With 30 compressions and two rescue breaths, 16-year-old Torri’ell Norwood saved her best friend’s life, just a day after completing a basic life support class at her high school. “I never would have thought that I would be the one, out of all the students in my class to have to perform it on someone,”
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The pandemic exposed the huge inequities baked into the global economy. That could make for a tense string of annual meetings this spring, as companies ask shareholders to approve millions of dollars in compensation for executives. What’s happening: This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would tax companies believed to be overcompensating top brass,
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March 18th marked one year since COVID-19 arrived in the Desert Southwest.
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(CNN) — El actor Armie Hammer está bajo investigación policial después de que una mujer denunciara que Hammer la violó violentamente en 2017 durante varias horas y que pensó que la iban a matar. Un abogado de la víctima se puso en contacto con la policía, lo que resultó en que la división de agresión
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Several Asian American members of Congress implored Republicans on Thursday to tone down their rhetoric in the wake of attacks on the Asian American community, with one Democratic lawmaker accusing a Republican of placing a “bull’s-eye” on them with his comments about China. “Your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues
Continue Reading Starbucks shareholders voted against the company’s CEO pay proposal in a rare move that may indicate some shareholders think the chief executive is overpaid. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal following Starbucks’ annual shareholder meeting. Starbucks confirmed the results of the vote to CNN Business. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson earned a
Continue Reading In the pitch-black night, the teens’ eyes blink in confusion as the bright beam of a constable’s flashlight shines in their direction. They are in Texas, less than a mile north of the US-Mexico border, trying to find their way. It’s a scene that’s playing out more and more here in this desolate stretch of
Continue Reading (CNN) — Aquí hay un vistazo al Protocolo de Kyoto, un acuerdo alcanzado en Kyoto, Japón, en 1997, que exige que las naciones industrializadas reduzcan sus emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Los hechos 192 participantes han ratificado el protocolo (191 estados y una organización regional de integración económica). EE.UU. no lo ha hecho; lo abandonó
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President Joe Biden is suddenly waging a bitter two-front confrontation with America’s foe in the last Cold War — Moscow — and the US adversary in a possible next one — China. Nasty personal insults are flying between the White House and the Kremlin even as staggeringly blunt rhetoric erupts in the administration’s first big
Continue Reading US stocks were poised to rebound on Friday as investors shrugged off an overseas sell-off and inflation fears receded. Dow futures were last up 27 points or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures increased 0.2% and Nasdaq futures gained 0.5%. Wall Street stumbled on Thursday, with energy and tech stocks selling off, and the 10-year Treasury bond
Continue Reading (CNN) — La policía está buscando a un hombre que supuestamente apuñaló al gerente de un restaurante varias veces después de que le dijeron que usara una máscara dentro de un restaurante Jack in the Box en League City, Texas. «Es una situación muy polarizante», dijo el jefe de policía de League City, Gary Ratliff.
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Ahead of Biden’s remarks, the White House said it was finalizing plans to send a combined 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico and Canada in its first export of shots.
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are undeterred by the mounting GOP criticism over their review of a contested congressional race that could potentially overturn a state-certified Republican victory in southeast Iowa, brushing back attacks that they are seeking to subvert the will of voters just months after lambasting former President Donald Trump for trying to reverse his electoral
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Companies with fewer than 25 employees can offer the paid leave and claim the federal tax credit. But they would not be required to do so under the bill.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes impulsan dos proyectos de ley sobre inmigración este jueves. Lo que marca la primera vez que el Congreso votará sobre un camino para la ciudadanía de inmigrantes indocumentados desde que los demócratas obtuvieron escasas mayorías en ambas cámaras, con el presidente Joe Biden en la Casa Blanca. En
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Arizona’s most populous county on Thursday began providing COVID-19 vaccinations to willing jail inmates who are 55 or over.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El sorteo de la Champions League para los cuartos de final que se jugarán en abril en Estambul trajo varios partidos interesantes, y quizás el que más atención está recibiendo es el encuentro entre el Real Madrid, el único equipo español clasificado en esta ronda, y el Liverpool. Así quedaron los partidos
Continue Reading Tuesday was not the first time the street with two of the three spas targeted in shootings has witnessed horrific violence. Next door to one of them, 24 years earlier, a bomb exploded at an LGBTQ bar, injuring four people. This week, Gold Massage spa was one of the three attacked by a gunman. In
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Los científicos continúan estudiando el efecto de la vacuna contra el coronavirus en pacientes con distintas patologías o enfermedades. Un estudio publicado recientemente explora cómo reaccionaron los pacientes con trasplantes de órgano tras recibir la vacuna contra el covid-19. En este episodio, el Dr. Elmer Huerta analiza los resultados. Puedes escuchar este
Continue ReadingMigrant children who had crossed the US-Mexico border alone began to trickle into a convention center in Dallas late Wednesday, as the administration races to alleviate overcrowded border facilities. The federal government has more than 14,000 migrant children in its custody, administration officials said Thursday, even as they insist that what is happening on the
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