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The firearms industry and its GOP allies have taken a more inclusive approach to fighting Democrat-led efforts to pass stricter gun laws this year. The once-mighty National Rifle Association, whose bankruptcy bid was shot down by a federal judge on May 11, has played a much less-active role in the current gun control debate taking
Continue ReadingAmazon is reportedly in talks to buy MGM, the vaunted film studio that was a staple of Hollywood’s Golden Age. A tie-up would give the tech firm a big brand to wield as competition in streaming grows fiercer by the day. MGM’s iconic logo of a roaring lion has played before tons of classic films,
Continue ReadingSeveral days since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated Americans can — for the most part — ditch their masks, more places are announcing changes to their mask policies, or doing away with the requirement altogether. CVS pharmacy and Target both said on Monday they will no longer require fully vaccinated
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration notified Congress of a proposed US weapons sale to Israel worth $735 million earlier this month, according to two sources familiar with the notification. The sale of the precision-guided weapons, which the administration approved before the latest outbreak of violence between Hamas and the Israeli government, is now being reviewed by Congress
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(CNN) — En el siglo XIX, cuando los deportes sangrientos eran socialmente más aceptables, se acuñó el término «Big Five» para referirse a los leones, rinocerontes, búfalos, elefantes y leopardos, los animales que los cazadores de trofeos en África consideraban los más peligrosos para cazar a pie. Pero el fotógrafo británico Graeme Green quiere dar
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Esta historia contiene imágenes gráficas. Se recomienda la discreción del espectador. Ashdod, Jerusalén y la ciudad de Gaza (CNN) — El ejército israelí golpeó Gaza con ataques aéreos el lunes, diciendo que tenía como objetivo los hogares y la infraestructura del grupo combatiente palestino Hamas, mientras que el primer ministro de Israel,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cientos de miles de personas perdieron la vida en todo Europa por el coronavirus, y muchas más han sufrido problemas de salud a largo plazo tras contraer la enfermedad. No son las únicas víctimas de la pandemia. Las normas democráticas también se han visto seriamente impactadas por un año de restricciones, y ahora
Continue ReadingVenus Williams received some unwanted divine intervention during Monday’s defeat to Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, after she was given a time violation while waiting for heavy winds to die down before serving. “If the wind blows, then I can’t hit the ball,” she told the umpire. “I can’t control God, I can’t control the wind. I’m
Continue Reading (CNN) — Días después de que los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) dijeran que los estadounidenses completamente vacunados pueden, en su mayoría, dejar de usar mascarilla, cada vez más lugares están anunciando cambios en sus políticas de uso de cubierta facial o eliminando el requisito por completo. CVS pharmacy y
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When Hannah Rummer and her brother Nick Reid administer Covid-19 vaccines, they don’t just see a series of arms to inject and bandage. They see their soccer coach, their piano instructor, their neighbor and their favorite teacher. Rummer, a pharmacist, and Reid, an intern, have been immunizing people in cities in Ohio as well as
Continue Reading (CNN) — Durante años, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos en gran medida ignoró los informes de objetos voladores misteriosos avistados mientras se movían a través de espacio aéreo militar restringido. Sin embargo, ahora está empezando a reconocer lentamente que los ovnis, a los que el Pentágono se refiere como fenómenos aéreos no identificados, son reales.
Continue Reading (CNN) — La variante del coronavirus identificada por primera vez en India ha devastado la nación y luego se ha extendido a los países vecinos, causando un sufrimiento inconmensurable. Los científicos creen que la variante, llamada B.1.617.2, podría ser más transmisible que la cepa de covid-19 original. No hay evidencia de que esté causando una
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden voiced support for a ceasefire Monday as intensifying violence between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza entered a second week. During a telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden “expressed his support for a ceasefire and discussed US engagement with Egypt and other partners towards that end,” a White House
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a key abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks, rekindling a potentially major challenge to Roe v. Wade at the majority conservative court. Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which then-Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, signed into law in
Continue Reading New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar said he’s doing fine after getting hit in the nose by a 94 mph fastball during Monday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. “Thanks to everyone that has reached out! Scary moment but I’m doing fine,” Pillar wrote on Twitter. The Mets secured a 3-1 win against the Braves in
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For those who have always wondered what it would’ve been like to be a passenger on the Titanic, a theme park in China is set to offer the closest experience one can get. A massive replica of the sunken ocean liner is now under construction in Daying County in Sichuan province. Called the “Unsinkable Titanic,”
Continue Reading A happy accident has resulted in the Solar Orbiter mission spying eruptions from the sun. These eruptions, called coronal mass ejections, blast out solar particles across the solar system and have the potential to disrupt technology if they reach Earth. These eruptions were detected by multiple instruments on the spacecraft during a close flyby of
Continue Reading District Attorney Andrew Womble will reveal Tuesday the findings of a North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) investigation into the deputy shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. Brown was fatally shot by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City on April 21 when they attempted to serve him with an arrest warrant, according to the
Continue Reading The New York Racing Association has temporarily suspended trainer Bob Baffert from entering any horses in races at the track that is host to the Belmont Stakes in less than three weeks. Baffert horses cannot occupy stall space at NYRA facilities at Belmont Park. The Hall of Fame trainer’s horses are also banned from Saratoga
Continue Reading Thailand reported its highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day Tuesday as officials struggle to contain a third coronavirus wave ripping through overcrowded prisons. The Southeast Asian country’s justice minister said authorities are hoping to prioritize vaccinating more than 300,000 inmates and jail staff by diverting doses from the health ministry. On Monday,
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