(CNN) — La Casa Blanca se asoció esta semana con Snapchat para alentar a los jóvenes de Estados Unidos a ponerse la vacuna contra el covid-19. A partir de este miércoles, los usuarios de Snapchat podrán usar una lente de realidad aumentada que presenta al presidente Joe Biden, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, el Dr. Anthony
Continue ReadingCivil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging West Virginia’s new anti-trans sports law, arguing that the measure banning transgender girls and women from participating in school sports unconstitutionally “discriminates on the basis of sex and transgender status.” The lawsuit challenges a measure that prohibits transgender girls and women in the state from competing
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Investigators are working to learn more about the man who shot and killed nine people Wednesday in the latest act of gun violence in the US that has stricken a community. The suspected gunman in the shooting at a San Jose, California, light rail yard has been identified as Sam Cassidy, a law enforcement source
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A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning at a public transit rail yard in San Jose, California, killing at least eight co-workers and wounding at least one other person, Deputy Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. The gunman, an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is dead, Davis said. He has
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las protestas continúan en Colombia. Aunque se han desarrollado de forma mayoritariamente pacífica, el miércoles, las autoridades de algunas ciudades reportaron algunos episodios de violencia y realizaron capturas. Bogotá El miércoles, la Secretaría de Gobierno de Bogotá informó a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que se han vuelto a presentar episodios
Continue Reading Over the course of the last week, packages containing suspected cocaine have washed up onto the beaches of Matagorda County, Texas, authorities said. “Please keep in mind that if you ever find a suspicious package on the beach, do not touch or pick up the packages. Packages could contain substances that are harmful if touched.
Continue ReadingMask mandates are being lifted across the US. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are dropping. People are getting vaccinated. All these promising signs suggest the summer of 2021 could be very different from a year ago. Half of the adult population is now fully vaccinated, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease
Continue ReadingIn the weeks after the January 6 riot, Capitol Police officers were shell-shocked and wounded, both physically and psychologically. They’d been through hell, they’d sacrificed their bodies, they’d lost colleagues who died as a result of the attack. But in the end they had safeguarded democracy and upheld their primary directive: Secure and protect the
Continue Reading The nine victims of a mass shooting in San Jose on Wednesday have been identified as investigators begin the process of figuring out why such a fierce burst of violence happened during the early morning hours at a light rail yard. Eight of the victims, who ranged from ages 29 to 63, were identified Wednesday
Continue ReadingThe Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will mandate that critical pipeline operators comply with several cybersecurity measures, including reporting cybersecurity incidents to the department within 12 hours, according to DHS officials. In the wake of the debilitating ransomware attack earlier this month on Colonial Pipeline, which operates a major fuel pipeline, department officials rushed
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The nine victims of a mass shooting in San Jose on Wednesday have been identified as investigators begin the process of figuring out why such a fierce burst of violence happened during the early morning hours at a light rail yard. Eight of the victims, who ranged from ages 29 to 63, were identified Wednesday
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s top trade negotiator spoke for the first time with her Chinese counterpart by phone on Wednesday. It’s a sign that Washington and Beijing may be ready to pick trade talks back up, even as relations between the two remain tense. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai had a “candid” virtual meeting with Chinese
Continue Reading After yet another apparent noose was discovered at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut on Wednesday, local NAACP officials and town leaders voiced their outrage with Amazon and law enforcement authorities for not taking the proper precautions before workers returned earlier this week. The latest discovery of a noose at
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The moon was illuminated a bright coppery red, big and beaming in the night sky. And as people on the ground in Australia and New Zealand and parts of the western United States peered up to admire this rare super blood moon eclipse on May 26, perhaps the best view of the astronomical marvel came
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Unai Emery es el amo y señor de la Europa League. Ganó de nuevo ese torneo, esta vez con el Villarreal, que derrotó en penaltis de 11 cobros al Manchester United tras 120 minutos de juego. Era la quinta final del entrenador español. Ganó con el Sevilla en 2014, 2015 y 2016
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo el miércoles que ordenó a la comunidad de inteligencia que redoble sus esfuerzos para investigar los orígenes de la pandemia de covid-19 y le informe sobre sus avances en 90 días. El anuncio se produce después de que un informe de inteligencia de EE.UU. descubriera
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, rechazó este miércoles las declaraciones de Juan González, director para el hemisferio occidental del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional de la Casa Blanca, con respecto a un eventual diálogo entre el gobierno y la oposición. “Hoy sale Juan González a amenazar a Venezuela otra vez, hoy
Continue Reading (CNN) — «Llegamos a Estados Unidos no por el sueño americano, estamos aquí por el sueño de la vacuna», dijo a CNN Elver Estela, de 49 años. El empresario había viajado desde Perú en busca de la vacuna de covid-19 y recibió su primera dosis de Pfizer en un centro de vacunación en Seattle. A
Continue Reading (CNN) — En «Friends», Matthew Perry y Courteney Cox interpretaron en el transcurso de una década a una pareja de amigos, luego amantes, luego marido y mujer, pero los dos actores son en realidad primos lejanos, según expertos en genealogía. Las estrellas de «Friends» son primos undécimos, según han descubierto los investigadores del sitio web
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Japan’s government will decide Friday whether to extend a state of emergency across much of the country, nearly two months before the planned start of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics. The country reintroduced emergency measures in April as it grappled with a fourth wave of coronavirus cases — one that has yet to diminish. Japan’s
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