Germán Padinger (CNN) — La recuperación económica mundial tras la pandemia de coronavirus se debilita y los riesgos aumentan, según el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI). El FMI recortó este martes su previsión de crecimiento para Estados Unidos en 2021 en un punto porcentual completo, hasta el 6%, la mayor reducción sufrida por cualquier economía del
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Pamela, que tocó tierra este miércoles como huracán en la costa del pacífico mexicano, se degradó a tormenta tropical, según el boletín del Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos (NHC) publicado a las 11amET. Según el NHC, Pamela se mueve “hacia el interior sobre la zona centro oeste de México”.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri education officials say students, teachers and staff who were directly exposed to someone with the coronavirus will be allowed to stay in school and participate in sports and extracurricular activities if they follow new guidelines. The new “test to stay” rules announced Tuesday say anyone exposed to a person
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By Marshall Cohen Two cousins with extensive criminal records were sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in jail for storming the US Capitol during the pro-Trump insurrection on January 6. Edward Hemenway of Virginia and Robert Bauer of Kentucky asked for probation, but District Judge Tanya Chutkan said incarceration in this case was the only way
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La atleta keniata Agnes Tirop, que representó a su país en los recientes Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio participando en carrera de larga distancia, fue hallada muerta en su casa, según anunció este miércoles Asociación de Atletismo de Kenia (AK) en un comunicado. Según el organismo rector del atletismo en el país,
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounds ready to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In more than 90 minutes of arguments Wednesday, the court’s six conservative justices seemed likely to embrace the Biden administration’s argument that a federal appeals court mistakenly threw out Tsarnaev’s
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La erupción del volcán Cumbre Vieja, en La Palma, España, cumple un mes este 19 de octubre y solo deja postales de devastación en la isla. Los ríos de lava avanzan sin cesar hasta derramarse en el mar, sumando una preocupación adicional por los efectos nocivos de este fenómeno. Mientras, en
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Hay un esfuerzo titánico para garantizar que los más vulnerables se vacunen en todo Estados Unidos. El transporte, la traducción y una fuente fiable de información sobre las vacunas han sido algunos de los obstáculos, pero los trabajadores de la salud pública y una nueva iniciativa están trabajando para superarlos.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El actor William Shatner, el capitán Kirk de “Star Trek”, no pudo ocultar su emoción tras viajar al espacio en la nave de la empresa Blue Origin de Jeff Bezos, y aseguró que la experiencia “es más profunda” de la que podía imaginar. Al llegar a Tierra habló durante
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With prices surging worldwide for heating oil, natural gas and other fuels, the U.S. government said Wednesday it expects households to see their heating bills jump as much as 54% compared to last winter. Nearly half the homes in the U.S. use natural gas for
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With prices surging worldwide for heating oil, natural gas and other fuels, the U.S. government said Wednesday it expects households to see their heating bills jump as much as 54% compared to last winter. Nearly half the homes in the U.S. use natural gas for
Continue ReadingBy Allegra Goodwin, Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Relatives of Covid-19 victims have hit out at “deeply upsetting” images of Boris Johnson seen painting while on vacation — just one day after his government was slated for its handling of the pandemic. The photographs appear to show the British Prime Minister painting
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says officials have begun vaccinating people in eastern Congo against Ebola, after it was confirmed last week that the disease killed a toddler. The U.N. health agency said Wednesday that people at high risk of catching the disease, including the young boy’s
Continue Reading MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers appear ready to go on strike if negotiators can’t deliver a new agreement by the end of the day. The United Auto Workers union has said its members would walk off the job if no deal has been reached by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. The
Continue Reading MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers appear ready to go on strike if negotiators can’t deliver a new agreement by the end of the day. The United Auto Workers union has said its members would walk off the job if no deal has been reached by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. The
Continue Reading MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers appear ready to go on strike if negotiators can’t deliver a new agreement by the end of the day. The United Auto Workers union has said its members would walk off the job if no deal has been reached by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. The
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Families of COVID-19 patients are asking hospitals to rethink visitor policies a year and a half into the pandemic that has killed 700,000 people in the U.S. The relatives say they’re being denied the right to be with loved ones at a crucial time. Doctors also
Continue Reading ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 71-year-old Spirit Lake man has again been found guilty of murder in a second trial in the May 2020 death of a Cleghorn man. The Sioux City Journal reports that a Sioux County jury on Tuesday found Gregg Eugene Winterfeld guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old
Continue Reading LARNED, Kan. (AP) — Two employees at Larned State Hospital are charged with helping a convicted sexual offender escape last summer. The two female employees, 50-year-old Rachel Rena Perez, of Larned, and 45-year-old Liliana Guadalupe Houser, of Garden City, made their first court appearances Tuesday. They each face more than a dozen charges related to
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin has “constructive” relations with the Biden administration and has voiced hope that mutual interests would eventually help normalize U.S.-Russia ties. Putin addressed an array of topics while speaking during a panel discussion at an international energy conference in Moscow on
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