(CNN) — “Hoy más que nunca, más países latinoamericanos reportan más de 1.000 casos de covid-19 al día. Y nuestros hospitales están más llenos que nunca”, dijo este miércoles la doctora Carissa Etienne, directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS). “Durante la última semana, más de 1,3 millones de personas se infectaron con
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Click here for updates on this story ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Rock Island Alderman Dylan Parker, Ward 5, is facing fallout after referring to police as “agents of state violence” in a post on his official alderman Facebook page. The post came after Rock Island County State’s Attorney Dora Villarreal issued a decision
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the government’s position in a Wednesday statement, amid World Trade Organization talks over easing global trade rules to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — The supervising anesthesiologist in a surgery at UW Health that left a 6-week-old Fitchburg boy permanently brain damaged has been reprimanded by the state medical board, after a lawsuit against a junior doctor involved in the same surgery resulted in a $22.5
Continue Reading (CNN) — Con la desaceleración de las tasas de vacunación en todo el país, EE.UU. tendrá que cambiar su estrategia hacia la accesibilidad local para salir de la pandemia de covid-19, dijo el Dr. Anthony Fauci. El presidente Joe Biden anunció este martes un plan para administrar al menos una dosis de vacuna contra el
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – En Estados Unidos el Cinco de Mayo se ha convertido en una festividad parte de la cultura popular del país. Durante la fecha –sin importar el día de la semana en el que caiga Cinco de Mayo–, los estadounidenses celebran comiendo y bebiendo. Desde tacos, burritos, nachos, hasta margaritas, micheladas u otros
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A little boy is in the hospital recovering after a fall that could have taken his life. An awning may have saved the boy, who fell from five stories up. The family told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner how it happened. Surveillance video from a store
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Former reality TV star Joshua Duggar filed a motion Tuesday asking that he be released from jail on bail and allowed to return home as he awaits trial for child pornography charges. “Duggar is 33 years old, has no criminal convictions, and has known about this federal criminal investigation since November 2019 when Homeland Security
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SANTE FE, New Mexico — All but three counties in New Mexico are now in the least restrictive ‘Turquoise’ level according to the latest map released from the state Department of Health on Wednesday. New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins and New Mexico Human Services Department Secretary Dr. David Scrase provided the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Red Sox fan didn’t have a glove Tuesday night as she sat in the front row at Fenway Park. But that didn’t stop her from making a memorable catch, and protecting her young son in the process. In the first inning of the game
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Rachel Small is a teacher doing remote work with her fourth grade class in Burlington and Anisha Ravi is one of her students. “She’s special and different that any of the other teachers I’ve had in the past,” Anisha said. “She’s a lot of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Duped or dumb? An online truck sale did not go how an Illinois man expected. Louis Garcia admitted his purchase seemed too good to be true, but he sunk more than $19,000 worth of savings into it anyway. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory helped
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 10-year-old boy who was shot in the head in Minneapolis continues to show signs that he’s a fighter. Ladavionne Garrett Jr. was in the back seat of his parents’ car last Friday afternoon near North 34th and Morgan avenues when he was struck. Outside
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, California (KCRA) — A bracelet about the size of the average watch could be the difference between life and death in the Placer County city of Lincoln. The bracelets are part of a program called Project Lifesaver. The bracelets emit a radio frequency that helps police officers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS, Massachusettls (WCVB) — A happy ending for a dog who has been searching for a home for more than 200 days. Chuckie captured the hearts of everyone at the shelter that has cared for him, and he’s finally going to his forever home. Chuckie is a rescue
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAXAHACHIE, Texas (KTVT) — Storm chaser Mike Prendergast was following the path of what turned out to be an EF-2 tornado in Ellis County when he came across a tense scene on I-35E near Waxahachie Monday night, May 3. “I pulled up and there was a tractor trailer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The remains of a person found on a trail in Manchester have been identified as a woman reported missing in 2015. According to Manchester police, the remains were identified as those of Nancy Burgess, 51, of Manchester. Her remains were found on the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MCCANDLESS, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A North Allegheny teacher is on administrative leave following allegations of physical abuse against a kindergarten student. This all started when the mother of a student who is non-verbal and has Down syndrome, received a call from the principal at Hosack Elementary School. She
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A federal judge’s ruling this week ordering the release of a redacted Justice Department memo recommending that former President Donald Trump should not be charged with obstruction of justice could place new scrutiny on then-Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the Mueller investigation. The memo, if released, would likely provide fodder to Barr’s critics who
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UPDATE, May 6: The driver of a car that struck a a man sitting on a bench before slamming into an electric pole and rolling over in the Lower Valley has been arrested, El Paso police said Thursday as they also revealed that the jailed motorist had a child with him in the car at
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Calls to a major child abuse hotline increased in the early months of the pandemic, new research has revealed. The findings add fuel to worries that hidden child abuse may have been a consequence of school closings and lockdown measures due to the novel coronavirus. Researchers assessed calls and texts to the national child abuse
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump is weighing in on the fight to replace Rep. Liz Cheney in the House Republican Party’s leadership, blasting Cheney, endorsing her possible replacement and staying in touch with Republicans on Capitol Hill as the effort gets underway. On Wednesday, Trump publicly backed Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York to replace
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Travel and tourism is picking up as more people are getting vaccinated. Despite border restrictions still in place, Destination El Paso is hopeful that the next couple of months will help restart tourism in the Borderland as it celebrates National Travel and Tourism week. Bryan Crowe, general manager of Destination
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A lack of facial coverings and social distancing may have contributed to repeated Covid-19 transmissions at an ICE facility in Illinois, according to a newly released watchdog report that uncovered several health and safety related violations at the detention facility. During an unannounced inspection of Pulaski County Jail, which houses ICE detainees, the Department of
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A New Jersey high school teacher has been suspended with pay after launching into a rant during two virtual classes in which he allegedly called George Floyd a “criminal” and used profanity against his students. Howard Zlotkin, a science teacher at William Dickinson High School in Jersey City, is also accused of singling out Black
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The United States could see a drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths by July if vaccinations remain high and people adhere to certain prevention measures, a new modeling study suggests. But if fewer people follow Covid-19 precautions — such as wearing masks and physical distancing — it could undermine the gains from vaccinations to slow
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Línea 12 del metro de Ciudad de México, en la que colapsó un tramo elevado el lunes, tiene un historial de irregularidades en su construcción, operación y mantenimiento en las que se habían advertido consecuencias que ahora son fatales. La llamada “línea dorada” es la infraestructura más reciente del metro que
Continue Reading (CNN) — Facebook puede seguir impidiendo que el expresidente Donald Trump use su plataforma, dijo el miércoles la Junta de Supervisión de la red social. El transcendental fallo respalda la decisión de la compañía de suspender a Trump en enero después de los disturbios en el Capitolio de EE. UU. Sin embargo, la junta dijo
Continue Reading A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday declared that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on eviction — a key element of the federal government’s efforts to aid those hit hardest by the Covid pandemic and its economic effects — must be set aside. The ruling from Judge Dabney Friedrich says the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis City police officer was involved in a car crash in north St. Louis Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 11 a.m. at the intersection of Hamilton and Lotus. St. Louis police told News 4 a car ran a stop
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