Victoria Fernandez (CNN Español) — Después de que el muro fronterizo entre EE.UU y México se elevara a 9 metros de altura, la cantidad de caídas y muertes de migrantes en un centro de trauma de nivel 1 en California aumentó significativamente, según una nueva investigación publicada este viernes en JAMA Surgery. “Elevar el muro
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Fair housing advocates on Friday announced a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit against real estate brokerage Redfin that will expand housing opportunities for consumers in communities of color in numerous major cities. Under the agreement, Seattle-based Redfin will change its minimum housing price policy, alter other practices, and
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Fair housing advocates on Friday announced a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit against real estate brokerage Redfin that will expand housing opportunities for consumers in communities of color in numerous major cities. Under the agreement, Seattle-based Redfin will change its minimum housing price policy, alter other practices, and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A shipment of honeybees bound from California to Alaska died after an airline re-routed them through Atlanta, then left them to sit on the tarmac during hot weather. Delta Air Lines said Friday it is making changes to prevent a repeat of what happened last weekend. About 5 million honeybees were
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN A member of the ISIS terror cell nicknamed the “Beatles” was sentenced to life in prison on Friday by US District Judge T. S. Ellis in Alexandria, Virginia, after gut-wrenching statements in court from family members of victims. Alexanda Kotey had pleaded guilty in September to taking part in a hostage
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DÁNICA COTO The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The premier of the British Virgin Islands appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday after his arrest on cocaine-smuggling charges. The allegations against him coupled with a separate corruption inquiry are unleashing calls to suspend the Caribbean territory’s government. The Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN The US military delivered a new birthday cake to an Italian woman, exactly 77 years after American soldiers fighting in her local village ate the original gateau that was made for her 13th birthday. Sgt. Peter Wallis and Col. Matthew Gomlak presented Meri Mion with an icing-covered cake topped with
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN What should parents know about the Moderna vaccine results? How soon could vaccines be available for young kids? Where should parents go to get them? What are tips to keep children protected in the meantime? To help answer these questions, I spoke with CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency
Continue ReadingSTORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn women’s basketball player Caroline Ducharme has undergone surgery on her left hip. The school says Thursday’s procedure repaired damage from an injury the rising sophomore suffered before arriving at UConn. Ducharme, who made the All-Big East second team as a freshman, was to begin a rehabilitation program Friday. She is
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has purchased a seat on a SpaceX rocket for an Emirati astronaut to journey to the International Space Station for a six-month mission. It’s the oil-rich federation’s first long-term mission as it advances its ambitions in space. The UAE purchased the seat on the SpaceX
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has warned that if Israel continues to target Iran’s presence in the region, Tehran could eventually retaliate by striking deep inside Israel. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s warning on Friday came in a speech during a ceremony in Beirut marking “Quds Day,” or Jerusalem Day, a traditional
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN The widely beloved, ever-humble Dolly Parton said in a new interview that she’d “accept gracefully” if inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, one month after she said she wanted to withdraw her nomination. Speaking to NPR about her new book with James Patterson, “Run, Rose, Run,” Parton said
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When potential grand jurors show up at an Atlanta courthouse Monday, they’ll find a television camera in the room and streets closed outside. All eyes will be on Fulton County as a special grand jury is impaneled for an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and
Continue ReadingMUNICH (AP) — Botic van de Zandschulp has upset the second-seeded Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the BMW Open. The Dutch player saved the only break point he faced and won 50 per cent of his first-serve return points to win in one hour and 34 minutes. Van de Zandschulp next
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Colorado prison inmate has become the first person in the U.S. to test positive for bird flu in a recent outbreak that has led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Colorado prison inmate has become the first person in the U.S. to test positive for bird flu in a recent outbreak that has led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden’s January 20, 2021, inauguration. Meadows selectively provided these messages to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb, Elizabeth Stuart and Brian Stelter, CNN Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Fox’s Sean Hannity exchanged more than 80 text messages between Election Day 2020 and Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration, communications that show Hannity’s evolution from staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump’s election lies
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Elizabeth Wolfe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Four Florida Department of Corrections officers have been arrested in the alleged beating death in February of an inmate at a prison south of Miami, authorities said. Ronald Connor, 24, Christopher Rolon, 29, and Kirk Walton, 34, were arrested Thursday by the Florida Department of Law
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Tribal and local authorities and volunteers from a Minnesota-based missing persons foundation will search the Yurok Reservation in remote Northern California over three days for Emmilee Risling, a 33-year-old Native woman who went missing last October. The search, which will involve more than 30 people, several boats and 10 cadaver
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