When Alejandro and Julian Navarro first started playing rugby, they sometimes had to stop training because they could hear gun battles between rival gangs approaching the pitch. The situation was so bad in their home city of Medellin in the early 2010’s that a murder seemingly was not even much of an event. “It was
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Facebook is teaming up with News Corp Australia just weeks after the country passed a groundbreaking law requiring tech companies to pay for news content. The three-year partnership was announced on Monday. It will allow content from much of Rupert Murdoch’s local media empire, including The Australian newspaper, to be featured on Facebook News —
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A neat phenomenon came out of the snowstorm blanketing parts of the Rockies: Dust found in Colorado had traveled all the way from Mexico. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday will introduce legislation aimed at delivering relief to families who have struggled with the steep medical costs associated with congenital anomalies or birth defects. The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act would require all private group and individual health plans to cover medically necessary services for any anomaly that requires medically necessary
Continue Reading Geely will pour nearly $5 billion into building an electric battery plant in China, as the country’s top privately-owned carmaker moves more aggressively to bolster its electric vehicle ambitions in the world’s largest market. The company will invest 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) into a battery factory in Ganzhou, a city in eastern China, according
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(CNN) — A los expertos les preocupa que algunos estadounidenses se estén relajando demasiado rápido, en un momento crítico en el que los peligros inminentes amenazan con aniquilar el progreso que Estados Unidos ha logrado en su batalla contra el covid-19. Al menos una docena de líderes estatales han aliviado las restricciones de covid-19 este
Continue Reading (CNN) — La policía de España incautó una embarcación semisumergible diseñada para contrabandear hasta 2.000 kilogramos de drogas, el primer ‘narcosubmarino’ de este tipo que se ha encontrado fabricado en el país. La embarcación, que mide nueve metros de largo, tres metros de ancho y tres metros de profundidad, fue encontrada en un almacén en
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, nombró al cardiólogo Marcelo Queiroga como el cuarto nuevo ministro de salud del país desde el inicio de la pandemia en marzo pasado. “Se decidió esta tarde nombrar a Marcelo Queiroga. La conversación fue excelente, lo conozco desde hace algunos años. No es una persona que
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — Kim Yo Jong, hermana del líder de Corea del Norte, advirtió el lunes a la administración Biden que no «cause un hedor en su primer paso», horas después de que la Casa Blanca dijera que no había recibido respuesta a su acercamiento a Pyongyang. «Aprovechamos esta oportunidad para advertir a la nueva
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Casa Blanca puede ser reacia a calificar como una crisis la situación en la frontera suroeste, por la que cientos de niños migrantes están cruzando solos. Pero se está convirtiendo rápidamente en una emergencia política para el nuevo presidente. Como suele ser el caso, la difícil situación de las personas desesperadas que
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Nearly half of parents reported their teenagers faced new or worsening mental health conditions since the pandemic began, a new poll has found. A survey of 977 parents with children ages 13 to 18 analyzed teen mental health conditions like anxiety, depression and aggressive behavior during the pandemic. The national poll, conducted by Ipsos for
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A man who allegedly drove his car onto a sidewalk and into a group of people is being held on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and other charges, San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit said at a news conference on Monday afternoon. Craig Voss, 71, of San Diego, also faces five counts of causing great
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There’s lots of great news about Covid-19 vaccines and one major catch. First, the good news: — A record-high 2.4 million vaccine doses are going into arms each day, according to the latest seven-day average of daily vaccinations. — About 11.5% of the US population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19. — Millions more Americans
Continue Reading Facebook is teaming up with News Corp Australia just weeks after the country passed a groundbreaking law requiring tech companies to pay for news content. The three-year partnership was announced on Monday. It will allow content from much of Rupert Murdoch’s local media empire, including The Australian newspaper, to be featured on Facebook News —
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A 16-year-old testified against her father in court on Monday, as prosecutors used against him what they had learned from his children about his resolve to take part in the US Capitol riot. “My heart is broken. I see people in your family suffering. I see an American family suffering,” Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said
