(CNN Español) — La carrera por el desarrollo de vacunas contra el covid-19 es global. Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, actualmente se están desarrollando 240 vacunas contra el covid-19, aunque solo 63 están en desarrollo clínico. En Latinoamérica, solo seis países realizan ensayos clínicos o planean participar en alguno, de acuerdo con información
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The Kansas City Chiefs are back for another Super Bowl. And inevitably, so is the longstanding controversy over the NFL team’s name and Native American imagery. The racial justice movement that was reignited last summer prompted a number of professional sports teams to re-examine their names, mascots and other fan traditions. Washington’s football team got
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Click here for updates on this story GENESSEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A man died in an explosion at a baby shower in Genesee County. Michigan State Police Flint Post is investigating a fatal explosion that happened Saturday around 7:30 p.m. People were gathered for a baby shower in Gaines Township when the homeowner fired
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Friday, nurses with the Oregon Nursing Association held a rally at Providence in Portland to demand safer working conditions. Those nurses want Providence to implement what they call the COVID Bill of Rights. That bill of rights consists of several measures nurses want guaranteed
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STANFORD, California — Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who played a central role in helping to bring the Cold War to an end as President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, died Saturday at age 100, according to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University where he worked for over 30 years. Shultz, who
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UPDATE, Feb. 8: El Paso police said Monday that drunken driving was the cause of a single-car crash over the weekend that killed a passenger and left the driver hospitalized. Police identified the deceased as 26–year-old Angel Sanchez of El Paso, while they said 25–year-old Geena Quintana of El Paso was hospitalized in serious condition.
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EL PASO, Texas– Despite the pandemic, one Pebble Hills high school senior was able to accomplish two musical milestones. One of those milestones was becoming the second person ever from El Paso to earn the right to be called a 4-year Texas All-state choir member, but for Raul Romero, joining choir wasn’t always his plan.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is proposing legalizing marijuana in the badger state as part of his 2021-2023 biennial budget proposal on Sunday, Feb. 7. Evers proposed regulating and taxing marijuana “much like Wisconsin regulates and taxes alcohol”. Under the proposal, Wisconsin would join 15
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROGERS, Arkansas (KFSM) — At around 4 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 7), emergency crews responded to the end of Hwy 94 for a vehicle that ended up in the water at Monte Ne boat ramp. The vehicle ended up in the water after a pursuit. When crews arrived at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell saying she’d rather be safe than sorry during this different Mardi Gras season. The City is concerned about creating another giant, virus “super-spreader” event, like what happened last year — even access to parts of the famed French Quarter
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NANTICOKE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — There was a birthday celebration on Saturday in Luzerne County – Marge Kalinowski celebrated her 95th birthday. The Nanticoke native was self-isolating at home for months because of the pandemic. For her big day, more than 50 friends including police and firefighters drove past
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WASHINGTON, DC — House Democratic leaders will unveil legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Richard Neal, who is leading the crafting of the legislation for the stimulus package,
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EL PASO, Texas — Public health officials announced one new death and 381 additional Covid-19 cases in El Paso County on Sunday. The latest death was a man in his 90s to raise the pandemic fatality count to 1,759, although there remain over 500 deaths under investigation that are suspected to be Covid-caused. As of
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A 16-year-old girl was killed in a sledding accident in upstate New York on Saturday that also injured a toddler, according to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. The teenager was sledding with a 3-year-old boy in Lewiston “when they struck a tree at the bottom of the hill,” the office said in a release. The
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office said Saturday the Senate will accommodate a request from one of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment attorneys to halt Trump’s impeachment trial during the Jewish Sabbath. “We respect their request and of course will accommodate it. Conversations with the relevant parties about the structure of the trial continue,” said
