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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city officials unveiled a series of proposals to reform the city’s policy and procedures on search warrants in the fallout of a botched raid on the home of a social worker in 2019. Lightfoot, along with Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, emphasized that the proposal requires that any individual who
Continue ReadingFew people will envy the man elected to be the new president of FC Barcelona. The upcoming election — to be held on Sunday, just days after four senior officials were arrested — is arguably the most important in the club’s history and comes at a time of crisis that appears to be deepening by
Continue Reading China has approved three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for sale to help treat Covid-19, the government’s National Medical Products Administration announced on Wednesday. The agency used a special approval procedure to green-light the three products, which “provide more options for Covid-19 treatment,” it said in a statement. The herbal products come in granular form
Continue ReadingFor many teens, the pandemic has created an environment in which most of their lives take place in the shadows. Our kids have become increasingly acclimated to solitude, silence and screens over the course of the past year. Far too often, teens are up in their bedrooms, doors closed, screens illuminated, earbuds in. Many of
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(CNN) –– Funcionarios estadounidenses alertaron este miércoles a los legisladores de una posible amenaza contra el Capitolio el 4 de marzo, por lo que se ha reforzado la seguridad como precaución, menos de dos meses después de que agitadores asaltaran el complejo y amenazaran la vida de los congresistas. La Cámara de Representantes cambió su
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Nicolás Maduro rechazó la extensión del decreto de Estados Unidos que declara a Venezuela como una «amenaza inusual y extraordinaria». «Venezuela rechaza categóricamente la renovación del decreto ilegal bajo el cual el gobierno de Estados Unidos aplica medidas coercitivas unilaterales como parte de su política de agresiones crueles y
Continue Reading The wonders of spaceflight never ceased in 2020, despite the pandemic’s best efforts. Four launches — including two historic missions from US soil — to the International Space Station carried on as planned, and the crews were able to remain safe on their journeys to and from Earth. Quarantine has become the new normal for
Continue Reading More than 30 crew members were rescued via helicopters and naval vessels after a fire erupted on their ship roughly 130 miles from the Canadian coastline, according to a statement from the US Coast Guard. Crews from the US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force responded after being notified Tuesday night
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, llegó a un acuerdo con demócratas moderados para reducir la elegibilidad por ingresos para la próxima ronda de cheques de estímulo de US$ 1.400 que se incluyen en un proyecto de ley que se espera que el Senado aborde esta semana, dijo una fuente demócrata
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At least 38 people were killed after Myanmar’s security forces opened fire on young peaceful protesters in towns and cities across the Southeast Asian nation Wednesday, in scenes described as “a war zone.” Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the weeks since a military coup on February 1. Security forces have intensified
Continue ReadingThe director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing” about distancing and wearing masks, even in states moving to eliminate restrictions against the CDC’s recommendations. “I think we at the CDC have been very clear that now is not the time
Continue Reading More than 30 crew members were rescued via helicopters and naval vessels after a fire erupted on their ship roughly 130 miles from the Canadian coastline, according to a statement from the US Coast Guard. Crews from the US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force responded after being notified Tuesday night
Continue Reading The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart. Still, the idea of expanding the supply by dispensing only one dose hasn’t faded away. The Trump administration’s surgeon general, Dr. Jerome Adams, said in a tweet on Tuesday that the
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Asian stocks are falling Thursday as a bond sell-off continues to rattle markets. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was last down 2.5%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 2.3%, accelerating from earlier losses. The Shanghai Composite dropped 1.9%. South Korea’s Kospi and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.1% and 0.8% respectively. The declines in Asia Pacific follow
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. 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 sur. Muchos países cerca del
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The Pentagon inspector general tells us that many who worked with Ronny Jackson — the former Trump White House physician and now a member of Congress from Texas — think he was a “tyrant” and a “dictator” prone to “yelling, screaming, cursing, or belittling subordinates.” Witnesses say he suffered “meltdowns” and “tantrums” and made “sexual
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ejército de Myanmar dijo este lunes que había detenido a líderes políticos clave en respuesta a un fraude electoral y que había declarado el estado de emergencia, informó Reuters. El Ejército de Myanmar toma el poder en un aparente golpe de Estado después de detener a Aung San Suu Kyi y a
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