Top US vacation spots are welcoming travelers for the first big holiday weekend of the Covid-19 vaccine era. Now that, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 40% of Americans are fully vaccinated, Memorial Day weekend seems to herald the start of a semi-normal summer, with at least 37 million people
Continue ReadingAmerica’s truck driver shortage is driving pay higher. But it’s not solving the scarcity of truckers. Massive increases in online ordering during the pandemic have sent demand for delivery truck drivers through the roof. That’s increased competition for those willing to be long-haul truckers, forcing those trucking companies to hike pay. But that hasn’t persuaded
Continue ReadingHere’s some background information about Salmonella. Facts Salmonellosis, the infection caused by the bacteria Salmonella, is one of the most frequently reported foodborne illnesses in the United States. Prono: sal•mo•nel•la. The first “L” is pronounced, unlike the silent “L” in salmon, the fish. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports of Selected Salmonella Outbreak Investigations.
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Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the body of a child found by hikers Friday morning. The boy is believed to be Hispanic and about 10 years old, Lt. Ray Spencer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. He was 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 123 pounds.
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The Riverside County Sheriff is investigating an assault with a deadly weapon that resulted in a homicide late Friday night. Deputies responded to Las Flores Way, near El Centro Way, just before midnight on May 28 in Thousand Palms. When deputies arrived they found a man, identified as Nathan Wells, 30, suffering from “traumatic injuries,”
Continue Reading As more schools reconsider the role of legacy status in college admissions, Colorado has taken a significant step toward leveling the playing field. Gov. Jared Polis signed a law earlier this week banning officials at state-supported higher education institutions from considering family relationships to alumni — otherwise known as legacy preference — as a criteria
Continue ReadingThe intelligence community’s push to uncover the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has largely relied on traditional intelligence-gathering tools up until now, but President Joe Biden’s 90-day “redoubled” effort is intended in part to elevate scientific analysis. The effort will bring in the National Labs, a collection of 17 elite research facilities under the Energy
Continue Reading A team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate frog” tree frog in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. Tree frogs are known for their green skin — but due to its brown coloring, researchers named it “chocolate frog” — and the name stuck. “The closest known relative of Litoria mira is the Australian
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(CNN) — Encontraron más de 22.000 municiones, una docena de armas de fuego, supuestos cócteles Molotov y múltiples latas de gasolina en la casa de Sam Cassidy, el hombre que mató a nueve personas en su lugar de trabajo en San José el miércoles, según la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Santa Clara. El
Continue ReadingIt’s all true. Memorial Day weekend may very well look like it did before the coronavirus pandemic upended life more than a year ago. Vaccines have made the gradual return to normalcy possible. To date, more than 166 million people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the US Centers
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Palm Springs Friday reached a high of 101°. Temperatures will continue to track in the triple digits through the weekend and next week. This is close to average since the average high temperature in Palm Springs is 99°. The morning hours Saturday will see some passing clouds. The passing clouds made way for a beautiful
Continue Reading A Philadelphia restaurant owner celebrated his birthday and a return from lockdown in the most Philadelphia way possible — a 510-foot-long cheesesteak. Rene Kobeitri, owner of Rim Cafe, said it was the longest Philly cheesesteak in the world, breaking the previous record of 480 feet. Kobeitri told CNN that chefs from across the United States
Continue ReadingMarjorie Taylor Greene has turned herself into one of the most visible Republicans in the country — stoking an endless stream of controversies that has caused headaches for a defeated party trying to find its footing while she rakes in campaign cash without fear of consequences. Her most recent incendiary comments have followed her home
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Mariela Belski es directora ejecutiva de Amnistía Internacional Argentina. Fue docente, investigadora e integrante de la Clínica Jurídica de Derecho de Interés Público de la Universidad de Palermo. Exconsultora del PNUD y de UNESCO. Trabajó más de 10 años en el sector público. Fue asesora legal de distintas secretarías del Gobierno Nacional
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — A lo largo de cinco años, Google ofreció almacenamiento gratuito ilimitado para fotografías y videos en alta calidad, oferta que llegará a su fin el próximo 1 de junio. Según la compañía de tecnología, Google Photos almacena más de 4 billones de fotografías y para poder seguir satisfaciendo “la creciente demanda de almacenamiento”
Continue Reading (CNN) — Aunque el alcance real del impacto de la brutalidad policial es difícil de cuantificar, un nuevo informe indica que más de 2.600 latinos murieron a manos de la policía o mientras se encontraban bajo custodia en los últimos años. El informe, que publicó el jueves UnidosUS en asociación con un grupo de investigadores,
Continue ReadingThere is good news for the United States as people get ready for Memorial Day weekend. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting that Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths will fall over the next four weeks. The CDC ensemble forecasts conclude that there will be a total of 596,000 to 606,000 Covid-19
Continue Reading Hundreds of men in Ethiopia’s restive region of Tigray were released on Thursday evening, eyewitnesses and aid workers said, following a CNN report into their detention that prompted international outcry. Speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity, out of fear for their safety, the sources said that the soldiers had released all but a “handful”
Continue Reading These sliders show what some areas of Tulsa, Oklahoma, look like now, compared with what they looked like 100 years ago following the Tulsa race massacre.
Continue Reading Politicians like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others shouldn’t liken contemporary events to the Holocaust because such comparisons cheapen the horrific magnitude of the genocide of 6 million Jews, historians and advocacy groups say. “The Holocaust was a unique event in human history, encompassing evils so great it is nearly indescribable,” said Amy Lutz, a
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