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Month: February 2021

“No hay remedios milagrosos, santitos, estampitas ni gotitas que nos vayan a salvar” de la pandemia, dice la doctora Laurie Ann Ximénez-Vivye

(CNN Español) — Las nuevas variantes del coronavirus, que vienen del Reino Unido, Brasil y Sudáfrica, se van extendiendo por el mundo y han suscitado varias preguntas: ¿cuán graves van a ser estas nuevas variantes? ¿Se viene una segunda o tercera ola de la pandemia que va a poder vencer incluso las mejores vacunas? ¿vamos

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Alguien trató de envenenar con lejía a la población de una ciudad de Florida hackeando el sistema de tratamiento de agua, dice el sheriff

(CNN) — Un pirata informático obtuvo acceso al sistema de tratamiento de agua de Oldsmar, Florida, el viernes e intentó aumentar los niveles de hidróxido de sodio, comúnmente conocido como lejía, en el agua de la ciudad, dijeron las autoridades, poniendo a miles de personas en riesgo de envenenamiento. El incidente tuvo lugar el viernes

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Explosives are missing from the nation’s largest Marine Corps base and an investigation is underway

Explosives are missing from the nation’s largest US Marine Corps base, according to military officials who said Tuesday an investigation is underway. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California, notified the Morongo Basin Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department last week, but a department spokesperson told CNN

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Presidente ejecutivo de Delta critica propuesta de Biden para exigir pruebas de covid-19 a viajeros nacionales

(CNN Business) –- La propuesta de exigir a los pasajeros de aerolíneas nacionales que demuestren un resultado negativo en la prueba de covid-19 es una «idea horrible», según el presidente ejecutivo de Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian. Bastian le dijo este martes a Poppy Harlow, de CNN, que la propuesta que evalúa el gobierno de Biden

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This impeachment trial could surprise us

Now that Donald Trump and his defenders have failed (again) to persuade the Senate that an ex-president cannot be impeached, the trial of the former president will begin in earnest. The House managers who foreshadowed their opening argument on Tuesday and will present it in full on Wednesday and Thursday have the best of the

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Oxígeno en ruedas, una iniciativa mexicana que se solidariza con pacientes de covid-19

(CNN Español) — Arturo Acosta trabaja desde hace siete años en la industria del gas, específicamente en el suministro de oxígeno medicinal en una empresa localizada en Guadalajara, capital del estado de Jalisco, en el occidente de México. Durante las tres primeras semanas de enero, México alcanzó cifras récord en contagios y muertes por covid-19.

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Aunt Jemima finally has a new name

Quaker Oats is releasing a new name and logo for its “Aunt Jemima” products, finally retiring the racist stereotype that has adorned its pancake mixes and syrups for decades. The name “Aunt Jemima,” long criticized as a racist caricature of a Black woman stemming from slavery, will be replaced with the Pearl Milling Company name and

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Why Trump’s defense team failed miserably

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump got underway on Tuesday with arguments about whether the US Senate has jurisdiction to try the former president now that he has left office. Most legal scholars, regardless of political ideology, believe it does. But impeachment is a political rather than a legal process, so a debate and

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Kansas City Chiefs place assistant coach Britt Reid on administrative leave after car crash hospitalized two children

The Kansas City Chiefs placed outside linebackers coach Britt Reid on administrative leave Tuesday after he was involved in a multi-vehicle crash that hospitalized two children, leaving one with a brain injury. The team said in a statement that they “remain in the process of gathering information on the incident, and we will continue to

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