Leaders of five historically Black colleges and universities met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday to discuss the company’s relationship with the schools in the wake of anti-HBCU-graduate discrimination allegations made by a former Google employee. On December 21, ex-Google diversity recruiter April Curley tweeted that she had been fired by the company in
Continue Reading Tesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 — but not because of sales to its customers. Eleven states require automakers sell a certain percentage of zero-emissions vehicles by 2025. If they can’t, the automakers have to buy regulatory credits from another automaker that meets those requirements — such as Tesla, which
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Ever felt like ripping your ex’s head off? Well now you can. Sorta. For just $5, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your former significant other and feed it to a bird, reptile or mammal. It’s part of the zoo’s “Cry Me a Cockroach” event on Valentine’s Day.
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(CNN Español) — Estados Unidos, en primer lugar, Brasil, en el segundo, México, en el tercero, India, en el cuarto, seguidos por Italia, Francia, Rusia, España, Irán y Alemania. De los diez países del mundo con más fallecidos por coronavirus, los tres primeros están en las Américas. La pandemia hoy suma casi 103 millones de casos
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An Idaho man can now call himself a lotto winner six times over. Bryan Moss, from Meridian, won a $250,000 prize from a Crossword scratch game on Thursday, the Idaho Lottery said in a press release, marking his sixth ever lotto win. However, this marks his first top prize and “by far the largest,” Idaho
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For years, the Kremlin has publicly dismissed Alexey Navalny as an irrelevant blogger with little popular support. But the geographical spread of mass protests over two weekends in support of Navalny, with thousands turning out in dozens of cities across Russia, underlines how much of a challenge he and his anti-corruption message have now become
Continue Reading No matter how excited you are about getting your vaccine, the Better Business Bureau is warning you: Avoid sharing photos of your Covid-19 vaccine cards. “Unfortunately, your card has your full name and birthday on it, as well as information about where you got your vaccine,” said the BBB in a news release. “If your
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It’s an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague — but until 20 years ago, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed. They couldn’t explain why those afflicted, often in the same family, had recurring fevers, abdominal pain, troublesome rashes and muscle aches. Known as familial Mediterranean fever, the disease often
Continue Reading Police cleared out a downtown Olympia, Washington hotel after a homeless activist group allegedly “forcibly occupied” the establishment Sunday to shelter unhoused people, the City of Olympia said in a statement late Sunday night. At least seven people were taken into custody, according to CNN affiliate KIRO, which said some Red Lion Hotel employees were
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Marseille’s home game against Rennes was postponed on Saturday after an angry group of supporters stormed the club’s training ground hours before kick-off. Local police said 300 fans marched to the training facility and “violently attacked” officers who were trying to secure the area, whilst footage showed the group throwing fireworks and flares into the
Continue Reading Desde este lunes será obligatorio usar mascarilla en el transporte público de EE.UU. Perú se encuentra en cuarentena general por el covid-19. El Ejército toma el poder en Myanmar. Además: Nicaragua impulsa la creación de su propia agencia espacial. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Inmigrantes hablan
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ejército de Myanmar entregó el poder del país al comandante en jefe de las fuerzas armadas, luego de los arrestos de la líder civil del país, Aung San Suu Kyi, y otros líderes de alto rango en redadas matutinas el lunes. En un discurso en la televisión de propiedad militar Myawaddy TV,
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el domingo que los trabajadores de la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA) ahora tienen la autoridad para hacer cumplir la orden del presidente Joe Biden para el uso de mascarilla en el transporte «en los puntos de control
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, planea pronunciar este lunes su discurso de política exterior más sustantivo desde que asumió la presidencia, según un alto funcionario de la administración. Esto representa su primer intento de alejarse del enfoque de «Estados Unidos primero» de su predecesor hacia el mundo. El discurso de Biden se
Continue Reading (CNN) — El guitarrista de The Animals, Hilton Valentine, mejor conocido por el icónico riff de apertura del arreglo de la banda de rock inglesa «The House of the Rising Sun», murió a los 77 años. FOTOS | Los famosos que han muerto en 2021 El sello discográfico de la banda, ABKCO Music, anunció la
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Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, are investigating the fatal shooting of three people, including a child and teenager, who were killed Saturday an hour after police completed a wellness check at the home. Officers responded to a home in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of St. Paul around 3 p.m. where they found three people suffering from
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For the first time in almost two months, less than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized for Covid-19. Sunday, the United States reported 95,013 Covid-19 hospitalizations, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. And 97,561 patients were hospitalized Saturday. The last time the number was below 100,000 was December 1. Yet the seven-day average of new
Continue Reading During 15 years under house arrest, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi transformed from a national figure into a global icon of democracy, winning the Nobel Peace Prize and a host of other accolades. She was finally released in 2010, and five years later, military rule ended as the country held its first free elections in
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The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement “for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence,” he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN. “BLM’s call for systemic change have spread around the world, forcing other
Continue Reading The US is in an “absolute race against time” to vaccinate as many people as possible before new Covid-19 variants take hold of the country, one expert said Sunday. “We have a little breathing room right now, but if these new variants become dominant in our country, we are going to be right back where
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — A un lado GameStop, la locura de Reddit se está extendiendo al mercado de metales preciosos. Los futuros de la plata subieron hasta un 8,5%, por encima de los 29 dólares, el domingo por la noche, tocando máximos de cinco meses. Esto ocurre tras un repunte del 6% registrado la
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ejército de Myanmar dijo este lunes que había detenido a líderes políticos clave en respuesta a un fraude electoral y que había declarado el estado de emergencia, informó Reuters. El Ejército de Myanmar toma el poder en un aparente golpe de Estado después de detener a Aung San Suu Kyi y a
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ORLANDO, Florida – It was a special night for Las Cruces, NM native Aaron Herrera Sunday, who made his United States Men’s National Team debut in a 7-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago. It was the first career international cap for Herrera, who plays as a defender for MLS squad Real Salt Lake. Herrera started
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DALLAS, Texas — Faced with the threat that the state might slash its vaccine allocation, Dallas officials in late January reversed course on a plan that would have prioritized doses for people living in the county’s most vulnerable ZIP codes, primarily in communities of color. A divided Dallas County Commissioners Court had voted to prioritize vaccines at
Continue Reading NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR (AP) — Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi — a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule. An announcement read on military-owned Myawaddy TV said Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen.
Continue Reading Global stocks are rising Monday, and Wall Street is getting ready to try to shake off turbulence from last week sparked by the GameStop stock frenzy. Dow futures were last up 130 points, or 0.4%, reversing course from a 0.8% tumble earlier. S&P 500 futures were last up 0.5%, while Nasdaq futures were up 0.4%.
Continue Reading Myanmar’s powerful military has taken control of the country in an apparent coup, following the arrests of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. In an address on military-owned television Myawaddy TV, Myanmar’s military said that it had detained key political leaders in response to what it termed
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Thousands flout virus restrictions at Israel funerals — Anxiety grows as long-term facilities await COVID-19 vaccines — Fans who’ve been to every Super Bowl making plans again this year — Even if schools reopen by late April, millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas, may be left out. — A World Health Organization team looking into the
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Myanmar’s powerful military has taken control of the country in an apparent coup, following the arrests of the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. In an address on military-owned television Myawaddy TV, Myanmar’s military said that it had detained key political leaders in response
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ejército de Myanmar entregó el poder del país al comandante en jefe de las fuerzas armadas, luego de los arrestos de la líder civil del país, Aung San Suu Kyi, y otros líderes de alto rango en redadas matutinas el lunes. En un discurso en la televisión de propiedad militar Myawaddy TV,
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