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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An annual tradition continued at Kells Irish Pub in downtown Portland on Tuesday. Every year, the pub raises money for the Center for Medically Fragile Children at Providence with “green rain” from the ceiling sweep. The pub’s ceiling was mostly bare this year due
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(CNN) — La variante de coronavirus B.1.1.7, que se identificó por primera vez en el Reino Unido, está asociada con un riesgo estimado de 64% mayor probabilidad de morir por covid-19, sugiere una nueva investigación publicada en una revista revisada por pares. Una muestra de personas en el Reino Unido infectadas con la variante parecía
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los países ricos están vacunando contra el covid-19 a una persona cada segundo, mientras que la mayoría de las naciones más pobres aún no han aplicado ni una sola dosis, dijo el martes People’s Vaccine Alliance. Estas mismas naciones ricas están bloqueando los esfuerzos de los países en desarrollo por los derechos de
Continue Reading (CNN) — Casi uno de cada 10 estadounidenses, más de 32 millones de personas, están ahora completamente vacunados contra el covid-19, según datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). El avance ofrece la esperanza de que la brutal batalla contra el virus se acerca
Continue Reading (CNN) — A partir de este miércoles, los texanos ya no estarán bajo el mandato estatal de usar mascarillas en público, pero no deberían apresurarse a deshacerse de sus cubiertas faciales. La semana pasada, el gobernador Greg Abbott anunció que relajaría las restricciones destinadas a detener la propagación de covid-19. Esto incluye la la eliminación
Continue Reading Prosecutors and a defense attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse agreed to move the start of Rittenhouse’s trial in fatal shootings during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from March to November 1. Rittenhouse,18, was arraigned January 5 on two felony charges of homicide in the deaths of two men and a felony attempted homicide charge in the wounding
Continue ReadingStarbucks wants you to buy more of its coffee at the grocery store. So it’s offering up something more on-trend than the bottled Frappucinos of years past. The coffee company’s new line, Cold & Crafted, is available nationally in retail locations on Wednesday. The line is launching with three flavors: Coffee Sweetened Black, Coffee with
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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak will be performing at the Grammys. The Recording Academy has invited the pair’s new group, Silk Sonic, to the upcoming awards show after Mars asked for a chance to perform in a recent tweet. “Dear Grammys, If you can see it in your hearts to allow two out of work
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One year after it began, the Covid-19 pandemic nightmare is nearly over. With millions of Americans getting vaccinated each day and the imminent passage of the massive American Rescue Plan, we are starting to approach herd immunity, and, in a couple of months the economy will be enjoying rip-roaring growth. Barring any other major unforeseen
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Dependiendo de en qué parte del mundo estés, es probable que en unos días tengas que ajustar la hora en tu reloj por el cambio de horario. Aproximadamente 70 países tienen cambios de horario por estas fechas: de verano, si están en el hemisferio norte, o de invierno, si están en el hemisferio
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More than 160 journalists of color have rebuked a UK media industry body for claiming that racism played no part in coverage of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, said in a statement earlier this week that it was “untrue” that sections of the UK press were bigoted
Continue Reading A woman who witnessed the aftermath of the explosions that rocked Equatorial Guinea has said the scenes resembled the detonation of an atomic bomb. Nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead after the blasts at a military base in the Central African country over the weekend, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. The blasts in
Continue Reading March 26 marks the one-year anniversary of Lauren Thomas Mandel’s Covid-19 infection — and she and her family are still feeling the effects of the illness. The worst part of a year of symptoms, she told CNN’s Chris Cuomo, is the amount of hair she has lost. In August, she said it was like she
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives is slated to take a final vote Wednesday to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, paving the way for the President to sign his top legislative priority into law later this week and deliver aid to most American households amid the pandemic. Passage of the bill will mark
Continue Reading Ryan Murphy has spoken out after being accused of not following through on a promised college fund for Naya Rivera’s young son. “Glee” actress Rivera died last July in Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, while boating with her then 4-year-old son, Josey. She was 33. On Tuesday a tweet from an account believed to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSL) — Allan McDonald, the whistleblower and engineer sent by contractor Morton Thiokol to approve the 1986 Challenger space shuttle launch but who refused to sign off, has died in Ogden at age 83, according to NPR. McDonald was overruled by NASA and company management prior
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment before two violent attackers ambushed a young woman as she got back into her car at local gas station in Atlanta. The footage showed two suspects appearing to hid and take cover near the back of 23-year-old Jhanae Askew’s
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Clorox recibió un gran impulso de los consumidores preocupados que limpiaban continuamente las superficies de sus hogares durante el apogeo de la pandemia. Pero ahora que más personas se están aventurando a salir de sus casas gracias a las vacunas contra el covid-19, Clorox está evolucionando su estrategia de marketing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLDSBORO, North Carolina (WRAL) — North Carolina farmers and farm workers are among the workers classified as essential by the state who are now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine shot. “Farmers are important,” Melissa Howell, who helps run the family-owned Howell Farming Co. in Wayne County, said
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, hija del líder de Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias el Mencho, se declarará culpable en Estados Unidos. La negra, como se le conoce, enfrenta cinco cargos por apoyar actividades ilícitas de tráfico de estupefacientes mediante transacciones con entidades vetadas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos.
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