Mariana Toro Washington (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden ordenó a su administración que examine las remesas a Cuba a raíz de las protestas en la isla para determinar las formas en que los residentes en Estados Unidos pueden enviar dinero al país, dijo a CNN un alto funcionario del gobierno. “Bajo la dirección del
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN After a delay of more than a year due to the pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway. Competition began Wednesday morning with Japan’s softball team facing off against Australia at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium. The opening ceremony will be held Friday, but Olympic events typically begin before
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 primarily due to increases in death due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to early data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final
Continue ReadingAmy Tersteeg talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett about her husband’s plea to get their children vaccinated before he died of Covid-19.
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN It’s been a strange year for the aviation industry, with many airlines grounding aircraft for significant chunks of 2020. But as air travel returns in some regions, AirlineRatings.com has released its annual round-up of the world’s best carriers, ready to help fliers decide which airline to choose for their return to the
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Imperial County leaders met today to discuss a proposal that would bring a new lithium plant and the expansion of geothermal projects to the Valley.
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Intel-owned startup Mobileye has completed the first ever tests of self-driving cars on the streets of New York City without a police escort.
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mobileye, an Israeli self-driving technology company owned by Intel, has become the first company to test fully self-driving cars on New York City’s streets. While a number of companies test cars in California and Arizona, New York hasn’t generally been used as a test site. New York is home to
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp is in critical condition following a bicycling accident, Lieutenant Tami Williams of the San Ramon Police Department in California tells CNN. Knapp, 58, collided with a single motorist on Saturday and sustained major injuries, according to police. San Ramon is about 30 miles east
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The illegal foreign lobbying charges brought against Tom Barrack on Tuesday punctuate a winding business and political career defined by his unique staying power in former President Donald Trump’s constantly shifting orbit of advisers. A Southern California businessman and a former chairman of Trump’s inaugural committee, Barrack is charged in a
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Dean and Annie Grayer, CNN As the Delta variant emerges as the dominant strain of Covid across the country, the Capitol attending physician is warning Congress about the variant’s presence on Capitol Hill. “The Delta variant virus has been detected in Washington, DC and in the Capitol buildings,” Capitol Attending Physician Brian Monahan
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Ha sido un año extraño para la industria de la aviación, con muchas aerolíneas dejando aviones en tierra durante gran parte del 2020. Pero a medida que los viajes aéreos regresan en algunas regiones, AirlineRatings.com publicó su lista anual de las mejores aerolíneas del mundo, para ayudar a los viajeros a decidir
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López Hernández, reportó la noche de este martes que seis personas han sido detenidas en la capital de Colombia durante la jornada de protestas. “Hemos procedido con la captura y judicialización de seis personas por perturbar la tranquilidad, por pretender dañar una jornada mayoritariamente pacífica,
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN As students return to school in the coming weeks, some will be masked and some won’t. With different state laws around what schools can require — and some schools enforcing masks and others not — the ever-changing rules have left some parents, teachers and students confused. A new
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Jeff Bezos, el fundador de Amazon y el hombre más rico del mundo, dijo este martes después de volar al borde del espacio que planeaba otorgar US$ 100 millones cada uno al colaborador de CNN Van Jones y al chef José Andrés. Bezos dijo que Jones y José
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As the monsoonal storm pattern continues to hold in the Southwest US, chances of thunderstorms continue for the Eastern part of our area.
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Kelly and Rebekah Riess, CNN US District Judge Kristine G. Baker on Tuesday temporarily blocked an Arkansas ban on nearly all abortions from going into effect while a lawsuit against the measure proceeds, an early victory for abortion rights supporters as many of the restrictions that advanced in states this spring are expected
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge ruled that 21 people should receive a total of $3.46 million in restitution from Keith Raniere, the founder of Nxivm, for being victims of his racketeering, sex trafficking and forced labor crimes. Raniere, who appeared at the hearing by video feed from a federal facility in Arizona where
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, went to space and back Tuesday morning on an 11-minute, supersonic joy ride aboard the rocket and capsule system developed by his space company, Blue Origin. Riding alongside the multibillionaire were Bezos’ brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pilot and one of the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, went to space and back Tuesday morning on an 11-minute, supersonic joy ride aboard the rocket and capsule system developed by his space company, Blue Origin. Riding alongside the multibillionaire were Bezos’ brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pilot and one of
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