CNNEE Nota del editor: Carlos Alberto Montaner es escritor, periodista y colaborador de CNN. Sus columnas se publican en decenas de diarios de España, Estados Unidos y América Latina. Montaner es, además, vicepresidente de la Internacional Liberal. Las opiniones aquà expresadas son exclusivamente suyas. (CNN Español) — No se debe ir a una guerra por
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge. The White House said Wednesday the administration is making a dedicated stream of 5 million rapid tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests available
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La depresión puede dejarte por fuera del normal transcurrir de tu vida cotidiana en cualquier momento. Y si piensas que solo se trata de tristeza profunda que se mejora teniendo “actitud positiva”, debes saber que muchas personas pueden verse afectadas en su dÃa a dÃa por cuenta de esta
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las tasas de mortalidad por cáncer llevan casi dos décadas en descenso, en parte debido a los “grandes avances” en la detección precoz y las opciones de tratamiento del cáncer de pulmón, según el informe anual de la Sociedad Estadounidense del Cáncer sobre estadÃsticas oncológicas, publicado este miércoles. La tasa global
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Chief Justice Susan Christensen is seeking a nearly 7% increase in the court system’s budget for next year in hopes of increasing salaries and hiring judges, attorneys and other staff after a hiring freeze. Christensen made the budget proposals for this fiscal year beginning
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By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Democrats are desperately searching for a way to pass voting legislation amid pressure from President Joe Biden, but the path ahead looks increasingly grim with influential moderates Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema unlikely to support a rules change necessary to get the bills over the finish line
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Parra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Faces of COVID exhibit is finally on display for the public to see. It’s 12 portraits installed in one of Harold Washington Library’s windows facing State Street. It shows just some of the faces among the thousands of Illinoisans who died
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet privately with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, a visit intended to deliver a jolt to the party’s long-stalled voting and elections legislation. Biden is expected to discuss potential changes to Senate rules that will be needed to overcome repeated Republican
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Weddle’s agent says the veteran NFL safety is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Los Angeles Rams for the playoffs. A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed the Rams plan to re-sign Weddle, who turned 37 last week and hasn’t played since
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrant smugglers in Mexico apparently painted fake government food distribution logos on a freight truck to disguise the fact they had crammed 38 migrants. The scheme appeared to have worked until the driver crashed into a guardrail on a highway in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The logos of the
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah group has hosted a conference for Saudi opposition figures in its stronghold south of Beirut in a defiant gesture certain to anger the oil-rich kingdom. Wednesday’s gathering came as the Lebanese government is trying to mend relations with Saudi Arabia that hit a new
Continue Reading By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster with a daylong commemoration on Thursday. The events include a Mass and will end with a candlelit vigil near the moment of impact: 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2012. That’s
Continue Reading By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster with a daylong commemoration on Thursday. The events include a Mass and will end with a candlelit vigil near the moment of impact: 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2012. That’s
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By David Shortell, Paula Reid and John Couwels, CNN An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is seen as a key witness in the investigation into alleged sex trafficking by the Florida Republican, testified on Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the congressman. The development is the latest signal that the long-running investigation into Gaetz
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that killed a 23-year-old Towson University student early Tuesday in Towson. At about 2 a.m., officers responded to a shooting in the unit block of West Susquehanna Avenue where they found Ikemefuna Eguh on the
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — Webb Simpson could have waited another week to start his new year. Instead, he chose to fly out to the middle of the Pacific Ocean for one week at the Sony Open. He wants to get started after a tough ending to last year. Simpson says
Continue Reading By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Texas man with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Eric Lira of El Paso is the first person to be charged under a new
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has proposed that Kansas put $600 million of its surplus revenue into a rainy day fund and spend nearly $1.8 billion of the excess revenue on a long list of projects. Parts of Kelly’s proposed spending blueprint for state government through
Continue Reading BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres have signed Michael Houser to a one-year, $750,000 contract and called up Aaron Dell from the minors to shore up their injury-depleted goaltending ranks. The signing comes with Buffalo adding goalies Ukko-Pekka Luukonen and Malcolm Subban to their injured list. Luukonen is considered week-to-week after sustaining a lower
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By Betsy Klein, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not changed its guidance on mask usage, but the Biden administration is “strongly considering” making higher quality masks, like N95 and KN95 masks, more available to Americans. The consideration comes as some experts warn Americans should be wearing those types of masks
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