olivertapia (CNN) — Una familia en Georgia está de luto después de que un niño de 5 años, descrito como alguien que no tenía “nada más que amor puro”, murió pocos días después de que le diagnosticaran covid-19. Los casos de covid-19 en niños van en aumento en Estados Unidos Wyatt Gibson sufrió un derrame
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Tennessee officials voted Thursday to remove the bust of a Ku Klux Klan and Confederate leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol and into the Tennessee State Museum. “After more than a year in the making, this process has finally come to a close,” said Tennessee Republican
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El relevo de la antorcha olímpica ha sido degradado para los Juegos de Verano de Tokio 2020, con el covid-19 convirtiendo el viaje tradicionalmente público de la llama desde Olimpia, Grecia, en un asunto en gran parte privado. Si bien los Juegos Olímpicos pasados han visto la antorcha llevada bajo el
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Tommy Dorfman se presentó a sí misma como una mujer trans y en las redes sociales anunció que se identifica con el pronombre ella. “Estoy especialmente agradecida con todas las personas trans que caminaron por este camino, rompieron barreras y arriesgaron sus vidas para vivir auténtica y radicalmente como ellos mismos antes
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Zixu Wang, CNN At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery efforts following devastating floods that submerged entire neighborhoods, trapped passengers in subway cars, caused landslides and overwhelmed dams and rivers. Torrential rains have battered Henan province since last
Continue ReadingSeveral people in Zhengzhou, China have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded the city’s subway. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as emergency services have been deployed to assist in the rescue operations.
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By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Tennessee officials voted Thursday to remove the bust of a Ku Klux Klan and Confederate leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol and into the Tennessee State Museum. “After more than a year in the making, this process has finally come to a close,” said Tennessee Republican
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN After a Louisiana man who declined to be vaccinated died of Covid-19, his mother organized a vaccine drive at his memorial to help prevent the same outcome befalling other family and friends. Betty Antoine wanted to encourage people to get inoculated after her son, 46-year-old Baton Rouge resident Brandon Haynes, refused
Continue ReadingCNN’s Larry Madowo shares his frustration and anger over losing his uncle to Covid-19 and says vaccine inequality around the world must end.
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Business Vaccine inequity is undermining a “truly global economic recovery” from Covid-19, according to data released Thursday by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Oxford. The organizations said vaccine inequity would have a “lasting and profound impact” on the
Continue Reading As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan’s home team is gunning for gold. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a cutting-edge street skateboarding crew, to trace the country’s skateboarding origins and explores how it’s gaining in popularity as it prepares to make a splash at the Summer Games.
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Dos semanas después del asesinato del presidente de Haití, Jovenel Moïse, en su casa en Puerto Príncipe, un hecho que ha generado una ola de incertidumbre en el país, su familia se prepara despedir los restos del mandatario. Según un comunicado publicado el lunes por la oficina de la primera dama,
Continue ReadingBy Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb attack and gun rampage. The July 22 attacks left Norway, a small, close-knit Nordic country, stunned and grieving. Just over a year later, Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN While Covid-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been driving the bulk of the nationwide surge. White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Thursday the country has “fundamentally changed the course of this pandemic” and the
Continue ReadingA Missouri mother is mourning her unvaccinated daughter’s death, and pleading for people to think of their loved ones and get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, aseguró en CNN que su gobierno está tomando acciones para cambiar el sistema carcelario del país. Lasso anunció el martes el estado de emergencia del sector penitenciario tras los motines en dos penales de Guayaquil y Latacunga, que dejaron al menos 20 muertos y
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La Quinta City Councilmember Steve Sanchez is set to announce his intention to run for California’s 28th State Senate District seat in 2022. Sanchez made the announcement on his Facebook page Thursday evening. “It’s been an honor to serve my country as a #USMarine for 8 years, an honor to have been overwhelmingly elected twice
Continue ReadingCNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of them struggle to secure US visas and protection.
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Wojazer, Zachary Cohen, Michael Callahan and Jessie Yeung, CNN The French power company that co-owns a nuclear plant in China would shut it down if it could, due to damage to the fuel rods, a spokesperson said — but the decision is ultimately up to the plant’s Chinese operator. The spokesperson for Electricite
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Thursday announced a major change in how the state pays unemployment benefits, potentially unlocking payments for up to 100,000 people who have gone weeks or months without assistance. Getting unemployment benefits is a two-step process. First, state officials must decide if people
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