(CNN)- Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) definen el contacto cercano como estar cerca de una persona infectada con coronavirus durante un total de 15 minutos o más. Pero una nueva investigación de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol americano (NFL) sugiere que
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EL PASO, Texas — A winter storm system arrived in the Borderland late Monday night, bringing with it rain mixing with some snow for Tuesday that could cause slick road conditions for motorists. “There will be pockets of colder air which will translate to some areas getting snow accumulation,” explained ABC-7 Chief Meteorologist ‘Doppler Dave’
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP left a key under the mat for their I-10 rivals New Mexico State, as the Aggies knocked off Western New Mexico 70-41 in a “home game” Monday afternoon at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso. Wilfried Likayi had 20 points and six rebounds as the Aggies blew the doors
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AUSTIN, Texas — The number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients in Texas continues to fall from record highs as the state nears the end of what has been its deadliest month of the pandemic. State health officials Monday reported fewer than 13,000 people were being treated for the virus in Texas hospitals, marking the seventh consecutive day of declining
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A US bankruptcy judge has approved a Weinstein Company liquidation plan that allocates over $17 million for Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and assault victims, an attorney for the Weinstein Company confirmed to CNN Monday. “It is true that Judge (Mary) Walrath approved the settlement plan at a hearing today,” Attorney Paul Zumbro said, adding that
Continue Reading A Walt Disney World employee who took a call from a woman in Pennsylvania inquiring about booking tickets to the Florida resort on January 9 alerted police in central Pennsylvania that the woman may be dealing with a domestic violence situation at her home, police said. During the call, the Disney employee heard the woman,
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US President Joe Biden is inheriting a tense and messy relationship with China from his predecessor. From a grueling trade war to a slew of sanctions on the country’s most prominent tech companies, the Trump administration spent the bulk of the last four years piling pressure on the United States’ biggest economic rival. Things only
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Online error messages and jammed-up hotlines slow vaccine rollout for those over 80 in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia state — The European Union is pressuring the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to deliver more vaccines as promised — Facing questions about its vaccines and its early COVID response, China is hitting back by encouraging fringe theories that may harm —
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Congress set a new diversity record this year with its highest-ever number of women and racial minorities, including 60 Black lawmakers. But that’s mostly in the House. People of color have historically had a tougher time getting elected to the Senate. Newly elected Raphael Warnock is only the 11th Black US senator since the Senate
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A man is in custody following an incident on Monday afternoon during which a vehicle struck at least six people — killing one — in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. The Portland Police Bureau said one person died at a hospital, but didn’t identify the victim. Five others were hospitalized with injuries that they should recover
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Once again, Donald Trump has thrown the legal and political system into uncharted waters. This time, the novel question is this: Can the US Senate try and convict a former president? While there is some disagreement among legal scholars, the answer must be yes, both as a matter of law and common sense. The issue
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GameStop is expected to lose money this year and next year. Sales growth is sluggish as fewer gamers need to go to stores — or even shop online — when they can download new titles directly from their consoles, PCs, phones or tablets. So why are shares of the video game retailer up more than
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Astrónomos descubrieron un sistema que incluye seis planetas y no se parece a nada que hayan visto antes. El sistema planetario podría desafiar las teorías que tienen los científicos sobre cómo se forman y cambian los planetas con el tiempo. Nuestro sistema solar es solo uno de los muchos sistemas planetarios. Hasta ahora,
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Former President Donald Trump is still working to assemble a full legal team for his Senate impeachment trial, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday, even as he has begun to craft a defense strategy with Butch Bowers, the South Carolina lawyer who has agreed to represent him in the historic proceedings. Bowers
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Even with the number of Covid-19 cases coming down, scientists are worrying about variants of the novel coronavirus — one of which has been detected in the United States for the first time. The new variant was discovered recently in a US patient who had traveled from Brazil, officials in Minnesota said Monday. It is
