Tesla’s “full self-driving” feature has attempted to drive under a railroad crossing arm while a speeding train passes. It’s nearly driven head on into a concrete wall of a parking garage, attempted ill-advised left turns, clipped at least one curb, and at least one driver was able to set a maximum speed of 90 mph
Continue Reading
A giant flare that is 100 times more powerful than any flare our sun has ever released has erupted from a nearby star, a new study says.
Continue Reading
Some local Democrats have mixed reaction to getting singled out of efforts to control the crisis along the border.
Continue Reading
Here’s what else you should know about these laws After 19-year-old Brandon Hole killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week, questions arose about the state’s “red flag” law, which should have prevented Hole from having a gun in the first place. “Red flag” laws, found in more than a dozen states
Continue Reading
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had months (and months) to ponder what she would say if and when former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Which makes what she did say on Wednesday — in the immediate aftermath of the Chauvin verdict — all the more baffling. “Thank you,
Continue Reading
“Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction.” That was the headline of a Minneapolis Police press release on May 25, 2020, in the hours after an unnamed man in his 40s died. Absent from the nearly 200-word post is any mention of officers restraining him on the ground, a knee on his neck, or
Continue Reading
Arizona’s Republican governor on Tuesday vetoed a state bill that would have made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in schools, but issued an executive order requiring schools to be more transparent about their proposed curriculum on the topics.
Continue Reading
(CNN) — Un agente de policía de Columbus, Ohio, le disparó y mató a una adolescente negra el martes por la tarde después de que ella intentó atacar con un cuchillo a dos mujeres, según las autoridades y las imágenes de la cámara corporal que se mostraron a los medios. La madre de la joven,
Continue Reading
Amberly’s Place says there is a high volume of items being left in their parking lot. While some may think it’s a nice gesture to donate items, leaving them in the parking lot is not allowed. In fact, dumping items outside the building is actually costing the organization money.
Continue Reading Nota del editor: CNN Travel actualizará este artículo periódicamente. Aconsejamos que antes de hacer cualquier plan de viaje internacional, consulten detenidamente los avisos de viaje específicos de su país y de cualquier país al que deseen viajar. (CNN) — Se han registrado más de 142 millones de casos de covid-19 en todo el mundo y
Continue ReadingVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing simple possession of marijuana beginning this summer, making it the first Southern state to do so and accelerating a revamp of cannabis laws that have disproportionately jailed Americans of color for nonviolent offenses. The bill, signed a day after April 20 — marijuana’s unofficial holiday
Continue Reading
Columbus, Ohio, officials on Wednesday released additional police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a Black teen who charged two females with a knife. “We don’t yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child of this community, tragically died last night,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther
Continue ReadingIn the months after George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis Police Department officers reported using force on far fewer people — but then use of force spiked late last year, a CNN analysis of department data found. And after Floyd’s death, Black people are still subject to use of force by Minneapolis officers at a highly disproportionate
Continue Reading Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Un popular predicador nigeriano ha instado a sus seguidores a «rezar por YouTube» por haber cerrado su cuenta después de que publicara en su canal videos en los que afirmaba «curar» la sexualidad de los miembros homosexuales de su congregación. «Me enteré de lo que pasó con YouTube cuando vi que
Continue Reading
President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted the anticipated milestone of the United States administering 200 million coronavirus vaccine shots since he took office and urged businesses to give their employees paid time off to get vaccinated. As a part of that call for time off to get vaccinated, Biden announced a new tax credit to
Continue ReadingThe New York state legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of a felony once they are on parole. The bill is intended to improve upon a 2018 executive order granting voting pardons to the 35,000 New Yorkers on parole, according to Assembly member Daniel O’Donnell, a
Continue Reading
If not for Darnella Frazier’s quick thinking, Derek Chauvin might still be a Minneapolis police officer. Instead, Chauvin is behind bars, convicted of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter after kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes. Now the teen who stood firm, capturing the longest and clearest bystander
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de Chile aprobó este martes el proyecto de ley que regula el acceso a la eutanasia o “muerte digna” para pacientes terminales. La aprobación en general fue en diciembre de 2020 y comenzó a debatirse en su articulado el miércoles. Con 79 votos a favor, 59 en contra
Continue Reading
Apple’s new iMac is awesome: a technical marvel and a culmination of Apple’s stunning engineering achievements over the past several years. It’s also ugly as sin. When Apple overdesigns its products, it’s typically for form over function. You know the list: getting rid of the headphone jack to make the iPhone thinner, ditching USB-A ports
Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, Philippe Massoud posted online ads looking for a cook to hire at ilili, his New York City restaurant. Typically, he said, 60 or 80 people might show up to interview for a position like that one. This time? Nobody. “That has not happened, ever, in the 14-year history of the business,”
Continue Reading