Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En las últimas dos semanas se han vacunado contra el covid-19 más adolescentes, lo que representa aproximadamente una quinta parte de todas las nuevas vacunaciones en Estados Unidos, según sugieren los datos. Los expertos en salud pública consideran que el aumento de las vacunas es bueno, pero la causa puede ser
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban are appealing to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights. President Joe Biden and his top officials say the U.S. is working to speed up the
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The 2021 Sisters Folk Festival, scheduled for Oct. 1-3, has announced updated health and safety protocol requirements for all attendees at this year’s event.
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The right-wing channel Fox News, whose top personalities have for months assailed the concept of vaccine passports and argued that asking about vaccine status amounts to a major intrusion of privacy, told employees this week that they must disclose their vaccination status to the company. In a Tuesday memo updating
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter will be going with a bigger roster to deal with three games crammed into a seven-day span when 2022 World Cup qualifying starts in September. General manager Brian McBride says the U.S. men’s national team will bring in at least
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell New York prosecutors charged Kenneth Kurson, the former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, with two state felonies for eavesdropping on his then-wife by installing spyware on her computer. The charges, announced Wednesday by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, come seven months after Kurson,
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fourth business executive faces criminal charges stemming from a federal investigation into a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina. An indictment filed Wednesday shows Jeffrey A. Benjamin is accused of multiple felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. Benjamin is a former executive at Westinghouse Electric
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fourth business executive faces criminal charges stemming from a federal investigation into a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina. An indictment filed Wednesday shows Jeffrey A. Benjamin is accused of multiple felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. Benjamin is a former executive at Westinghouse Electric
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s Caribbean coast is readying for the arrival of Hurricane Grace, evacuating some smaller hotels, opening shelters and suspending ferry service to Cozumel as the Category 1 storm churns toward the heart of the country’s tourism industry. Grace is expected to make landfall before dawn Thursday
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer The Biden administration is banning use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide that environmentalists say poses risks to children and farm workers. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the move Wednesday. A federal appeals court ordered the government in April to quickly determine whether the pesticide is
Continue ReadingSURREY, British Columbia (AP) — British Columbia entrepreneur Amar Doman has purchased the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions from late owner David Braley’s estate. The team announced the completion of the deal Wednesday. Braley, a Canadian Football Hall of Famer and former senator, tied in October. Doman is the founder and sole shareholder of the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — El presidente de China Xi Jingping lanzó esta semana una nueva y audaz promesa para redistribuir la riqueza en el país, acumulando más presión sobre los ciudadanos y las empresas más ricas del país. Xi dijo el martes a los principales líderes del gobernante Partido Comunista Chino que el gobierno
Continue ReadingMASON, Ohio (AP) — Second-ranked Naomi Osaka was tested in her first WTA Tour event since the French Open by 17-year-old Coco Gauff and won in three sets. Osaka withdrew from Roland Garros and skipped Wimbledon, citing her discomfort with post-match news conferences. Her only action since was at the Tokyo Olympics in her native
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has denied a defense attorney’s request to move the trial of the former police officer charged with the killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio. The 47-year-old Hill, who was Black, was fatally shot by ex-Columbus officer Adam Coy, who is white, on Dec. 22. Hill was shot as
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Millions of guests visit Disney theme parks each year, and most of them probably loathe waiting 90 minutes to ride “Peter Pan’s Flight.” So now Disney is rolling out a new service that will help park goers streamline their visits and cut down on wait times. “Genie” —
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Millions of guests visit Disney theme parks each year, and most of them probably loathe waiting 90 minutes to ride “Peter Pan’s Flight.” So now Disney is rolling out a new service that will help park goers streamline their visits and cut down on wait times. “Genie” — which debuts
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El expresidente de Afganistán, Ashraf Ghani, hizo una declaración en vídeo este miércoles desde los Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU), en la que dijo a los ciudadanos de su país que su “objetivo general” para Afganistán era mantener la paz y evitar el derramamiento de sangre. “Mi compromiso con todos mis
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies. More than $4 of every $10 that Robinhood made in revenue during the spring came just from customers trading bitcoin, dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies. Robinhood Markets also said Wednesday that it lost $501.7
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The International Monetary Fund, under pressure from the Biden administration, said Wednesday it will no longer release $450 million in funds that were scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan next week. The move comes after the Treasury Department and congressional Republicans voiced concern about releasing the funds given the toppling
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s Clarissa Ward says her producer on a report from Afghanistan was nearly pistol-whipped by Taliban fighters, before another one stepped in to save him. The CNN crew was reporting Wednesday from a chaotic scene outside the airport in Kabul, where many Afghans are trying
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