Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia entregará a final del año un bono por un monto de 500.000 pesos (unos US$ 102 al cambio actual) para los hogares de más escasos recursos del país. Serán dos millones de hogares que recibirán este monto único en el mes de diciembre, informó el
Continue ReadingBy FOX 12 Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — One person was injured in a head-on crash in northeast Portland early Wednesday morning. At about 5:44 a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue crews were called out to a crash at Northeast 33rd Avenue and Northeast Lombard. Crews arrived to find
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MADRID (AP) — Spain said Wednesday it’s enacting a new ethics code to discourage toy manufacturers from using sexist stereotypes such as dolls for girls and action figures for boys in advertisements as the Christmas season kicks off. A government statement said the new “self-regulatory” code urges companies to run adverts that engender an image
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist As the hurricane season closes, a handful of blockbuster storms made history after an eerily quiet first half of the season gave false hope. “Overall, the season was less active than we anticipated,” said Phil Klotzbach, research scientist at Colorado State University. “We (and most other groups) forecast an above-normal
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business DoorDash on Wednesday said it will lay off about 1,250 corporate employees after growing its team too quickly during the pandemic, making it the latest tech company to cut staff in recent weeks. The cuts represent about 6% of DoorDash’s staff, according to a company spokesperson. DoorDash CEO Tony Xu
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Andi Babineau, CNN A school board will pay a $10 million settlement in the death of 16-year-old Imani Bell, an Atlanta-area basketball player whose 2019 death from heat-related injuries led to murder charges against two coaches, the family’s legal team said. The payout from the Clayton County Board of Education,
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A ridge of high pressure will keep us sunny and relatively mild today before a series of weak storms moves through Northern California. Highs today will reach very close to the seasonal norm of 73, but we’ll see cooler conditions the remain of the week. Cooler air bottled up to the North will spill into
Continue ReadingBy Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — School districts are getting a report card of their own as the state scores them on how well their students are doing. It lists all sorts of factors – test scores, graduation rates, absentee rates. It’s important to note these are
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The number of job openings in the United States dropped in October, but the labor market still remains historically tight despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool demand and bring down inflation. There were 10.3 million available jobs last month, down from nearly 10.7 million in September, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story MT. JULIET, Tennessee (WSMV) — A man has been arrested after breaking into and stealing from a Mt. Juliet police officer’s personal vehicle. According to the Mt. Juliet Police Department, the officer’s vehicle was left unattended while he was out for dinner with his wife
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Olivia Alafriz, CNN Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, facing renewed and growing questions about his residency in the final week of the runoff campaign, described himself during a campaign speech in January as living in Texas and said he decided to run for Georgia’s Senate seat while at his
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BERLIN (AP) — German energy company Uniper is suing Gazprom for damages over natural gas that hasn’t been delivered since June when the Russian supplier started reducing amounts to Germany. Gas importer Uniper said Wednesday that it has initiated proceedings against Gazprom Export at an international arbitration tribunal in Stockholm. It said the cost to
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, CNN Oklahoma musician Jake Flint died unexpectedly over the weekend, hours after getting married, his publicist Clif Doyal told CNN. He was 37. “Jake Flint was a true Ambassador of the Oklahoma and Texas Red Dirt music scene,” Doyal said. “He was not only a prolific songwriter, recording artist, and in-demand live
Continue Reading CNN By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Wolves are pack animals, living in family groups led by a matriarch and her mate. Some wolves stay with their pack their whole lives, helping hunt and raise pups like aunts and uncles as they mature, but others split off to find a mate of their own and start their
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The US economy grew much faster than expected in the third quarter, according to the latest gross domestic product report, which showed GDP rose by an annualized rate of 2.9%. That’s an improvement from the initial government reading in October that showed 2.6% growth in economic activity, and better than
Continue Reading By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Wolves are pack animals, living in family groups led by a matriarch and her mate. Some wolves stay with their pack their whole lives, helping hunt and raise pups like aunts and uncles as they mature, but others split off to find a mate of their own and start their own
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Gobierno colombiano solicitó formalmente este martes al presidente Joe Biden que otorgue el estatus de Salida Forzada Diferida a los migrantes colombianos en EE.UU., en un momento en que el número de ciudadanos colombianos detenidos en la frontera sur de ese país ha aumentado significativamente. La solicitud forma parte
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Interior Ministry says police are investigating reports of a small blast at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid. The ministry says police were told an employee at the embassy was slightly injured handling a letter. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said that the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid received an
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer DoorDash is eliminating more than 1,200 corporate jobs, saying it hired too many people when delivery demand surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Tony Xu said in a message to employees Wednesday that DoorDash was undersized before the pandemic and sped up hiring to catch up with its growth.
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer DoorDash is eliminating more than 1,200 corporate jobs, saying it hired too many people when delivery demand surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Tony Xu said in a message to employees Wednesday that DoorDash was undersized before the pandemic and sped up hiring to catch up with its growth.
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