By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit increased to a record $73.3 billion in August as a small gain in exports was swamped by a much larger increase in imports. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the monthly trade deficit increased 4.2% in August, rising to an all-time high,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Después de semanas de un preocupante aumento de covid-19 en todo EE.UU., las tasas de infección están finalmente en declive. Sin embargo, los expertos dicen que todavía hay trabajo por hacer para haya un cambio real, especialmente cuando los casos siguen siendo excepcionalmente altos entre los niños. “Me preocupa que
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Policía Nacional y el Ministerio Público de República Dominicana investigan la muerte de una arquitecta de 36 años, a quien un agente policial que no estaba en servicio supuestamente le propinó un disparo en la cabeza tras un accidente de tránsito en el municipio de Boca Chica, a unos
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Marc Pilcher, el premiado estilista y diseñador de maquillaje que ganó un Emmy por su trabajo en la exitosa serie de Netflix “Bridgerton”, murió de covid-19 a los 53 años, semanas después de ganar el premio. La agencia de Pilcher, Curtis Brown, ha confirmado la noticia a CNN este martes,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — AstraZeneca está solicitando la autorización de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) para una terapia de anticuerpos para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático, particularmente entre las personas que no es probable que desarrollen una respuesta inmune a partir de
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Este lunes, el Gobierno de México informó a través de un comunicado que este 8 de octubre se llevará a cabo una reunión de seguridad entre altos funcionarios mexicanos y estadounidenses. La reunión será en la sede de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores en la Ciudad de México, donde asistirán el
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for setting fire to a Kansas City church last year. Federal prosecutors for Missouri say in a news release that 39-year-old Christopher Durant, of Kansas City, was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison after pleading
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Oct. 18 remains the date she is likely to run out of resources to stave off an unprecedented default on the nation’s debt without congressional action to raise the debt limit. She rejected the idea of minting a $1 trillion
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Oct. 18 remains the date she is likely to run out of resources to stave off an unprecedented default on the nation’s debt without congressional action to raise the debt limit. She rejected the idea of minting a $1 trillion
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — London’s fire brigade says an incident at Westminster subway station, which saw smoke billowing out from an electrical room in the basement, has been brought under control. In a statement Tuesday, the London Fire Brigade said six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were involved at the incident at the subway station
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers will return for a special session to vote on maps that redraw congressional and legislative districts. The once-a-decade exercise rebalances the districts to coincide with population shifts, which in Iowa were generally away from rural areas to larger cities. The Legislature must consider
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted Columbia murderer Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday night in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Johnson was convicted of a triple murder at Casey’s General Store along Rice Road in Columbia in 1995. In February of 1994, Johnson robbed the convenience store after using drugs and hit, shot, and stabbed
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. After launching in November, NASA will
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. After launching in November, NASA will
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By Maeve Reston, CNN Photographs by Kyle Grillot for CNN The oil spill off the coast of Orange County is a slow-moving disaster that is still hard for many residents to detect with the naked eye. As officials expanded their efforts to contain it, local residents and vacationers were bracing for impact — scanning a
Continue ReadingBy Cameron French, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada’s outdated approach to assessing the risks of climate change means that many Canadians are currently living in areas considered at risk of climate-related flooding and wildfires without knowing it, says a new report from the Canadian Institute
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels. That includes her battles to be eligible for competition. The memoir “Silence All the Noise” does not
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael J. Fox will receive an honorary AARP award for his work through his charity that advocates for Parkinson’s research. The organization announced Tuesday that Fox will receive the honorary AARP Purpose Prize award during a virtual ceremony on Dec 15. The Emmy-winning actor,
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had Covid-19 outbreaks. “We had been dealing with outbreaks the whole time. Everywhere, at a ton of facilities, big, small, rich, poor, it didn’t matter,” said Dr. Louise Aronson,a professor
Continue ReadingBy Ben Cousins, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — In light of a bombshell report that exposed the tax havens used by the world’s elite, new focus has emerged on how easy it is to create a trust or shell company that can shield the owner from
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