NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of pushing a woman to her death in a New York City subway station has been arraigned on a murder charge and ordered held without bail. Martial Simon was charged Wednesday in the death of Michelle Alyssa Go. She was pushed in front of a train Saturday in
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is buying a new voter registration system for the state’s 7 million voters. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday the move will enhance security and make it easier to retrieve data. The state’s current system is nearly a decade old. It was blamed for slowdowns
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A hospital in New Orleans says it has identified two patients infected with a rare drug-resistant fungus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Candida auris has already been found in at least 20 other states including Georgia, Florida and Texas. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reports that
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A hospital in New Orleans says it has identified two patients infected with a rare drug-resistant fungus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Candida auris has already been found in at least 20 other states including Georgia, Florida and Texas. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reports that
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The Premier League is exploring new rules on postponements after criticism from clubs over why games are being called off. It’s no longer just about coronavirus outbreaks within squads or training grounds having to close. When the request to postpone the north London derby went to the league
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Amazon’s long-awaited “Lord of the Rings” prequel series has a name — and a slightly more detailed logline that confirms the looming presence of a certain Dark Lord. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will center on the 20 rings mentioned, but not deeply explored, in the original
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians have promoted Joe Torres to assistant pitching coach on manager Terry Francona’s staff. Torres spent the past two seasons as the Guardians’ minor league pitching coordinator. The 39-year-old has been credited in helping with the development of several of the club’s top young pitchers. Torres has quickly moved up
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday that Democrats are considering adding Covid-19 relief to the larger government funding bill, which could complicate Republican support for the broader legislative package. “We are working very closely with Rosa DeLauro on the omnibus bill,” she said after the House Democrats’ weekly meeting,
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Raymond Washburn, who is credited with helping rescue five people from the rubble of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, passed away on Sunday at his home in Bristow, Oklahoma, at the age of 75. When the bomb exploded at the federal building in Oklahoma City, Washburn was working at the
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans can now sign up to get free home Covid-19 tests from the federal government. Though the website formally debuted on Wednesday, the Biden administration quietly launched it the day before. Orders began pouring in immediately. The program is part of the administration’s effort to increase testing amid the nationwide surge
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new study that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19. The study examined infections in New York and California last summer and fall. They found people who were both vaccinated and had
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor issued an unusual statement Wednesday asserting there is no tension on the high court around masking and stressing that Sotomayor did not ask Gorsuch to wear a mask while on the bench. In the rare statement, the justices said
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN A previously unknown type of tarantula has been discovered in Thailand, and it lives exclusively in the hollowed stems of bamboo plants, surprising scientists. “These animals are truly remarkable; they are the first known tarantulas ever with a bamboo-based ecology,” said Narin Chomphuphuang, a researcher at Khon Kaen University’s department of
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Michelle Alyssa Go, who was pushed to the her death in front of a Times Square subway train, is remembered as a compassionate woman who volunteered her time to help those less fortunate than her. Go, 40, worked in mergers and acquisitions for the multimillion-dollar financial firm Deloitte
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Hay problemas con las naranjas. Las enfermedades que afectan a los cítricos y el mal tiempo están limitando el suministro de naranjas en Estados Unidos y a nivel internacional. Mientras, la demanda de jugo de naranja, que disminuyó por años, se disparó durante la pandemia. Inflación: todo lo que necesitas saber
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– La campaña de recaudación de fondos creada por el abanderado olímpico de Tonga, Pita Taufatofua, ha recibido más de US$ 310.000 tras la enorme erupción volcánica del sábado. Conocido por lucir su pecho aceitado durante las ceremonias de apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos de verano e invierno, Taufatofua creó este lunes una
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La casa de subastas Sotheby’s de Dubái dió a conocer un diamante negro de 555,55 quilates que es realmente de otro mundo. Se cree que la rara gema, a la que Sotheby’s ha bautizado como “El Enigma”, procede del espacio exterior, ya sea que se haya creado a partir del impacto
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN When the Delta variant was dominant in the United States, both vaccination and prior infection helped protect against Covid-19, but vaccination was the safest way to be protected, according to a study published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data included in the study was collected
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN When the Delta variant was dominant in the United States, both vaccination and prior infection helped protect against Covid-19, but vaccination was the safest way to be protected, according to a study published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data included in the study was collected
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former Minneapolis officers headed to a federal trial on civil rights charges this week in the death of George Floyd aren’t as familiar to most people as Derek Chauvin, a fellow officer who was convicted of murder last spring. Thomas Lane and J. Kueng were the
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when he pinned George Floyd to the street is expected to be complex as prosecutors try to prove each officer willingly violated the Black man’s constitutional rights. Jury selection begins Thursday in the
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF railroad wants a federal judge to prevent two of its unions from going on strike next month over a new attendance policy that would penalize employees for missing work. The Fort Worth, Texas-based railroad went to court after the unions that represent nearly half
Continue Reading ELMORE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont community is asking the U.S. Postal Service to renew a contract with a local store to retain an outpost where people can collect their packages and mail. New England Cable News reported Wednesday that the post office at the back of The Elmore Store serves fewer than 1,000 people
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF railroad wants a federal judge to prevent two of its unions from going on strike next month over a new attendance policy that would penalize employees for missing work. The Fort Worth, Texas-based railroad went to court after the unions that represent nearly half
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous New Mexico woman has been named to lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Cynthia Chavez Lamar will be the first Native American woman to serve as the museum’s director when she takes over Feb. 14. She’s currently the acting associate director for collections and operations. Chavez
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La jueza del Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos en San Juan, Laura Taylor Swain, confirmó este martes el Plan de Ajuste de Deuda que servirá para redistribuir cerca de US$ 33.000 millones en obligaciones del gobierno de la isla. El Plan había sido establecido en 2021 por la Junta
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The public feud between Britney Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn Spears is far from over. Spears’ lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, sent a legal cease-and-desist letter to the singer’s younger sister on Tuesday regarding her new memoir, “Things I Should Have Said.” In Rosengart’s letter, he calls the book “ill-timed” and that
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business It’s going to cost you more to wash your clothes. Procter & Gamble said Wednesday that it was raising prices by an average of about 8% on retail customers next month for its Tide and Gain laundry detergents, Downy fabric softener and Bounce dryer sheets. If retailers decide to pass
Continue Reading Israeli rapper Uriya Rosenman and Palestinian rapper Sameh Zakout use rhythm and rhyme to heal a divide and show that their stories are not all that dissimilar.
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN A Palestinian family has been removed from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem in an overnight operation carried out by Israeli police. The Jerusalem municipality said the eviction had been carried out following district court approval and would mean a school for
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