For over four decades, a doctor from Florida avidly collected baseball cards and sports memorabilia with some items dating back to the 1880s. Now, his collection, which is valued at $20 million, is going up for auction. Dr. Thomas Newman, a neurologist, died following complications from Covid-19 in January, according to his wife, Nancy. He
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With most of the world still off-limits to British travelers, MSC Cruises is launching the first of many planned UK summer “staycation sailings” that promise to introduce UK travelers to the joys of their own coastline. The MSC Virtuosa is setting sail from the English port of Southampton Thursday, embarking on a four-night jaunt around
Continue Reading The 2017 death of an Asian American teenager in her Colorado home is now being investigated as a hate crime, according to the FBI. Maggie Long’s body was found after officials responded to a house fire in Bailey, Colorado, the FBI said. According to 911 calls, there reportedly were people inside the residence causing damage,
Continue ReadingChange is hard. Sometimes, talking about change is hard. But for anxious investors, even talking about talking about changes to the Federal Reserve’s stimulus program proved difficult on Wednesday. What happened: The minutes from the central bank’s April policy meeting revealed that several officials think the robust US economic recovery means the Fed should review
Continue Reading US rapper A$AP Rocky has confirmed that he and Rihanna are dating following years of rumors about the pair’s relationship. A$AP Rocky — whose real name is Rakim Mayers — told GQ magazine that Rihanna is “the love of my life.” The pair haven’t given away many details of their relationship, but rumors first surfaced
Continue ReadingThe US is reporting some of the lowest Covid-19 metrics in nearly a year and officials say we’re finally turning the corner. But vaccination rates have slowed nationwide and are uneven across American communities. For parts of the US, it will be an uphill battle to get more shots into arms. But experts say that
Continue Reading(CNN) — Casi un año después de cerrar sus fronteras, la Unión Europea acordó permitir la entrada a viajeros vacunados contra el covid-19 de países con bajas tasas de infección, aumentando la posibilidad de escapadas de verano al continente. La medida tan esperada se confirmó el miércoles cuando la UE publicó sus recomendaciones para levantar
Continue Reading A United States Navy warship sailed near disputed Beijing-controlled islands in the South China Sea on Thursday — just hours after US President Joe Biden said the US must protect open access to the waterway. The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur performed what the US Navy calls a “freedom of navigation” operation near the Paracel
Continue Reading Lego fans can build castles, jungles and entire town centers with the right set of bricks. But from June, the company will launch a brand new product — its first ever LGBTQ-themed set, named “Everyone Is Awesome.” The 346-piece set contains 11 figures, each with an assigned rainbow color. Lego said Thursday that the model
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Larissa Iapichino’s face said it all: hands on her head and mouth agape, it was the look of someone who could scarcely believe what she had just achieved. Even now, two-and-a-half months on from her jump at the Italian Indoor championships, the 18-year-old struggles to explain how she felt as she set a new junior
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives is expected to vote on Thursday to approve a $1.9 billion spending bill to increase security at the US Capitol in response to the deadly January 6 breach. The sweeping legislation, introduced by House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat, covers a range of priorities, including funding to enhance security
Continue Reading(CNN) — Paul Mooney, el famoso comediante estrella de «Chappelle’s Show» y «Bamboozled», murió a los 79 años, dijo a The Hollywood Reporter una representante del actor, Cassandra Williams. La hija de Mooney, Spring Mooney, también abordó la noticia en Twitter y dijo que su «mejor amigo» había muerto. FOTOS | Los famosos que han
Continue ReadingZhang Yiming built ByteDance into one of the biggest names in Chinese tech. Now he’s stepping down as CEO at just 38 years old, becoming the latest young tech entrepreneur in China to quit while leading a company on the rise. Zhang — who founded Tiktok owner ByteDance in Beijing nine years ago — announced
Continue ReadingNota del editor: esta historia contiene imágenes perturbadoras. Se recomienda la discreción del espectador. (CNN) — Un alto el fuego en el sangriento conflicto entre israelíes y palestinos podría ser «inminente, posiblemente en un plazo de 24 horas», dijeron funcionarios de Hamas a CNN el miércoles, en momentos en que líderes mundiales aumentaron la presión
Continue ReadingThere is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with poorer brain health, according to a new study. In an observational study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers from the University of Oxford studied the relationship between the self-reported alcohol intake of some 25,000 people in
Continue Reading(CNN) — Casi un año después de cerrar sus fronteras, la Unión Europea acordó permitir la entrada a viajeros vacunados de países con bajas tasas de infección, aumentando la posibilidad de escapadas de verano al continente. La medida tan esperada se confirmó el miércoles cuando la UE publicó sus recomendaciones para levantar las restricciones de
Continue Reading Penn State University’s Faculty Senate has approved a proposition to remove gendered language including “freshmen” and “upperclassmen” from course and program descriptions, the university told CNN. The Faculty Senate, which has legislative authority on educational matters at the university, voted on April 27 to pass the changes in proposition ‘AD84 — Preferred Name and Gender
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Gobierno de Bogotá informó el miércoles que se registraron incidentes de violencia al finalizar la jornada pacífica de protestas en la capital de Colombia. Las protestas del miércoles en Bogotá fueron en su mayor parte pacíficas, según las autoridades. (Photo by Diego Cuevas/Getty Images) Las protestas, dijo la secretaría
Continue Reading(CNN) — Una niña de 11 años que esperaba su autobús escolar en Pensacola, Florida, logró evitar un presunto intento de secuestro y ponerse a salvo el martes por la mañana, dijeron las autoridades. Un sospechoso de 30 años fue arrestado más tarde el mismo día después de una búsqueda en la que participaron al
Continue Reading Several Indian states are facing shortages of a drug used to treat black fungus, a rare and potentially fatal infection that is increasingly being detected in Covid-19 patients, health authorities in the country have warned. The infection, known by doctors as mucormycosis, had been seen in India before the pandemic, but cases are mounting rapidly
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