March 2021

To save the planet, Tide wants you to quit using warm water for laundry

March 18, 2021 9:24 AM CNN Newsource

Doing your laundry with cold water can help save the planet, and maybe save you some money along the way. That’s the message from Tide in a newly launched campaign to decarbonize laundry. The goal is for consumers in North America to do three out of every four loads of laundry with cold water instead

Asteroids named after African American, Hispanic and Native American astronauts

March 18, 2021 9:17 AM CNN Newsource

Your name up in the sky and among the stars. Sounds like something out of a glamorous Hollywood movie, but it’s a reality for 27 space explorers. The new names honor African American, Hispanic and Native American astronauts, and one cosmonaut to inspire the next generation. Marc W. Buie, an astronomer who discovered the 27

Ryan Reynolds just watched ‘Green Lantern’ for the first time and had some thoughts

March 18, 2021 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

Ryan Reynolds had never seen “Green Lantern” until Wednesday, when he decided to view it for the first time and tweet all about it. “Lantern,” Reynolds’ superhero debut, is a movie the actor hates, so he watched “with the aid of a good amount of Aviation Gin,” a shameless plug the liquor company he owns.

‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ shows Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ wasn’t a blip

March 18, 2021 9:01 AM CNN Newsource

Marvel has seemingly cracked the code for its streaming efforts, seizing on underdeveloped threads and relationships from its blockbuster movies and giving them room (OK, about six hours) to breathe on Disney+.

Richard Branson launches campaign to end the death penalty

March 18, 2021 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is calling for a permanent end to capital punishment around the globe, and he wants more business leaders to get on board. The 70-year-old British billionaire announced a new campaign to build support for abolishing the death penalty at a virtual South By Southwest event Thursday. “I have always thought

House to take up immigration bills amid influx of migrants crossing US-Mexico border

March 18, 2021 8:59 AM CNN

House Democrats are expected to vote on two separate bills on immigration Thursday, marking the first time Congress will vote on a pathway for citizenship for undocumented immigrants since Democrats won slim majorities in both chambers of Congress with President Joe Biden in the White House. The House will vote on H.R. 6, the American

Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. votará sobre proyectos de ley de inmigración en medio de la gran afluencia de migrantes que cruzan la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México

March 18, 2021 8:45 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — Se espera que los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes voten este jueves dos proyectos de ley separados sobre inmigración, lo que marca la primera vez que el Congreso votará sobre una vía para la ciudadanía para inmigrantes indocumentados desde que los demócratas obtuvieron escasas mayorías en ambas cámaras del Congreso con el

Biden speech on Covid-19 vaccination progress comes at a critical juncture

March 18, 2021 8:31 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Thursday will address the progress his administration has made to reach his goal of getting 100 million coronavirus vaccines into the arms of Americans within his first 100 days in office, a White House official tells CNN. The US is on the cusp of reaching that 100 million vaccine milestone before

Atlanta mayor believes race played role in spa shooting suspect’s motive

March 18, 2021 8:28 AM CNN Newsource

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms believes race played a role in the motive of the suspected shooter who allegedly killed eight people, including six Asian women, in Atlanta-area spas earlier this week. “We can’t ignore the fact that there were Asian women who were — seem to have been targeted in these Asian massage parlors,”

Charmin unveiled its own NFTs, and one is going for more than $2,000

March 18, 2021 8:25 AM CNN Newsource

That didn’t take long. Non-Fungible tokens, or NFTs — digital artworks and collectibles that have been transformed into verifiable assets — are all the rage in the crypto world. Now even Charmin is getting in on the trend. The toilet paper company has put five pieces of digital art up for bidding, and has dubbed

Air travel is finally higher than a year ago — but it’s still far below normal

March 18, 2021 8:19 AM CNN Newsource

The US airline industry hit a dubious milestone this week: For the first time since the pandemic began, air travel is up from a year ago. That’s a positive sign for battered airlines and a potentially worrying sign to health experts. But it’s also an incredibly low hurdle to clear. About 1.1 million people passed

Coachella is moving to 2022

March 18, 2021 8:19 AM Dominique Newland, NBC News

(KYMA, KECY/CNBC) – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is moving from October 2021 to April of 2022, two industry sources with knowledge of the situation tell Variety. It is expected that the country-music themed Stagecoach festival, which takes place the weekend after Coachella’s two weekends, will move as well. Reps for Goldenvoice, the event’s promoter, and

Encontraron con vida a Maia, la niña de 7 años que estaba desaparecida en Argentina

March 18, 2021 7:56 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN Español) — Un vocero del Ministerio de Seguridad de Argentina confirmó a CNN que este jueves encontraron a Maia junto al sospechoso de haberla secuestrado en la vía pública en Luján, ubicada en la provincia de Buenos Aires. La niña de siete años fue vista por última vez el lunes por la mañana. Stella

Unsettling questions surround the motive behind the Atlanta-area spa shootings as Asians in the US face increased hate

March 18, 2021 7:56 AM CNN Newsource

At least two of the eight people killed at Atlanta-area Asian massage spas Tuesday lived in the same spa where they worked, Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen said. “This one fact alone highlights the vulnerability, the invisibility, and the isolation of working-class Asian women in our country,” Nguyen said at a Thursday news conference. “When

Vacunas decomisadas en México que pretendían ser llevadas a Honduras eran falsas, dicen autoridades

March 18, 2021 7:54 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN Español) — Las vacunas Sputnik V decomisadas en México que un grupo de hondureños pretendía llevarse a Honduras, son falsas, informó en un comunicado el Fondo de Inversión Directa de Rusia (RDIF). En el comunicado publicado el jueves, el RDIF dice que se determinó que la sustancia es falsa tras analizar el diseño de

SPECIAL REPORT: Women in Agriculture

March 18, 2021 7:50 AM Dominique Newland

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The city of Yuma, known as the sunniest city in the world also holds another special title, lettuce capital of the world. The Yuma County Chamber of Commerce reports Yuma County is responsible for 90% of all leafy vegetables grown in the U.S. through November to March. A major contribution

Jobless claims are still higher than during the Great Recession a year after the pandemic started

March 18, 2021 7:49 AM CNN

A year after the pandemic shut down the US economy, America’s workers are still hurting. For the past 12 months, first-time claims for jobless benefits have been higher than during the worst moments of the Great Recession. Economists, politicians and workers alike are hoping that the continued vaccine rollout and warmer weather that allows more

Afternoons in the 80s through Saturday

March 18, 2021 7:41 AM Dominique Newland

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 82. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Thursday night, clear, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.