JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has advanced plans to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the move on Monday. It would include 100 homes in a settlement where an Israeli woman
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Smoking weed may expose you to the same type of toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke, a new study finds. People who only smoked marijuana had higher blood and urine levels of several smoke-related toxins such as naphthalene, acrylamide and acrylonitrile than nonsmokers, according to the study published Monday in the journal EClinicalMedicine. Naphthalene is
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House Democrats are barreling toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the second time over his role in inciting last week’s riots at the US Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on Sunday evening that the House would proceed with bringing an impeachment resolution to the floor this week unless Vice President Mike Pence
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Chinese search giant Baidu is teaming up with carmaker Geely to build electric vehicles, the latest move by a tech company to shape the future of the autos industry. Baidu is creating a company to manufacture intelligent electric cars, it said in a statement on Monday. Geely, the largest privately-owned carmaker in China, will invest
Continue Reading As Ashlyn Atigre prepared to take her healthy son to the pediatrician for his 3-year-old well visit recently, a nagging concern was on her mind. “I want to talk about the social impact of the pandemic with the doctor,” said the Tampa, Florida, mother. “I’m an introvert but clearly need people. And I’m seeing his
Continue Reading Midway through his mission to learn chess, Tom Vanderbilt found himself facing off against an 8-year-old child. Vanderbilt had a successful writing career, a college degree and decades of real-world experience. The kid, though, had superior skills. Vanderbilt lost in a few dozen moves. Defeat, however, couldn’t dampen Vanderbilt’s enthusiasm for chess, one of five
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The sports world already knows Tom Brady as the greatest quarterback of all time, but he proved it to Tampa Bay this weekend after leading the Buccaneers to their first playoff win since 2002. Simply beating the Washington Football Team would be impressive, but pair it with the fact that the Bucs have not even
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(CNN Business) — El Campeonato de la PGA 2022 no se jugará en el Trump National Golf Club Bedminster en Nueva Jersey, según un anuncio del presidente de PGA of America, Jim Richerson, el domingo por la noche. «La Junta Directiva de PGA of America votó esta noche para ejercer el derecho a rescindir el
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ministerio de Salud de Japón informó que varios pasajeros que, a principios de enero, viajaron desde Brasil, se pusieron en cuarentena y dieron positivo por covid-19, estaban infectados con una variante del virus distinta a las variantes que se vieron por primera vez en Reino Unido y Sudáfrica. México confirma el primer
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando el presidente Donald Trump firmó el proyecto de ley de alivio y financiamiento gubernamental por el coronavirus de US$ 2,3 billones en diciembre, comenzó la cuenta regresiva de 180 días para que las agencias de inteligencia de EE.UU. le informen al Congreso lo que saben sobre los objetos voladores no identificados, u
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Food and Drug Authority on Monday green-lighted emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd., with vaccinations of high-risk groups expected to start later this week. Conditional vaccination of healthcare workers and other civil servants using the vaccine, called CoronaVac, is expected to begin this week.
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It took about 90 days for the United States to reach its first 2 million cases of coronavirus last year. But it took just 10 days to hit 2.2 million cases in 2021, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. And new infections, hospitalizations and deaths keep soaring. “We’re in a dire situation,” said Dr.
Continue Reading With Covid-19 hospitalizations surpassing 100,000 for 40 days in a row, officials are trying to ramp up the pace of vaccinations across the United States. “We really need to get this vaccine out more quickly, because this is really our only tool,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un estremecedor video de los disturbios del miércoles en el Capitolio muestra a un agente aplastado entre los empujones de una turba a favor del presidente Trump y agentes que defendían el edificio. Durante el enfrentamiento, capturado en video por el medio de investigación Status Coup, un agente quedó atrapado entre una puerta
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un ciudadano extranjero que llegó a México fue confirmado como el primer portador de la nueva variante de covid-19, la cual fue detectada primero en el Reino Unido, informó este domingo en conferencia de prensa el director general de Epidemiología de la Secretaría de Salud mexicana, José Luis Alomía. Alomía indicó que
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Tras el incendio ocurrido este sábado en un transformador eléctrico en un edificio del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro de la Ciudad de México, que dejó una policía muerta y al menos 30 personas heridas, el gobierno capitalino informó este domingo que alista un puesto de mando temporal y el reinicio paulatino
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La jefa de Gobierno de Ciudad de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, indicó este sábado en su cuenta de Twitter que el incendio en el puesto central de control del metro de la ciudad está 90% controlado. Sheinbaum comunicó que al menos una persona falleció por «una caída» y que 29 trabajadores fueron trasladados
Continue Reading A manhunt is underway for six inmates who escaped from the Merced County Downtown Jail in Northern California, according to a press release from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office issued Sunday. The inmates, ages 19 to 22, were able to make it to the roof of the jail and used a “homemade rope to scale
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ministerio de Salud de Japón informó que varios pasajeros que, a principios de enero, viajaron desde Brasil, se pusieron en cuarentena y dieron positivo por covid-19, estaban infectados con una variante del virus que parece similar a las variantes que se vieron por primera vez en Reino Unido y Sudáfrica. México confirma
Continue Reading A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. So many lies led up to last Wednesday’s riot in Washington. Now there are new lies being proffered on the right-wing web to defend the indefensible. And President Trump’s cheering section is desperately trying to
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China says a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. A one-sentence announcement from the National Health Commission on Monday said the experts would be meeting with Chinese counterparts but gave no other details. It wasn’t
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Una sesión de fotos en la Casa Blanca: eso hacía la primera dama Melania Trump mientras miles de partidarios de Donald Trump llegaron a Washington este miércoles, se dirigieron primero a la Elipse para escuchar al presidente y luego al Capitolio para asediar el epicentro de la democracia estadounidense. Iluminación profesional, del tipo
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As hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, breaking windows and wreaking havoc, politicians and activists were among the many who drew comparisons between the police response on Wednesday to that of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. The death of George Floyd — a Black man who died after a
Continue Reading Federal authorities are working to determine the level of planning and coordination among insurgents, including members of law enforcement and the military, that carried out the attack last week on the US Capitol, law enforcement officials said. Among the questions federal prosecutors and investigators are pursuing: Was there a plan to capture and hold hostage
Continue Reading Six people were ejected from the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday as the third Test between Australia and India was overshadowed by allegations of racist abuse. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj complained of hearing racist slurs while fielding near the boundary rope on Saturday, the third
Continue Reading Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sunday sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for an emergency declaration in order to get additional funding for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration as safety concerns mount following the US Capitol breach. “In light of the attack on the Capitol and intelligence suggesting further violence is likely during
Continue Reading Federal authorities are working to determine the level of planning and coordination among insurgents, including members of law enforcement and the military, that carried out the attack last week on the US Capitol, law enforcement officials said. Among the questions federal prosecutors and investigators are pursuing: Was there a plan to capture and hold hostage
Continue Reading At least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened in the wake of Wednesday’s US Capitol breach that engulfed the nation’s capital in chaos, Army secretary Ryan McCarthy told Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, according to a news release from the congressman’s office. Crow, a member of the House Armed Services committee, said McCarthy relayed the
Continue Reading US federal prosecutors say Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández helped an alleged drug trafficker deliver thousands of kilos of cocaine to the United States in exchange for hefty bribes — a claim the Honduran Presidency rejected on Sunday as “100% false.” A motion submitted Friday by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York details
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