(CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua anunció a los nuevos integrantes del Consejo Supremo Electoral -siete magistrados titulares y tres suplentes- que se encargarán de llevar a cabo las elecciones generales del próximo 7 de noviembre. Lumberto Campbell Hooker y Mayra Salinas estaban en la anterior directiva y repiten en los cargos, mientras
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud Pública de República Dominicana informó que se elevó a 143 el número de personas muertas por consumo de bebidas alcohólicas adulteradas con altos niveles de metanol. En los últimos seis días, otras 13 personas murieron por ingerirlas, según datos de la Dirección General de Epidemiología. La semana pasada,
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said he hopes children and teens won’t hesitate when the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes a coronavirus vaccine for them. A federal government official told CNN on Monday that the FDA is poised to authorize Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine in children and teens 12 to 15 years old by early next week,
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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked a judge to appoint a “special master” — or independent review — for materials seized when the FBI executed search warrants on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office last week. Calling it a step that would be appropriate to ensure attorney-client privilege is protected, prosecutors filed the request under seal
Continue Reading (CNN)– La administración de Biden elevará el límite de refugiados a 62.500 personas este año fiscal, según confirmó la Casa Blanca, después de recibir críticas inmediatas el mes pasado cuando el presidente Joe Biden conservó el tope más bajo de la administración de Trump. «Estoy actualizando el límite anual de admisión de refugiados de Estados
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Seven people were arrested after authorities found the mummified remains of a woman who was the leader of a controversial religious group inside a rural Colorado home last week. An arrest affidavit from the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) said that deputies searched a home in Moffat last Wednesday after a man who lived there
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden fijó este martes el nuevo objetivo de administrar al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 al 70% de la población adulta del país y lograr que 160 millones de adultos estadounidenses estén totalmente vacunados para el 4 de julio. «Vamos a hacer que sea
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The high school basketball playoffs in New Mexico are officially underway. Tuesday in Las Cruces, the Las Cruces boys teams and the Centennial girls team played their quarterfinal matchups. In the Class 5A boys high school playoffs, the Las Cruces Bulldawgs played host to the Los Lunas Tigers. It was
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Three men charged in the shooting and robbery of Lady Gaga’s dog walker in February allegedly drove around various parts of Los Angeles looking for French bulldogs before the shooting, according to the felony complaint. The trio spotted dog walker Ryan Fischer when he was walking three French bulldogs that belonged to the singer. They
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos en Colombia dice que miembros de su comisión han sido amenazados y atacados en Cali, Colombia, mientras investigaban protestas por un proyecto de ley de reforma tributaria. Duque retira proyecto de reforma tributaria y pide otro 3:42 En un comunicado en
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En Colombia, la Defensoría del Pueblo reportó este lunes la muerte de un policía y 18 civiles durante los cuatro días de protestas en contra de la reforma tributaria en base a datos de la Fiscalía General y la Policía Nacional. Desde el 28 de abril se desarrollaron 1.120 actividades entre concentraciones
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El aeropuerto de Cali, en Colombia, suspendió temporalmente este lunes desde a las 5:00 p.m., hora local, sus operaciones comerciales debido a los bloqueos de vías de la ciudad en el marco de las protestas contra el gobierno. Un comunicado emitido por Aeronáutica Civil explica que los bloqueos a las vías afectan
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Cindy McCain, widow of longtime Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, on Tuesday warned that Republicans need to exercise caution as the party mulls ousting its No. 3 in House GOP leadership. Asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo for her thoughts on Rep. Elise Stefanik, a vocal defender of former President Donald Trump who is emerging
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There were at least four attacks on Asian Americans, including an assault with a hammer, in New York City over the weekend, according to the New York Police Department. The spate of attacks occurred as the city is grappling with a rise in bias crimes on Asian Americans this year, with 42 incidents reported in
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una araña esquiva relacionada con la tarántula acaba de unirse a las filas de arácnidos reconocidos. La araña trampa Pine Rockland vive en los Everglades de la Florida y es muy rara. Solo se ha visto un puñado de veces desde la década de 1920 y solo recientemente el inteligente arácnido recibió su
Continue Reading Some of the alleged abuse victims of former Ohio State University doctor Richard Strauss could get more than $250,000 as part of an individual settlement program for survivors involved in five active legal cases, according to a recent court filing by the university. In a notice of intent filed with the United States District Court
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Bill and Melinda Gates announced the end of their 27-year relationship Monday, shocking the business and philanthropic worlds. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the couple, well-known for their wealth and commitment to philanthropy, said in a statement.