Continue Reading The NBA said Monday that its investigation was unable to establish that racially insensitive comments were made by Utah Jazz Executive Dennis Lindsey as alleged by former Jazz player Elijah Millsap. Last month, the NBA and the Jazz announced an investigation into the team executive for alleged racially insensitive comments made in 2015. In February,
Continue Reading Ammon Bundy, who was to go on trial after being charged with trespassing in the Idaho Statehouse last year, was arrested Monday after he refused to wear a mask in court. According to Ada County Sheriff spokesperson Patrick Orr, the Idaho Supreme Court has a mask mandate for anyone entering a courthouse, but when Bundy
Continue Reading In the first week of March, more than 20% of blood donations from unvaccinated people had Covid-19 antibodies, according to data shared with CNN by the American Red Cross. Between mid-June 2020 and early March 2021, the American Red Cross tested more than 3.3 million donations from unvaccinated people in 44 states for the presence
Continue Reading Two people were killed and two others seriously injured after a single-engine aircraft crashed into a car on a roadway in Florida on Monday, officials said. The two victims were on board the Beechcraft Bonanza plane, which crashed near the North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Fire Chief Marcellino Rodriguez told CNN. An adult and
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EL PASO, Texas–Health experts are praising prevention efforts related to Covid-19 for a massive decline in Influenza cases this year. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported just 1,585 cases of influenza nationwide, compared to last year when there were more than 183,000 cases of the flu reported nationwide. In El Paso,
Continue Reading A review of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 guidance has found that some of the agency’s guidance during the Trump administration was not grounded in science or free from undue influence, according to a statement from a CDC spokesperson. The review found that some guidance “used less direct language than available
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Move over, SpaceX and Instacart: Payments processing company Stripe is now the most valuable startup in America. Stripe announced Sunday a new $600 million round of funding at a valuation of $95 billion, nearly tripling its last valuation of $36 billion. The new funding vaults Stripe ahead of Instacart, which recently raised new financing at
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EL PASO, Texas — In 2020, the Medina family was celebrating 40 years of serving El Paso through their family-owned business, Superior Body Shop. One year later, the shop is shuttered and they are trying to comprehend life without their patriarch and shop founder, Alfredo Medina, and their brother, Julio, who had taken over the
Continue Reading White House staff working in-person are no longer tested for Covid-19 every day as those on campus have been increasingly vaccinated, a recent change to testing protocol, according to an administration official familiar with the process. White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz said in a statement to CNN that the White House “maintains strong Covid-19-related protocols
Continue Reading A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. How the pandemic has changed TV viewing patterns Think about it. How have your own TV habits changed in the past year? What are you watching more of, less of, and how? The answers go
Continue Reading (CNN) — Billie Eilish tuvo un momento un poco del estilo ‘Adele 2017’ en la entrega de los premios Grammy el domingo. Ese año, Adele insistió en que no se merecía el premio al álbum del año, porque debería haber ido a Beyoncé por «Lemonade». Esta vez, Eilish ganó el premio a la grabación del
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — El estímulo económico de US$ 1,9 billones que firmó el presidente Joe Biden es tan grande que los economistas están planteando sus pronósticos de crecimiento no solo para este año, sino también para el próximo. Goldman Sachs predice que la economía de EE.UU. se recuperará fuertemente de la pandemia. En ese sentido, la
Continue Reading (CNN) –– La mitad de los votantes registrados en el estado de Nueva York no creen que el gobernador demócrata Andrew Cuomo debería renunciar de inmediato, reveló una encuesta de Siena College publicada este lunes. Un resultado que contrasta con la creciente presión para que Cuomo dimita a su cargo tras acusaciones de acoso sexual
Continue Reading George Metsos had to furlough 30 of 37 of his employees due to the pandemic. Like many businesses, Metsos’ restaurant, Patys — which is located in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles — took a hit when indoor operations were forced to close. But on Monday, for the first time in months, he was
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Ha pasado un año desde que los cruceros estuvieron en el ojo del huracán del covid-19, luego de que resultaran ser lugares ideales para que el virus se propagara ampliamente. El 13 de marzo de 2020, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en
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