FBI Director Chris Wray will finally have to answer questions about the January 6 insurrection when he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, his first public testimony since the deadly riot occurred nearly two months ago. The hearing will also mark Wray’s first public appearance since the White House announced in January that he
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California leaders have reached an agreement to encourage schools to resume in-person classes by the end of March. The agreement combines proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom and from California’s legislature to provide $6.6 billion to help return schools to in-person learning. “We incentivize opening up our schools by providing real resources to do it,” Newsom
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Taylor Swift is over the jokes. The singer tweeted Monday to express her displeasure with a joke included in the Netflix series “Ginny & Georgia.” “Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back,” Swift tweeted along with a close caption of the joke “What do you care? You
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And then there were three. There are now three Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. All three will be distributed across the United States. Many people are wondering which Covid-19 vaccine they should get: Is one better for certain groups
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(CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, reafirmó la importancia de la relación entre su país y México durante una reunión virtual virtual con su homólogo mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el martes en la Casa Blanca. “Estados Unidos y México son más fuertes cuando nos mantenemos unidos. Hay una historia larga y
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El príncipe Felipe de Reino Unido, esposo de la reina Isabel II, fue trasladado a otro hospital de Londres este lunes para recibir tratamiento por una infección y evaluar una condición cardíaca preexistente, anunció el Palacio de Buckingham. Al duque de Edimburgo, de 99 años, lo ingresaron al Hospital King Edward VII el
Continue Reading (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump y la exprimera dama Melania Trump recibieron la vacuna contra el covid-19 en la Casa Blanca en enero, dijo el lunes un asesor de Trump a CNN. No estaba claro de inmediato cuál vacuna o cuántas dosis había recibido cada uno. Fauci: Me pondría cualquier vacuna
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China’s Nio is continuing its turnaround and even eyeing a push abroad. But the wannabe “Tesla killer” isn’t on completely sure footing just yet. Sales for the automaker climbed significantly higher in the fourth quarter of 2020, it reported Monday, though losses also widened more than expected. Nio posted a net loss of almost 1.4
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Hundreds of schoolgirls that were kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria have been rescued, authorities said. The 279 girls were abducted on Friday by armed men who raided their state-run school in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State, a high-ranking government official with knowledge of the incident told CNN. Yusuf Idris, a spokesman for the regional governor, said
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The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures. “Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” said Dr. Rochelle
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A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Si la industria del entretenimiento realmente quiere que los Golden Globes enmienden su acto, entonces la ceremonia incómoda y llena de fallas técnicas desperdició una oportunidad de oro. Y, a la vez, resaltó los problemas que enfrentan todos los premios en este entorno impactado por la pandemia. La Asociación de Prensa Extranjera de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos apeló el fallo de un juez federal que declaró inconstitucional una moratoria de desalojos dispuesta por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) como una emergencia sanitaria. El Departamento de Justicia se pronunció el sábado a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El gobierno de Puerto Rico comenzó a explorar el desarrollo de una antigua base de la Marina de Estados Unidos en el municipio de Ceiba, en el este de la isla, a través de la Autoridad de Puertos. En ese sentido, el gobierno propuso para ese fin el aeropuerto regional José Aponte
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Jorge G. Castañeda es colaborador de CNN. Fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México de 2000 a 2003. Actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York y su libro más reciente, “America Through Foreign Eyes”, fue publicado por Oxford University Press en 2020. (CNN Español) — Una reforma inmigratoria integral figura
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Dr. Anthony Fauci, el principal experto en enfermedades infecciosas de EE.UU., instó el domingo a los estadounidenses a tomar cualquiera de las tres vacunas contra el coronavirus «altamente eficaces» que ahora están disponibles y no demorar en recibir una vacuna para esperar cualquier otra. Sus comentarios se producen después de que la
Continue Reading A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los Golden Globes se entregaron la noche de este domingo. Esta es la lista completa de nominados y ganadores. FOTOS | Globo de Oro 2021: una ceremonia distinta por la pandemia TELEVISIÓN Mejor actor en una serie de televisión – Musical o comedia Don Cheadle – «Black Monday» Nicholas Hoult – «The Great»
Continue Reading Addiction to smartphones will result in poor sleep, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in Frontiers in Psychiatry, looked at smartphone use among 1,043 students between the ages of 18 and 30 at King’s College London. Researchers asked the students to complete two questionnaires on their sleep quality and smartphone usage, in
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EL PASO, Texas — Monday, the UTEP football team officially kicked off their 2021 campaign with the start of spring practices. This will be the 4th season for UTEP head coach Dana Dimel. Dimel and his Miners are coming off a 3-5 record last season, the most wins for coach Dimel during his time at
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Earlier this year tensions between ABC News anchors George Stephanopoulos and David Muir boiled over to the point that Stephanopoulos threatened to walk to a rival network, according to sources close to the matter. In an unusual intervention, Disney executive chairman Bob Iger flew across the country to broker peace at ABC News. Iger smoothed
Continue Reading An attorney is asking two states to investigate rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife, singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris, in the wake of sexual assault and abuse and other allegations the couple have denied. Attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn says he has been contacted by more than 30 “women, survivors, and witnesses” regarding claims against the
Continue Reading US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that Congress’ work in the immediate wake of the US Capitol insurrection confirmed to her that American democracy had survived the January 6 attack. Asked by CNN’s Don Lemon how, as ambassador, she would calm allies’ potential concerns over what happened that day, Thomas-Greenfield replied:
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los Golden Globes 2021 ofrecieron una muestra de cómo se verá el estilo de la alfombra roja de los premios en 2021. Con una ceremonia «híbrida», este año se combinaron los momentos tradicionales de la alfombra roja con una colorida moda casera. Si bien un puñado de presentadores llegaron en persona y fueron
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los Golden Globes se entregaron la noche de este domingo. Esta es la lista completa de nominados y ganadores. FOTOS | Globo de Oro 2021: una ceremonia distinta por la pandemia TELEVISIÓN Mejor actor en una serie de televisión – Musical o comedia Don Cheadle – «Black Monday» Nicholas Hoult – «The Great»
Continue Reading A California doctor’s trial was delayed after he appeared for a virtual court hearing while simultaneously conducting a surgery last Thursday. Dr. Scott Green, a plastic surgeon, showed up to his virtual Sacramento Superior Court hearing — held over Zoom — to contest a traffic violation, wearing scrubs, gloves, a mask and surgical cap. “Are
Continue Reading (CNN) — Olvídate de esos brutales gruñidos de los cavernícolas. Los neandertales, nuestros antepasados más cercanos, podrían haber producido los mismos sonidos que los humanos hoy en día, según un estudio que modela la capacidad auditiva de los homínidos de la Edad de Piedra que se extinguieron hace unos 40.000 años. ¿Sobreviviste al covid? Tal
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EL PASO, Texas — After ABC-7 first reported last week on a new migrant holding facility being created in west El Paso that is intended to house children, new details emerged Monday about it. The non-profit BCFS organization that operates through the U.S. Department of Health and Human services tells ABC-7 that the facility will
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Sen. Mitt Romney was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital for “a lot of stitches” on his eyebrow and eyelid after a fall over the weekend, he told reporters Monday. “I’m doing better,” the Utah Republican said on Capitol Hill, telling reporters he “took a fall” while visiting his grandchildren in Boston. He wasn’t
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EL PASO, Texas – The Ysleta Independent School District is moving forward with plans to allow a limited number of fans at Spring sporting events. Those who will be allowed to attend will mostly be family members of the student athletes participating. The information provided below is from a YISD news release: (Ysleta Independent School
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