The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who allegedly tased DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who later spoke out about how he pleaded with the pro-Trump mob to spare his life. In court documents unsealed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said Daniel Rodriguez used an “electroshock weapon” and a flagpole to assault an officer named
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The trial of Derek Chauvin on second-degree murder charges in the killing of George Floyd has cast a bright spotlight, one that forces Americans to re-confront the police violence that helped trigger a transformative social movement. It also demands we pay attention to the deeper connections between this act of violence — that so many
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The man arrested in the assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City was out on parole for killing his mother, police told CNN. Brandon Elliot was arrested early Wednesday. Elliot will be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on two counts of second-degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first-degree
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(CNN) — El arzobispo de Canterbury, Justin Welby, confirmó que el duque y la duquesa de Sussex no estaban casados legalmente antes de su boda televisada, aclarando los comentarios que realizó la duquesa en la impactante entrevista de la pareja con Oprah Winfrey. La entrevista contenía muchas revelaciones, incluida la noticia de que Meghan y
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who allegedly tased DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who later spoke out about how he pleaded with the pro-Trump mob to spare his life. In court documents unsealed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said Daniel Rodriguez used an “electroshock weapon” and a flagpole to assault an officer named
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The 19-year-old cashier who suspected George Floyd had handed him a counterfeit bill said Wednesday he still feels guilt for Floyd’s death under the knee of a former Minneapolis police officer. Christopher Martin took the stand on the third day of the criminal trial of Derek Chauvin, echoing other witnesses who expressed helplessness and regret
Continue Reading (CNN) – La superestrella de la NBA Kevin Durant ha sido acusado de usar insultos homofóbicos y misóginos en mensajes privados con Michael Rapaport después de que el actor y comediante estadounidense los compartiera en las redes sociales.Rapaport publicó capturas de pantalla de los mensajes directos en Twitter e Instagram en las que Durant parecía
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Mounting evidence suggests the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the UK, which experts believe is partly driving an uptick of cases in places like Michigan, may already be dominant across the US. “I think we are there,” said William Lee, vice president of science at Helix, a company whose tests have identified a
Continue Reading Nota del editor: David Bittan Obadia es abogado, escritor, analista de temas políticos e internacionales, columnista del diario El Universal, de Venezuela, y colaborador en otros medios de comunicación. Como conferencista, participó en el Congreso Judío Mundial y fue presidente de la comunidad judía de Venezuela. Su cuenta de Twitter es @davidbittano. Las opiniones expresadas
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía de Quintana Roo informó este martes el arresto de un hombre sospechoso de abusar sexualmente a su hijastra, quien es la hija menor de Victoria Salazar, una mujer salvadoreña que murió este fin de semana en Tulum, durante un procedimiento policial. A través de un comunicado, la Fiscalía dice que
Continue ReadingBiden administration officials are increasingly urging governors and local officials to reinstate or avoid relaxing public health restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to rise and the US stares down the prospect of another surge. What they’re not doing is telling state and local officials which restrictions they should implement and when. Unlike its school guidelines
Continue ReadingA former intelligence analyst and military service member has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Daniel Everette Hale, of Nashville, Tennessee, who previously served as an enlisted airman in the US Air Force, sent classified documents and material to a reporter
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President Joe Biden has delivered on his promise to follow his Covid relief bill with a long-term recovery plan. His new American Jobs Plan is a comprehensive, well-targeted and timely approach to America’s many long-term economic ills, responding powerfully to 40 years of federal neglect. Many conservatives will object, but their relentless naysaying has been
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden marked International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday by issuing the first-ever presidential proclamation of its kind in recognition of the day
Continue Reading LeBron James is officially a part owner of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, according to a Wednesday announcement from Fenway Sports Group (FSG). James, his business partner Maverick Carter and their longtime business associate, Paul Wachter, will become part of FSG’s ownership group, the sports company said in its news release. FSG owns the
Continue Reading Two US counties will receive a surge of free, rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests in an effort to study how people use them and how that impacts Covid-19 trends in the community, according to an announcement Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health. The project — called “Say Yes! COVID Test” — will roll out 2
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Nickelodeon is pulling a virus-themed episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” because of “sensitivities” linking it to the coronavirus pandemic. The episode, “Kwarantined Crab,” from the show’s 12th season, centers on a virus storyline. “We have decided to not air it due to sensitivities surrounding the global, real-world pandemic,” a spokesperson for Nickelodeon told CNN Business. In
Continue Reading (CNN) — El opositor ruso Alexey Navalny dijo que va a hacer huelga de hambre para protestar contra la negativa de los funcionarios de la cárcel a garantizarle una atención médica adecuada, en una publicación que compartió su equipo en su página oficial de Instagram el miércoles. «Tengo derecho a llamar a un médico y
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Americans who lost their jobs last year and have already filed their tax returns will have one less headache to deal with.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden unveiled a roughly $2 trillion jobs proposal focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis in a speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, stressing his support of labor unions and his hope the investment would lift the middle class.
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