With Derek Chauvin’s convictions secured, the three other former Minneapolis Police officers on scene during George Floyd’s death last May are set to stand trial in August. J. Alexander Kueng, 27, Thomas Lane, 38, and Tou Thao, 35, are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter connected to Floyd’s
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(CNN) — Las autoridades de salud de Bogotá declararon el domingo una «alerta roja» por covid-19 en la ciudad y extendieron una cuarentena general por el nivel de transmisibilidad y ocupación de las unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI). De acuerdo con los datos del Observatorio de Salud de Bogotá, que registra las cifras de la
Continue ReadingLawmakers on Capitol Hill will juggle a slate of competing priorities this week as both parties wrestle with tense negotiations over infrastructure and police reform. Deliberations will play out during a week set to be defined by President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, which will serve as a
Continue Reading (CNN) — La presidencia cada vez más radical de Joe Biden se construyó sobre una base sencilla: poner vacunas de covid-19 en los brazos y cheques de estímulo en el banco. «Cuando asumí el cargo, decidí que era una propuesta bastante básica y simple, y eso es, fui elegido para resolver problemas», dijo Biden en
Continue Reading The headquarters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption organization has been suspended, pending a court decision on whether to designate the group as an extremist organization. Ivan Zhdanov, director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), tweeted on Monday that the decision to suspend the group’s activities was made by Moscow’s chief prosecutor. The development comes
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los estadounidenses que hayan sido completamente vacunados contra el covid-19 podrán visitar la Unión Europea (UE) este verano, dijo Ursula von der Leyen, presidenta de la Comisión Europea, en una entrevista con The New York Times el domingo. «Los estadounidenses, por lo que puedo ver, usan vacunas aprobadas por la Agencia Europea de
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Covid-19 vaccination efforts may begin to slow down as more Americans get vaccinated, one US official told CNN on Sunday. More than 42% of the United States population has received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Roughly 28.5% of the population is fully
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“Nomadland,” director Chloé Zhao’s small-boned movie about nomads in America, earned best picture at a 93rd Academy Awards defined by the pandemic, as movies that premiered on streaming services ruled the ceremony — an in-person event mounted under Covid protocols. In a year where the pandemic shuttered theaters and turned movie-goers into couch potatoes, 16
Continue Reading April’s full moon is the “pink” moon, and it’s a supermoon, too. Catch it in the night sky this Monday. This moon will be at its fullest on Monday at 11:32 p.m. ET, according to NASA. Supermoons appear bigger and brighter in the sky because they are slightly closer to Earth. Interpretations of what qualifies
Continue Reading At a pandemic-era Oscars, it was never going to be business as usual on the red carpet. But with a scaled back ceremony, organizers tried their very best to recapture the glamour that the showpiece event is known for. And the stars in attendance did their part, too, wearing an array of dramatic golds, reds
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los restos de un submarino de la Armada de Indonesia desaparecido desde el miércoles fueron encontraron en el fondo del mar y se confirmó la muerte de sus 53 tripulantes, informó el domingo el comandante militar de Indonesia, el mariscal en jefe del aire Hadi Tjahjanto. La noticia llegó un día después de
Continue Reading The pandemic is raging, quarantine rules are changing by the day, and there’s still uncertainty over when we might vacation again, but one thing remains constant in the travel world: the €1 houses of Italy. This month, it’s the turn of another Sicilian town, Castiglione di Sicilia, to offer houses for the price of a
Continue Reading A wildfire is “raging out of control” in the Hualapai Mountains near Pine Lake, Arizona, according to officials. The blaze, named the Flag Fire, is about 600 acres in size, Mohave County Communications Director Roger Galloway said in a news release Sunday evening. Officials in the county issued evacuation orders for residents of Pine Lake,
Continue Reading At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday. Another 110 people were injured in the blaze at Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, according to ministry spokesman Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna. The fire is believed to have started after oxygen tanks exploded,
Continue Reading As Covid-19 vaccinations have become more widely available across the US, the Navajo Nation has reported more than half of its adult members have been vaccinated, outpacing the vaccination rate for the rest of the US. The US’ rate is currently 36.5%, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Navajo
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Al menos dos personas murieron luego de que una embarcación que salió del estado Delta Amacuro, Venezuela, rumbo a Trinidad y Tobago, naufragó este viernes frente a la costa venezolana, informó este sábado esa Gobernación. David Smolansky, comisionado de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), dijo este sábado que al menos
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