The highs and lows of Bill Cosby’s career
Bill Cosby has been convicted of aggravated indecent assault. The entertainer’s career spans five decades and includes several iconic shows, but much of his legacy has been damaged.
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Jamie Lynn Spears breaks her silence about Britney
Jamie Lynn Spears spoke out on social media about the conservatorship of her sister, Britney Spears.
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Una mujer de Florida vio que se formaba una grieta en su condominio y se dijo: ‘Tienes que correr para salvar tu vida’
olivertapia (CNN) — Si uno de los muchos pequeños momentos de la última noche de Iliana Monteagudo en su condominio de Surfside, Florida, hubiera sido diferente, ella cree que no estaría viva hoy. Sus tarjetas de crédito ya estaban en su bolso, revisó la puerta de su balcón, no pudo encontrar la escalera al principio:
Continue ReadingMany Covid vaccine doses donated to African countries are not recognized by EU travel certificate
By Sarah Dean, Amy Cassidy and Mia Alberti, CNN The African Union and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have voiced “concern” after it emerged that Europe’s digital “green pass” does not recognize a vaccine that was donated to many African countries through the COVAX initiative. The European Union Digital Covid Certificate
Continue Reading República Dominicana iniciará la aplicación de tercera dosis de vacuna contra el covid-19 este jueves
olivertapia (CNN Español) — El Gobierno dominicano anunció este miércoles la aplicación de una tercera dosis de refuerzo contra el coronavirus e indicó que iniciará este jueves con el personal de salud. En una rueda de prensa, encabezada por el presidente Luis Abinader, las autoridades explicaron que la presencia de nuevas variantes hasta «ocho veces
Continue Reading Bolivia: Arce anuncia la compra de seis millones de vacunas de Sinopharm
olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Este miércoles, el presidente de Bolivia, Luis Arce, anunció durante un discurso en cadena nacional la compra de un nuevo lote de vacunas de la farmacéutica Sinopharm de China de seis millones de dosis. Arce explicó que se estima que un primer envió llegue el 10 de julio y posteriormente
Continue Reading Jueza niega una solicitud hecha en noviembre para destituir al padre de Britney Spears como su tutor
olivertapia (CNN) — Una jueza de la Corte Superior de Los Ángeles denegó el miércoles una moción para destituir al padre de Britney Spears como tutor del patrimonio de su hija, e hizo oficial una solicitud hecha en noviembre para permitir que un fideicomiso actúe como co-tutor. Si bien la decisión se tomó solo una
Continue Reading La tormenta tropical Elsa se forma en el Atlántico
olivertapia (CNN) — La Depresión Tropical Cinco se fortaleció y ahora es la tormenta tropical Elsa, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos. La tormenta tiene vientos de 64 km/h y se encuentra a 1.390 kilómetros al este-sureste de las Islas de Barlovento. Corre hacia el oeste a 40 km/h. Así fue la
Continue ReadingGap to close all stores in UK and Ireland
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Gap will close all 81 of its stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland by the end of September and go fully online, as the brand adjusts to changes in shopping habits following the pandemic. The American apparel retailer, which owns Old Navy and Banana Republic, said in a statement
Continue ReadingSee China’s ‘red holy sites’ as Communist party marks centennial
As China’s Communist Party marks the 100th anniversary of its founding, “red tourism” — field trips to sites of historical significance to the party — is booming. CNN’s David Culver reports from one such site, Yan’an in Shaanxi Province.
Continue ReadingAs China’s Communist Party turns 100, its members’ ‘red genes’ matter more than ever to Beijing
By Steven Jiang and Jessie Yeung, CNN For a decidedly atheist political organization, China’s ruling Communist Party is fond of talking about its origins in religious terms. In party literature and state media, former revolutionary bases are labeled “holy sites,” and the almost obligatory visits to such locations by the rank and file are meant
Continue Reading‘Never give up hope’: Biden reprises role as consoler-in-chief during South Florida visit
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, whose empathy amid loss is his chief political characteristic, traveled Thursday to console families in Florida who are enduring the excruciating search for loved ones inside a seaside condo that suddenly collapsed a week ago. “Never give up hope,” he told the anguished relatives of those still missing,
Continue ReadingSEARCH FOR SURVIVORS: BIDEN TO VISIT SURFSIDE (6aET)
Rescue crews pull in more resources as children are identified among the 18 killed in a Florida condo collapse.
Continue ReadingRepublican trip to the border highlights how proxy voting has changed Congress
By Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Madison Cawthorn once opposed the special Covid-era rule that lets House members vote even when they’re away from the House, calling it for “cowards,” but on Wednesday the North Carolina Republican made flagrant and unabashed use of it — by traveling to the border wall
Continue ReadingSurgeon General on Delta variant: If you are not vaccinated, you are in trouble
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says he is concerned that the Detla variant of Covid-19 is behind the rise in cases of coronavirus in the US and warned that the unvaccinated are at risk because it spreads faster than any known variant.
Continue ReadingProsecutors charge Trump Organization with a 15-year tax scheme
By Erica Orden and Kara Scannell, CNN Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is appearing in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday afternoon to respond to criminal charges against him and the company in connection with alleged tax crimes. The indictment charges the Trump Organization, Trump Payroll Corporation and Allen Weisselberg. Prosecutors in court described a
Continue ReadingToo much Southern food can cause a sudden heart attack, but Mediterranean diet reduced risk
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN You don’t have to be Southern to love fried chicken, buttered biscuits, sausage gravy, sweet tea or any of the other fried and fat- or sugar-laden foods typical of this American region. But a new study found eating a steady diet of traditional Southern food can make you 46% more likely
Continue ReadingThe science of laughter and why it’s good for us
By Katie Hunt, CNN Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling. Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our relationships. Here are some things you might not know about laughter. Laughter was a survival tool Laughter is thought
Continue ReadingDoes spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye — and science
By Gregory McNamee, CNN If you were a kid raised anytime between the 1930s and the 1970s — or raised by someone who was raised then — chances are good that you grew up with the idea that spinach was a muscle builder par excellence. We owe that notion to a comic-strip cartoonist named Elzie
Continue Reading A Florida woman saw a crack forming in her condo and told herself, ‘You have to run to save your life’
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN If one of many small moments of Iliana Monteagudo’s last night in her Surfside, Florida, condo had gone differently, she said she believes she would not be alive today. Her credit cards were already in her purse, she checked her balcony door, she couldn’t find the staircase at first: all details
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