Continue Reading A short-form video app that competes with the Chinese version of TikTok is preparing for what is expected to be the world’s largest initial public offering since the coronavirus pandemic began. Kuaishou, a tech company based in Beijing, is seeking to raise as much as $6.2 billion in a stock market listing in Hong Kong,
Continue Reading (CNN) –– La empresa de tecnología electoral Dominion, que ha sido objeto de contantes teorías de conspiración por parte de Donald Trump y sus aliados, demandó a Rudy Giuliani, abogado del expresidente, por difamación. Esto, después de que Giuliani promoviera la «gran mentira» sobre el fraude electoral en sus podcasts y apariciones en televisión. La
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said Monday evening he was extremely worried by former President Donald Trump’s dangerous April suggestion that ingesting disinfectant could possibly be used to treat Covid-19. “I just said, ‘Oh my goodness gracious.’ I could just see what’s going to happen,” Fauci told CNN’s Erin Burnett on
Continue Reading (CNN) — China envió dos grandes formaciones de aviones de combate cerca de la isla autónoma de Taiwán el fin de semana, presentando un importante desafío de política exterior para el nuevo presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, apenas unos días después del inicio de su administración. El Ministerio de Defensa de Taiwán dijo que
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Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says he feels safe at the prospect of playing in this year’s Australian Open as he played down complaints from fellow stars who are quarantining ahead of the tournament in Melbourne. Already delayed by three weeks, the season’s first grand slam starts on February 8, though 72 players have been confined
Continue Reading The image from President Joe Biden’s inauguration of Sen. Bernie Sanders sitting with his legs crossed wearing brown and white gloves made a splash on the internet. Now, one lucky bidder can own a crocheted doll made as a tribute to Sanders’ inauguration meme. The unique doll is up for auction on eBay, with the
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Donald Trump’s former press secretary, announced Monday that she is running for governor of Arkansas. “With the radical left now in charge of Washington, your governor is your last line of defense. In fact, your governor must be on the front line,” Sanders said in a nearly eight-minute video posted on
Continue Reading Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday became the first of what could be a wave of Republicans from former President Donald Trump’s inner circle to chart a political future, launching her bid for Arkansas governor. The move positions Arkansas as a test of how engaged Trump, who publicly encouraged Sanders to run for governor, will be
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Monday reinstated the Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-US citizens who have been in Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and much of Europe. Biden also extended the restrictions to travelers who have recently been to South Africa. The step, which was first reported by Reuters, came just one week after President Donald
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EL PASO, Texas — Girl Scout cookie season has begun and if you thought a pandemic was going to cause cookies sales to crumble, you thought wrong. Local Girl Scouts are finding safe and creative ways to continue their cookie sales this year amid the pandemic. “We thought that we would see a decline and
Continue Reading An election technology company that has been the focus of consistent conspiracy theories by Donald Trump and his allies has sued the former President’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation after he pushed the “Big Lie” about election fraud on his podcast and TV appearances. Dominion Voting Systems is seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages.
Continue Reading The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case concerning whether former President Donald Trump violated provisions of the Constitution that bar a president from profiting from a foreign government. The court instructed the lower courts to wipe away previous lower court opinions that went against Trump because he is no longer in office.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The secretary-designate of the New Mexico Department of Health apologized Monday for the cancellation of more than 1,000 teacher vaccination appointments across southern New Mexico. “I really apologize for that,” said Secretary-Designate Dr. Tracie Collins with the New Mexico Department of Health. “It should not have happened.” As ABC-7 reported on Friday, the
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico officials on Monday reported 494 new coronavirus cases and 12 additional deaths, bringing the statewide total number of cases to 169,696 and deaths to 3,157. Four of the dozen latest deaths occurred in the southern counties of Doña Ana, Luna and Otero. They included: A woman in her
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A man is in custody following an incident on Monday afternoon during which a vehicle struck at least six people — killing one — in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. The Portland Police Bureau said one person died at a hospital, but didn’t identify the victim. Five others were hospitalized with injuries that they should recover
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