By Andy Rose, CNN Legendary race car driver Al Unser Sr. died Thursday at his home in Chama, New Mexico, the president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) announced. He was 82 years old and had been battling cancer for the past 17 years, according to the racing league. Unser won the Indianapolis 500 four
Continue Reading
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New coronavirus infections in South Korea have exceeded 7,000 for the third consecutive day as the worst surge since the start of the pandemic overwhelms hospitals and depletes health care workforce. Critics blame the spread on complacency by the government, which dramatically lowered social distancing
Continue Reading By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury. A freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in
Continue Reading
By AJ Willingham, CNN Could the supply chain nightmare be coming to an end? Yes and no. Port congestion is easing, deliveries are speeding up and shipping prices are coming back down, but other issues like driver and supply shortages could keep things unpredictable for a while. Here’s what you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed a bill that requires staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The upper house, or Bundesrat, approved the bill hours after lawmakers agreed to fast track the legislative process. The new measure means workers in health care
Continue Reading
By Theresa Waldrop and Andy Rose, CNN The Denver Broncos on Sunday honored its former star wide receiver, Demaryius Thomas, who died suddenly last week at age 33. Thomas played 10 seasons in the NFL, most of them with the Broncos, and is considered one of the best wide receivers in Broncos history, winning two
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Los países con más (y menos) percepción de corrupción en América Latina. La secuenciación genómica es crucial en la batalla contra el coronavirus. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Decenas mueren en accidente en México; la mayoría serían migrantes Al menos 54 personas murieron y más de
Continue Reading
Francesca Street, CNN It was the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, and Reggie Laroche, stuck in his Florida apartment, was struggling to stay optimistic. Laroche’s job in television once took him around the globe. Now, he was confined to the same four walls, unsure what the future held. Killing time online, he stumbled across
Continue Reading
By Laura Smith-Spark, Claudia Rebaza and Sebastian Shukla, CNN US authorities have won their bid to overturn a British judge’s ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to face charges in the United States, on the basis of assurances given about his treatment there. The 50-year-old Australian has been charged in the
Continue Reading By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The U.S. government has sanctioned Liberia’s ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie Johnson for alleged corruption. The sanctions against Johnson, announced Friday to commemorate International Human Rights Day, come under the Global Magnitsky Act, which authorizes the U.S. government to sanction those it sees as human
Continue Reading
By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Two parallel realities are emerging as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to build its investigation. While a growing list of individuals are cooperating, a small but key group of former President Donald Trump’s allies continue to stonewall
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Constitutional Court has declined to rule on a motion challenging the primacy of European Union law in a case involving the country’s treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers. Hungary’s justice minister had challenged a ruling by the EU’s top court, which required that migrants be granted
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tighter restrictions to curb the coronavirus have gone into effect in Britain. Starting Friday, face masks are again compulsory in indoor public spaces in England as part of measures announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to slow the spread of the omicron virus variant. Vaccination passes will
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las autoridades estadounidenses ganaron su intento de revocar el fallo de una jueza británica de que el fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, no debería ser extraditado para enfrentar cargos en Estados Unidos. El australiano de 50 años ha sido acusado en Estados Unidos bajo la Ley de Espionaje por su papel en
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British appellate court has opened the door for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States. The High Court in London overturned a lower court that found Assange’s mental health was too fragile to withstand the American criminal justice system. A judge earlier
Continue Reading
By Omar Jimenez and Travis Caldwell, CNN Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty Thursday on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019. His defense team said it will appeal the verdict. Jurors deliberated over the course
Continue Reading
Todd Nesbitt Jr. is charged in connection with a Nov. 14 shooting outside of Vibez nightclub that killed one and injured five.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy barely grew in October as construction activity slowed due to shortages of building materials and rising prices caused by shipping bottlenecks around the world. The Office for National Statistics said Friday that gross domestic product increased by 0.1% from the previous month, below the forecast of 0.4% from
Continue Reading
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy barely grew in October as construction activity slowed due to shortages of building materials and rising prices caused by shipping bottlenecks around the world. The Office for National Statistics said Friday that gross domestic product increased by 0.1% from the previous month, below the forecast of 0.4% from
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un jurado encontró culpable el jueves a la estrella de reality shows Josh Duggar de recibir pornografía infantil y posesión de pornografía infantil, según la sentencia presentada en la División de Fayetteville del Distrito Occidental de Arkansas del Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos. “Apreciamos las largas deliberaciones del jurado, respetamos el
Continue Reading