By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The current evidence on Covid-19 vaccines does not appear to support a need for booster shots in the general public right now, according to an international group of vaccine scientists, including some from the US Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. “Current evidence does not, therefore, appear to
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The current evidence on Covid-19 vaccines does not appear to support a need for booster shots in the general public right now, according to an international group of vaccine scientists, including some from the US Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. “Current evidence does not, therefore, appear to
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German soccer player Dennis Erdmann has been banned for eight weeks after a disciplinary hearing found he racially abused opposing players during a league game. Players from Magdeburg accused Erdmann of using racist insults when he played against them for Saarbrücken in the third division last month. Erdmann already missed two
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has marked his 112th birthday. Lawrence Brooks celebrated Sunday with a drive-by party at his New Orleans home hosted by the National World War II Museum. Festivities included a Jeep parade, a live performance from
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By Maeve Reston, CNN With all eyes turning to California on Tuesday to see whether Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled, a few places within the Golden State could offer some early clues — not only about whether the Democratic governor can keep his job — but also what the political climate might look like next
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets say the team has replaced an assistant coach who declined to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Sylvain Lefebvre was replaced on coach Brad Larsen’s staff by Steve McCarthy. A team statement says, “Lefebvre has decided not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and thus will not be able to
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Jack Guy, CNN A huge hoard of Iron Age gold artifacts has been uncovered by an amateur metal detectorist in Denmark. The “enormous” find consists of almost one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold buried 1,500 years ago, according to a press release from the Vejlemuseerne museum, which will exhibit the hoard. Described by the museum
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By Lauren Fox, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Ali Zaslav, CNN US Capitol Police say they arrested a California man who had multiple knives in his truck, which had a swastika and other White supremacist symbols painted on it, near the Democratic National Committee headquarters early Monday morning. Officers on patrol noticed the Dodge Dakota
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La alta comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, reiteró este lunes su pedido de “plena liberación de todas las personas detenidas arbitrariamente” en Venezuela. En su último informe, presentado durante la inauguración de la 48ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos en Ginebra, señaló que
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras la mayor evacuación militar de la historia, el gobierno de Biden reasentará a más de 60.000 refugiados afganos dentro de Estados Unidos durante las próximas semanas. Según un funcionario de Defensa, se han transformado ocho bases militares en “pequeñas ciudades”. Alrededor del 17% de los que ya han llegado son
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press Officials say Libyan authorities have arrested two suspected human traffickers and facilitated the return of more than 50 Egyptian migrants to their home country. Fifty-three Egyptians landed in Cairo’s international airport on a private flight late Sunday after authorities in Libya’s capital of Tripoli arrested them for attempting to travel
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — El 11 de septiembre de 2001, hace más de 20 años, terroristas de al Qaeda secuestraron cuatro aviones comerciales en la costa este de Estados Unidos y los hicieron estrellar en distintos puntos en Nueva York, Washington y Pensilvania. El egipcio Ayman al Zawahiri, líder de al Qaeda abatido el
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By Dakin Andone and Polo Sandoval, CNN Students in New York City’s public schools — the nation’s largest school district — were welcomed back to the classroom Monday for full-time, in-person learning, joining school districts across the country confronting a new academic year amid Covid-19. “It is happening, school is back in New York City,”
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Polo Sandoval, CNN Students in New York City’s public schools — the nation’s largest school district — were welcomed back to the classroom Monday for full-time, in-person learning, joining school districts across the country confronting a new academic year amid Covid-19. “It is happening, school is back in New York City,”
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Emma Raducanu’s US Open victory netted the 18-year old Brit $2.5 million in prize money. She’s about to make much more from sponsorship deals. “I think Emma will earn well over $100 million [in the next calendar year]. She’ll eclipse all the men,” said Jonathan Shalit, the chairman of InterTalent
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Tennessee state senator charged with stealing more than $600,000 in federal funds. The federal trial of state Sen. Katrina Robinson started Monday in Memphis. Robinson is accused of stealing funds from federal grants slated for The
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question. Two of those scientists are top U.S. vaccine regulators, raising questions about whether White House plans for booster doses
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, pledged Monday to welcome businesses to the Big Apple by focusing on gun violence, gangs and the homeless. “New York will no longer be anti-business,” Adams said while addressing a Wall Street crowd of investors and financial executives in Manhattan.
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres is being moved back to second base from shortstop by the New York Yankees. The 24-year-old Torres was primarily a second baseman during his first two seasons with the Yankees in 2018 and 2019. He filled in at shortstop when Didi Gregorius got
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — El embajador de Paraguay en Cuba murió en La Habana a causa del covid-19, informaron este lunes los medios estatales de la isla. Bernardino Cano Radil, que tenía 65 años, falleció este domingo, según el sitio web gubernamental Cubadebate. Cuba empieza a vacunar contra el covid-19 a niños de tan solo
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