February 2021

Covid-19: estos son algunos escándalos y polémicas que han marcado la vacunación en Latinoamérica

February 25, 2021 8:17 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN Español) — Privilegios de inmunización, políticos saltándose la fila para recibir vacunas experimentales, pruebas falsas de covid-19, ampolletas fraudulentas y hasta simulaciones de inyecciones a ancianos. Los escándalos de la vacunación contra el coronavirus han recrudecido una crisis sanitaria de por sí grave en América Latina. Estos son algunos escándalos y polémicas que han

One person taken to hospital after crash involving school bus

February 25, 2021 8:15 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — At least one person has been taken to the hospital after a crash involving a school bus. According to emergency dispatch, the crash occurred around 6:55 a.m. on Feb. 25 on Lincoln Highway East near Eastbrook Road in East Lampeter Township. Dispatch says

5 preguntas y respuestas sobre la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson

February 25, 2021 8:13 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — Estados Unidos está un paso más cerca de tener una tercera vacuna de covid-19 y no podría llegar lo suficientemente pronto. Con la gente clamando por una inyección, fue una buena noticia que el análisis de la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de EE.UU. (FDA) de los datos del ensayo de Johnson &

The Black Lives Matter foundation raised $90 million in 2020, and gave almost a quarter of it to local chapters and organizations

February 25, 2021 8:08 AM CNN Newsource

A year of change in the name of racial justice is hard to quantify. But in the 2020 Impact Report released this week by the Black Lives Matter Movement, historic numbers speak volumes. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) said in the report that it raised over $90 million in 2020 alone, giving

New York City middle schools reopen for in-person classes as Covid-19 surge fades

February 25, 2021 7:54 AM CNN Newsource

New York City middle schools reopened for in-person classes on Thursday as a surge of coronavirus cases that had shut schools in November continued to fade. This is the second such reopening for middle schools in New York City, the nation’s largest school district. Schools were first closed in March 2020 when the pandemic began,

Zillow will now make cash offers for homes based on its ‘Zestimates’

February 25, 2021 7:50 AM CNN Newsource

Zillow is no longer just an online platform for browsing available homes or for creeping on the value of your neighbor’s house. In recent years, the company has also begun actually buying, fixing up and selling homes itself through a new division called Zillow Offers — a major shift in its business model. On Thursday,

Unseen Vincent van Gogh painting of Paris goes on public display for the first time

February 25, 2021 7:48 AM CNN Newsource

A painting of Paris by Vincent van Gogh, which has almost never been seen by the public after being stashed within a French family’s private collection for more than a century, has finally been unveiled. “Street scene in Montmartre” was painted in the spring of 1887, three years before the Dutch master is believed to

Costco raises its minimum wage above its competitors

February 25, 2021 7:47 AM CNN

Costco will raise its starting rate for hourly store workers in the United States to $16 an hour, putting its starting wage above rivals such as Amazon, Target and Best Buy. Costco has around 180,000 US employees, and 90% of them work hourly. It will hike its minimum wage to $16 beginning next week, chief

Tiger Woods tiene un camino largo e incierto por delante después de un accidente automovilístico, dice un médico de emergencias

February 25, 2021 7:24 AM CNN Newsource

Los Ángeles (CNN) — Incluso después de su cirugía de emergencia, el camino hacia la recuperación es largo e incierto para la leyenda del golf, Tiger Woods, luego de su accidente automovilístico en California. «Él aún se encuentra en esa fase grave en la que es posible que todavía tengan mucho trabajo por hacer en

Cayce Williams, Elgin man convicted in toddler’s 1997 murder, to be released from prison early

February 25, 2021 7:19 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WLS) — A heartbroken mother is questioning why the man who killed her 20-month-old daughter is about to become a free man. Margaret ‘Gretta’ Morgan said her 20-month-old daughter Quortney Kley was just learning to speak and develop her personality when she was murdered and sexually assaulted

Trump’s tax returns and related records turned over to Manhattan district attorney

February 25, 2021 7:04 AM CNN Newsource

Tax records that former President Donald Trump tried to keep secret for years are now in the hands of the New York district attorney. Prosecutors obtained the records on Monday, just hours after the US Supreme Court denied Trump’s last-ditch effort to keep the records private, a spokesperson for the district attorney said. The millions

Tiger Woods tiene un camino largo e incierto por delante después de un accidente automovilístico, dice un médico de emergencia

February 25, 2021 6:49 AM CNN Newsource

Los Ángeles (CNN) — Incluso después de su cirugía de emergencia, el camino hacia la recuperación es largo e incierto para la leyenda del golf Tiger Woods, luego de su accidente automovilístico en California. «Él todavía se encuentra en esa fase grave en la que es posible que todavía tengan mucho trabajo por hacer en

Apple mini stores are coming to some Targets

February 25, 2021 6:44 AM CNN Newsource

Call it a Mac mini: Target is opening scaled-down versions of Apple stores at some of its US outlets this year, furthering the two companies’ relationship. Target said an “enhanced Apple shopping experience” is rolling out to 17 stores in the coming months, with redesigned sections that include new lighting and displays for shoppers to

Residents drive hours to rural counties where vaccine doses go unused

February 25, 2021 6:43 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — Hundreds of thousands of people in the current tiers are scrambling to find vaccines and some are driving half way across the state where there are surpluses. Missouri’s governor is expected to make an announcement about moving to the next phase in the state’s

Man is charged with murder for death of 18-year-old

February 25, 2021 6:39 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story Kansas City, Missouri (KCTV ) — A man is now charged with first degree murder for the death of an 18-year-old Kansas City woman who disappeared on Valentine’s Day three years ago. A mushroom hunter found Vernece Brown’s remains in rural Cass County in April of 2018 near

First responders rescue man trapped in grain bin

February 25, 2021 6:35 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story Shepherd, Michigan (WNEM ) — Police in Shepherd are commending the work of some local firefighters who rescued a man trapped in a grain bin. Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, Shepherd police officers responded to a call about a man trapped inside a grain bin

Italian ambassador died in gun battle in DRC, not execution, prosecutor says

February 25, 2021 6:31 AM CNN Newsource

The two Italians killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday died in a gun battle, and were not killed execution-style, prosecutor Alberto Pioletti told CNN Thursday. Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and Italian carabiniere, or paramilitary police officer, Vittorio Iacovacci, died on Monday after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN

Garth Brooks announces he is Covid-19 negative as wife Trisha Yearwood tests positive

February 25, 2021 6:26 AM CNN Newsource

While country legend Garth Brooks has tested negative for Covid-19, his wife Trisha Yearwood has contracted the virus. Brooks announced Wednesday that the couple have been quarantining together at home in Tennessee after a member of their team tested positive for the virus. “The Queen and I have now tested twice,” Brooks said. “Officially, she’s

‘Coming 2 America’ turned Rick Ross’ Georgia mansion into a Zamunda palace

February 25, 2021 6:22 AM CNN Newsource

When audiences see Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem, prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, living in his enormous palace, they’ll probably not realize it’s actually an Atlanta, Georgia home that belongs to rapper Rick Ross. Both Murphy and his employee/friend Semmi, played by Arsenio Hall, sat down for an interview with The New York

American Politician Plane Fatalities Fast Facts

February 25, 2021 6:18 AM CNN Newsource

This is a list of prominent American politicians killed in plane crashes. May 1, 1928 – New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R). Sweet is killed in an airplane accident in Broome County, New York. October 28, 1947 – Oregon Governor Earl Snell (R). Snell dies in a plane crash during stormy weather near Klamath

Month: February 2021