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If you’re a White person who thinks racism only hurts people of color, the story behind an empty, abandoned swimming pool in Missouri might just change your mind. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis was the largest public pool in the US when it was built in 1919. It featured sand from a beach,
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(CNN Español) — El tercer paquete de estímulo económico de US$ 1,9 billones se abre camino en el Senado de Estados Unidos. La presión para su aprobación aumenta debido a que este mes millones de estadounidenses comenzarán a quedarse sin subsidios de desempleo por la pandemia. El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden llegó a un
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats’ push to quickly pass President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package has met a time-consuming and stamina-challenging speed bump known as a “vote-a-rama.” Republicans are using the process to put Democrats in a tough position to not just stay united, but also consistent about the stimulus package. Here’s what you need to know: What
Continue Reading February marked the culmination of a nearly decade-long legal saga that raised national questions about how Canada treats Indigenous women. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Canadian Cree-Métis mother of three, bled to death in a hotel bathtub almost a decade ago. Bradley Barton, a former long-distance truck driver from Ontario, was on February 19 convicted for
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Detroit’s Democratic mayor, Mike Duggan, caused a major headache for the White House and public health officials when he declined an allotment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for his city, arguing that Detroiters would be better off for now with Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. What did Duggan say? At a news conference Thursday, he
Continue ReadingTen years ago following Darren Clarke’s win at a wild and wet 2011 Open tournament, one of the world’s top golf courses embarked on a modernizing mission. This isn’t a tale, however, about technological upgrades and a futuristic vision, instead Royal St George’s in Kent set out on a journey back to how it looked
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New water bill assistance is available for customers who are suffering financially because of the pandemic. The Help 2 Others COVID-19 Water Bill Assistance program provides grants to eligible residents who have fallen behind on their water bills. The grants are to help with past-due water bills issued between April 1, 2020 and December 31
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Pope Francis has held a historic meeting with revered Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of the pontiff’s visit to Iraq. The 45-minute papal meeting in the holy city of Najaf with the 90-year old al-Sistani — who rarely appears in public — represented one of the most significant summits
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After three decades and multiple blockbuster movies, Eddie Murphy is planning a return to the medium that helped launch his acting career. The “Beverly Hills Cop” star has revealed that he wants to do new stand-up comedy performances once the pandemic ends. Appearing on SiriusXM’s podcast “Comedy Gold Minds with Kevin Hart” on Thursday, the
Continue ReadingThe Senate is voting into the wee hours of Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly twelve hour struggle to get one Democrat to support the party’s plan to extend unemployment benefits. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin stalled President Joe Biden’s top priority in Congress
Continue Reading At least 20 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, police and emergency services said. A car packed with explosives was detonated at the gates of Luul Yemeni restaurant near the port at around 8 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET),
Continue ReadingIt is typically a time where the great and good of the NBA showcase their unique skills to an assembled crowd of fans and A-list celebrities. But in 2021, like many other things in life, the NBA All-Star Game will be a little different. Only a very limited number of invited guests will be allowed
Continue Reading (CNN) – Un asteroide sobrevolará cerca de la Tierra entre el viernes y el sábado, según EarthSky. Apophis, un asteroide que se extiende más de 399 metros, estará a más de 16 millones de kilómetros de nuestro planeta o 44 veces más lejos que la Luna, el 5 de marzo a las 8:15 de la noche
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Se abren camino como inmigrantes indocumentadas en Estados Unidos. No permiten que una discapacidad les impida perseguir sueños tan diversos como ser bailarina o estudiar en Harvard. Idean soluciones creativas para que sus estudiantes no se queden sin clases. En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer, les presentamos algunas de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunció que se comenzará a trabajar para llevar la vida de Hugo Chávez, fallecido mandatario, a la gran pantalla. «Vamos a llevar al cine la vida del comandante Chávez en todas sus etapas», dijo Maduro. También asignó dicha misión a Diosdado Cabello, diputado y primer
Continue Reading Back in June 2020, as the the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown started to ease, a bout of beautiful weather culminating in the hottest day of the year saw people flocking to the country’s beaches. Within hours, the southern coastal town of Bournemouth had declared a “major incident” as it was swamped by traffic, trash, and
Continue Reading At least six employees of CenterPoint Energy were transported to local hospitals Friday after what the company described as a “natural gas incident.” Company spokesperson Olivia Koch told CNN the incident occurred in Gleannloch Farms, near Spring, Texas. According to a post on Twitter by the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office, investigators were called to
Continue ReadingMore states are relaxing measures to protect against Covid-19 as variants circulate in the United States — a combination that means “we’re walking into the mouth of the monster,” an infectious disease expert said. A variant first identified in the UK has now been reported in 2,672 cases in 46 states as of Thursday, according
Continue Reading Just weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine. It’s something all of us have experienced after a year of pandemic life, but it’s highly unlikely that many other birthdays were celebrated in quarantine in 1969. Armstrong wasn’t expecting to have a
Continue ReadingA task force established to review security at the US Capitol following the violent insurrection on January 6 is calling for mobile fencing around the complex, a quick reaction Capitol Police force on standby when Congress is in session and an overhaul of how members are protected in their home districts, according to an executive
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