August 2022

Texas envía inmigrantes a Nueva York y Washington en autobús. Muchos están contentos de ir

August 20, 2022 6:44 AM CNN Newsource

Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Génesis Figueroa y su esposo pasaron más de un mes viajando desde Venezuela hasta la frontera con Estados Unidos, un viaje agotador que se interrumpió brevemente cuando fue hospitalizada con neumonía en Guatemala. Menos de una semana después de encontrar refugio en Eagle Pass, Texas, luego de cruzar el Río Grande,

For Republican governors, all economic success is local

August 20, 2022 6:06 AM Associated Press

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming recession — a standard GOP argument going into the November elections. But inflation is even worse in major Texas cities than across the nation as a whole. Government figures show inflation is

For Republican governors, all economic success is local

August 20, 2022 6:06 AM Associated Press

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming recession — a standard GOP argument going into the November elections. But inflation is even worse in major Texas cities than across the nation as a whole. Government figures show inflation is

20 people left displaced after a rock wall collapse damages a West El Paso apartment complex

August 20, 2022 5:46 AM Sam Harasimowicz

EL PASO, Texas – A rock wall collapsed on an apartment building leading to multiple apartments damaged in the area. The collapse happened at the 3500 block of Sun Bowl Dr. in West El Paso. 20 people have displaced because of the damage, according to first responders. Nobody was taken to the hospital, according to

How ‘Severance’ perfected its creepy, beautiful visual language

August 20, 2022 5:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Scottie Andrew, CNN When we first meet Helly R., the indefatigable heroine of “Severance,” she’s splayed on a conference table in a windowless room carpeted in putrid shades of green. She awakens, for the first time, as an “innie” — someone who’s elected to sever their brain so that they can perform their work

Ataque en un hotel en Mogadiscio: aumenta el número de muertos

August 20, 2022 5:41 AM CNN Newsource

Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Al menos 15 personas murieron después de que hombres armados no identificados irrumpieron en un hotel de lujo en la capital somalí, Mogadiscio, el viernes por la noche, dijeron las autoridades. Ahmed Abdi, médico del Hospital Madina, dijo que es probable que aumente el número de muertos y que muchas víctimas

‘Prolific rainfall and widespread flash flooding’ threaten nearly 10 million people across the Southwest

August 20, 2022 5:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist Nearly 10 million people across Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas are under flood watches Saturday, including Phoenix, Albuquerque and El Paso. “The stage is set for southern Arizona and New Mexico to potentially receive prolific rainfall and widespread flash flooding today,” as a low-pressure system brings moist, tropical air

Rosario Robles podrá salir de la cárcel, informa la Fiscalía General de México

August 20, 2022 5:17 AM CNN Newsource

Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La exsecretaria de Desarrollo Social de México, Rosario Robles, obtuvo la libertad provisional, informó este viernes la Fiscalía General de México en un comunicado. Robles estuvo detenida de forma preventiva por tres años en el penal de Santa Martha Acatitla, en el proceso que aún se le sigue presunto uso

The squirrels ‘splooting’ all over New York City are just fine, officials say

August 20, 2022 5:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you see a squirrel splayed on its belly, you might be worried for the critter’s welfare. But don’t worry: It’s just “splooting,” as officials say — and it’s perfectly healthy. The term splooting exploded on the internet shortly after the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation posted about

Why Jaws and E.T. are back in theaters

August 20, 2022 4:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business In Hollywood, there’s the reboot, the remake and the requel. But now, coming this summer to a theater near you: the re-release. The box office has entered the dog days of summer, in which big ticket sales and new releases are hard to come by. In the meantime, amid the

Chinese farmers struggle as scorching drought wilts crops

August 20, 2022 4:47 AM Associated Press

By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press LONGQUAN, China (AP) — Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades. Gan’s farm south of the industrial metropolis of Chongqing

A partial foot in a shoe was discovered in one of Yellowstone’s deepest hot springs

August 20, 2022 4:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile and Tina Burnside, CNN A partial foot inside a shoe was found floating in one of the deepest hot springs in Yellowstone Park, prompting an investigation by the National Park Service. An employee made the discovery Tuesday, according to a statement from Morgan Warthin, public affairs officer for Yellowstone National Park. The

My mother’s walk through life with polio

August 20, 2022 3:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Andrea Kane, CNN My mother never got to buy shoes. At least not in that obsessive, stereotypically female way we see in shows like Sex and the City. She contracted polio in her native Argentina in 1941 when she was two years old, more than a decade before the polio vaccine was invented by

States with the most venture capital investments in women-led startups

States with the most venture capital investments into woman-led startups

August 20, 2022 2:20 AM Stacker

Propel(x) ranked the top 15 states with the most venture capital investments in women-founded/co-founded startups using data from PitchBook.