Three police officers in Wichita, Kansas, were wounded Saturday when a modified shotgun discharged as they entered an empty home, authorities said. In a news release obtained by CNN affiliate KWCH, Wichita Police said the officers responded to a call from a homeowner that reported damage to a vacant home, believing someone might be inside.
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(CNN) — Al menos 18 personas murieron y más de 30 resultaron heridas en Myanmar el domingo cuando la policía y las fuerzas militares «se enfrentaron a manifestaciones pacíficas», dijo la Oficina de Derechos Humanos de la ONU. Las víctimas reportadas hacen del domingo el día más mortífero desde que los militares tomaron el poder
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has charged a Texas man who was allegedly caught on video attacking a dozen police officers with a chemical spray during the Capitol insurrection, according to court records. Federal prosecutors say Daniel Caldwell, 49, used a chemical spray against a line of officers that were blocking rioters from entering the Capitol. It
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los nominados de este año a los Premios Globo de Oro son una mezcla de lo antiguo y lo nuevo, destacando lo que hemos estado viendo desde casa durante la cuarentena. Netflix lidera en nominaciones tanto para televisión como para cine, incluido el drama «Mank», con seis nominaciones. Premios Globo de Oro 2021:
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OPEC and Russia’s unprecedented production cuts last spring lifted oil prices out of a death spiral. Nearly a year later, the group is under pressure to cool off the red-hot market. US crude has raced back above $60 a barrel. That’s a far cry from the depths it reached last April when oil crashed below
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With the movie business upended during the pandemic and tilting more towards streaming than cineplexes, Hollywood is rethinking its business model. One significant debate is how long a gap there should be between a film’s theatrical release and its availability on streaming services. Although some studios have tried releasing films simultaneously in theaters and on
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmakers are wrestling with how to move forward with a series of immigration bills that would legalize undocumented immigrants, with some pushing for sweeping immigration revisions out of the gate and others urging caution. Lawmakers are hoping to resurface immigration bills on the House floor before April 1, a period in which they can
Continue ReadingWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s decision to not directly sanction Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the brutal death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying there are “more effective ways” to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the killing. “We believe there is more effective ways to make sure this
Continue ReadingMillions of students across the US are still out of the classroom after nearly a year, fueling a heated debate among school districts, teachers and parents about the best — and safest — way to educate kids even as President Joe Biden pushes to get them back in buildings. Biden has pledged to reopen most
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Rose Moore stands in front of a classroom, training a teacher about technology and safety for in-person learning. It’s the 44th time the assistant principal at Holmes Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has done this in recent weeks, meticulously explaining everything from the acrylic glass barrier in front of the teacher’s desk to how
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El proceso para aplicar la vacuna de covid-19 será el tema prioritario en el mundo en los próximos años a medida que los países intentan luchar contra la pandemia de coronavirus. ¿Cuál es la vacuna de covid-19 más efectiva? La vacuna Sputnik V tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19
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Long before Venus and Serena Williams, another tall, young Black woman shook up the staid world of tennis with her powerful serve and brilliant play. She was Althea Gibson, and tennis had long been a segregated sport when her skill and strength broke the color barrier in the 1950s. Gibson’s path to tennis stardom was
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A 16-year political shift has transformed the Commonwealth of Virginia from a solidly red state to a blue one. Democrats in the state now control all levers of power — the Governor’s mansion, and both chambers of the state legislature — for the first time in a generation. And they are leading in an unapologetically
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The Golden Globes will unofficially kickoff Hollywood’s award season on Sunday, but the event will look a little different this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While the nominees will all be remote, you will see two familiar faces on stage. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are teaming up again to host the Globes for
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de República Dominicana, Luis Abinader, anunció este sábado que su gobierno ha reservado otros 8 millones de dosis de la vacuna del laboratorio chino Sinovac para combatir la pandemia de coronavirus, al rendir cuentas al país por primera vez. “Ya vemos la luz al final de este largo túnel”, dijo
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He was never a household name, but Albert Murray was one of the most important Black thinkers of the 20th century. The essayist and social critic changed the way people talked about race by challenging Black separatism and insisting that the Black experience was central to American culture. He once remarked that American society is
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Noel Quintana said he was slashed across the face. “When I was attacked on the subway, there were so many New Yorkers around me, but nobody came to my help, nobody made a video,” the 61-year old Filipino American said. “I was scared I wasn’t going to make it. … We are all New Yorkers,
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The harrowing details of how so many Canadian seniors were left neglected and alone in long term care homes during the pandemic are an agony to accept, let alone, to share. But families say if they’re silent now, they too, would be complicit in what they consider to be cruel and preventable deaths. “No one
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“There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for ‘character’ needs to be something other than the iteration of the word itself,” writes Marjorie Garber in her book “Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession.” That is a useful frame for
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Standing on the steps of a courthouse, the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian pleaded for the right of every person to vote with “verbal jabs” when a sheriff literally jabbed him, beating and knocking him to the ground. The Baptist minister and director of national affiliates for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had led
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