1 of 3 surviving Tuskegee Airmen in Arizona dies at 95
Robert Ashby died last Friday at his home in the Phoenix suburb of Sun City. He was 95.
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Coupang, the Amazon of South Korea, raises $4.6 billion in US IPO
Coupang, South Korea’s biggest e-commerce company, has pulled off the largest US initial public offering so far this year. The SoftBank-backed firm priced its shares Thursday at $35 apiece. That means its IPO will raise nearly $4.6 billion and value the company at around $60 billion, making it one of the world’s most valuable startups.
Continue ReadingFormer Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama urge Americans to get vaccinated
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and their respective former first ladies are part of a newly released ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine when it is their turn, a push that is aimed squarely at combating vaccine skepticism. There are two ads in the campaign: a
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5 things to know for March 11: Coronavirus, Cabinet, immigration, China, Russia
We’re approaching the peak of tornado season, and the next few days will bring an increased threat of storms (oh, and flooding) to the middle of the US. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”
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Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. aprueba plan de estímulo de US$ 1,9 billones propuesto por Biden
(CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. votó y aprobó el plan de ayuda de covid-19 de US$ 1,9 billones del presidente Biden. Se enviará a la Casa Blanca para que se promulgue como ley. Sigue aquí las actualizaciones. La legislación recibió aprobación final en la cámara después de que el Senado hizo una
Continue ReadingCovid relief wasn’t the only pressing issue facing Congress. Here are 6 others
Democrats’ slim majorities in both the House and Senate are testing President Joe Biden’s ability to get his priorities through Congress, as lawmakers turn their attention to legislative work beyond relief from the Covid-19 pandemic. Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, was voted out of the House Wednesday and onto Biden’s desk, after a difficult passage
Continue Reading La administración de Biden reiniciará programa para menores centroamericanos en riesgo
Washington (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden anunció el miércoles que reiniciará un programa que permite que ciertos menores centroamericanos en riesgo vivan en Estados Unidos. El programa había permitido que los menores de 21 años cuyos padres vivían legalmente en los EE.UU. buscaran ingresar al país desde sus lugares de origen si no
Continue Reading Warren Buffett is now worth $100 billion
Warren Buffett has just joined the world’s most exclusive club of the mega rich. The legendary American investor was worth $100 billion on Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index. That puts him in the company of just five other men above that threshold. And he’s now the sixth richest person in the world, ranking
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Biden seeks to chart a path out of the pandemic in prime-time address
President Joe Biden can report in his first prime-time address Thursday that a vaccination drive now reaching 2 million people daily has brought America far closer to exiting the pandemic than when he took office 50 days ago. With new infections and deaths way down from their peaks of a horrific winter, Biden can afford
Continue Reading Un hombre muere bajo custodia de la Patrulla Fronteriza cerca de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México
(CNN) — Un hombre murió el miércoles en Texas mientras estaba bajo la custodia de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos. El hombre falleció después de mostrar «signos de angustia médica», dijo la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE.UU. (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) en un comunicado. Exclusivo CNN: Niños migrantes no
Continue ReadingHouse set to vote on gun legislation that would expand background checks
The House is set to vote Thursday on legislation that would expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, marking the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress. The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, H.R. 8, would expand background checks
Continue ReadingGet ready for a raft of Biden court nominees
The Biden administration has pledged a laser-like focus on the judiciary in the coming months, vowing to not only prioritize nominations but also cast a wide net in its search for potential appointees. It is a welcome development for progressives seeking to optimize the thin Democratic majority in the Senate and quickly regain ground lost
Continue Reading Mario Abdo Benítez hace nuevos cambios de autoridades sanitarias en el sexto día de protestas
(CNN Español) — El presidente de Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, designó este miércoles a Vicente Mario Battaglia como nuevo presidente del Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS). Bataglia reemplaza a Andrés Gubetich quien dejó la presidencia de la institución tras una serie de cuestionamientos a su gestión. La Fiscalía abrió una investigación al Instituto sobre denuncias
Continue Reading Se aferró a un árbol durante horas para escapar de la muerte en el peor desastre natural de Japón. Diez años después, todavía está reconstruyendo su vida
(CNN) — Kenichi Kurosawa se aferró precariamente a un árbol mientras el agua subía a su alrededor, inundando por completo los caminos de abajo. Durante casi seis minutos el 11 de marzo de 2011, un terremoto de magnitud 9,1, el peor que jamás haya golpeado a Japón, se produjo a 370 kilómetros al noreste de
Continue Reading Rochester police officer fatally shoots a man armed with a knife outside of a homeless shelter, police say
A police officer in Rochester, New York, is on administrative leave and an investigation has been launched after he shot and killed a man who charged at officers while holding at least one knife that he grabbed from inside a homeless shelter, police said. According to police, the man was threatening to harm himself, local
Continue Reading More than 100 people sue an Oregon utility over damage from the Beachie Creek fire
Two lawsuits have been filed against the local power company, blaming the utility for the extent of the damage caused last year by Oregon’s Beachie Creek fire. The fire, which ignited in August and burned through the end of October 2020, destroyed nearly 200,000 acres. More than 1,300 structures, including 470 homes, and at least
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More schools are preparing to open as coronavirus cases drop and vaccinations rise
An increasing number of states and communities say they are planning to resume or expand in-person learning a year into the coronavirus pandemic, as new infections decline and vaccinations rise. North Carolina’s governor on Wednesday announced an agreement on a bill with lawmakers — still to be passed — that would remove capacity limits from
Continue Reading Senators once again introduce a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
A group of bipartisan senators is reintroducing a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent. In the United States, most states observe DST — which starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 a.m. and ends on the first Sunday in November at 2 a.m. — for eight months out of the
Continue Reading Rochester, NY police officer fatally shoots man armed with a knife outside a homeless shelter, police say
A police officer in Rochester, New York is on administrative leave and an investigation has been launched after he shot and killed a man who charged at officers while holding at least one knife that he grabbed from inside a homeless shelter, police said. According to police, the man was threatening to harm himself, local
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