A former Trump State Department political appointee appeared in Washington, DC, federal court Friday after being charged for pushing against police in the Capitol building during the January 6 insurrection. Federico Klein, who lives in the DC area and who goes by Freddie, is the first known Trump administration political appointee to be arrested for
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About one of every three high school students who said they were misusing prescription opioids when they were surveyed reported they had attempted suicide, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Previously, researchers have reported that young people who had misused prescription opioids at any point were at higher risk for suicidality,
Continue ReadingSome top aides for New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly rewrote a June nursing home report from state health officials to hide the higher Covid-19 death toll among the state’s nursing home residents, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night. In its reporting, the New York Times cites documents and
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Tokio (CNN) — Con 118 años, la persona viva más vieja del mundo se prepara para llevar la antorcha olímpica este mayo en Japón. Kane Tanaka, que sobrevivió dos veces al cáncer, vivió dos pandemias mundiales y ama las bebidas gaseosas, tomará la llama olímpica cuando pase por Shime, en la prefectura de Fukuoka, su
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, dijo este jueves que continúa trabajando «como siempre» por el país y enfatizó que su corazón «está bien», ante lo que califica de «noticias falsas y desinformación». Este pronunciamiento en su cuenta oficial de Twitter ocurre un día después de que el propio mandatario informara en
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It took them a few hours, but investors finally decided that good economic news is good for Wall Street. The Dow skyrocketed more than 570 points, or 1.9%, Friday. It was a wild day for stocks, with the Dow surging more than 300 points after the opening bell before briefly turning negative in the late
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For one of Canada’s most densely populated communities, this Toronto suburb, locked down for weeks, was eerily quiet on a recent Friday morning. Except for the school buses. Several of those buses passed Romana Siddiqui’s home as she hustled her children out the door for school and handed out food and snacks for the day.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB-86 Friday, March 5, allocating $6.6 billion to accelerate the safe return of in-person instruction across California, while empowering schools to immediately expand academic, mental health and social-emotional supports, including over the summer.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court should reconsider the state’s motion to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Jury selection in Chauvin’s trial on charges of second-degree unintentional murder and second-degree manslaughter begins Monday. He had been charged
Continue ReadingCongressional Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate Shalanda Young to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Neera Tanden withdrew her nomination amid opposition in the Senate. Young is Biden’s nominee to serve as deputy director of the office and currently serves as staff director and clerk for the House Appropriations Committee. The
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Jobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for an additional month under a last-minute revision of the Senate’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Friday. The bill, which now differs from the House version passed last week, calls for providing a $300 a week federal enhancement and
Continue ReadingAs the demand for coronavirus vaccines continues to outpace the supply, the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine came as encouraging and much needed news to cities and states across the US. But not, apparently, for Detroit. The city’s longtime mayor, Democrat Mike Duggan, rejected a shipment of 6,200 J&J single-shot vaccines, claiming that Detroit’s
Continue Reading Leaders and businesses across the United States are pushing back against states lifting mask mandates by doubling down on their commitment to enforcing Covid-19 precautions as variants continue to cause concern. This week, Texas and Mississippi joined the list of states expanding business capacity and lifting the mandates for residents to wear masks. In Texas,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los números de pruebas de covid-19 disminuyeron en EE.UU. y eso es una mala noticia. Sin las pruebas, no hay forma de realizar un seguimiento de hacia dónde se dirige la pandemia y si las vacunas están funcionando. Y no hay forma de hacer uso de una de las herramientas más importantes para
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday said that people should not use ivermectin to attempt to treat or prevent Covid-19. The drug is typically used to treat parasites, such as lice and scabies. “There seems to be a growing interest in a drug called ivermectin to treat humans with COVID-19. Ivermectin is often
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The Pratt & Whitney engine part that failed with a fiery bang on United Airlines Flight 328 last month in the skies above Denver had most recently received a close inspection for wear and tear in 2016, investigators said in a report Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board revealed the right engine failed minutes after
Continue Reading Several great apes at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated against COVID-19 a few weeks after the zoo’s gorillas tested positive for the virus. Members of the zoo’s bonobo and orangutan troops were vaccinated using doses from a supply intended strictly for non-human use, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA) said in statement
Continue ReadingWhite House and Detroit officials tried to limit fallout after Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan initially declined to accept an allocation of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The move is at odds with federal health officials’ recommendations and the Biden administration messaging that Americans should take whichever vaccine they first have access to. “As I understand
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court should reconsider the state’s motion to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Jury selection in Chauvin’s trial on charges of second-degree unintentional murder and second-degree manslaughter begins Monday. The former officer has
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — General Motors (GM) anunció este domingo el modelo 2022 de su carro eléctrico Chevrolet Bolt EV y también informó sobre la nueva versión tipo camioneta o SUV llamada Bolt EUV (Electric Utility Vehicle). La Chevrolet Bolt EUV y el Bolt EV no son tan diferentes como uno se imaginaría en principio. Los
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