Covid-19 vaccinations will not only help stop the virus from spreading, they will also hamper the coronavirus’ ability to mutate into new variants, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Thursday. “Viruses don’t mutate unless they replicate,” Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said at a news briefing at the White
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First things first: No, “The Simpsons” cannot actually predict the future. Yet, as the longest-running sitcom in US history, the timeless series often finds itself aligning with “life imitates art” moments that happen years after airing. This week, for example, users on social media couldn’t help but wonder at the latest coincidence between Vice President
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden has ordered a “pause” on all border wall construction within a week, one of 17 executive orders issued on his first day in office, including six dealing with immigration. The order leaves billions of dollars of work unfinished — but still under contract — after Trump worked feverishly last
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(CNN Business) — Durante años, los creyentes de la teoría de la conspiración de QAnon habían estado esperando el momento en que se pusiera en marcha un gran plan y los miembros secretos de una supuesta red pederasta satánica en los más altos rangos del gobierno y Hollywood serían expuestos de repente, detenidos y posiblemente
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President Joe Biden is so far as good as his word to “manage the hell” out of the pandemic, driven by urgency to revive a sickened, struggling nation and the certainty that his entire presidency rests on eradicating Covid-19. Until now, it’s been easy for the new President to criticize the Trump administration’s obviously negligent
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THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Expert panel says both China and the WHO should have acted faster to prevent the pandemic — Surging infections give Spain’s new emergency hospital in Madrid a second chance to prove its worth — Germany’s Merkel meets with state leaders to ponder tougher virus restrictions — High numbers of new infections are making the virus genetically diverse
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced two significant immigration changes in the first day of the Biden administration that could impact the Borderland. A new 100-day moratorium on deportations for some undocumented immigrants is in place, and migrants seeking asylum in the United States will no longer be forced to
Continue Reading (CNN) — Apenas 24 horas después de que Donald Trump dejara formalmente la Casa Blanca, y la presidencia, está cada vez más claro que sus problemas de dinero están empeorando, no mejorando. Según los documentos de divulgación financiera publicados horas después de que Trump dejó la Casa Blanca para volar a su nuevo hogar en
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On Wednesday, Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States, the first woman, first Black and first South Asian person to hold that office. Since Harris announced her presidential bid in early 2019, she was met with pushback and reservations from progressives in the country due to her law enforcement record. People
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UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Following word that National Guard units from across the nation had been banished to a parking garage near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday night ordered the return of Texas’ Guard troops to the state. I have instructed General Norris to order the return of the
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Triple-digit increases in Las Cruces’ Doña Ana County (125) and Albuquerque’s Bernallillo County (232) were among the latest confirmed Covid-19 cases reported Thursday by state health officials. New Mexico reported an additional 997 cases for the day, pushing the statewide total since the pandemic began to nearly 167,000 cases. Another 35 deaths
Continue Reading (CNN) — Es solo una parte pequeña de la amplia reforma inmigratoria que impulsa el presidente Biden. Pero su significado simbólico es enorme. El proyecto de ley propuesto por Biden, si se aprueba, eliminaría la palabra «extranjero» (alien) de las leyes de inmigración de EE.UU. Sería reemplazada por el término «no ciudadano» (noncitizen). Es un
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EL PASO, Texas – Tristen Licon isn’t just lighting up the scoreboards at Sul Ross State University, he’s all rewriting the history books. Last week, the former Americas Trail Blazer moved to number 2 on the all-time scoring list at Sul Ross. Licon currently has 1,437 points in his college career. He’s 288 points away
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El alcalde de Quito, Jorge Yunda, informó este jueves en rueda de prensa que la «falta de conciencia sanitaria» de algunos grupos de la población ha puesto en riesgo al sistema hospitalario de la capital ecuatoriana que, según las cifras oficiales, registra el mayor número de contagios en todo Ecuador. «Es la
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President Joe Biden’s first full day in office on Thursday focused on rolling out his national strategy to get the coronavirus pandemic under control and signing several executive actions, including ramping up vaccination supplies and requiring international travelers to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test prior to traveling to the US. “Our national strategy
