(CNN) — La medalla de oro a la mejor dieta 2021 fue para la dieta mediterránea por cuarto año consecutivo, según las clasificaciones anunciadas el lunes por U.S.News & World Report. Empatados por la plata estaban la dieta DASH, que significa enfoques dietéticos para detener la hipertensión, y la dieta flexitariana, que fomenta ser vegetariano
Continue Reading (CNN) — El condado de Los Ángeles ha estado librando una batalla brutal contra el covid-19 durante semanas. Las nuevas infecciones se han disparado y aproximadamente uno de cada cinco residentes que se hacen la prueba obtienen un resultado positivo. En poco más de un mes, el condado duplicó su número de infecciones, pasando de
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President Donald Trump’s desperate effort to subvert democracy and steal the election will hit a brick wall of truth and America’s constitutional defenses when Congress meets Wednesday to finalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. But a futile bid by radicalized pro-Trump Republicans to block the process based on bogus vote-fraud claims will inflict new blows on
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The next crucial step in the United States’ Pony Express version of democracy is upon us — and so is the final opportunity in President Donald Trump’s desperate quest to overturn results from the election he lost. Wednesday is the culmination of the Electoral College process, when states’ votes determined by the results of the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, has tested positive for coronavirus, he announced Tuesday. “Tonite, the Office of House Physician informed me that I’ve tested positive for Covid 19 & am quarantined,” he tweeted. “As recommended, I received a first dose of the
Continue Reading The polls for the two Georgia runoff races that will determine party control of the US Senate have closed and the ballot counting has begun, starting with the record-breaking 3 million-plus early votes. The final days of the races were defined by President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede his own election loss, sparking a fight
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The US Justice Department has asked the White House for approval on a change to how it enforces a major federal law, which would undo some key civil rights protections for minority groups, The New York Times reported Tuesday. If approved, the request to change how the department enforces Title VI of the Civil Rights
Continue Reading Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who assisted President Donald Trump on the January 2 call when Trump pressured Georgia officials to “find” him votes, has resigned from her law firm. National law firm Foley & Lardner previously said it was “concerned” with Mitchell’s involvement in Trump’s call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and said
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Here’s a real feel good story…. It goes back to October when a woman collapsed at Springhill Toyota. Three other women sprung into action and performed CPR until first responders arrived. The woman survived, and Tuesday she had a chance to meet her saviors
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP women’s basketball team has started the season on the right foot. Two back-to-back victories against Southern Mississippi has the Miners at 2-0 in Conference USA play, 5-2 overall. But perhaps their toughest challenge of the season awaits them this weekend in Houston. UTEP will face the 6-1 Rice Owls
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On a day the United States registered another record for Covid-19 patients in hospitals, the country passed 21 million cases of the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US, with 21,007,694 cases as of Tuesday evening, has almost as many as the next three nations — India, Brazil and Russia — have combined. The
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health said Tuesday night it had just received an additional 1,100 Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations that it planned to distribute immediately. On Wednesday, health and emergency management officials said they would be giving out new shots to those at highest risk for contracting the virus – which
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Coronavirus cases are exhausting the availability of intensive-care unit beds in parts of Texas as hospitalizations with Covid-19 continue to soar to record levels. One in five hospital beds in Texas are now occupied by Covid-19 patients, state health statistics showed on Tuesday. Hospitalizations with the illness the coronavirus causes set a ninth-consecutive record by
Continue Reading (CNN) — American Airlines dice que no permitirá los animales de apoyo emocional a partir de la próxima semana. El cambio coincide con una nueva regulación del Departamento de Transporte (DOT, por sus siglas en inglés). Esta sostiene que las aerolíneas no están obligadas a tratar a los animales de apoyo emocional como animales de
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday told President Donald Trump that he does not have the authority to block certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s win when Congress meets to count electoral votes, sources told CNN. Trump, who already had turned up the pressure on Pence to steal the election, warned him that it would be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Residents at a senior home in North Portland were urged to temporarily leave following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on Monday. Multnomah County Health Department said four residents at Rosemont Court located at 597 North Dekum Street had been hospitalized, and one has
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A father died and his two children are missing after they were swept away by a wave Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The family of four was on the shore at Blind Beach near Jenner, California, when a wave knocked them all into the ocean Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The father
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 29-year-old woman is facing charges after she assaulted another woman on a flight that had arrived at the Portland International Airport, according to court documents. Court documents filed on Monday say Daydrena Jaslin Williams is facing charges fourth-degree assault and harassment for an
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Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith has been awarded the Heisman Trophy for the 2020 college football season. This is the first time a wide receiver has won the prestigious award since Michigan’s Desmond Howard in 1991, and Smith becomes just the fourth wide receiver to win the Heisman since its inception in 1935.
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A Columbia University vice president was arrested Monday after allegations that he had “engaged in sexual acts with a child under the age of 13” at his home in New Jersey, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Marcelo Velez, 56, was arrested at his home in Woodcliff Lake, and charged with one count of
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President Donald Trump is continuing to pile the pressure on Chinese tech companies in the closing days of his administration. Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps, including Ant Group’s Alipay. The order will also hit Tencent’s QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay, as well as the apps CamScanner, SHAREit,
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El marfil de elefante todavía se vende en eBay, a pesar de que la plataforma de comercio en línea introdujo una prohibición hace más de una década, según encontraron los investigadores. Los vendedores tergiversan los materiales utilizados en ciertos artículos, dijeron investigadores del Instituto Durrell de Conservación y Ecología de la Universidad de
Continue Reading A man who tested positive for the coronavirus after Christmas has posted several videos on social media warning others to wear their masks and learn from his mistake. “I didn’t think masks would make that much of a difference,” Chuck Stacey told CNN on Tuesday. “I was wrong.” Stacey is currently in a Florida hospital
Continue Reading A growing number of Republicans are balking at efforts to reject the Electoral College votes and join President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the November election ahead of Wednesday’s joint session, where conservatives are expecting votes on objections to at least three states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Multiple Senate Republicans announced
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An Uber driver is thankful after being shot in the head by his passenger on Dec. 30. Josh Rowe, a musician and driver, was shot shortly after he picked up his passenger “Brandon” on Lena Street in North Nashville around 7 p.m. “I am
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HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $500 bonus to workers if they get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Houston Methodist employees are eligible for a “Hope Bonus” in March to thank them for their work last year, Marc Boom, president and CEO of Houston
Continue Reading At a convent in upstate New York, a Covid-19 crisis has struck. Since late November, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham has seen 47 sisters become sick with Covid-19, nine of whom have died. Ten staff members at the convent have also been infected, Albany County spokeswoman Mary Rozak told CNN. The convent’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST ALTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A dash cam was rolling when a man beat up a cab driver in East Alton, Illinois on Dec. 30. The incident happened after the cab driver picked up the suspect at a strip mall. Police say the suspect became violent when he
Continue Reading Antitrust scrutiny of Apple and other big tech giants ratcheted up over the past year. And for the first time, Apple has noted in its annual proxy statement that antitrust issues are an area of focus for its board of director’s audit committee. The company notes “antitrust” as one among several specific areas of oversight
Continue Reading The FBI is investigating the breach of an air traffic control system after someone broadcast a threat to fly a plane into the US Capitol building on Wednesday as revenge for the killing a year ago of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, according to a source familiar with the probe. The threat did not appear credible,
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