Representative Raul Ruiz is back in the Coachella Valley after recovering from coronavirus. Dr. Ruiz announced late Wednesday night he was cleared by the DC COVID case agent and is now once again in the Coachella Valley. “I was cleared this morning by the DC COVID case manager and I called a coronavirus physician specialist
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The Coachella City Council issues a proclamation honoring United States Capitol Police Officer Juan Lopez, a Coachella native, for his heroic actions during the riots at the Capitol. Lopez was not able to be present to accept the honor as family said all Capitol Police Officers have been working 12 to 16 hour shifts daily
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A Texas pediatrician diagnosed with terminal cancer killed another pediatrician during a hostage situation before turning the gun on himself, according to an Austin Police Department news release. Dispatchers received a call on Tuesday saying a man walked into the offices of Children’s Medical Group with a gun and was holding hostages inside the building.
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A court in India has ruled that groping a child through their clothing does not constitute sexual assault, drawing outrage across the country and frustrating campaigners battling to address widespread sexual abuse against women and children. In a judgment last week, Bombay High Court judge Pushpa Ganediwala found that a 39-year-old man was not guilty
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(CNN) — Los estadounidenses negros y latinos están recibiendo la vacuna contra el covid-19 en tasas significativamente más bajas que los blancos, una disparidad por la que los defensores de la salud culpan al Gobierno federal y a los hospitales que no priorizan el acceso equitativo. Un análisis de CNN de datos de 14 estados
Continue ReadingUFC had “fight island.” The NBA had “the bubble.” Tokyo 2020 might need a miracle. After the Covid-19 pandemic forced organizers to delay the Summer Olympics last year, the Games are now set to begin in less than six months on July 23, and major questions remain as to how Japan plans to pull off
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, se reunió este miércoles con los directivos de los gremios de empresarios e industriales más importantes del país. Esto, en el marco de la llamada Comisión para el Diálogo, la Reconciliación y la Paz. Rodríguez y los empresarios discutieron sobre la estrategia
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– En Nicaragua, la mayoría oficialista de la Asamblea Nacional presentó este miércoles una iniciativa que propone reformar el Código Procesal Penal para extender hasta 90 días el plazo de detención de las personas investigadas por supuestos delitos. La medida se contrapone al término de 48 horas que rige actualmente. El artículo propuesto
Continue ReadingMillions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for vaccine development and other public health matters were wrongly used for the removal of office furniture, news subscriptions and other administrative expenses by an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an investigation launched by its inspector general into a whistleblower complaint. The
Continue ReadingA group of Democratic House staffers are drafting what they hope will be a bipartisan message to the Senate about the upcoming impeachment trial, urging senators to take the trauma their aides experienced during the violent insurrection in the Capitol on January 6 seriously, a staffer tells CNN. “We are staff who work for members
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Coachella Valley emergency crews are gearing up, cities have staff on standby for road closures, and residents are preparing for potential flash flooding ahead of the third winter storm of the week, expected to bring impressive rainfall totals to the desert. Anxieties are running high in flood-prone zones of the valley as an “atmospheric river”
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La colchicina ganó atención mundial luego que el Instituto del Corazón de Montreal informara que el medicamento podría reducir las complicaciones asociadas al coronavirus. Se desconocen detalles del estudio, el cual se publicó en una revista científica. Hasta ahora, no se ha encontrado una cura contra el coronavirus. El doctor Huerta explica
Continue ReadingA top official at the National Republican Congressional Committee abruptly decided to resign earlier this month after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and nearly 150 GOP lawmakers voted against certifying the Electoral College results, CNN has learned, in the latest sign of the civil war brewing inside the Republican Party as it seeks to rebuild
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– República Dominicana dejó de reconocer a Juan Guaidó, líder opositor de Venezuela, como presidente interino de ese país. Así lo confirmó a CNN el canciller dominicano Roberto Álvarez. Ese desconocimiento, indicó Álvarez, cesó el 5 de enero cuando concluyó el mandato de Guaidó como presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela. Álvarez
Continue ReadingGeorgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Wednesday night that he hates “being right” about then-President Donald Trump’s capacity to incite violence, following the US Capitol insurrection earlier this month. Sterling, a Republican who’s the voting systems implementation manager for the Georgia secretary of state’s office, had pleaded with Trump during a December 1 news conference
Continue ReadingSen. Bernie Sanders has raised $1.8 million for charity through the sale of merchandise inspired by the viral photo of him and his mittens on Inauguration Day. The Vermont senator’s team began selling sweatshirts and T-shirts featuring the photo, which inspired countless memes, on his campaign store last Thursday. The $45 black crewneck sweatshirt seems
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The tense quiet outside the small hospital in Iranduba, Brazil, shattered when the ambulance rolled up. Inside, medics give a woman CPR in an ultimately futile attempt to save her life. A hospital source told CNN she died soon after being brought inside. In the four hours that CNN spent outside Hospital Hilda Freire on
Continue Reading Two of the three officers involved in the Jacob Blake shooting have returned to full duty, according to a Kenosha Police Department news release. Officers Vincent Arenas and Brittany Meronek resumed work on January 20 after they were put on administrative leave on August 23, 2020, the release said. “Officers Arenas and Meronek were not
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