Germán Padinger (CNN) — Para los residentes de la ciudad de Xi’an, en el noroeste de China, el comienzo de 2022 se parece mucho al de 2020 cuando se iniciaba la pandemia de covid-19, y la indignación está en alza. Desde diciembre, la antigua ciudad conocida como el hogar de los Guerreros de Terracota ha
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El emblemático monumento de Southernmost Point —el punto más al sur de Estados Unidos continental, a 90 millas (144 km) de Cuba— una boya de concreto anclada en Key West, Florida, sufrió “daños extensos” el sábado por la mañana temprano después de que vándalos colocaron un árbol de Navidad frente a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for adults anymore. A new year can bring new excitement and opportunities to grow for kids, too. They can learn to focus on healthy habits and new goals just like adults. New Year’s resolutions can be a beneficial way for kids to get motivated, according to
Continue ReadingBy KELLY MEYERHOFER Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A blind UW-Madison professor requested to teach online this fall semester. She had the support of her department, documentation from her doctor and a long history of receiving disability accommodations from the university. UW-Madison instead offered English professor Elizabeth
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW and BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers The NFL’s schedule changes for Week 18 will feature a Sunday night showdown for a playoff berth. To finish off the NFL’s first 17-game season, the Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders game was flexed from daytime to primetime. Both AFC West rivals are
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives The Build Back Better bill, the large social safety net and environmental spending bill being considered by Congress, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address the nation’s growing wealth gap. It would raise taxes on the wealthy and large corporations and then would use those funds to strengthen
Continue ReadingBy HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has welcomed the new year with violence as Prime Minister Ariel Henry fled the northern city of Gonaïves following a shootout between his security forces and an armed group that had warned the leader not to set foot in the city. Local media reported that
Continue ReadingAUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — American forward Ricardo Pepi signed with Augsburg of Germany’s Bundesliga from Major League Soccer’s Dallas, agreeing to a 4 1/2-season contract that includes an option to extend through the 2026-27 season. The Augsburger Allgemeine reported the German club was paying more than 13 million euros ($14.8 million) plus potential add-ons for
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga la insurrección del 6 de enero está dando señales de que logró penetrar el muro de obstrucción montado por Donald Trump sobre lo que ocurría dentro de la Casa Blanca y de su propia familia mientras se negaba a detener el
Continue ReadingBy Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story RINGGOLD, Louisiana (KTBS) — A disabled veteran say he was left high and dry in Ringgold. He says he paid contractors $10,000 to work on his home and though the check cleared right away the company never started the job. Monte and LeAnn Thames showed
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The nation’s biggest cellular carriers say they won’t further delay the rollout of 5G wireless service near airports — ratcheting up tensions between transportation officials and the telecom industry ahead of a critical deadline this week that could trigger widespread US flight delays and diversions. In a letter Sunday reviewed
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Sweetgreen is hoping to alleviate some of the pain of paying for its expensive salads with a new discount program. Beginning Monday, the salad chain is selling a subscription-like offering called Sweetpass that gives customers as much as 30% off each purchase. With a $10 subscription, a customer will get
Continue ReadingPENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Heavy snow and high winds forced officials to close dozens of state roads in Oregon and shut Interstate 84 through the Columbia River Gorge and Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. The Oregon Department of Transportation said Monday in Umatilla County, snow drifts along roadways were several feet tall and
Continue ReadingPENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Heavy snow and high winds forced officials to close dozens of state roads in Oregon and shut Interstate 84 through the Columbia River Gorge and Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. The Oregon Department of Transportation said Monday in Umatilla County, snow drifts along roadways were several feet tall and
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022. The new year is sure to be a sky-gazer’s delight with plenty of celestial events on the calendar. There is always a good chance that the International Space Station is flying overhead. And if
Continue ReadingGULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a fourth person has died after several people pulled out weapons and fired more than 50 bullets at a New Year’s Eve party in Mississippi. A coroner said 52-year-old Nathaniel Harris died Sunday from multiple gunshot wounds. Three others were wounded but survived. Dozens of people were thought to
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business CES, typically one of the year’s biggest tech trade shows, is moving forward with plans to host an in-person component this week despite looming threats of the Omicron Covid-19 variant. Although the event will return to Las Vegas for the first time since 2020 — marking the
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people have blocked roads in several locations in Serbia demanding that the authorities scrap any plans for lithium mining that ecologists say would devastate the environment. Several minor incidents were reported on Monday as angry drivers sought to push through the crowds that halted traffic in the northern city
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that the nearly all of the side-effects for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children five to 11 years of age have been mild. The CDC analyzed data
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — With cases skyrocketing and many scrambling to book third shots, one question feels more pressing than ever at the start of 2022: When will COVID-19 end? The trajectory of pandemics — a term which refers to an epidemic of an
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