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía General de Cabo Verde solicitó a un tribunal de Barlavento que sustituya la prisión provisional que pesa sobre Alex Saab, el empresario colombiano señalado de ser el testaferro del cuestionado del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, por otras medidas cautelares establecidas en la ley. CNN no ha confirmado qué decisión
Continue Reading Senate Democrats are refusing to buckle to demands from Senate Republicans that they agree not to weaken filibusters against legislation, something many progressives are anxious to do in order to push through the Biden administration’s agenda as Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress for the first time in years. “I think
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Congreso de Honduras aprobó una reforma de la Constitución que cierra el paso a cualquier potencial iniciativa que promueva el derecho al aborto en el país. La reforma al artículo 67 de la Constitución hondureña establece la prohibición e ilegalidad de cualquier interrupción de la vida por parte de la madre
Continue Reading President Joe Biden intends to keep FBI Director Christopher Wray in his post, a senior administration official tells CNN, a sign of confidence for the bureau’s leader who has more than six years remaining in his term. This is not unexpected. During the transition, Biden signaled his plan to keep Wray on board — if
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The Justice Department inspector general is investigating the sudden departure of former Atlanta US Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak, who then-President Donald Trump replaced at the same time that Pak and the state of Georgia had become a focus for Trump in his attempt to overturn the state’s certified presidential election results, The Washington Post reported
Continue Reading Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing that the Senate give former President Donald Trump’s legal team two weeks to prepare for the upcoming impeachment trial once the Senate receives the article and delay its start until mid-February. McConnell’s proposal to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer throws the timing of the trial further into doubt,
Continue Reading Julie Payette, a former Canadian astronaut and the country’s governor general since 2017, announced she would step down Thursday after she was accused by current and former employees of creating a “toxic” workplace environment. In a detailed statement, Payette said that she took the allegations seriously — although she did not formally apologize or admit
Continue Reading (CNN) — El miércoles hubo una serie de juramentos notables (aunque podría decirse que el del presidente fue el que recibió más atención). Conscientes del interés que recibirían sus ceremonias, los cinco funcionarios electos que comenzaron sus mandatos esta semana eligieron con cuidado los textos religiosos sobre los que prestarían juramento. Las Biblias —y en
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Las mascarillas ahora son algo habitual en los vuelos de avión y, desafortunadamente, también las desagradables confrontaciones sobre su uso. Desde que comenzó la pandemia, auxiliares de vuelo y miembros de la tripulación han informado al gobierno federal más de 200 incidentes en los que fueron acosados o amenazados por las políticas de
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WASHINGTON, DC — It’s time to admit that making jokes about sacred historical moments like inaugurations is just part of our way of coping with overwhelming political and social change. We know history is being made, yes, but what kind of history? When future generations look back on this day, what will they see? Mostly
Continue Reading The US Army has changed its account of a key phone call that took place on January 6 as rioters stormed the US Capitol. More than two weeks after the riot, the Army put forward two senior generals to speak with reporters Thursday to explain their roles on that afternoon after conflicting accounts of what
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Seven Senate Democrats filed an ethics complaint on Thursday against Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas and called for the Ethics Committee to investigate how their objections to the Electoral College votes on January 6 may have contributed to inciting the violent Capitol insurrection. “The Senate Ethics Committee should open
Continue Reading The Army is now acknowledging that Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the brother of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was in the room for one of the key January 6 phone calls in which DC government and US Capitol Police were asking for National Guard troops to quell the unfolding violence at
Continue Reading As the Biden administration begins to take shape, one key question President Joe Biden’s Justice Department must confront is whether to continue defending Donald Trump, who relied on Department of Justice lawyers to fight some of his personal battles. Friday may be the first test of how the Justice Department will handle some of these
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