By Maggie Fox and Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare spent billions more money on generic drugs for its beneficiaries than warehouse chain Costco did for the same drugs, according to an analysis published Tuesday. This overspending hit $2.6 billion in 2018, Erin Trish, associate director of the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Al menos siete personas han muerto a causa del deslizamiento de tierra ocurrido el sábado en la ciudad japonesa de Atami, según ha informado este martes la cadena pública japonesa NHK. Los rescatistas confirmaron que otras tres personas han muerto, informa. NHK. Según esta fuente, los enormes volúmenes de lodo y
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció el martes que se proyecta que Estados Unidos alcanzará la marca de 160 millones de estadounidenses completamente vacunados para fines de esta semana y que su administración participará en actividades de divulgación especÃficas para vacunar a más personas, después de que la nación
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — El pasado 2 de junio, hace poco más de un mes, una jueza de Nicaragua ordenó la captura de Cristiana Chamorro, precandidata presidencial de cara a las elecciones de noviembre, tras acusarla de “lavado de dinero” y “gestión abusiva”, entre otros delitos que Chamorro rechazó. La decisión, anunciada por el
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By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Montana authorities are searching for a grizzly bear Tuesday after it attacked and killed a woman on an overnight camping trip near the rural town of Ovando, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed. The woman was on a cycling trip and was camping for the night when the
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the planet warms, a study found that male dragonflies are losing a crucial feature they typically use to attract female mates: the ornate black patterns on their wings. The new research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that male dragonflies are adapting to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced officers will move to 12-hour shifts beginning September 5. Officials say the change aims to increase the number of officers on shifts and available to respond to calls. Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones says the changed schedule will increase officer safety, improve the Department’s ability to provide
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San Francisco police are trying to identify suspects In yet another brazen robbery caught on video. Thieves were caught on camera taking handbags from a high end department store. CNN affiliate KGO reports.
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Stella Chan and Eric Levenson, CNN The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is trying to identify a group of robbery suspects caught on video brazenly taking handbags from a high-end department store on Monday evening. In video taken by a witness and obtained by CNN affiliate KGO, about 10 suspects — wearing
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Brasil ganó este martes su partido en la semifinal de la Copa América por 1-0 contra Perú en el Estádio Nilton Santos de RÃo de Janeiro, lo que le da el pase a la final. Los anfitriones fueron persistentes en la primera parte, con intentos tanto de la estrella del ParÃs Saint-Germain
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 125 personas que asistieron a un campamento de verano dirigido por una iglesia del sur de Texas dieron positivo por coronavirus, según un comunicado del pastor lÃder de la Iglesia Comunitaria de Clear Creek, Bruce Wesley. El brote se debe a un Campamento de Ministerio Estudiantil a fines
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones declined the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a teaching position with the school and has instead accepted a faculty role at Howard University. She made the announcement on “CBS This Morning” with Gayle King on Tuesday. Hannah-Jones will be joined by Ta-Nehisi Coates,
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Maryland is paying its jobless residents pandemic unemployment benefits — including the $300 federal supplement — for another 10 days after the state lost several court battles to end the programs on Saturday. Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, announced last month that he was terminating the three pandemic benefits measures on
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By Ellie Kaufman and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft over Amazon under the Trump administration. The department announced Tuesday that it is canceling the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract that was previously awarded to Microsoft. It will
Continue Reading Andy Jassy takes over the role of Amazon CEO from Jeff Bezos as the company faces an antitrust push along with criticism over worker treatment. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — La lujosa Millennium Tower de San Francisco, con altÃsimas vistas panorámicas y comodidades de primer nivel, abrió con gran fanfarria en 2009. Más de una década después, todavÃa se promociona como “Tu ciudad dentro de la ciudad”, un monolito de 58 pisos con más de 400 apartamentos multimillonarios en el edificio
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By Gertrude Kitongo, CNN Military and police patrols are on the streets of the tiny African nation of eSwatini, and opposition leaders are in hiding, they told CNN Tuesday, as the continent’s last absolute monarchy tries to contain pro-democracy protests. The president of the opposition People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Mlungisi Makhanya, told CNN on
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy and muggy with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds, afternoon scattered storms. Some storms may briefly produce heavy rain. Highs near 90. Heat index between 94-95 degrees. EXTENDED: A cold front moves in from the north tomorrow, bringing a chance of scattered storms after
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Universal Pictures and Peacock announced that new films from the studio will head exclusively to NBCUniversal’s nascent streaming service after they play in theaters. Under a new licensing agreement, which starts with the 2022 theatrical slate, Universal’s movies will be available exclusively on Peacock no later than four months after
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