As Los Angeles County battles against the unrelenting coronavirus, an air pollution control agency says it has temporarily suspended limits on cremations in order to assist crematoriums in the county with a “backlog” caused by the pandemic. The South Coast Air Quality Management District said in a news release Sunday that permits for crematoriums usually
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(CNN Español) – El doctor Huerta responde esta semana a las preguntas de la audiencia sobre las secuelas del coronavirus, entre ellas la pérdida de olfato y la tos. También, quién es el especialista médico que debe darle seguimiento a la enfermedad, más preguntas sobre la vacuna y las formas de contagios. Puedes escuchar este
Continue Reading Sao Paulo, Brasil (CNN) — En medio de un devastador resurgimiento del coronavirus en partes de Brasil, funcionarios federales de salud del país sudamericano finalmente votaron para autorizar dos vacunas para uso de emergencia. El domingo, la agencia reguladora brasileña Anvisa aprobó tanto la vacuna Oxford/AstraZeneca como la vacuna Coronavac. Minutos después, Monica Calazans, una
Continue Reading (CNN) — Como si necesitáramos más razones para reflexionar sobre las dificultades diarias de la vida, este 18 de enero es el ‘Blue Monday’, el tercer lunes de enero, del que se dice es el día más deprimente del año. ¿Pero lo es? Las investigaciones no han demostrado que haya un día más deprimente que
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Mukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive. Between March and November last year, even as the coronavirus upended lives and devastated economies around the world, India’s richest man was handed more than $27 billion to make a bet
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Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Dr. Dre is back home after being hospitalized for more than a week in Los Angeles, according to his attorney Peter Paterno. “He’s home and on the mend,” Paterno said in a brief email to CNN on Sunday. Paterno did not provide additional details on the 55-year-old’s condition. The news comes
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong is heading back to prison after a South Korean court handed him a two and a half-year sentence for his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal. One of Lee’s lawyers said the decision was “regrettable.” His side says the 2015 deal at issue in the
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Two young men work side-by-side in a butcher’s shop. They live in the same teeming and densely packed town. One is fortunate — he’s eligible to get an Israeli Covid-19 vaccination. The other isn’t. Both are Palestinian residents of Kafr ‘Aqab, a finger of territory that under Israeli law is part of greater Jerusalem, but
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EL PASO, Texas — One local university professor says Antifa, a left-wing political group, infiltrated pro-Trump supporters Jan. 6 when hundreds converged on Washington, D.C. at the behest of President Trump, then stormed the U.S. Capitol. It was a history-making siege that led to the deaths of five people, one of those being a Capitol police officer.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos entra en la semana de la toma de posesión con una desconcertante presencia policial y militar que custodia los vestigios de la democracia, con los estadounidenses conteniendo la respiración mientras los funcionarios federales advierten sobre las amenazas de violencia y los posibles disturbios que han empañado los preparativos para las ceremonias
Continue Reading (CNN) — La principal figura de la oposición rusa y principal crítico del Kremlin, Alexey Navalny, fue detenido por la policía local el domingo, momentos después de su regreso a Rusia. Fue llevado «por agentes de policía en la frontera» sin explicación, tuiteó su portavoz Kira Yarmysh. «Al abogado no se le permitió ir con
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EL PASO, Texas — As medical centers remain in need of backup all across the country, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso has a brand new class of students officially entering their first semester of nursing school and getting one step closer to helping in the fight against Covid-19. “We have
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Japan’s prime minister vows to hold the already postponed Olympics this summer as proof of victory over virus — Israel trades Pfizer vast troves of medical data for the continued flow of its hard-to-get vaccine — China economy grows in 2020 as it rebounds from virus, likely becoming the only major economy to expand
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Police Department and Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for the public’s help in finding two men who have burglarized a couple of businesses. The first burglary happened about 5 a.m. on Dec. 14 at Wholesale Appliance Liquidation on Rojas Drive. The thieves arrived in a pickup
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 751 new Covid-19 cases and 22 additional deaths. Four of the latest deaths happened in the southern New Mexico counties of Doña Ana and Luna and included: A man in his 70s from Luna County who was hospitalized.A woman in her 80s from Doña Ana
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COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Staley won’t have to move that far for his first head coaching opportunity. Staley agreed to become the Los Angeles Chargers’ coach on Sunday night after one season as the defensive coordinator for the crosstown Rams. The Chargers made the decision to hire Staley after their second interview with
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RUIDOSO, New Mexico – A Ruidoso man was arrested after he twice fled from officers, was fired at by police and then crashed his car, authorities said Sunday. Trevor Hoyle, 26, is charged with aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer, tampering with evidence and leaving the scene of an accident. Hoyle was not struck
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Officials were prepared this weekend for potential unrest ahead of Inauguration Day, but the small groups of protesters that gathered at state capitols across the country were dwarfed by the heavy presence of law enforcement. Demonstrations remained small and peaceful as of Sunday night, despite warnings that armed protests were being planned at all 50
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but — as of now — is not expected
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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a source familiar with the decision tells CNN. Gensler and Chopra are both allies of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Currently a member of the Federal
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence reached out to Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman late last week to thank him for his efforts during the attack on the US Capitol, a person close to Pence told CNN, but they haven’t connected yet. Goodman has been hailed as a hero after video emerged of him guiding the violent
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have
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The National Security Agency said Sunday it was installing Trump National Security Council staffer Michael Ellis as its general counsel, after acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller ordered NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone to place the Trump loyalist into the role. “Mr. Ellis accepted his final job offer yesterday afternoon. NSA is moving forward with his
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Officials were prepared this weekend for potential unrest ahead of Inauguration Day, but the small groups of protesters that gathered at state capitols across the country were dwarfed by the heavy presence of law enforcement. Demonstrations remained small and peaceful as of Sunday night, despite warnings that armed protests were being planned at all 50
Continue Reading Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of new rules the social media platform put in place following the violent US Capitol riot earlier this month, a company spokesperson told CNN. “The account referenced has been temporarily locked out for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy,”
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: Global deaths reach 2 million from coronavirus. Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine. Desperate effort to bring oxygen supplies to the Brazilian rainforest’s biggest city. City in northern China builds 3,000-unit quarantine facility to handle anticipated overflow of COVID-19 patients. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled $1.9 trillion plan for tackling the coronavirus pandemic and provide 100 million vaccines
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Fire Department is investigating an explosion of a vacant building in east El Paso that they said resulted in no injuries late Sunday afternoon. It happened at 6100 Montana, according to a fire dispatch supervisor. She said the explosion occurred in an empty building. When an ABC-7 photographer
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EL PASO, Texas — 9-year-old Jarvis McCulley has a love for animals.After hearing that the El Paso Animal Services Center was not receiving as many donations as they needed during the pandemic he knew he had to do something about it. “I got the idea because I read on the news that the El Paso
Continue Reading (CNN) — David Hasselhoff subastará su K.I.T.T. personal, un Pontiac Firebird Trans Am con el estilo del icónico automóvil utilizado en la serie de televisión de los años 80 «Knight Rider» (conocida en Latinoamérica como ‘El auto fantástico’ o ‘El auto increíble’). El vehículo es similar al K.I.T.T. usado por su personaje Michael Knight, pero
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In less than a year, Covid-19 has killed almost 400,000 Americans. And in just the next month, another 100,000 lives could be lost to the disease, the incoming director of the US Centers For Disease Control and Prevention said. “By the middle of February, we expect half a million deaths in this country,” Dr. Rochelle
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