EL PASO, Texas — The pandemic made an impact on everyones health especially in children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says childhood obesity went up 22 percent during the height of the pandemic. El Paso Children’s Hospital is working to change that through their “Empower Program.” The Empower Program is geared towards helping
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CNN By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a Republican who is testifying at Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing, will provide a sharp condemnation of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, saying Trump and his allies “instigated” a war on democracy “so that
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dani Alves is leaving Barcelona five months after the veteran Brazil right back returned to the Spanish club he helped lead to 23 titles. The 39-year-old Alves won the Champions League three times among a slew of other trophies in his first stint for Barcelona from 2008-16. He came back to
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El Paso, Texas- Monsoon season is in full swing and it will be a more active day for most of the area in terms of thunderstorm activity. A few showers and storms look to develop across our entire viewing area this afternoon. There is potential for gusty winds, blowing dust, and frequent lightning with any
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Violence has erupted in parts of India with thousands of angry youths setting train coaches and vehicles on fire, blocking highways and attacking police with rocks to protest a new short-term government recruitment policy for the military. Police used batons and tear gas to disperse the
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN Dolly Parton has donated $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt said Wednesday. “I love all children. No child should ever have to suffer, and I’m willing to do my part to try and keep as many of them as
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Revlon, the 90-year-old cosmetics giant, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because of its crippling debt and mounting celebrity competition. The nail polish and lipstick maker said the move will allow it to “strategically reorganize” its finances, pointing to “liquidity constraints” sparked by supply chain disruptions and inflation. Revlon is
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CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Revlon, the 90-year-old cosmetics giant, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because of its crippling debt and mounting celebrity competition. The nail polish and lipstick maker said the move will allow it to “strategically reorganize” its finances, pointing to “liquidity constraints” sparked by supply chain disruptions and inflation. Revlon
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN War, violence, persecution and human rights abuses have pushed the world past a “dramatic milestone,” according to a new report from the UN’s refugee agency. More than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes, according to the UNHCR’s Global Trends Report, which describes that figure as a
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted after being closed for several months, contributing to a national shortage. Production for Abbott’s EleCare specialty formula has been suspended, but there is enough supply to meet demand
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Central banks are racing to stay on top of rapidly changing economic and financial conditions as they try to contain rampant inflation, a difficult task that could put their credibility on the line. What’s happening: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday by three-quarters of a percentage point for
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech companies and adding measures to prevent online purveyors of fake news from profiting. The EU’s executive Commission unveiled an update Thursday to its four-year-old voluntary code that, together with sweeping
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon, a cosmetics maker that broke racial barriers and dictated beauty trends for much of the last century, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has been a mainstay on store shelves since its founding 90 years ago in New York City as
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El gobierno de México anunció el martes el inicio de una nueva etapa de vacunación contra covid-19 en el país, la cual estará enfocada en los niños y niñas de 5 a 11 años. Se trata de la séptima etapa de vacunación que se lleva a cabo en territorio mexicano desde
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By Ben Morse, CNN Five preseason games, 82 regular season games and 21 and 23 playoff games respectively; it all comes down to this. On Thursday night, the Golden State Warriors play the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals with the Dubs holding a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven series. It
Continue Reading Less than 24 hours away from Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Boston- as some Celtics fans are worried it may be their last run.
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Through the many phases of the Covid-19 pandemic — nearly a dozen variants, the introduction of vaccines, the dropping of prevention measures and more — one thing has remained constant: The virus and its effects are not one-size-fits-all. Over the past few months, two unique trends have emerged: For the first
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Lego is planning to spend more than $1 billion to build a factory in the United States. The company announced Wednesday plans for a 1.7-million square foot plant in Virginia, which will employ roughly 1,800 people once its completed in 2025. It will be the Danish company’s seventh global factory
Continue Reading CNN, CNNI By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Lego is planning to spend more than $1 billion to build a factory in the United States. The company announced Wednesday plans for a 1.7-million square foot plant in Virginia, which will employ roughly 1,800 people once its completed in 2025. It will be the Danish company’s seventh
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The former Olympic official who ran the sport of weightlifting for more than 40 years has been banned for life for covering up doping cases. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found Tamás Aján of Hungary guilty of tampering and hiding doping cases. The case followed
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El líder chino, Xi Jinping, reiteró su apoyo a Moscú en materia de “soberanía y seguridad” en una llamada con su homólogo Vladimir Putin este miércoles, manteniendo su apoyo a la asociación de los países a pesar de la reacción mundial contra la invasión rusa de Ucrania. En su 69º
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The United Kingdom’s central bank has hiked interest rates for a fifth time since December in a bid to tame spiraling inflation. The Bank of England said on Thursday that it would raise the cost of borrowing by 25 basis points to 1.25% despite fears that soaring prices are already
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Marianna Cerini, CNN After a year off due to the pandemic and a scaled-down iteration in September 2021, Milan’s Salone del Mobile — the international design fair that’s been held annually since 1961 — was back in full force last week. Beyond the trade show itself, which was packed with household names in the world
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The Covid-19 pandemic was expected to turn us all into permanent online shoppers, never to set foot in physical stores again. Instead, consumers have apparently gotten tired of ordering everything while sitting on the couch and have returned to shopping the old-fashioned way. “As the pandemic has subsided, you’re seeing
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN Federal prosecutors in New York announced Wednesday they were moving to seize more than $5.3 million from a US bank account belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, according to court documents. Malofeyev was recently targeted by the United States in a round of sanctions, as the US went after Russia
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz and Kara Scannell, CNN While the House January 6 committee is making its case to the American public that then-President Donald Trump ripped off donors with false fundraising pitches after the 2020 election, prosecutors would face higher hurdles if they were to pursue a criminal fraud case in court. “Is it a
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Ryan Gosling ha crecido frente a las pantallas. El actor canadiense de 41 años pasó de ser un joven actor independiente casi desconocido a uno de los más famosos de Hollywood, reconocido por sus memorables personajes en películas como The Notebook, La La Land y últimamente, ha creado furor
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN Wake up, get dressed, commute to and from work, make dinner and head off to sleep. If you have children, multiply those tasks by a lot. In between those moments are dozens of tasks to be done. Remote work gifted many people with additional time to work on personal to-do lists
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By Megan Marples, CNN Wake up, get dressed, commute to and from work, make dinner and head off to sleep. If you have children, multiply those tasks by a lot. In between those moments are dozens of tasks to be done. Remote work gifted many people with additional time to work on personal to-do lists
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN) — El actor estadounidense Kevin Spacey obtuvo la libertad bajo fianza en su primera comparecencia ante un tribunal de Londres este jueves, tras ser acusado de cuatro cargos de agresión sexual contra tres hombres. Spacey solo habló para confirmar su nombre, fecha de nacimiento y dirección en Londres durante una
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