February 2021

Chicanos Por La Causa taking nominations for outstanding Latino teachers

February 9, 2021 8:02 AM Sumiko Keil, Christian Galeno

$20,000 in total cash prizes will be awarded to four winning teachers

Meet the House impeachment managers

February 9, 2021 7:57 AM CNN Newsource

A select group of House Democrats known as impeachment managers will act as prosecutors when former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial gets into full swing Tuesday afternoon. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named nine Democrats to serve as impeachment managers, a role that calls on them to make the case against Trump during the

It’s National Pizza Day!

February 9, 2021 7:51 AM Dominique Newland, CNN

(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – The time has come to wrap yourself in the warm, gooey embrace of cheese, settle into a heavenly array of toppings, and chomp down on some comforting crust. It’s National Pizza Day. Now, that’s not to be confused with National Cheese Pizza Day (September 5), National Pepperoni Pizza Day (September 20), National

Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield reunite for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

February 9, 2021 7:42 AM CNN Newsource

There was a moment filming “Judas and the Black Messiah” that star Daniel Kaluuya will not forget. In the scene, Kaluuya as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton delivers his famous “I am a revolutionary” speech. “It’s not like I became him, I felt like he was there,” Kaluuya recently told CNN. “I felt like he

Cloudy, warm day ahead

February 9, 2021 7:36 AM Dominique Newland

YUMA Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) – Dry conditions with above normal temperatures are expected through most of the workweek. On Tuesday, increasing clouds with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph in the morning.

Phoebe Bridgers wants you to know women can smash guitars too

February 9, 2021 7:33 AM CNN Newsource

At the end of her performance of her single “I Know The End” on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend, Phoebe Bridgers attempted to smash her guitar. Some people got in their feelings about it. Twitter was filled with folks questioning why she did it and using words like “extra” to describe it — even

Idaho police say they shot and killed an armed man in his own front yard after mistaking him for a suspect

February 9, 2021 7:16 AM CNN Newsource

Police fatally shot an armed man in his own front yard after mistaking him for a suspect during a pursuit in Idaho on Monday, police said. The man who was shot and killed was not the suspect, who was found after the incident hiding in a nearby shed, Idaho Falls Police Department Chief Bryce Johnson

Bitcoin is going mainstream. Elon Musk isn’t the only reason

February 9, 2021 7:14 AM CNN Newsource

Tesla’s decision to invest in Bitcoin has sent prices to a record high. But it’s not the only catalyst driving the cryptocurrency’s rapid ascent. What’s happening: Bitcoin leaped above $48,000 for the first time ever after Tesla said Monday that it would soon accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles. The electric carmaker, led by

At least 15 people died in avalanches last week, the deadliest week of US avalanches on record

February 9, 2021 6:55 AM CNN Newsource

Andy Jessen was the mayor pro tempore of Eagle, Colorado. Sarah Moughamian, a lover of all things outdoors, spent all the free time she had in the Utah snow. Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska’s Bear Mountain.

Coca-Cola is introducing its first bottle made from 100% recycled plastic

February 9, 2021 6:45 AM CNN Newsource

Coca-Cola is launching a new bottle size for the first time in a decade, but it’s what the bottle’s made of that marks an even more notable first: 100% recycled plastic material. The new 13.2-ounce recyclable bottle that some customers will see on shelves this week is made entirely of other plastics, and it’s the

Read: OMB nominee Neera Tanden’s opening statement

February 9, 2021 6:21 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will appear before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Tuesday for a confirmation hearing. Read her opening statement as prepared:

Victoria arrolladora de Rafael Nadal en el Abierto de Australia

February 9, 2021 6:14 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN en Español) — El tenista español Rafael Nadal arranca a lo grande en el Abierto de Australia. Menos de dos horas se demoró el de Mallorca para llevarse la primera victoria del primer Grand Slam de la temporada ante el serbio Laslo Djere. (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images) Después de semanas de

Biden OMB nominee to pledge bipartisan approach ahead of tough Senate confirmation hearing

February 9, 2021 6:07 AM CNN

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will pledge to bring a bipartisan approach to the role during her confirmation hearing Tuesday as she faces down fierce opposition from Senate Republicans. In her prepared opening remarks before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Tanden vows that, if confirmed, she

Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76

February 9, 2021 5:48 AM The Associated Press, Christian Galeno

Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Florence Ballard made up the first successful configuration of The Supremes.

Cómo ver el juicio político de Trump en el Senado

February 9, 2021 5:48 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — El martes marca el comienzo del segundo juicio político del expresidente Donald Trump, y todos los ojos están puestos en el Senado que servirá como jurado para deliberar si condena o absuelve al expresidente. Aquí te mostramos cómo ver y qué debes saber sobre el juicio político del Senado. El caso llega a

Why the coronavirus variant in South Africa has put a damper on vaccines — and why many are still hopeful

February 9, 2021 5:36 AM CNN

A roller coaster of research has stoked concerns that a coronavirus variant first linked to South Africa could be resistant to vaccines and raise the bar for herd immunity. But scientists and vaccine makers say the data have not yet had the final word, and there’s still reason to be hopeful. On Sunday, health officials

New stimulus check plan would exclude families making more than $200,000

February 9, 2021 5:23 AM Sumiko Keil, CNN

House Democrats rejected a Republican proposal to narrow eligibility for further stimulus payments and move forward with legislation that would provide $1,400 stimulus payments per person.

Premier League referee and family receive online death threats

February 9, 2021 5:22 AM CNN Newsource

A leading English referee and his family have been subjected to online death threats following two erroneous decisions in successive games he took charge of. Mike Dean had received criticism for sending off West Ham’s Tomas Soucek on Saturday and Southampton’s Jan Bednarek on February 2, despite reviewing both incidents on the pitch-side monitor. Both

After allowing parents to opt-out of the Black History Month curriculum, a Utah school is switching the decision

February 9, 2021 5:11 AM CNN Newsource

A school in Utah is continuing its Black History Month curriculum after parents asked the school to allow their children opt out of the program.

Biden and Democrats prepare to act fast on judges, having learned lesson from Trump

February 9, 2021 5:00 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden had been in office less than a week when a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking one of his first immigration-related actions. The order was a victory for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who crowed “WE WON” on Twitter. In fact, Paxton, a controversial conservative Republican, had successfully gambled that his

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