Lizzo is spreading holiday cheer. The singer surprised her mom with a new car over the weekend and shared the sweet moment with her millions of followers in a video on Instagram. Her mom is seen crying tears of joy after Lizzo surprises her with an SUV. “Got my mommy a brand new Audi for
Continue Reading(CNN) — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he doesn’t plan to appoint a special counsel to probe the 2020 election or Hunter Biden. “If I thought a special counsel at this stage was a right tool and was appropriate, I would name one, but I haven’t and I’m not going to,” Barr said
Continue ReadingDespite the pandemic, 2020 was a landmark year for the commercial space industry. SpaceX became the first company ever to send humans to space aboard a privately owned spacecraft. The US government continued to work closely with startups and space businesses to put humans back on the Moon. And, helped by governments declaring them “essential
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A newly discovered sungrazer comet was photographed approaching the sun during last week’s solar eclipse before it evaporated into dust particles. The comet was first spotted by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod in satellite data on December 13, a day before the eclipse, NASA said on Saturday. He was taking part in the NASA-funded Sungrazer
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats on Monday subpoenaed Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield for documents related to their investigation into what role alleged political interference may have played in educating the American public on the spread and threat of the coronavirus. Democrats on the
Continue ReadingFirst, the good news: The Moderna vaccine will likely be going into people’s arms Monday, boosting the number of Americans who will start getting inoculated against Covid-19. Now, the bad news: Most Americans can’t get vaccinated until next year. In the meantime, new infections, hospitalizations and deaths keep soaring, prompting health experts to urge the
Continue Reading Weeks after Dr. Carlos Araujo Preza was treated for Covid-19 in the same Houston-area hospital where he cared for patients during the pandemic, a coworker remembered him as she received the new vaccine that could have saved his life. “A nurse practitioner wrote on a little piece of paper that she got the vaccine for
Continue Reading Actor Elliot Page is expressing gratitude to supporters after sharing that he identifies as non-binary and transgender. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Your love and support has been the greatest gift,” Page wrote in a post on Sunday. “Stay safe. Be there for each other. If you are able, support @transanta and
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(CNN Español) — España suspenderá todos los vuelos procedentes del Reino Unido a partir de este martes 22 de diciembre, confirmó este lunesel Gobierno español. La decisión, adoptada de forma concertada con Portugal, se deriva como respuesta a la alerta generada por la nueva variante del covid-19 detectada en el Reino Unido. MIRA: La nueva variante
Continue ReadingVirginia’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from the US Capitol overnight Sunday, Gov. Ralph Northam’s office announced. Lee’s statue had been one of 13 statues in the Crypt of the Capitol, representing the 13 original colonies. It had been there since 1909, “44 years after the Confederacy rebelled against the United
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando se le preguntó si la nueva variante de coronavirus detectada en el Reino Unido podría estar en Estados Unidos, el subsecretario de Salud, el almirante Brett Giroir, dijo que es posible. «Podría estar en Estados Unidos y es posible que aún no lo hayamos detectado, porque nuevamente, no comenzó la semana pasada,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Ante el aumento de casos de coronavirus, Bogotá retomará desde este lunes y hasta el 15 de enero de 2021 la medida denominada “pico y cédula” y solo un miembro por núcleo familiar podrá salir a hacer compras. “En las últimas 2 semanas está volviendo a crecer el contagio de manera acelerada
Continue Reading Deborah Hightower cried and her body shook with emotion as she looked through her windshield at more than 100 cars waiting in line for free food in the mall parking lot. Most of the people had arrived in the pre-dawn hours to receive the offerings from a local food bank. Some of the drivers and
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Ante la nueva variante de coronavirus, el presidente interino de Perú, Francisco Sagasti, anunció este lunes la suspensión del ingreso de vuelos provenientes de Europa durante las próximas dos semanas y declaró al sistema de vigilancia epidemiológica en “estado de alerta máxima”. MIRA: Esto es lo que sabemos sobre la nueva variante del
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El 2020 tuvo un curso muy distinto al que el mundo se imaginó al inicio del año. Un extraño virus comenzó a hacer estragos en China a finales de 2019 se convirtió el 11 de marzo de 2020 en una pandemia global. En este episodio especial de fin de año, el doctor
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Una reunión que celebró el presidente Donald Trump para discutir la revocación del resultado de las elecciones, en la que mencionó la ley marcial, alarmó a algunos miembros del personal de la Casa Blanca, personas que están acostumbradas a la retórica incendiaria y antidemocrática de Trump. Con solo un mes
Continue ReadingWalmart is attempting to solve one of the biggest pain-points of online shopping — the dreaded return — with a new service. The retailer announced Monday that it will pick up items shipped and sold by Walmart.com from customers’ homes through a new partnership with FedEx. Walmart said the “incredibly convenient” option is free and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los dos planetas más grandes de nuestro sistema solar se están acercando más de lo que han estado desde la Edad Media, y esto ocurrirá justo a tiempo para la Navidad, de ahí que se le conozca como la «Estrella de Navidad». Si bien no es una estrella real, los dos planetas ciertamente
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In the name of “science and solidarity,” the European Commission has secured over 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines for the bloc since June. Now, as European Union regulators edge closer to approving two of those vaccines, the commission is asking its 27 nations to get ready to work together to roll them out. If
Continue ReadingInvestors had hoped to celebrate the moment US lawmakers agreed on a new stimulus package to help America’s ailing economy. Instead, the emergence of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom has sent markets plunging, as anxiety about the pandemic again comes to the fore. What’s happening: Over the weekend, the
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