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The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive. On Monday morning AT&T and Discovery, Inc. announced a deal under which AT&T’s WarnerMedia will be spun off and combined with Discovery in a new standalone media company. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, will combine two treasure troves of content, including the HBO
Continue ReadingCongress has just two weeks to ramp up negotiations on a number of key Biden administration agenda items before the end of the current work period threatens to halt any meaningful progress. Legislation addressing the infrastructure, voting rights and police reform will all be top of mind on Capitol Hill this week — though infighting
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The Palisades Fire has prompted ongoing evacuation orders and warnings in a zone about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. It’s charred more than 1,320 acres since it was reported Friday and is still 0% contained, Los Angeles County fire officials said Sunday. California has been in a massive drought for weeks, and experts
Continue ReadingCommunities across the US ushered in a quick return to normalcy over the weekend as the country responded to the latest mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said Thursday fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks or social distance indoors or outdoors, with some exceptions, triggering announcements nationwide
Continue Reading Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the area near Topanga Canyon due to the Palisades Fire, with more residents on standby to leave, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The area affected, at Topanga State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains, is about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. By Sunday afternoon,
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(CNN) — El conflicto entre Israel y los palestinos se ha convertido en otro episodio violento y ha dejado a familias en la región tambaleándose por la tragedia. Desde el lunes de la semana pasada, los ataques aéreos israelíes en Gaza han dejado más de 190 palestinos muertos y más de 1.200 heridos, según el
Continue ReadingMore than 25 Democratic senators, led by Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, released a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire agreement in Israel and the Palestinian territories to “prevent further loss of life and further escalation of violence.” “To prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in Israel
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Boca Juniors ganó en penales el Superclásico argentino luego de empatar en el tiempo regular 1-1 contra River Plate el domingo. El partido, que correspondió a los cuartos de final de la Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol, inició con un gol al minuto 11 de Carlos Tévez. Hubo polémica en
Continue ReadingThe Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, on Monday announced its endorsement of former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, further bolstering her campaign’s progressive support ahead of a special election for an open US House seat in Ohio. Turner, a top ally of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, is running to succeed former Rep. Marcia
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Ángela Torres es la más joven en una familia de varias generaciones de artistas. A sus 22 años, tras una larga carrera en el cine y la televisión en Argentina, ha decidido enfocarse en la música. En su primer álbum, “La niña de fuego”, rinde tributo a su abuela Lolita Torres, cantante
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los premios MTV Movie & TV Awards se entregaron el domingo, con Leslie Jones como anfitriona y Snoop Dogg como DJ de la noche. Scarlett Johansson fue honrada con el Premio Generation por sus muchos papeles, incluido el de su próxima película a estrenarse «Black Widow». Sacha Baron Cohen recibió el premio Comedic
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Con casi el 40% de las muertes por covid-19 del mundo, la transmisión del coronavirus en las Américas «está lejos de estar controlada», dijo la semana pasada Carissa Etienne, directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS). A medida que los gobiernos avanzan en sus campañas de vacunación, varios países de la
Continue ReadingRosalie Lacorazza already has lived through two 17-year cicada events and dreads what’s coming. As the periodical cicadas in Brood X begin to emerge by the billions this month across the eastern United States and Washington, DC, area, Lacorazza said she will be taking no chances. “I’ll be back to my early pandemic ways where
Continue Reading Taiwan has imposed new restrictions including limits on gatherings in its capital as it battles its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic last year. The democratically-ruled island off the coast of China, widely praised as a success for its handling of Covid-19, reported 335 new cases Monday — a record single-day rise.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Bruno Covas, alcalde de Sao Paulo de Brasil, murió de cáncer el domingo, anunció la oficina de prensa de la ciudad. Tenía 41 años. Covas fue diagnosticado en 2019. El cáncer se descubrió por primera vez en su sistema digestivo y luego se extendió a sus huesos. Fue hospitalizado el 2 de mayo
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — La renuncia de Bill Gates en 2020 a la junta directiva de Microsoft se produjo después de que la junta contratara a un bufete de abogados para investigar una relación romántica que él tuvo con una empleada de Microsoft, según un nuevo informe de The Wall Street Journal. Citando a «personas familiarizadas
Continue Reading Israel bombed the house of Hamas’ Gaza leader and obliterated a family’s home in Gaza as Hamas launched more than 100 rockets toward Israel on Sunday, marking the deadliest day of the week-long conflict so far, according to data from the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza and Israeli authorities. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said
Continue Reading China’s space agency has an extraordinary gift for the ruling Communist Party’s 100th birthday: a rover on Mars. The historic landing on Saturday of Zhurong, a rover named after the god of fire in ancient Chinese folklore, was a crowning moment for China. It not only demonstrated the country’s growing capabilities in space, but also
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