(CNN) — Un menor de edad y una joven de 20 años fueron arrestados luego de que presuntamente trataron de ingresar con una «subametralladora y 28 cartuchos útiles» a un parque de diversiones de la Ciudad de México, informó este viernes en un comunicado la Secretaria de Seguridad Ciudadana local (SSC). Agregó que los jóvenes
Continue ReadingThe Defense Department will provide support to India for its Covid response, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Sunday. “I have directed the Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. interagency efforts to rapidly provide India’s frontline healthcare workers with the materials they need. We are currently assessing the
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A growing number of Americans have missed their scheduled second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna require two doses — administered three and four weeks apart, respectively — to be considered fully effective. But data shows about 8%
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Awards shows are still feeling the impact of the pandemic, and this year’s Academy Awards ceremony is no exception. After a two-month delay for the pandemic, the 93rd Oscars will take place Sunday. The ceremony will be held at both Los Angeles Union Station and the Dolby Theatre. In keeping with Covid-19 protocols, only the
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A North Carolina sheriff says he wants body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s fatal shooting to be made public, but there will have to be a court motion to do it. “Only a judge can release the video,” Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said in a video message posted Saturday on Facebook. “That’s why
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions of the term, including a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act and a case on religious liberty, an issue that has split the justices along familiar
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Governor Doug Ducey visited Yuma this week following a tour of the U.S./Mexico border. His visit comes one day after he issued a Declaration of Emergency for Arizona’s southern border.
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham denied on Sunday that there is systemic racism in the US, claiming “America’s not a racist country” as President Joe Biden and others urge people to directly confront the issue as the nation grapples with a spate of police killings of Black Americans. Citing the elections of former President Barack Obama,
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At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.
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Manchester City clinched a fourth consecutive League Cup title on Sunday after beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at Wembley. A late second-half header from Aymeric Laporte topped off a brilliant performance from City, which has dominated this trophy in recent years. It has now matched Liverpool’s record of eight League Cup titles. It’s the first of
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After several weeks of reporting concerning Covid-19 case increases, the United States could be seeing the beginning of a hopeful trend, a leading health official says. The country’s seven-day average of new reported infections is going down, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing on
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated their confiscated drug statistics for fiscal year 2021 (FY21).
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El escritor cubano Leonardo Padura estuvo en la más reciente edición de Conecta2, que se transmite en CNN en Español, y en entrevista con María O’Donnell y Ernesto Tenembaum dio su opinión de la nueva realidad cubana sin un Castro en el poder real. ¿Qué significa para un cubano que Cuba no
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Hundreds of people named Josh from around the United States have fought over their shared name with pool noodles in a Nebraska field. Sure, that sounds a little weird, but it’s been a weird 12 months. The battle has been brewing since April 2020, arguably the peak of US boredom. It started as a joke,
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President Joe Biden‘s first term passed the three-month point last week and will hit the 100th-day mark this week. We’re now at the point where the Biden presidency is well underway, and the American public has a track record to judge him by. The verdict so far has been historically consistent. Biden sports the steadiest
Continue Reading Six people are dead and several others are injured after a passenger van crashed on I-85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Saturday night, police said. Everyone in the van at the time of the crash appeared to be adults, according to a release from the Gwinnett County Police. Police are still trying to figure out what
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Officials in Torrance County, New Mexico, lifted evacuation orders Sunday for residents near the Paradise Loop Fire. The wildfire was sparked Saturday by burning debris on private land, officials said, and has burned at least 52 acres as of Sunday afternoon, including three buildings. It’s now 65% contained, according to a news release from New
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The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) announced Saturday evening that their Foothills Substation collected approximately 268 pounds of prescription medications as part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Take Back campaign.
Continue Reading (CNN) — La historia de Esteban Cichello Hübner es digna de una película, pero no tiene nada de ficción. Nació en la provincia de Córdoba en Argentina, donde estuvo pocos años, porque la separación de sus padres lo llevó a vivir con su madre en Buenos Aires. Allí creció en condiciones de pobreza extrema, en
Continue ReadingDemocratic state Sen. Troy Carter will win the special election runoff for Louisiana’s vacant US House seat, CNN projects, capturing the state’s only Democrat-held seat in Congress. Carter, a former New Orleans city council member, ran as the more moderate candidate in the runoff and as someone willing to work across the aisle. His win
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