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Month: February 2021

Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Alguien trató de envenenar con lejía a la población de una ciudad de Florida hackeando el sistema de tratamiento de agua, dice el sheriff

(CNN) — Un pirata informático obtuvo acceso al sistema de tratamiento de agua de Oldsmar, Florida, el viernes e intentó aumentar los niveles de hidróxido de sodio, comúnmente conocido como lejía, en el agua de la ciudad, dijeron las autoridades, poniendo a miles de personas en riesgo de envenenamiento. El incidente tuvo lugar el viernes

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Explosives are missing from the nation’s largest Marine Corps base and an investigation is underway

Explosives are missing from the nation’s largest US Marine Corps base, according to military officials who said Tuesday an investigation is underway. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California, notified the Morongo Basin Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department last week, but a department spokesperson told CNN

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Presidente ejecutivo de Delta critica propuesta de Biden para exigir pruebas de covid-19 a viajeros nacionales

(CNN Business) –- La propuesta de exigir a los pasajeros de aerolíneas nacionales que demuestren un resultado negativo en la prueba de covid-19 es una «idea horrible», según el presidente ejecutivo de Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian. Bastian le dijo este martes a Poppy Harlow, de CNN, que la propuesta que evalúa el gobierno de Biden

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Oxígeno en ruedas, una iniciativa mexicana que se solidariza con pacientes de covid-19

(CNN Español) — Arturo Acosta trabaja desde hace siete años en la industria del gas, específicamente en el suministro de oxígeno medicinal en una empresa localizada en Guadalajara, capital del estado de Jalisco, en el occidente de México. Durante las tres primeras semanas de enero, México alcanzó cifras récord en contagios y muertes por covid-19.

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Aunt Jemima finally has a new name

Quaker Oats is releasing a new name and logo for its “Aunt Jemima” products, finally retiring the racist stereotype that has adorned its pancake mixes and syrups for decades. The name “Aunt Jemima,” long criticized as a racist caricature of a Black woman stemming from slavery, will be replaced with the Pearl Milling Company name and

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Military confirms investigation into missing explosives at Twentynine Palms Marine base

Explosives are missing from a Marine Corps base in the Southern California desert, the military confirmed Tuesday. Jeff Houston of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service said an investigation has opened into the disappearance of explosives from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Houston said he could not provide any details because of the

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National Freedom Day observed virtually and tackles theme ‘From Captivity to Captivated’

Click here for updates on this story     National Freedom Day observed virtually and tackles theme ‘From Captivity to Captivated’ The Wright Choice Initiative hosted National Freedom Day observances on Monday, Feb. 1. Events included an on-campus fwreath-laying ceremony, as well as, a virtual live stream presentation in partnership with the National Freedom Day Association of

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Kansas City Chiefs place assistant coach Britt Reid on administrative leave after car crash hospitalized two children

The Kansas City Chiefs placed outside linebackers coach Britt Reid on administrative leave Tuesday after he was involved in a multi-vehicle crash that hospitalized two children, leaving one with a brain injury. The team said in a statement that they “remain in the process of gathering information on the incident, and we will continue to

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Bill Cassidy joins five other Republican senators who broke ranks to vote that Trump’s impeachment trial is constitutional

Six Republicans joined all of their Democratic colleagues on Tuesday to vote that the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump is constitutional, with Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy emerging as the sole Republican to switch his vote after an initial vote on constitutionality last month. The 56-44 final vote marked the closing chapter of Tuesday’s

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Riverside supervisors ‘enraged’ and ‘appalled’ that neighboring counties received more vaccine per capita. Here’s why.

“If we had more supply, we could actually do three to four times as many vaccines per day, immediately,” Dr. Geoffrey Leung of Riverside University Health System told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. While it’s no surprise the demand for the coronavirus vaccine is far outpacing the supply, what did upset supervisors was that

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Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, has confirmation hearing set for February 22

President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22 and 23 for his confirmation hearing. The dates were announced by Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, who said in a joint news release that the committee will vote

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