New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding felon voting rights on Tuesday, according to the state legislature, allowing for people on parole in the state to be eligible to vote as soon as they leave prison. The law codifies a 2018 executive order that allowed for Cuomo to individually pardon parolees. According to
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The NFL is offering free Super Bowl tickets to 50 COVID-19 vaccinated fans as part of a global event to encourage getting vaccinations. Working with the White House COVID Response Team and Global Citizen, the Super Bowl promotion asks fans
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A batch of new studies published Wednesday show how well coronavirus vaccines work against worrying new variants — and one indicates booster doses can help them work even better. At least one of the studies also demonstrated that being fully vaccinated matters. The first nationwide study of coronavirus vaccination, done in Israel, showed Pfizer/BioNtech’s vaccine
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A St. Paul man was sentenced to 41 months in prison — or roughly three and a half years — on Wednesday for his role in the burning of the Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct during racial justice protests last year. Branden Wolfe, 23, along with a crowd of hundreds, gathered at the Third Precinct
Continue ReadingThe director of the US Secret Service is set to testify in front of House lawmakers Thursday, the first time the agency is appearing in an open hearing since the January 6 riot, during which agents swiftly moved then-Vice President Mike Pence to an unknown location. Video played during the impeachment trial of former President
Continue ReadingProgress on women’s rights in Afghanistan could be at risk with the withdrawal of US and international troops, even if the Taliban doesn’t fully take power, according to a newly declassified US intelligence report. The National Intelligence Council assessed that the progress made over the last two decades “probably owes more to external pressure than
Continue ReadingFederal authorities are planning to fine two unmasked and unruly passengers accused of hitting and grabbing flight attendants amid a rash of disruptive and sometimes violent incidents on board planes. One passenger accused of grabbing and striking two flight attendants during a February flight faces a fine of $32,750, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN
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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
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A new class is offering skills and tricks that could save your life if you need to quickly defend yourself. The well-known Larios Karate Club in Yuma held a hands-on self-defense training session for women of all ages.
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Continue Reading (CNN Business) — El mundo no podrá hacer frente a la crisis climática a menos que haya un fuerte aumento en el suministro de los metales que se necesitan para fabricar vehículos eléctricos, paneles solares, turbinas eólicas y otras tecnologías de energías limpias, según la Agencia Internacional de Energía (AIE). A medida que los países
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Yuma may be on step closer to getting its own muliuniversity
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Vice President Kamala Harris has scheduled her first trip abroad since taking office.
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El Pentágono dice que está rastreando un gran cohete chino que está fuera de control y listo para volver a entrar en la atmósfera de la Tierra este fin de semana, lo que genera preocupaciones sobre dónde pueden impactar sus desechos. Se espera que el cohete chino Long March 5B entre en
Continue Reading A booster shot of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine revs up the immune response against two worrying coronavirus variants, the company reported Wednesday. And a booster dose formulated specifically to match the B.1.351 variant first seen in South Africa was even more effective, Moderna said in a statement. Vaccine makers are trying to get out ahead of
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Bryan Chávez carried a bundle of Mother’s Day balloons as he headed toward the border. It had been more than three years since the last time he saw his mom in person — the day when authorities separated them in 2017. Chávez was 15 at the time, and he feared this moment would never come.
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The years of the Trump administration were “a difficult time” for Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister told CNN Wednesday, ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken‘s trip to Kiev. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also touched on the buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine’s border, potential military support from
Continue ReadingIn a new op-ed for The Washington Post, Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican Party is at a “turning point” and must decide whether to accept or reject Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, which she says provoked the violence on January 6 and could provoke violence again. “Trump is seeking to unravel critical
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By Jeanne Bonner, CNN Eric Alper is a music publicist. But if social media is any gauge, he spends a good part of his day sparking conversation by crafting questions on Twitter, like “What opening lyric of a song gives you chills?” More than 45,000 people responded to a question he posted about the film
Continue Reading Reported hate crimes against Asians in 16 of the nation’s largest cities and counties are up 164% since this time last year, according to a new study from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State University San Bernardino. In analyzing preliminary data obtained from over a dozen of the nation’s
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