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By Chandelis Duster, CNN The family of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday demanded the Senate pass voting rights legislation and said lawmakers who truly honor the late civil rights leader’s legacy must stand on the right side of history. “No matter what happens tomorrow, we must keep the pressure on and say no more
Continue ReadingCNN By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN As the chamber returned after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer started debate on House-passed voting rights legislation and warned that “the eyes of the nation will be watching what happens this week in the United States Senate.” Democrats are pushing ahead on
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TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s health regulator has approved a pill by Pfizer that treats the effects of COVID-19. Health Canada authorized Paxlovid for adult patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are also at high risk of becoming more seriously ill. Health Canada did not authorize it for use on teenagers or on patients who
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — La erupción el sábado del volcán Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, ubicado cerca de Tonga, puso en el centro de la discusión el tema de los volcanes submarinos. ¿Por qué? Para empezar, este volcán es de tipo submarino, de acuerdo con el Programa de Vulcanismo Global del Instituto Smithsoniano. Además, su erupción fue
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Health facilities on the Navajo Nation are increasing the ability to test for COVID-19 and vaccinate people as the omicron variant spreads. Navajo President Jonathan Nez says the facilities also are working to give out more home testing kids in January while cases are surging. The tribe reported 179 additional
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story STONEHAM, Massachussets (WBZ) — A Stoneham police officer is recovering after he was mauled by a dog on Sunday morning. Officer Joe Ponzo was making a routine call at a home when he was attacked. Police said the dog lunged at the officer when the
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina remains the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Texas A&M and Arkansas last week. South Carolina is off until hosting Vanderbilt next Monday. There was no
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina remains the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Texas A&M and Arkansas last week. South Carolina is off until hosting Vanderbilt next Monday. There was no
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By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania and Turkey have pledged to further boost their ties and increase their economic and cultural relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Albania on Monday to talk with Prime Minister Edi Rama on strengthening bilateral ties and also inaugurate new apartments funded by Turkey for
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania and Turkey have pledged to further boost their ties and increase their economic and cultural relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Albania on Monday to talk with Prime Minister Edi Rama on strengthening bilateral ties and also inaugurate new apartments funded by Turkey for
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Ghislaine Maxwell ya no luchará por mantener en secreto los nombres de ocho ‘John Does’ y dejará que el tribunal decida si los nombres deben ser desvelados, según una carta fechada el 12 de enero. Los documentos forman parte de una demanda por difamación contra Maxwell presentada en 2015 por
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours is asking Georgia’s highest court to overturn his convictions for murder and child cruelty. Justin Ross Harris is serving life without parole for malice murder in the June 2014 death
Continue Reading HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a commercial diver who went missing in the ocean near an oil platform off Southern California has been found dead. The Coast Guard says the search began Sunday morning in the area surrounding the oil processing facility known as platform Elly, off Huntington Beach. Sonar equipment on a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Assistant coach Joseph Blair is set to coach the Washington Wizards against Philadelphia after acting head coach Pat Delany entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Coach Wes Unseld Jr. entered health and safety protocols last week, leaving Delany to coach the team against Portland on Saturday. Now Blair is the next
Continue ReadingOpinion by Marco Lambertini, Gim Huay Neo and Elizabeth Mrema for CNN Business Perspectives Almost two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, scientific breakthroughs powered by international collaboration have helped us create vaccines and other treatments that can help tackle the health crisis. But our broken relationship with the natural world continues to
Continue ReadingBy Stella Sun Click here for updates on this story NEW MEXCO (KOAT) — The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is warning the community of a new scam – illegitimate COVID-19 testing sites. Attorney General Hector Balderas said as more people are seeking COVID-19 tests, scammers are now exploiting this demand, to steal a person’s
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are facing an eventful offseason following a second straight first-round playoff exit. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is expected to retire after 18 seasons. Who will replace him is one of several key questions Pittsburgh needs to answer in the coming months. The offensive and
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si los científicos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) se pudieran salir con la suya, para frenar la propagación del covid-19 en este momento, casi todas las escuelas de Estados Unidos cancelarían sus clases de fútbol, lucha libre,
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Tropas del Ejército de Colombia están desde la madrugada de este lunes en el corregimiento de La Esmeralda, en el municipio de Arauquita en Arauca, luego de que el domingo circularan imágenes en redes sociales de supuestos integrantes del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) caminando por las calles de ese lugar.
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CNN By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN Though massive volcanoes have the potential to affect global temperatures and weather, the eruption near Tonga on Saturday was likely not large enough to impact global climate, experts tell CNN. The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption on Saturday was enormous; likely the largest in 30 years, according to experts. It
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