Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the United States are going extremely well — but more people need to be protected and the country may be at the start of another surge. Over the weekend, the number of vaccinations reported in a single day by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) went up
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media are quoting the outgoing military prosecutor of Tehran as saying that 10 officials have been indicted for the 2020 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane. The prosecutor made the comment on Tuesday while handing over his office to his successor. The semiofficial ISNA news agency and the Iranian judiciary’s
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At least eight of 11 people who were detained after communicating with CNN journalists in Myanmar were released on Monday, according to three sources close to those detained, who spoke on condition of anonymity over fears of reprisal. CNN is the first international media organization to be given permission to enter the Southeast Asian nation
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AUSTIN, Texas – El Paso native Ivan Melendez had a circuitous path to the University of Texas baseball team. But now that he’s there, he’s taken full advantage. The former Coronado High School baseball star was named Big-12 Co-Newcomer of the Week Monday after going 8-13 in a weekend series sweep of Kansas. Melendez powered
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EL PASO, Texas – 17-year old Diego Luna isn’t yet old enough to vote. But he is old enough to sign with El Paso Locomotive FC. General Manager Andrew Forrest inked Luna to a professional contract Monday, making him the youngest player in the history of Locomotive FC. Luna comes with legitimate hype, having been
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The Baylor Bears won their first men’s NCAA basketball title with a 86-70 win over the previously undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs in the championship game Monday night in Indianapolis. Baylor’s win snaps Gonzaga’s 35-game win streak, which was the longest active streak in the nation and dated back to last season. “We’re really good defensively. I
Continue Reading The death of Alonzo Brooks, whose body was exhumed in 2020 after Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” series brought his case to the forefront, has been ruled a homicide, federal authorities announced Monday. In 2004, Brooks, a Black man, went missing after attending a party. His body was found a month later in a creek. The official
Continue Reading Coors Field in Denver — home of Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies — is expected to be announced as the new host of this year’s All-Star Game, according to multiple news outlets. The MLB has not responded to CNN’s request for comment. Political leaders in the state expressed enthusiasm about potentially hosting the game. “We
Continue Reading The Baylor Bears won their first men’s NCAA basketball title with a 86-70 win over the previously undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs in the championship game Monday night in Indianapolis. Baylor’s win snaps Gonzaga’s 35-game win streak, which was the longest active streak in the nation and dated back to last season. Baylor never trailed in this
Continue Reading A member of the University of Illinois Men’s Gymnastics team celebrated his vault landing by showing off his Covid-19 vaccination card. After Evan Manivong stuck his landing during the team’s meet against Minnesota on March 22, he did something unusual that caught the eye of spectators. The sophomore — who tied his career high after
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Baylor is on top of the college basketball world, winning its first national championship while denying perfection for Gonzaga. All-American guard Jared Butler had 22 points and seven assists for the Bears in 86-70 victory Monday night. His backcourt mates did plenty as well. MaCio Teague had 19 points and Davion Mitchell
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DALLAS, Texas — Minnesota Vikings cornerback Jeff Gladney turned himself in to authorities at the Dallas County Jail Monday on an assault charge, according to the Dallas Police Department. The NFL player was allegedly involved in a verbal altercation on Friday with a 22-year-old woman over content in a cell phone, Senior Cpl. Melinda Gutierrez
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers welcomed a crowd of at least 38,000 fans to Globe Life Field in Arlington Monday for the team’s home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. The game marked one of the first full-capacity sporting events since coronavirus shut down all sporting events more than a year ago. The paid
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(CNN) — El ganador del Grammy The Weeknd va a donar US$ 1 millón para ayudar a los etíopes en medio de la violencia que enfrenta el país. El cantautor, cuyo nombre real es Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, dijo el domingo que realizará su donación a través del Programa Mundial de Alimentos de la ONU. Durante
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police SWAT was called out Monday evening to a home in the 3400 block of East Glen for a barricaded man with a weapon, who would later surrender to authorities after an almost three-hour standoff. The east El Paso ordeal stemmed from what police said was an aggravated assault
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El Servicio de Impuestos Internos de EE.UU. (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) comenzó a enviar lo que llama pago «adicional» a las personas a quienes se les debía un mayor cheque de estímulo del que recibieron inicialmente, debido a sus ingresos reales durante 2020. Los pagos originales se basaron en las declaraciones
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las instalaciones fronterizas para menores inmigrantes están «más allá de su límite» y experimentan un «hacinamiento profundo» que hace «imposible» el distanciamiento social. Esas fueron las palabras de los supervisores designados por una corte en documentos que se hicieron públicos este fin de semana. EE.UU. va en camino de encontrarse con un récord de
Continue Reading Tulsa schools have a long shopping list of projects for when federal stimulus money makes it to Oklahoma. Teachers and administrators are thinking of ways to put the pandemic-plagued 2020-2021 academic year firmly in the rear view mirror by making schools better than they were before. “It’s so exciting,” said Ebony Johnson, chief learning officer
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Top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration have made a series of television and radio appearances to promote the infrastructure proposal Biden unveiled last week, a roughly $2 trillion package the White House has named the American Jobs Plan. But some of these Biden officials have inaccurately described one of the figures they have made
Continue Reading A first-grader in Arkansas is quickly learning the power of persuasion. Kamryn Gardner, whose class recently learned how to write persuasive letters, used her new skills to pen a request to Old Navy. The 7 year-old asked the retailer to create jeans with real pockets. “Dear Old Navy,” Gardner wrote. “I do not like that
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Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As temperatures gradually rise and spring begins, another seasonal visitor looms on the horizon – allergies. While Canada continues to implement measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the virus variants, Dr. Jason K. Lee of the Toronto Allergy and Asthma Clinic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Kimbal Musk, Elon’s brother, has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling food insecurity by providing a garden for as many homes as possible. Musk, a restauranteur and entrepreneur, and Lionsgate Entertainment founder Frank Giustra recently launched the Million Gardens Movement (MGM), with
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The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright infringement against Oracle when it copied snippets of programming language to build its Android operating system. Google’s copying of so-called application programming interfaces from Oracle’s Java SE was an example of
Continue Reading Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin’s actions and use of force during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy. “Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped,” Arradondo testified during Chauvin’s
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was momentarily left speechless when he hosted “Jeopardy!” in the show that aired Monday. In the “Final Jeopardy” round, the category was daytime TV personalities, and contestant Scott Shewfelt decided it was time to troll the star quarterback. “Who wanted to kick that field goal?” Shewfelt wrote, in reference
Continue Reading For a country often seen as a bastion of relative calm in a troubled region, the events that unfolded in Jordan over the weekend were among the most dramatic in decades. Around 15 people were detained, including a high-profile political figure and at least one member of the royal family. A popular former crown prince,
Continue Reading (CNN) — En marzo de 2020, Rita Wilson y su marido Tom Hanks fueron dos de los primeros del grupo de famosos que anunciaron que habían dado positivo en la prueba del covid-19. Wilson compartió recientemente que ella y su esposo de más de 30 años aún no reciben la vacuna. En declaraciones a «Today»,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Rusia está acumulando un poder militar sin precedentes en el Ártico y probando sus armas más nuevas en una región recientemente libre de hielo debido a la emergencia climática, en un intento por asegurar su costa norte y abrir una ruta de transporte clave desde Asia a Europa. Expertos en armas y funcionarios
Continue Reading All 50 states have announced when they plan to open up coronavirus vaccinations to everyone eligible under US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations — if they haven’t done so already. Arkansas is the latest state to announce plans to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older, starting on Tuesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson
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