Advisers to former President Donald Trump say he still has not expressed remorse for the siege at the US Capitol, which could end up being important for Senate jurors to consider after House impeachment managers on Wednesday released new video of the violent mob’s assault on January 6. One of the new clips show then-Vice
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week is set to release highly anticipated new guidance for getting children physically back to school during the coronavirus pandemic. The Biden administration is pushing to reopen schools, an issue some view as being tied to the reopening of the economy and a return to normal
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Impeachment prosecutors took senators on a wrenching journey inside the horror of the US Capitol insurrection, making a devastating case that Donald Trump had plotted, incited and celebrated a vile crime against the United States. Their previously unseen video evidence showed a bloodthirsty mob defiling Congress, heroism from overpowered police officers pleading for backup, high-profile
Continue ReadingWith coronavirus variants posing a serious threat to President Joe Biden’s efforts to contain the pandemic, a Biden official tells CNN that the administration is still simply “not where we want to be” on surveillance of mutations in the US — and simultaneously worried that Americans will grow increasingly complacent about the virus. “We are
Continue ReadingLarry Flynt, the “Hustler” magazine founder and outspoken First Amendment activist who built an adult entertainment empire, died Wednesday at his Hollywood Hills home, his nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., tells CNN. He was 78. His exact cause of death was not disclosed, but Flynt Jr. said his uncle had been in frail health for much
Continue ReadingThe New York Times is familiar with breaking some of the biggest stories related to culture, race, and gender. But events over the past several weeks reveal that the nation’s paper of record is largely divided when it discovers such issues sitting in its own backyard. The announcement Friday of the departure of two high-profile
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(CNN Español) — Carlos MejÃa Godoy, autor de canciones emblemáticas de la Revolución Sandinista que derrocó a Anastasio Somoza en 1979, rechazó este miércoles, a través de un video divulgado en sus redes sociales, el proyecto de ley «que declara la bandera, el himno, el sello, las canciones, los documentos escritos, gráficos y audiovisuales del
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A court in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja has ordered the Central Bank to unblock the accounts of 20 people who were involved in the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country last October. Their accounts were blocked in November last year when Godwin Emefiele, Nigeria’s Central Bank governor was granted an order to freeze the accounts
Continue Reading Kansas City Chiefs outside linebackers coach Britt Reid is no longer employed by the team, according to reports by ESPN and the NFL Network. Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was placed on administrative leave after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash last Thursday. The crash left a 5-year-old girl in critical
Continue Reading The Harvard Law Review has elected Hassaan Shahawy, a Los Angeles born and bred Egyptian American, as the first Muslim president in its 134-year history. Jennifer Heath, the program administrator and information systems manager at the publication, confirmed that Shahawy is the first Muslim president. Founded in 1887 by future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration’s rollout out of active-duty troops to boost vaccination capacity is off to a slow start as the Federal Emergency Management Agency sorts through requests from individual states, according to multiple defense officials. FEMA initially anticipated that as many as 10,000 troops would be used in the effort, but so far barely a
Continue Reading Usar dos mascarillas puede bloquear el escape de más del 92% de las partÃculas. Más de 11 millones de personas podrÃan perder los subsidios por desempleo. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el dÃa. Primero la verdad. 1 Fuertes videos sobre el ataque al Capitolio marcan el juicio polÃtico de Trump Los fiscales
Continue Reading Tokio (CNN) — El presidente del Comité Organizador de los Juegos OlÃmpicos de Tokio 2020, Yoshiro Mori, dimitirá después de que comentarios sexistas que hizo sobre las mujeres se filtraran a los medios japoneses la semana pasada, informó el jueves la emisora pública japonesa NHK, citando fuentes. Mori dijo en una reunión de la junta
Continue ReadingA variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina and, just days later, in Maryland. Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving — it’s what viruses
Continue ReadingWhile vaccinations are ramping up across the United States and many parts of the world, some preliminary studies have suggested the current vaccines may not be as effective with emerging coronavirus variants. With companies looking to develop booster shots that target these variants, some have asked — should I wait before I get the vaccine
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, explicó este miércoles en entrevista con Fernando del Rincón en «Conclusiones» de CNN en Español en qué consiste el Estatuto de Protección Temporal que cobijarÃa a alrededor de un millón de migrantes venezolanos que actualmente están en territorio colombiano en situación irregular. El presidente dijo que actualmente
Continue Reading“Where are the stamps?” I asked my wife. “I can’t believe you are asking me. They are right where they always are,” she yelled from across the room. This does nothing to help me in my quest. The stamps are nowhere to be found. My wife and I engage in this dance, a common couple’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las personas que han sido vacunadas por completo contra el coronavirus en Estados Unidos –en este momento eso significa con dos dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer/BioNTech o de Moderna– pueden omitir la cuarentena si han sido expuestas a alguien infectado con el virus, dijeron el miércoles los Centros para el Control y
Continue ReadingIf there’s one person who knows a thing or two about setbacks, it’s Lindsey Vonn. After countless injuries led to missing out on Olympics, world championships and world records, it was only her immense mental strength to push through the pain barrier with a body “broken beyond repair” that she retired two years ago as
Continue ReadingSofia Kenin‘s bid to defend her Australian Open title ended in disappointment on Thursday after she was knocked out of the tournament by world No. 65 Kaia Kanepi. The American, who was moved to tears in her post-match press conference, looked way off her best and was beaten in straight sets 6-3 6-2 in just
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