(CNN) — El jefe de la junta militar de Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, organizó una lujosa cena el sábado mientras sus tropas mataron a tiros a más de 100 personas en las calles y obligaron a miles de personas a huir a la vecina Tailandia, durante un fin de semana de terror indiscriminado y derramamiento
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Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, prosecutors said Monday, correcting the 8:46 timing that has become a symbol of police brutality. In opening statements of Chauvin’s criminal trial, prosecuting attorney Jerry Blackwell repeatedly emphasized the new 9:29 timing, telling jurors they were the “three most
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After a year in which scientists raced to understand Covid-19 and to develop treatments and vaccines to stop its spread, Cleveland Clinic is partnering with IBM to use next-generation technologies to advance healthcare research — and potentially prevent the next public health crisis. The two organizations on Tuesday announced the creation of the “Discovery Accelerator,”
Continue Reading The US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) has ordered port officials to seize all disposable gloves made by the world’s largest producer over allegations of forced labor. In a statement Monday, the agency said a months-long investigation had found “sufficient information” that Top Glove, a Malaysian company, was using forced labor to produce disposable
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Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season, the club has announced. The 32-year-old Argentine, considered to be one of the greatest players in Premier League history, joined from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and went on to win four Premier League titles, one FA Cup and five
Continue Reading Hong Kong‘s leading TV broadcaster will not air the Academy Awards next month for the first time in more than half a century. Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) has been home to the awards in Hong Kong since 1969. Its decision not to broadcast the ceremony this year was “purely a commercial decision,” a spokesperson said.
Continue Reading Thailand has reportedly pushed back more than 2,000 people attempting to flee neighboring Myanmar following a series of air strikes carried out by the ruling junta in the southeast of the country. Activist group the Karen Information Center said 2,009 people are now internally displaced and hiding in the jungle, having been forced back into
Continue Reading Covid-19 probably came to people through an animal, and likely started spreading no more than a month or two before it was noticed in December of 2019, a World Health Organization draft report finds. The least likely source: a laboratory leak, the WHO’s joint international team concluded. WHO is scheduled to release the final report
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las autoridades del Gobierno del cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunciaron este lunes la llegada de un lote de 50.000 mil dosis de la vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik-V. Durante el anuncio del desembarque, la vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez dijo que «la segunda vacuna rusa, EpiVacCorona, muy buena vacuna, llega a Venezuela,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) de Honduras entregó la madrugada de este martes el boletín con los resultados oficiales del nivel presidencial de las elecciones primarias. Del oficialista Partido Nacional, el ganador es Nasry Asfura; por el Partido Liberal, Yani Rosenthal, y del Partido Libertad y Refundación, Libre, Xiomara Castro, esposa del
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After enduring widespread flooding — that killed seven people, knocked out power to thousands and damaged homes and businesses — Central Tennessee is bracing for more potentially devastating rainfall. Over 2.5 million people across the region are under flood warnings through Thursday evening, according to CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy. Nashville and most of Central Tennessee
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — A través de la Fiscalía de Inmigrantes y por el delito de homicidio calificado, la Fiscalía de Chiapas anunció la noche de este lunes la investigación sobre la muerte de un «migrante guatemalteco» en el municipio de Mazapa de Madero, cerca del territorio de Guatemala. Según los detalles compartidos por la Fiscalía,
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With virtual classes and at-home work, it’s no wonder why many people are experiencing more pain in the neck and back than usual. Sitting in a chair all day, your back slouched and neck bent, is just not good for you. Period. It’s important to remain in motion throughout the day. I recommend scheduling a
Continue Reading New Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are beginning to rise in the US again, one of the country’s top health leaders said Monday. The latest findings, shared by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, may just be the start of what experts have for weeks warned about: another surge. A surge
Continue Reading A pilot died after his single-engine plane crashed in northwest Georgia on Monday night, according to authorities. The single-engine Aviat Husky A-1 crashed in a field near Cave Springs around 6 p.m. Monday, a spokesperson with the Federal Aviation Administration said. Biddy Allred, 79, of Centre, Alabama, died at the scene, Floyd County Coroner Gene
Continue Reading (CNN) — Durante semanas, los expertos en salud han advertido sobre otro posible pico de covid-19 si los estadounidenses se relajan con las medidas de seguridad mientras el país se apresura a vacunar a más personas. Ahora las infecciones están aumentando nuevamente y algunos líderes estatales están haciendo sonar la alarma sobre las últimas tendencias.
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — For a southern New Mexico high school coach, the last year was a game changer. Art Aguirre spent more than a month unconscious, recovering from Covid-19. He’s now back on the court and his team is competing in the state tournament. Aguirre is the volleyball coach at Santa Teresa High
Continue Reading Authorities are searching for three teens who escaped from a youth correctional facility in Oregon on Sunday. The teens assaulted a staff member and took their keys before leaving through a hole in the fence surrounding MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon Youth Authority spokesperson Sarah Evans told CNN. The teens, identified as Preston Andrizzi, 19,
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Dr. Jerome Adams, former US surgeon general and White House coronavirus task force member under President Trump, took to Twitter on Monday to defend Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator under Trump. Birx, who featured prominently in CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s special report “COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak
Continue Reading A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that an Ohio professor can sue a university for violating his constitutional rights after he was disciplined for refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a transgender student. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2018 after the school formally
Continue Reading It’s been nearly a year since healthcare worker, Peter Woullard, has walked on his own. The 53-year-old, who contracted Covid-19 last March, lost his ability to stand and walk after spending months in the hospital fighting for his life. “I have nerve damage in certain areas of my body and also weakness,” he told CNN
Continue Reading A dozen major companies earned an F for failing to publicly address the growing problem of toxic chemicals that may be in the products they sell to consumers, according to the 2021 Who’s Minding the Store? A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals. The report is a collaboration of nonprofit partner organizations,
Continue Reading How Covid-weary Americans behave now will decide how many are yet to die. President Joe Biden on Monday warned that “now is not the time” to ease masking and social distancing and one of the country’s top health chiefs, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, admitted to feelings of “impending doom” even as hope rises that the beginning
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The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party faced swift backlash Friday for comments in which he called the three top Democratic women in the state “witches” and quipped about “assassination” as a way to rid the state of two Republican congressman who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Ron Weiser said in a tweet
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The newly hired head of diversity and inclusion at US Special Operations Command has been reassigned as the military conducts an investigation of his controversial social media posts, military spokesmen said Monday, including one that appeared to compare former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. On June 20, Richard Torres-Estrada posted a picture of Trump
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors filed sex trafficking charges against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, alleging she recruited and groomed a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex acts with Epstein as recently as 2004. Prosecutors allege Maxwell and Epstein recruited the underage girl to perform massages that turned sexual at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence. In
Continue Reading Under real world conditions, the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines provide highly effective protection, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At full vaccination, the vaccines were 90% effective at preventing infections, including infections that had no symptoms. At least 14 days after first dose but before second
Continue Reading In the wake of two (more) high-profile mass shootings, we’re (again) talking about guns — and whether Congress will do anything to restrict people from purchasing them. That debate occasioned this exchange on Sunday between “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (bolding is mine): Wallace: “Senator, first of
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El Paso, Texas — High school yearbooks are normally filled with photos from school events held throughout the year, but for the class of 2021 many of those milestone moments didn’t happen due to the pandemic creating a challenge for high school yearbook students. “Just having to do everything online and having to try and
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