Ernest Fann never imagined his baseball career would be tainted by racism more than a decade after Jackie Robinson‘s debut. “Somebody told me baseball was a White man’s game,” he says about a teammate who approached him while he sat on the bench. It was the early 1960s and Fann was playing for the Burlington
Continue Reading Four young men were found burned to death and two others were found hanged by unknown assailants in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, police said on Thursday. The four men who burned to death were discovered on Wednesday night in a field in the province’s Lady Frere village, while the two other men were found
Continue Reading The family of Daunte Wright — the Black motorist shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer during an arrest attempt last weekend — sees a manslaughter charge filed against the officer as a “good initial step” toward justice, a lawyer for the relatives said Thursday. Wright’s mother Katie, however, later questioned whether even justice
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Jim Jordan and the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange Thursday over the country’s Covid-19 mitigation measures, which ended with Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters telling Jordan to “shut your mouth.” During a House subcommittee hearing about federal government’s response to the pandemic, Jordan, an Ohio conservative,
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration plans to announce the nominations of nine career diplomats to be United States ambassadors as soon as Thursday, marking the first selection of overseas envoys since President Joe Biden took office, according to an internal list reviewed by CNN. The administration is also expected to name its top picks for senior State
Continue ReadingOrlando, Florida (CNN) — De acuerdo con el testimonio de dos mujeres que hablaron con CNN en los últimos días, lo primero que se les pidió a algunas de ellas al llegar a las fiestas en la comunidad cerrada de los suburbios de Orlando fue que guardaran sus celulares. Los hombres que estaban dentro, una
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — State health officials are urging thousands of Coloradans to get revaccinated after getting doses at Dr. Moma’s Health & Wellness Center in Colorado Springs. The revaccination effort comes after the Colorado Department of Health and Environment investigated Dr. Moma Health and Wellness Clinic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CARROLL COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Police have released dashcam footage from a police pursuit that crossed several jurisdictions and left three officers injured by gunfire. The Monday incident started as a high-speed chase on I-20 in Bremen and continued south into Carrollton before heading north on Highway 61,
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Fire crews were able to quickly put out a fire at a home on the 68-000 block of Calle Azteca near Mountain View Rd in Desert Hot Springs. The fire was first reported just before 11:00 am, crews took about 15 minutes to put out the flames. According to Cal Fire when they arrived on
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Four-year-old Jameson Creiglow loves superheroes. “The other day I was talking to mom and dad on the phone and he said, ‘Guess What?’ and I said, ‘What?’ And he said, ‘I’m Strongman Jameson,’” said Garry Sage, the organizer of this weekend’s StrongmanJameson fundraiser. Garry Sage is organizing a fundraiser to help Strongman Jameson. He was
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About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. This is the CDC’s
Continue Reading(CNN) — Aproximadamente 5.800 personas que han sido vacunadas contra el coronavirus en Estados Unidos se han infectado de todos modos, dijeron a CNN los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Algunas se enfermaron gravemente y 74 personas murieron, dijeron los CDC. Dijeron que 396 (7%)
Continue Reading(CNN) — La promesa del presidente Joe Biden de retirar los efectivos militares estadounidenses de Afganistán antes del 11 de septiembre es su esfuerzo –cada uno de los últimos cuatro presidentes ha hecho alguno– por poner fin a la guerra más larga de Estados Unidos. La fecha límite para la retirada de Biden es significativa:
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is punishing Russia for its interference in the 2020 US election and cyberattacks by hitting Moscow where it hurts the most: the ruble. The Treasury Department announced Thursday that starting June 14, US banks will generally be banned from participating in all bond sales by Russia’s central bank, ministry of finance and
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Bear Simerson was on the stage at the Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City Wednesday, giving the winning presentation about his Palm Desert-based venture, 3C Health. “To present to that panel of judges who were very versed in business and in healthcare, it was a huge validation for the work we put in, it was
Continue Reading(CNN) — La persistencia de la pandemia de covid-19 en muchos países de América Latina y el Caribe nubla el panorama económico de la región, por lo que ciudadanos y economías necesitan de algún tipo de alivio para salir de la crisis, advirtió el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI). El organismo estima que será hasta 2024
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The 2011 Oscars ceremony was certainly a weird one. Anne Hathaway and James Franco were paired as hosts, and people involved with the production are now revealing that the two being teamed up was kind of a disaster from the start. Producers and writers on that show spoke to The Ringer about how Hathaway and
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You may be among the millions of people in the United States who have taken at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Or you may still be awaiting your turn. But there’s a question on everyone’s mind: How long will the vaccine really protect us? It’s still too early to tell when you may
Continue Reading(CNN) –– El gobierno del presidente Joe Biden anunciaría este jueves sanciones contra personas y entidades de Rusia, además de la expulsión de hasta una docena de diplomáticos rusos de EE.UU., como respuesta al hackeo de SolarWinds y la interferencia electoral, según dos fuentes familiarizadas con los planes. ¿Qué hay detrás del mensaje de Biden
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has never kept quiet about her distaste for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, but an anecdote from an upcoming book reveals details of a disagreement over the placement of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remains when they arrived on Capitol Hill for a memorial service. Pelosi told USA
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