Here’s some good news: when people put their mind to it, they can act on climate. Research published on Wednesday has shown a significant drop in emissions of a banned ozone-depleting chemical after China clamped down on its illegal production. As a result of this drop, the recovery of the ozone layer has resumed. The
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Arizona lawmakers continue to push to allow customers to purchase “cocktails to-go” from restaurants and bars.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week is set to release highly anticipated new guidance for getting children physically back to school during the coronavirus pandemic. The Biden administration is pushing to reopen schools, an issue some view as being tied to the reopening of the economy and a return to normal
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The first cases of the South African strain of the coronavirus were reported Wednesday in California.
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If the House signs off, voters would be asked to limit a governor’s emergency declaration to 30 days unless lawmakers vote to extend it.
Continue ReadingWith coronavirus variants posing a serious threat to President Joe Biden’s efforts to contain the pandemic, a Biden official tells CNN that the administration is still simply “not where we want to be” on surveillance of mutations in the US — and simultaneously worried that Americans will grow increasingly complacent about the virus. “We are
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Larry Flynt, the “Hustler” magazine founder and outspoken First Amendment activist who built an adult entertainment empire, died Wednesday at his Hollywood Hills home, his nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., tells CNN. He was 78. His exact cause of death was not disclosed, but Flynt Jr. said his uncle had been in frail health for much
Continue Reading The New York Times is familiar with breaking some of the biggest stories related to culture, race, and gender. But events over the past several weeks reveal that the nation’s paper of record is largely divided when it discovers such issues sitting in its own backyard. The announcement Friday of the departure of two high-profile
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(CNN Español) — Carlos Mejía Godoy, autor de canciones emblemáticas de la Revolución Sandinista que derrocó a Anastasio Somoza en 1979, rechazó este miércoles, a través de un video divulgado en sus redes sociales, el proyecto de ley «que declara la bandera, el himno, el sello, las canciones, los documentos escritos, gráficos y audiovisuales del
Continue Reading Kansas City Chiefs outside linebackers coach Britt Reid is no longer employed by the team, according to reports by ESPN and the NFL Network. Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was placed on administrative leave after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash last Thursday. The crash left a 5-year-old girl in critical
Continue Reading There’s a new busiest air travel route right now, and it’s not what you’d expect. No, it’s not Dubai to London, or Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. It’s … Orlando to San Juan. (Which, yes, is classified as international.) Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading The Harvard Law Review has elected Hassaan Shahawy, a Los Angeles born and bred Egyptian American, as the first Muslim president in its 134-year history. Jennifer Heath, the program administrator and information systems manager at the publication, confirmed that Shahawy is the first Muslim president. Founded in 1887 by future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration’s rollout out of active-duty troops to boost vaccination capacity is off to a slow start as the Federal Emergency Management Agency sorts through requests from individual states, according to multiple defense officials. FEMA initially anticipated that as many as 10,000 troops would be used in the effort, but so far barely a
Continue Reading Usar dos mascarillas puede bloquear el escape de más del 92% de las partículas. Más de 11 millones de personas podrían perder los subsidios por desempleo. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Fuertes videos sobre el ataque al Capitolio marcan el juicio político de Trump Los fiscales
Continue Reading Tokio (CNN) — El presidente del Comité Organizador de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, Yoshiro Mori, dimitirá después de que comentarios sexistas que hizo sobre las mujeres se filtraran a los medios japoneses la semana pasada, informó el jueves la emisora pública japonesa NHK, citando fuentes. Mori dijo en una reunión de la junta
Continue Reading A variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina and, just days later, in Maryland. Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving — it’s what viruses
Continue Reading While vaccinations are ramping up across the United States and many parts of the world, some preliminary studies have suggested the current vaccines may not be as effective with emerging coronavirus variants. With companies looking to develop booster shots that target these variants, some have asked — should I wait before I get the vaccine
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, explicó este miércoles en entrevista con Fernando del Rincón en «Conclusiones» de CNN en Español en qué consiste el Estatuto de Protección Temporal que cobijaría a alrededor de un millón de migrantes venezolanos que actualmente están en territorio colombiano en situación irregular. El presidente dijo que actualmente
Continue Reading “Where are the stamps?” I asked my wife. “I can’t believe you are asking me. They are right where they always are,” she yelled from across the room. This does nothing to help me in my quest. The stamps are nowhere to be found. My wife and I engage in this dance, a common couple’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las personas que han sido vacunadas por completo contra el coronavirus en Estados Unidos –en este momento eso significa con dos dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer/BioNTech o de Moderna– pueden omitir la cuarentena si han sido expuestas a alguien infectado con el virus, dijeron el miércoles los Centros para el Control y
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