By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Well, guys, July has arrived and still Covid-19 and its variants are refusing to pack their bags and take a summer break. Luckily CNN Travel is here to guide you through this week’s news on which destinations are opening their borders, loosening their regulations or battening down the hatches. The Americas
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By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN Local officials are sounding the alarm over an increase in Covid-19 infections just as the nation prepares to celebrate a Fourth of July holiday that many hoped would mark the start of the resumption of normal life. In Arkansas, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN Flying saucers. Unexplained lights. Tic-tacs in the skies. UFO sightings have confounded government officials, witnesses and enthusiasts for more than 70 years. Yet for all the expectations that were put upon an unclassified UFO report released on June 25, it’s only led to more questions than answers. Its findings, in short:
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By Megan Marples, CNN Setting off dazzling displays of fireworks is a time-honored way to celebrate Independence Day, but it can quickly become dangerous — and even deadly — when safety guidelines are ignored. The United States saw a 50% increase in fireworks-related injuries and deaths from 2019 to 2020, according to a report from
Continue Reading With more public fireworks shows cancelled last year, more Americans chose to shoot off their own and a new report shows fireworks-related deaths and injuries increased by about 50% last year compared to the year before.
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By Manveena Suri and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has an efficacy rate of more than 93.4% against severe Covid-19 infection and 77.8% against symptomatic infection, according to data released Saturday by the shot’s developer. Pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech announced it had concluded the final analysis of its Phase 3 clinical trials,
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COSBY RELEASED FROM PRISON, CONVICTION OVERTURNED
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By Julia Hollingsworth, Saruul Enkhbold and Amy Sood, CNN In Mongolia, hospitals are overwhelmed. In the tiny archipelago of Seychelles, more than 100 new Covid-19 cases are being reported each day. And in Chile, a nationwide lockdown was lifted this week — but the country is still reporting thousands of daily cases. What links these
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Un grupo de investigadores en Austria tal vez haya encontrado una solución improbable al problema de la contaminación por plástico: las vacas y los microbios que se encuentran dentro de sus estómagos. Investigadores de la Universidad de Recursos Naturales y Ciencias de la Vida en Viena (BOKU), el Centro Austriaco de
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is recommending residents affected by flooding and storm damage to call 2-1-1 with requests for assistance. The phones are handled 24/7 to connect citizens with available community resources. Support resources available from 2-1-1 may include: Basic human needs: food pantries, shelters, rent or utility
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Los elefantes que conocemos y amamos tal vez sean los últimos supervivientes. Si bien ahora solo hay tres especies de elefantes —que están en peligro de extinción y se pueden encontrar en África y Asia—, alguna vez pertenecieron a un grupo llamado proboscídeos que incluía 185 especies que vivían en todo el
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Nearly 30 newly identified alleged abuse victims of former Ohio State University Dr. Richard Strauss filed a lawsuit against the university Monday, claiming the educational institution was aware of, facilitated and covered up Strauss’ alleged sexual abuse for decades. The lawsuit identifies six of the alleged 29 abuse male victims by
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los viajes de este largo fin de semana festivo en Estados Unidos estarán muy concurridos, y no solo según los estándares de la pandemia. Los expertos esperan que compita con el fin de semana del Día de la Independencia más ajetreado de la era anterior al coronavirus. Las filas en los
Continue Readingivancnne (CNN Español) — Nuevos videos obtenidos por CNN dan cuenta de los instantes previos y posteriores al colapso del edificio en Miami. En la otra costa de EE.UU., al menos 17 personas resultaron heridas en Los Ángeles cuando la policía trataba de detonar de manera segura explosivos improvisados. Al otro lado del mundo, la
Continue ReadingBy Keely Aouga and Laura Ly, CNN Actress Phylicia Rashad sent a letter to Howard University students and parents on Friday, offering “[her] most sincere apology” for tweeting in celebration of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction being overturned. “My remarks were in no way directed towards survivors of sexual assault. I vehemently oppose sexual violence,
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Congressional Democrats’ years-long attempt to nail down whether then-President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller effectively ended on Friday, with the US Supreme Court wiping away court decisions where the House Judiciary Committee was told it could access secret grand jury records from key witnesses in the Mueller investigation.
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The city of North Miami Beach has ordered the immediate closure and evacuation of a condo building after a report submitted Friday determined the structure is unsafe, officials said. Crestview Towers, about seven miles north of the Surfside condo building that collapsed last week, was deemed
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Lanier, CNN A Texas district attorney announced that a grand jury has indicted Daniel Perry on charges including murder in the death of a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Perry also was indicted on one count of aggravated assault and one misdemeanor count of deadly conduct stemming from the
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By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Hurricane Elsa strengthened significantly Friday morning, becoming the first hurricane of the 2021 season. It is the third storm of the season to threaten the US coastline, potentially nearing the Florida Peninsula by next week, including around the site of the deadly Surfside condo collapse. Elsa has sustained
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Hurricane Elsa has become the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Elsa is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Windward and Leeward Islands on Friday. Meteorologist Jennifer Gray has the forecast.
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