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced that a special election to replace Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, who died last month, will take place next January. The primary for Florida’s 20th Congressional District will be on November 2 with the general election on January 11, DeSantis said, announcing an upcoming executive order that will set
Continue Reading A Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the government to release its decades-old records from an FBI-run covert surveillance program that monitored the Black Panthers, as well as civil rights and anti-war activists, among others. In addition to requiring the release of files from COINTELPRO, or the Counter-Intelligence Program, within six
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EL PASO, Texas – They are among the best the Sun City has to offer in the world of sports. Tuesday, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2021 inductees. The induction ceremony will take place in September, but no official date has been set. Due to Covid-19, last year’s Class
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Cece Meadows of Las Cruces, founder of Indigenous makeup brand Prados Beauty, started her career in finance and was making six figures living the dream. But she found herself homeless after her cancer treatments left her broke and ended up living in her car in the parking lot of Walmart
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Tuesday set a new goal of administering at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose to 70% of the US adult population and having 160 million US adults fully vaccinated by July 4. “We’re going to make it easier than ever to get vaccinated,” Biden said Tuesday in his remarks. He added, “Two
Continue Reading Vitalik Buterin, a 27-year-old Russian-Canadian programmer, created ethereum in 2013 when he was 19. The cryptocurrency launched in 2015, and now Buterin holds about 333,500 ether in his public wallet. Multiply that by the $3,500 record high ether stood at on Tuesday, and you get more than $1.1 billion. Not bad. Buterin co-founded Bitcoin Magazine,
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said his administration is “ready to move immediately” if and when the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for use in youths ages 12-15. States are getting ready, too. Biden said he has directed states to make sure these teens can get vaccinated right away, but some states,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Chris Jans has made a habit of taking in traveled, but talented college players and turning them into all-conference selections. He may have struck again with his latest high-scoring import. Nebraska transfer guard Teddy Allen, one of the more productive scorers in the Big 10 last season, announced his commitment
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Like 54 other golfers, 48-year old Javier Quevedo came to the New Mexico State Golf Course Tuesday with a dream. “Well, making it to the US Open,” said Quevedo, who played in amateur professional tournaments as a kid. “Especially at Torrey Pines.” After his top three finish in the Tuesday’s
Continue Reading Some Asian Americans are buying guns for the first time as attacks fuel fear across the nation, but advocates say firearms are not the solution. “I know firsthand that guns don’t make us safe,” said Po Murray, the chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance, a national grassroots gun violence prevention group formed after the 2012 Sandy
Continue Reading As health experts point to the challenges the nation faces in reaching herd immunity, some are warning of the danger of not getting there: another surge of coronavirus this winter. Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit reckons that 80% of the population needs to be immune to the virus in order to prevent that scenario. “The
Continue Reading A man has been charged with setting on fire a historic Catholic church in Southern California last summer, prosecutors said Tuesday. The San Gabriel Mission was undergoing renovations to mark its 250th anniversary when a fire broke out July 11, engulfing the roof and front entrance of the church. Firefighters forced entry to tame the
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Editor’s note: This story and headline have been corrected. An earlier version overstated the number of gun sales that have been recorded in Illinois. Concerns about looming gun control legislation and rising crime continued to fuel gun sales in America throughout the month of April, according to industry observers. The FBI conducted more than 3.5
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