By Christina Carrega and Joe Beare, CNN William R. Underwood was a 17-year-old father living in New York City when former President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” He admits he chose to sell drugs to earn a living — a move that at 34, landed him in federal prison to serve a life
Continue ReadingBy Scott Glover, CNN On a sunny morning in February, as a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace” filled the salt air, Ashli Babbitt’s family and friends scattered her ashes into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. The ceremony, aboard a chartered boat, was supposed to be a final goodbye for the 35-year-old Air Force veteran
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Con las probabilidades en contra de que EE.UU. alcance el objetivo del 70% de los adultos al menos parcialmente vacunados para el 4 de julio –una meta establecida por el presidente Joe Biden– un experto en vacunas dijo que se está acabando el tiempo para adelantarse a la posible propagación de
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — En unos días, China alcanzará la asombrosa cantidad de mil millones de dosis en su campaña de vacunación contra el covid-19, una escala y una velocidad sin rival en ningún otro país del mundo. Hasta el miércoles, China había aplicado más de 945 millones de dosis, tres veces la cantidad aplicada
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The planet is trapping roughly double the amount of heat in the atmosphere than it did nearly 15 years ago, according to new analysis from NASA and NOAA. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get “5 Things You Need
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Older adults who have significant difficulty falling asleep and who experience frequent night awakenings are at high risk for developing dementia or dying early from any cause, a new study finds. “These results contribute to existing knowledge that sleep plays a very important role, each and every night, for reducing our
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El organismo rector de la Unión Europea recomendó que el bloque levante las restricciones de covid-19 sobre viajes no esenciales desde 14 países, incluido Estados Unidos. Viajar a España: ¿Quién puede entrar? ¿Tu vacuna está entre las aprobadas para viajar? ¿Qué certificado debes presentar? En una declaración el viernes, el Consejo Europeo
Continue ReadingAmy Chillag, CNN Lakiea Bailey has tried to hide the pain and breathlessness she feels from her disease for most of her life. As a child, she missed weeks out of every school year because of sickle cell — a painful, genetic disease that’s believed to impact 100,000 Americans. Patients’ red blood cells are “sickle”
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — «Este será el último fin de semana con mascarillas en los exteriores, porque el que próximo 26 de junio ya no las llevaremos en espacios libres». Estas eran las palabras escogidas este viernes por el presidente del Gobierno de España, Pedro Sánchez, para hacer público que los cubrebocas o mascarillas dejarán
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Neymar netted his 68th goal for Brazil in its 4-0 win over Peru during the Copa América on Thursday, surpassing Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima as the national team’s second top goalscorer behind Pelé. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is now within nine goals of Pelé’s all-time scoring record of 77
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Wall Street is wasting no time getting its employees back into the office — whether they want to be there or not. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman warned this week he’ll be “very disappointed” if workers aren’t back by Labor Day. And if they’re not? “Then we’ll have a different
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By CNN staff Polls opened Friday in Iran for a controversial election that is all but guaranteed to deliver a hardline president after all the other serious contenders were barred from the race. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast the first ballot and exhorted Iranians to head to the polls, amid fears among the country’s
Continue ReadingBy Emiko Jozuka, Akanksha Sharma and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said Friday that staging the Tokyo Olympics without spectators is “desirable” as it would be the lowest risk option amid the pandemic. Shigeru Omi, an infectious disease expert who leads the government subcommittee on coronavirus, and other specialists urged the cap on
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio, también conocida como Obamacare, sigue en pie. La desestimación de la Corte Suprema el jueves de la más reciente impugnación liderada por los republicanos a la histórica ley de reforma de salud, ampliamente conocida como Obamacare, mantiene el sistema existente. La ley,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Heading into this week’s U.S. Open, the on and off course shenanigans between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau had dominated the headlines. Ever since Koepka’s eye-roll reaction to DeChambeau walking behind him at last month’s PGA Championship, the pair have exchanged barbs, although they have both since said they believe their
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, demonstrated their collective power at America’s highest court on Thursday. They fueled the Supreme Court’s limited opinions on Obamacare and religious liberty, in action that marks a twist for the conservative-dominated bench
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El Partido Republicano ha pasado otra página del libro de jugadas autoritario mientras blanquea la historia de la presidencia de Donald Trump. Es como si la adulación de Vladimir Putin nunca hubiera sucedido. O que la garantía de Trump de que el covid-19 simplemente «desaparecería» nunca pasó por sus labios. Mientras
Continue Readingolivertapia (Reuters) — La selección de fútbol de Brasil logró el jueves su segunda goleada consecutiva en la Copa América al derrotar 4-0 a Perú con un gol y varias demostraciones de talento de un imparable Neymar. Copa América: resultados, goles y clasificación, minuto a minuto Con la victoria en la competencia que juega como
Continue ReadingBy Emiko Jozuka, CNN A brown bear was shot dead in northern Japan after tearing through a residential area on Friday and injuring four people, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK. A local resident in the city of Sapporo, which is due to host the Olympic Marathon and Olympic Race Walking events at this summer’s
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN When people like the German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the King of Belgium want to learn more about cybersecurity, they go to Estonia. The Baltic country runs on the internet. From filing taxes and voting, to registering the birth of a new baby, nearly everything a person might want or need
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