a un nuevo empleado después de que miles de trabajadores le solicitaron a la compañía investigar cómo…
Continue Reading Federal trial for three other ex-officers charged in George Floyd’s killing set for August
The federal trial for former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, accused of civil rights violations in the…
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How to protect your information from ransomware attacks
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Last week’s ransomware attack on the U.S.…
Continue Reading Canadians can look forward to small, outdoor summer gatherings if vaccine targets are met: officials
Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has…
Continue Reading Calgary health researcher urges more awareness of VITT after 63-year-old man hospitalized
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A Calgary researcher says doctors need to be…
Continue Reading Man last seen with missing Houston tiger jailed on unrelated charge
A Bengal tiger is still at large somewhere in the Houston area, police say, but the man last seen with the big cat is now behind bars. Victor Hugo…
Continue Reading Husband charged with murder of missing wife in Colorado is also charged with voter fraud for filling out her ballot
A Colorado man who was recently charged with murder in the disappearance of his wife a year ago has also been charged with voter fraud for voting for…
Continue Reading Embargan sede del diario El Nacional tras fallo del poder judicial a favor de Diosdado Cabello
(CNN Español) — En Venezuela, el gerente general del diario El Nacional, Jorge Makriniotis, denunció este viernes que efectivos de la Guardia…
Continue Reading A Black softball player says she was forced to cut off her hair beads at a game. Her family wants to change the rule they say is discriminatory
It was her last home softball game of the season, and Nicole Pyles, a sophomore at Durham Hillside High School in North Carolina, had just hit a…
Continue Reading Hay más tigres en cautiverio en EE.UU. que viviendo en la naturaleza en todo el mundo
(CNN) — En los últimos días, Estados Unidos ha quedado cautivado por la búsqueda de un tigre que se escapó en un barrio de Houston. Sin…
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Senior GOP senator on House Republicans downplaying Capitol attack: ‘I’m offended by that’
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that she is “offended” by some House Republicans who are whitewashing the January 6 attack on the US…
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Samaniego lays plan to vaccinate Mexican visitors as he prepares for border reopening
EL PASO, Texas– The border between the U.S. and Mexico initially shutdown on March 20, 2020, due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in both countries.…
Continue Reading 2020 ballots relocated in semi trucks as Arizona election audit pauses over space availability
The first semi truck full of 2020 election ballots rolled slowly through the Arizona State Fairgrounds on Friday, past the “Crazy Times…
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China lands spacecraft on Mars for 1st time to advance space program
BEIJING, China — China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program. The official Xinhua News…
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Medina Spirit cleared to race in the Preakness Stakes after passing drug tests
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit can race in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes after the final two rounds of blood samples from the horse were…
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Ransomware group says it released ‘full data’ on DC police department
A ransomware group said it published its “full data” on the Washington Metropolitan Police Department this week, claiming the…
Continue Reading El ransomware causó el cierre del Oleoducto Colonial. Tú también podrías estar en riesgo
(CNN Business) — Los ataques de ransomware (secuestro de datos, en español) acaparan los titulares cuando derriban operaciones importantes:…
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