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Month: January 2022

La Corte Suprema revisará medidas que beneficiaron a hispanos y negros para entrar a la Universidad

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. anunció este lunes que reconsideraría la acción afirmativa basada en la raza en las admisiones universitarias, una medida que podría eliminar las prácticas en los campus que han beneficiado ampliamente a los estudiantes negros e hispanos. Los jueces dijeron que escucharán desafíos a las políticas

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Financial adviser arrested and fired after throwing drink at smoothie shop employees following his son’s allergic reaction

NEWS 12 CONNECTICUT, INC., TIKTOK, @CJJBREEZY, FAIRFIELD POLICE, CNN, TikTok/@cjjbreezy, Fairfield Police By Chris Boyette, CNN A Connecticut man has been arrested and lost his job after video surfaced of him yelling at employees of a smoothie shop Saturday, where he claimed his son received a drink with peanut butter, causing a severe allergic reaction

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Financial adviser arrested and fired after throwing drink at smoothie shop employees following his son’s allergic reaction

By Chris Boyette, CNN A Connecticut man has been arrested and lost his job after video surfaced of him yelling at employees of a smoothie shop Saturday, where he claimed his son received a drink with peanut butter, causing a severe allergic reaction sending him to the hospital. According to Fairfield Police, James Iannazzo picked

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Virginia school districts sue Gov. Youngkin over executive order making mask mandate optional

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Seven Virginia school boards are challenging the new GOP governor’s executive order banning mask mandates while schools in a major Catholic diocese have been directed to follow it, setting up parents, schools and public officials yet again along a key pandemic-rights fault line. The school boards of Alexandria City, Arlington County,

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Kanye West, Julia Fox and other highlights from the Paris Fashion Week menswear shows

Nick Remsen, CNN Even in an evermore metaverse-obsessed world, physical fashion weeks remain bellwethers of our wardrobe trends. Over the past two years, these summits have seesawed, largely due to Covid-19 and its variants, back and forth between digital, in-person, and “phygital” presentations. Despite the upheaval, the fact remains that there’s no more powerful a

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La variante ómicron ofrece esperanzas de “estabilización y normalización”, dice el director de la OMS en Europa

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, director regional para Europa de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), dijo en un comunicado este lunes que espera que la fase de emergencia de la pandemia de covid-19 pueda terminar este año. Y añadió que la variante ómicron ofrece “esperanzas plausibles para la

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Dejan a una bebé sola en una habitación durante cinco días con su madre fallecida en un albergue de Nueva York, según una demanda

urielblanco (CNN) — Dejaron sola a una bebé en una habitación con su madre fallecida durante cinco días en un refugio para personas sin hogar de Nueva York y fue encontrada con una necesidad desesperada de comida, agua y necesidades básicas, según una demanda que presentó el padre de la niña. El Departamento de Servicios

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Supreme Court to consider landmark challenge to Harvard and UNC affirmative action policies

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court announced Monday it will reconsider race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a move that could eliminate campus practices that have widely benefitted Black and Hispanic students. The justices said they will hear challenges to policies at Harvard and the University of North

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Siguen las malas noticias para Peloton: otro personaje de un programa de televisión sufre un infarto mientras monta en su bicicleta

Germán Padinger (CNN) — Han sido semanas difíciles para la compañía de máquinas de ejercicio Peloton, y ahora otro personaje de un programa de televisión sufrió un infarto en la bicicleta interactiva que fabrica la empresa: esta vez (alerta de spoiler) se trató de Mike Wagner (interprtado por David Costabile) en el estreno de la

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Cyprus president nixes luxury car use for top civil servants

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A spokesman says the Cypriot president has scrapped plans to grant free-of-charge, around-the-clock use of state-financed luxury vehicles to top civil servants amid a public outcry over a perceived waste of taxpayers’ money.  Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said in a statement on Monday that President Nicos Anastasiades instructed the Finance Ministry

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