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Month: July 2021

Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for trans youth

By Devan Cole, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth from going into effect later this month. Judge James M. Moody Jr. granted a preliminary injunction against the ban that was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four transgender adolescents in Arkansas

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Fact checking Rep. Jordan’s claim that Speaker Pelosi was responsible for US Capitol security on January 6

By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio suggested Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been responsible for the security presence at the US Capitol on January 6, after Pelosi rejected his appointment to serve on the select committee investigating the insurrection. “Why wasn’t there a proper security presence

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Más de 91 millones de personas viven en condados de EE.UU. con altos índices de contagio por covid-19. Es hora de volver a usar mascarillas, dicen expertos

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ante la propagación de la variante delta del coronavirus, altamente contagiosa, especialmente entre los estadounidenses no vacunados, puede ser el momento de que gran parte del país vuelva a ponerse las mascarillas, según los expertos. “Estamos en un punto de la pandemia muy diferente al de hace un mes”, dijo el

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Pelosi just made an unprecedented move. Here’s why

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that’s investigating the January 6 insurrection, following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to reject two of McCarthy’s picks, a source with direct knowledge confirmed to CNN. CNN’s Melanie Zanona explains Pelosi’s decision.

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China estrena el tren más rápido del mundo

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un tren bala de levitación magnética que puede alcanzar velocidades de 600 kilómetros por hora (373 millas por hora) hizo su debut en Qingdao, China. Desarrollado por la empresa estatal China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation, se considera el tren más rápido del mundo. “Maglev” es una abreviatura de “levitación magnética”.

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Liberty University sued by 12 women claiming school policies made sexual assault and rape more likely

By Kay Jones and Hollie Silverman, CNN Liberty University has been sued by 12 women who claim the school created an environment on its Virginia campus that increased the likelihood of sexual assault and rape. The lawsuit includes claims of sexual assault and accuses the Lynchburg school of creating a hostile environment toward the plaintiffs.

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Brazil’s scandal-plagued President may face a reckoning as lawmakers consider impeachment

By Samantha Beech, Rodrigo Pedroso and Juliana Koch, CNN Corruption inquiries, a spreading Covid-19 crisis, plunging popularity and persistent bouts of hiccups. Brazil’s scandal-plagued President Jair Bolsonaro just can’t seem to catch a break. The President said he’s now feeling “100% well” after his recent health scare, a consequence he says of a failed assassination

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