Continue Reading Talk about a roller-coaster performance — Ilkay Gundogan provided the dictionary definition on Sunday for Manchester City against Liverpool. The Germany international was the subject a heavy challenge inside the first two minutes, blazed a penalty way over the bar just before half-time before scoring twice in Manchester City’s 4-1 victory at Anfield. After Gundogan
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — Maintaining student’s attention is one of the constant challenges in virtual teaching. But that doesn’t appear to be an issue for gamers, who can regularly engage with audiences for long periods of time — sometimes upwards of 12 hours. So educators struggling with
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said a “room full of lawyers” is working to make the case that raising the minimum wage to $15 squares with Senate rules that threaten its inclusion in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package. The comments come as Biden has cast doubt on the possibility of the wage increase
Continue Reading You’ve probably heard of 3D printed face masks and even 3D printed hands, as 3D printing technology has expanded over the past few decades. Now a company says it has listed the first 3D printed house in the United States for sale. The Riverhead, New York, home is listed online through Zillow with an asking
Continue Reading Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the US could see full employment next year if Congress passes President Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus package, but warned the country’s unemployment rate would remain elevated over the next few years without the additional $1.9 trillion in federal support. “I would expect that if this package is passed that
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Sunday it’s “very unlikely” the Senate votes to convict former President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial set to begin Tuesday. “You did have 45 Republican senators vote to suggest that they didn’t think it was appropriate to conduct a trial, so you can infer how likely it
Continue Reading (CNN) — ¿Disfrutas de más tiempo libre mientras trabajas desde casa? Tal vez no. Una nueva investigación realizada durante la pandemia muestra que los empleados que trabajan a domicilio en el Reino Unido, Austria, Canadá y Estados Unidos están trabajando más horas que antes. El trabajo desde casa ha llevado a un aumento de 2,5
Continue Reading President Joe Biden presented a sweeping vision of the global challenges facing the US in a Thursday speech that touched on Russia’s attacks on US democracy, China’s corrosive human rights record and the Burmese military’s authoritarian putsch but had one notable omission: The President made no mention of Iran. In a striking counterpoint to Biden’s
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Frank Shankwitz, a longtime Arizona Department of Public Safety officer who co-founded the Make-A-Wish Foundation, has died, his wife told the New York Times. Shankwitz passed away on January 24 at his home in Prescott, Arizona, of esophageal cancer, Kitty Shankwitz said. He was 77 years old. “Frank’s passing has created a loss in our
Continue Reading Although racism and fate kept him from the major leagues, Josh Gibson was one of the most dominant sluggers in baseball history. The former Negro Leagues star is credited with hitting almost 800 home runs over his 17-year career and was such a fearsome hitter that many fans called him the “black Babe Ruth.” Some
Continue Reading Elegant, swinging, exuberant – it’s hard to find one word to describe the lush music of Gerald Wilson, one of the most important bandleaders in the history of jazz. Wilson never got the attention of big band arrangers like Duke Ellington, but he was also a major innovator in jazz music. A slim, enthusiastic man
Continue Reading (CNN) — Encuesta de la semana: una nueva encuesta de Axios/Ipsos encontró que el 63% de los adultos dice que obtendrá o es probable que se aplique la vacuna contra el covid-19 tan pronto como esté disponible para ellos. Esa es la cifra más alta jamás registrada por Ipsos. Cuando se les da la opción
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Sunday is an unofficial holiday in the US as the NFL kicks off the Super Bowl, and “Saturday Night Live” had plenty to say about it. The NBC variety show opened up Saturday’s episode mocking the CBS Super Bowl pre-game show with Kenan Thompson playing CBS Sports anchor, James Brown. “Hello! Welcome to the Super
Continue Reading A new children’s book called “Doctor Li and The Crown-Wearing Virus” is the origin story of Doctor Li Wenliang, who first raised the alarm that a novel coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan, China. The police tried to silence Li, but he continued to speak out. In the book, a 7-year-old, May, learns about Doctor Li’s
Continue Reading Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday she will not resign despite being censured by her state Republican Party over her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump. “I’m not (going to resign) Chris,” Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the US House of Representatives, told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “And look, I think
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