Sol Amaya (CNN)– La primera alerta de tornado del dÃa está vigente hasta las 8 pm CST, para partes del oeste y centro de Iowa, el noreste de Kansas, el centro sur de Minnesota, el noroeste de Missouri, el este de Nebraska y el extremo sureste de Dakota del Sur, según el Centro de Predicción
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands, CNN The United States is committing for the first time to defining “statelessness” and increasing protections for stateless people in the US, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. A stateless person is someone who does not have the nationality of any country, according to the United Nations, but the US doesn’t
Continue ReadingBy TAYLOR JOHNSON Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — The U.S. Surgeon General announced an urgent need to address a youth mental health crisis, especially as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Kansas City metro, a therapist is doing her part with a children’s book on
Continue ReadingBy Pedram Javaheri and Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologists The first tornado watch of the day has been issued for parts of the Midwest as record December heat surges and fuels severe weather across the central US on Wednesday, creating hurricane-force winds, potentially strong overnight tornadoes and an extreme fire threat. “Another historical weather day
Continue ReadingCNN By Pedram Javaheri and Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologists The first tornado watch of the day has been issued for parts of the Midwest as record December heat surges and fuels severe weather across the central US on Wednesday, creating hurricane-force winds, potentially strong overnight tornadoes and an extreme fire threat. “Another historical weather
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden says the Oregon state employees pension fund should drop its investment in NSO Group, whose smartphone-hacking tool has targeted human rights monitors, journalists, politicians and others. The Oregon Democrat’s comments came as he and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff called on
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Boston Celtics player and executive Danny Ainge is the new CEO of the Utah Jazz. Ainge has also been named an alternate governor for the Jazz on the NBA’s Board of Governors. Ainge stepped down from the Celtics front office in June, just hours after they were eliminated from
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Shepherd quarterback Tyson Bagent, a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II player of the year, headlines The Associated Press Division II All-America team released Wednesday. The AP D-II All-America team presented by Regions Bank was chosen by a panel of sports writers and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Kraft está utilizando su escasez de queso crema como una oportunidad de marketing. Durante unos pocos dÃas durante estas fiestas, un número limitado de personas podrá gastar US$ 20 en un postre a expensas de Kraft, propietario del queso crema Philadelphia. La premisa: la gente que no puede
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams had 16 players on their reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday after adding three more to the group. Linebacker Justin Hollins and tight ends Johnny Mundt and Jared Pinkney were added one day after the Rams put nine players on the list following
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Stacker compiled a list of the highest-earning cities in Oregon according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN The great Covid-19 lockdown of March to June 2020 created more than a run on toilet paper, masks and hand sanitizers. A new analysis of alcohol sales in a sampling of American states has found panic buying of hard liquor and wine also spiked. Sales of beer, however, remained steady or
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a groundbreaking law approved by city leaders this week. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the legislation, which the San Francisco Chronicle says is the first of its kind in the U.S. The law
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a groundbreaking law approved by city leaders this week. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the legislation, which the San Francisco Chronicle says is the first of its kind in the U.S. The law
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers, creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country. Wednesday’s decision by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps an
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers, creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country. Wednesday’s decision by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps an
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $2.9 million settlement Wednesday for Anjanette Young, who was found naked and distraught when police officers mistakenly broke into her home in February 2019. The deal was approved earlier this week by the council’s finance committee and had the backing of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly and timidly. But that doesn’t describe this year’s eight Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year: They seized their masks — and the moment. They are Damson Idris, Simu Liu, Rachel Zegler, Rauw Alejandro, Adrienne Warren,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un exjugador de la NFL que mató a tiros a seis personas antes de suicidarse en Carolina del Sur este año tenÃa encefalopatÃa traumática crónica (CTE por sus siglas en inglés) en etapa 2 “inusualmente grave”. Se trata de una enfermedad cerebral relacionada con lesiones en la cabeza, dijo un
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday called for the US Supreme Court to be expanded with more justices and said that the current court “threatens the democratic foundations of our nation.” “With each move, the court shows why it’s important to restore America’s faith in an independent judiciary committed to the
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