Ángela Reyes (CNN) — En medio de un verano mortal por las inundaciones en diferentes partes del mundo, un grupo de científicos encontró que la cantidad de personas en riesgo de inundaciones extremas ha aumentado significativamente en las últimas dos décadas. En Alemania, las inundaciones graves se cobraron la vida de al menos 173 personas.
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By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press JEFFERSON, La. (AP) — The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections is once again overwhelming hospitals across the U.S. That is especially true in hot spots such as Louisiana, which hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations last week. Nearly 2,900 virus patients have been admitted to hospitals — and
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By Kaitlan Collins and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some people who are immunocompromised, according to a source familiar with the discussions. This would be a third shot of the current two-dose Pfizer
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By Kaitlan Collins and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some people who are immunocompromised, according to a source familiar with the discussions. This would be a third shot of the current two-dose Pfizer
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball is preparing for its first game in the state of Iowa. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will play in Dyersville on Thursday next to the site used in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” One of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball is preparing for its first game in the state of Iowa. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will play in Dyersville on Thursday next to the site used in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” One of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Belarusian Olympic sprinter says she feels safe after finding refuge in Poland to avoid punishment at home for criticizing her team officials at the Tokyo Games. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya now hopes to focus on how to keep up her world-class sprinting career. In an interview Wednesday
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin believes it has enough talent to regain its status as one of the top Power Five rushing attacks after taking a step back last year. Wisconsin returns its leading rusher from last season in Jalen Berger. It also has Clemson transfer Chez Mellusi and
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Aledmys Díaz had three hits and drove in three runs to lead the Houston Astros to 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday. Díaz tied it with an RBI single in the first and gave the Astros the lead with a run-scoring single in the
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LEMIRE and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s belief that bipartisanship is still possible in a deeply divided Washington was validated when Senate Democrats and Republicans came together to pass his $1 trillion infrastructure bill. But now comes an even more complicated task: keeping Biden’s own party in line.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A racehorse trainer has pleaded guilty in New York to charges related to a scheme to give horses performance enhancing drugs so they perform better. Jorge Navarro entered the plea Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Navarro was charged last year along with over two dozen others in a crackdown by federal
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El cuidado de los niños más pequeños suele ser intensamente físico, pero con los mayores puede ser intensamente emocional. ¿Por qué? Debido a que hay muchas decisiones que tomar, y en un mundo en el que la clase media disminuye, los precios de la vivienda suben, y el clima social, político
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un paciente con la rara pero altamente infecciosa enfermedad del virus de Marburgo murió en Guinea, según un comunicado emitido por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) el lunes. Es el primer caso de este virus, similar al ébola, en África Occidental. Se tomaron muestras del virus, que causa fiebre hemorrágica,
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla says she will have a pacemaker implanted on Monday because her heart was damaged by COVID-19. De La Isla was hospitalized for 12 days earlier this year because of COVID-19 issues. She credited health care workers at Stormont Vail in Topeka with saving her life.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have returned catcher Travis d’Arnaud from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the injured list. D’Arnaud was in the lineup batting seventh against Cincinnati. He missed 86 games with a left thumb sprain and was placed on the injured list May 2. Braves catchers
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Fred se formó el martes por la noche frente a la costa de Puerto Rico, convirtiéndose en la sexta tormenta con nombre de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2021. A las 11:00 pm del martes, la tormenta estaba a unos 70 kilómetros al sur-suroeste de Ponce, Puerto
Continue Reading By MALLIKA SEN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After months of holding on to power, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly resigned Tuesday. What happened? What’s next? The Associated Press takes you through the allegations against him, the calculus behind his resignation, successor Kathy Hochul and what could happen to Cuomo next, along
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of Mars last week, but it seems the red planet wasn’t ready to cooperate. In the wee hours of August 6, more than 90 engineers and scientists awaited the first data from Perseverance’s drilling attempt. The information sent back to Earth by
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than in the worst-case scenario sketched out by U.S. military leaders when President Joe Biden ordered a full military withdrawal last spring. It is likely too late for the United States to stop the rout and
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with a spot storm possible north of I-70. Lows in the upper 70s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with highs in the mid-90s. Heat indices between 100-107. Storms return to the area by evening, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. EXTENDED: The line of showers and storms to our north could grow upscale and
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