August 2021

Governor to speak at school administrators’ conference as many districts return this month

August 3, 2021 4:19 AM Zola Crowder

State Commissioner Margie Vandeven will also speak at the conference Tuesday.

El pesimismo ante la pandemia vuelve a aumentar en EE.UU., de acuerdo con una nueva encuesta

August 3, 2021 3:51 AM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La preocupación de los estadounidenses por el coronavirus vuelve a aumentar tras haber alcanzado su punto más bajo en la pandemia, según dos encuestas publicadas el lunes. Aun así, la preocupación sigue siendo mucho menor que durante gran parte del año pasado, y en muchos casos, los que ya están vacunados

Detectan por primera vez luz detrás de un agujero negro (lo que cumple una predicción basada en la teoría de Einstein)

August 3, 2021 3:49 AM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Es un espectáculo de luz en el espacio como ningún otro. Por primera vez, los científicos han detectado luz detrás de un agujero negro, con lo que se cumple una predicción basada en la teoría de la relatividad general de Albert Einstein. El astrofísico de la Universidad de Stanford Dan Wilkins

EE.UU. supera a España y avanza a semifinales del baloncesto masculino

August 3, 2021 3:47 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia (CNN) — La selección masculina de baloncesto de EE.UU. avanzó a las semifinales de los Juegos Olímpicos con una victoria por 95-81 contra España. El juego estaba empatado en el entretiempo, pero los estadounidenses se distanciaron en la segunda mitad. Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020: resultados en vivo y las nuevas medallas olímpicas Kevin

Investigan la muerte en República Dominicana de exfiscal haitiano Claudy Gassant

August 3, 2021 3:45 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia (CNN Español) — La policía en República Dominicana confirmó este domingo la muerte en el país de Claudy Gassant, exfiscal de Haití durante la gestión del fenecido presidente Jovenel Moïse. Ana Cruceta, vocera de la policía dominicana, dijo que el cadáver fue hallado el sábado con herida de arma blanca, en un lugar que

Jade Carey of Team USA competes during the women's floor exercise final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Jade Carey: Gold medal winner says Simone Biles told her to go and ‘kill floor’

August 3, 2021 3:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Wayne Sterling and John Sinnott, CNN With the words of USA teammate Simone Biles resounding in her ears — “Go out and kill floor” — gymnast Jade Carey did just that at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Carey finished eighth in Sunday’s vault final — she made a mistake on the first of her

Detectan peste porcina africana en 11 provincias de República Dominicana

August 3, 2021 3:24 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia (CNN Español) — Las autoridades de Agricultura de República Dominicana revelaron este lunes que encontraron presencia de la peste porcina africana en al menos 11 provincias de su territorio. Hasta las primeras horas del domingo, la intervención en algunos criaderos arrojaba un saldo de unos 14.000 cerdos contaminados, según dice el reporte oficial. Entre

Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates winning the Women's 100-meter final on day 2 of the 2020 US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19

How misogynoir is oppressing Black women athletes

August 3, 2021 3:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Naomi Osaka discovered what it’s like to be at the sharp end of a sporting governing body’s regulations this summer. The four-time grand slam singles champion declined to attend press conferences as she began her French Open campaign in June — citing the importance of protecting her mental health and addressing

Tracking more terrific temperatures for Tuesday

August 3, 2021 3:14 AM Kevin Schneider

TUESDAY: We’re looking at another nice, enjoyable day around Mid-Missouri. We’ll wake up to some patchy fog, but that will clear up quickly with sunshine breaking it up. Temperatures will only top out in the low 80’s with more of those hazy skies above us. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies overhead will lead to another cool

Returning to the office? Here’s how to avoid miscommunication in the new normal

August 3, 2021 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Trent, CNN Are we turning on our webcams today? Is it unprofessional to send an emoji to your boss? May I wear yoga pants to work? As video conferences replaced conference rooms and direct messages replaced water cooler talk, workers in a wide array of industries started asking questions they have never asked

BACK-TO-WORK DEBATE HEIGHTENS:VACCINATED VS UNVACCINATED

August 3, 2021 3:00 AM CNN

The back to work debate is heating up as COVID-19 cases surge across the country.

Nurse: Some Covid-19 patients think I’m lying about diagnosis

August 3, 2021 2:46 AM CNN

Louisiana is among the states with the worst vaccination rates and is seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases. CNN’s Miguel Marquez visited a hospital in the Bayou State and spoke with patients who explained why they hadn’t received the vaccine.

Tennessee ICU nurse Kathryn Ivey Sherman tells CNN that facing the recent rise in Covid-19 cases is like being told you have to walk back into war.

Facing the recent rise in Covid-19 cases is like being told you have to walk back into war, nurse says

August 3, 2021 2:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Covid-19 is once again on the rise, hospitals are filling up with patients and a Tennessee ICU nurse told CNN the resurgence is decimating her already depleted energy level. “It was bad enough the first time around when it was all still new and you could at least give people the

India to deploy naval task force into South China Sea and beyond

August 3, 2021 2:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN India is sending a task force of four warships into the South China Sea on a two-month deployment that will include exercises with Quad partners the United States, Japan and Australia, India’s Defense Ministry announced Monday. The warships will depart India early this month, the Defense Ministry statement said, without giving

Syringe being filled with coronavirus vaccine

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Would incentives to get the coronavirus vaccine help you make a decision to get vaccinated?

August 3, 2021 2:05 AM ABC 17 News Team

Last week President Joe Biden called for states to offer $100 to the newly vaccinated. Biden added that financial incentives may seem unfair to already vaccinate Americans, but “we all benefit if we can get more people vaccinated.” Would incentives to get the coronavirus vaccine help you make a decision to get vaccinated? Vote in

The rise in Covid-19 vaccinations could mean Americans are waking up to the dangers of the Delta variant. People receive Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Wilmington

Florida and Texas had one-third of all US Covid-19 cases in past week, official says

August 3, 2021 1:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, Ralph Ellis and Theresa Waldrop, CNN One-third of all US Covid-19 cases reported in the past week were in just two states — Florida and Texas — according to White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients. The cases are mainly in areas where vaccination rates remain low, Zients said at a briefing

Raven Saunders performing her X gesture on the shot put medal podium.

Raven Saunders’ X podium protest: What it means and why the IOC is investigating

August 3, 2021 1:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Ben Morse, CNN US shot-putter Raven Saunders has explained what the gesture she made following her silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics meant. The 25-year-old raised her hands and crossed them in an X as she and her fellow medal winners posed for photos, telling NBC that it represented “the intersection of where

Subastarán una rebanada del pastel de boda de la princesa Diana

August 3, 2021 1:18 AM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Este podría ser el trozo de pastel más caro que pruebes en tu vida. Subastarán una rebanada del pastel de boda del príncipe Carlos y la princesa Diana de 1981. La porción, que pesa aproximadamente 800 gramos, procede de uno de los 23 pasteles que se hicieron para la boda real,

Biles is back and Tokyo’s Olympic fever

August 3, 2021 1:00 AM CNN

CNN’s Selina Wang talks about Simone Biles’ return to competition and whether the success of Japanese athletes is softening resistance to the Games.

Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya talks with police at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on August 1.

Poland grants humanitarian visa to Belarusian Olympic sprinter who refused to board flight home

August 3, 2021 12:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan, Robert Iddiols, Sebastian Shukla, Taylor Barnes and Jim Sciutto, CNN Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, hours after she refused to board a flight out of Japan saying she was being forced to return to her native country against her will and that she feared arrest.

Month: August 2021