Mexicali hospital reaches full capacity
Health officials will place tents outside the hospital to extend the capacity to care with COVID-19 patients.
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5 things to know for December 24: Pardons, veto, coronavirus, Brexit, police violence
Some of the most unlikely places could get a white Christmas this year. For those who celebrate, have a safe and joyful holiday. We’ll be back in your inbox Monday morning. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
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Biden says months to fix Trump border policies
Biden says he will work to undo his predecessor’s actions and will focus on “humane” immigration policies that reunify families separated by the Trump administration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The year 2020 in space discoveries
This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a bright spot in 2020. Astronauts continued to safely travel to space, despite the pandemic, and even embarked on historic launches. And they taught us how to handle
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California to become 1st state to top 2 million virus cases
California’s Christmas Eve was marked by pleas to stay home for the holidays and a grim milestone as it was poised to become the first state to top 2 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
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Biden’s post-election stock market bump is easily beating Trump’s
The Biden era is off to a roaring start on Wall Street, even surpassing the euphoria following President Donald Trump’s upset victory in 2016. The S&P 500 has surged 10% since Election Day to all-time highs. That nearly doubles the 5.5% rally during the same post-election period in 2016. The Nasdaq, lifted by high-flying tech
Continue Reading2020 was a year of reckonings across the United States
With Christmas approaching, Pastor Luke Fillmore of the United Methodist Church in Hamburg, Iowa — a small town in the state’s southwest corner that was already reeling from disastrous floods, even before the coronavirus pandemic and the contentious 2020 election — told me he’s been thinking a lot about how to facilitate the desire among
Continue Reading Parents in infamous ‘Balloon Boy’ saga pardoned by Colorado governor
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pardoned the parents involved in the “Balloon Boy” saga of 2009 as part of nearly two dozen pardons and commutations on Wednesday. Richard and Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty in 2009 after telling authorities that their aptly named 6-year-old son Falcon was inside a silver helium balloon that took off from their
Continue Reading Forced out of school during the pandemic, now she’s pregnant. She’s one of millions of girls who won’t return to the classroom
Editor’s Note: Bella’s voice has been digitally altered to maintain her anonymity. Bella says her unplanned pregnancy made her mother so furious that she beat her. She had no idea that the 19-year-old had begun exchanging sex for cash in order to help pay for food for her three younger siblings and two cousins, who
Continue Reading Meghan and Prince Harry share Christmas card starring little Archie
Meghan and Prince Harry released a family Christmas card featuring their 19-month-old son Archie in his first public image in months. In the card, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex focus their attention on a light-haired Archie as the family is surrounded by their two dogs, a miniature home and lush greenery. A small Christmas
Continue Reading California surpasses 2 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, more than all but a few countries
Over two million people in California have tested positive for Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, more cases than in all but a handful of countries. The state’s grim new milestone — 2,002,494 cases as of late Wednesday — comes as ICUs are near or at full capacity across the state. California hit
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US passes 1 million people vaccinated for coronavirus
The nearly yearlong coronavirus pandemic has been full of gloomy numbers but Wednesday brought an encouraging one — more than 1 million people have received their first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine. And that reported number is low, because many doses administrated in recent days have yet to be tabulated in the figures from the
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Delta gifts employee who battled Covid-19 for months a first-class trip anywhere in the world
Janese Cockfield refused to sit idly by as her twin sister, Janice, lay in a coma 600 miles away, batting to survive Covid-19. “I was constantly on the phone calling,” Janese said. “I was just thinking about how do we get Janice back home, and that’s it.” Janese and Janice shared their experiences in an
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Trump is more erratic than ever with final days in sight
It turns out there are no silent nights in the Trump era. Even in the lead-up to Christmas, even in humiliating loss, even as Americans attempt reflection on what has been, for many, the worst year of their lives, President Donald Trump seems bent on maintaining an unrelenting pace of norm-smashing as his term concludes.
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Instituto Butantan en Brasil dice que vacuna de Sinovac tiene eficacia “superior al mínimo recomendado por la OMS”
(CNN Español) — En Brasil, el Instituto Butantan y el gobierno del estado de Sao Paulo informaron este miércoles que CoronaVac, la vacuna contra el covid-19 desarrollada en alianza con la compañía china Sinovac Life Sciences, alcanzó “una tasa de eficacia superior al mínimo» recomendado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y, por
Continue Reading Track Santa as he flies around the world on Christmas Eve
NORAD is focusing its formidable tracking systems on Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight delivering presents to children around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada, has activated its official Santa Tracker. You can follow his sleigh
Continue Reading Estadounidenses en apuros económicos califican el proyecto de ley de subsidios como muy poco y demasiado tarde
(CNN) — Pedro Martínez tiene un mensaje sencillo para el Congreso: «¡AYÚDENOS!» El veterano militar y padre de cuatro hijos dijo que los subsidios de US$ 600 aprobados esta semana como parte de un segundo paquete de ayuda para el coronavirus son demasiado pequeños para deshacer el daño financiero que ha sufrido su familia. La
Continue Reading South Carolina man sues city of Rock Hill, alleging police ordered him out of his house naked and held him at gunpoint while searching his house
A South Carolina man filed a lawsuit against the city of Rock Hill on Monday, alleging that police officers ordered him out of his house naked and held him at gunpoint while searching his home in 2019. Jethro DeVane, 71, is suing the city for gross negligence, civil assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional
Continue Reading Teachers and school employees will be in the next round of people to get a Covid-19 vaccine in Ohio
The next group of people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Ohio will be the state’s teachers and school staff. Ohio teachers and school staff including cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians and clerical workers — along with any other worker who comes in contact with the children at that school — will be in the
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