STOCKHOLM (AP) — The winner of the 2021 Nobel prize for outstanding work in the field of economics will be announced Monday. Unlike the other Nobel prizes, the economics award wasn’t established in the will of Alfred Nobel. It was set up by the Swedish central bank in his memory in 1968, with the first
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Washington (CNN) — Un denunciante que se identificó como un exfuncionario de alto rango de la Policía del Capitolio de Estados Unidos criticó el liderazgo del departamento antes, durante y después de la letal insurrección del 6 de enero en una nueva carta al Congreso. La carta de 16 páginas, obtenida por CNN
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — El fin de semana largo se alargó un poco más para los clientes de Southwest luego de que la aerolínea cancelara más de 1.000 vuelos el domingo. Eso es aproximadamente el 27% de sus operaciones diarias. Es el segundo día de cancelaciones masivas por parte de la aerolínea de
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BEIJING (AP) — A bus has fallen into a river in northern China, leaving at least three people dead and 11 others missing after flooding from heavy rains destroyed homes and covered farmland. Video posted online showed people on top of an almost submerged bus in a rushing river in Hebei province. Authorities say 37
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq says it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al-Qaida operative in a cross-border operation. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi identified the man in a tweet as Sami Jasim. He says Jasim oversaw the Islamic State group’s financial operations and
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN) — En muchas partes de Estados Unidos, lo que tradicionalmente se conocía como Día de Colón (Columbus Day en inglés) ahora se celebra como el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas. Pero sigue siendo un feriado federal, por lo que algunas empresas estarán cerradas. El presidente Biden emitió una proclamación el viernes
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
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By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
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The weekend brings a big boost for local businesses, with hotels, restaurants and bars filling up. For locals, that means more traffic on the roads and bigger crowds at their favorite restaurants, nightlife spots and shops.
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — At 8 years old, Laurent Martinez was sexually abused by a priest. Forty years later, he has chosen to make his story into a play, to show the devastating consequences and how speaking out can help victims heal and rebuild. The play called “Pardon?” is drawn from
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By Katia Hetter, CNN On International Day of the Girl Child, the second in a pandemic, I am grateful for this United Nations-designated day. It’s given us a moment to step back to consider what we can do to parent our girls — and really, all our children — in the middle of a pandemic,
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un hombre murió después de conducir hacia una acera en un intento de atropellar a los peatones antes de que transeúntes lo sacaran del automóvil y supuestamente lo atacaran en California el sábado. El conductor estuvo involucrado en un altercado verbal alrededor de la medianoche dentro de un negocio en Hawthorne, después
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COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system that hit Oklahoma late Sunday also brought heavy rain, lightning and wind to parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, and more stormy weather is predicted
Continue Reading COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system that hit Oklahoma late Sunday also brought heavy rain, lightning and wind to parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, and more stormy weather is predicted
Continue Reading COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system that hit Oklahoma late Sunday also brought heavy rain, lightning and wind to parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, and more stormy weather is predicted
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, has died in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, according to the country’s Ministry of Information. He was 85 years old. Khan was given a state funeral at Islamabad’s Faisal Mosque on Sunday. The funeral, attended by thousands of
Continue Reading By FADI TAWIL Associated Press ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) — State media reports that a huge fire has broken out at an oil facility in southern Lebanon, sending a thick column of smoke into the sky. The state-run National News Agency said Monday that the fire ignited in a giant gasoline tanker in the coastal village
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El panorama general del covid-19 en EE.UU. se ve un poco más brillante a medida que disminuyen las nuevas infecciones y las hospitalizaciones. “Esa es la buena noticia. Y es de esperar que continúe en esa trayectoria descendente”, dijo el Dr. Anthony Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say a roadside bomb has killed a regional television reporter in the country’s southwest. Police said Monday that journalist Shahid Zehri of Metro 1 News TV was traveling in his car when a bomb apparently targeting him exploded in the town of Hub in the Baluchistan province. Hours after
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Officials say an Afghan army deserter who murdered three Australian soldiers has been released from custody in Qatar and his whereabouts are not known. The soldier known as Hekmatullah fled after shooting dead the Australian soldiers and wounding two others on a base in 2012 and
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