The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines were found in the real world to be 94% effective against Covid-19 hospitalization among fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older in the United States, according to a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. The study also found that the vaccines were 64% effective among those
Continue ReadingFederal agents executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment of Rudy Giuliani, advancing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors that has been underway for more than two years, according to two people familiar with the matter. Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has been the focus of an investigation
Continue ReadingThe imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include, with attendance dramatically scaled back to ensure social distancing amid the pandemic. But it will also be historic for what it will: two women will be sitting behind the President for
Continue ReadingThe Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to restore an Obama-era rule that cracked down on methane emissions from oil and gas industries as the Biden administration looks to combat climate change. In September, the Trump administration rolled back a 2016 regulation limiting methane leaks by requiring companies to monitor and repair new natural gas
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday the US economy is growing stronger, but it left interest rates unchanged near zero. Interest rates will stay the range of zero to a quarter of a percent until the Fed’s goal of maximum employment and inflation of about 2% over the longer term. To ensure the economy stays on
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Mauri Friestleben won’t watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments. She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to
Continue ReadingToyota is planning to offer a new, large SUV with three rows of seats, and will add 1,400 jobs to an Indiana plant in order to build it. The still-unnamed vehicle will have both a Toyota version and a Lexus version, the company said. The announcement of the plans, the new jobs and an $800
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Click here for updates on this story LONGWOOD, Florida (WESH) — A boy from Longwood just got a very special gift for his fourth birthday. Evan Schaefer has trouble moving around by himself because of a rare disorder. Thanks to some Central Florida engineering students, he’s getting around and having fun doing it. “You can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The $1 million prize at the Kentucky Derby Festival hole-in-one contest goes unclaimed for the 32nd year. Golfers took their best swings earlier Tuesday in the finals at the eighth hole at Seneca Golf Course. While no one made a hole-in-one, Shawn Santini, of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — An MBTA contract bus driver has been charged with kidnapping, assault to rape and indecent assault and battery on a woman who was a passenger on the bus he was operating, District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. Ali Ennab, 45, of Revere, who is employed by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PERNELL, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A driver was rescued from a washed-out road in Garvin County as severe storms moved across the area overnight, according to the Elmore City Fire Department. In a post to Facebook, officials with Elmore City Fire Department said they assisted Pauls Valley and Wynnewood
Continue ReadingThe imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include, with attendance dramatically scaled back to ensure social distancing amid the pandemic. But it will also be historic for what it will: two women will be sitting behind the President for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento police are investigating several recent vandalisms and whether those vandalisms are tied to homes displaying Black Lives Matter signs. The vandalisms have occurred in and around the Elmhurst neighborhood. Jason Dillard lives nearby and was hit by vandals sometime late Monday night or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLEAR CREEK, North Carolina (WYFF) — The 911 calls made after deputies say a North Carolina woman stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death were released Tuesday. Penny Short Hartle, 50, of Hendersonville, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her child, according to Henderson County deputies.
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(CNN) — El astronauta Michael Collins murió de cáncer, según un comunicado de su familia en su cuenta de Twitter verificada. Tenía 90 años. Conocido como “el hombre más solitario de la historia”, Michael Collins fue mejor conocido por pilotar el módulo de comando del Apolo 11 que orbitaba sobre Neil Armstrong y Buzz Aldrin
Continue Reading Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Carlos Alberto Montaner es escritor, periodista y colaborador de CNN. Sus columnas se publican en decenas de diarios de España, Estados Unidos y América Latina. Montaner es, además, vicepresidente de la Internacional Liberal. Las opiniones aquí expresadas son exclusivamente suyas. (CNN Español) — Se postularon 18 candidatos. Eso ocurrió en Perú el
Continue Reading (CNN) — A pocos exlíderes mundiales se les ha debatido tanto su legado como Tony Blair. Y ahora, parece que el ex primer ministro del Reino Unido ha animado a los británicos nuevamente, luciendo un corte de pelo que ha sorprendido mucho más allá del panorama político. El exlíder laborista dio su primera entrevista televisiva
Continue Reading It’s time for a little game of I Spy on Mars. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter in the last week has aced all three of its planned test flights so far, with each one a little longer, farther and faster than the last. During each flight, the Perseverance rover has been perched on an overlook at
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with the First Amendment claims of a former high school cheerleader who argued that she could not be punished by her school for posting a profanity-laced caption on Snapchat when she was off school grounds. The justices at times seemed sympathetic to the plight of the cheerleader in the
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