By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making nearly $1 billion in disaster preparedness and homeland security funding available to communities nationwide, just one week after CNN reported on the agency’s proposed plan to slash the programs at the direction of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA. In
Continue ReadingAnálisis por CNN en Español Nayib Bukele irrumpió en la política como un joven “outsider” que rompía con la tradición de los partidos establecidos en El Salvador. Ahora tiene la posibilidad de gobernar el país por varios años más, ya que el sistema actual juega a su favor, advierten algunos analistas. Eso también es lo
Continue ReadingPor Hugo Correa, CNN en Español Desde el 15 de mayo, día en el que el FC Barcelona se consagró campeón de la liga española venciendo 2-0 al Espanyol, hasta el 30 de agosto habrán pasado dos meses y medio, un lapso en el que la institución catalana se ha focalizado en sostener lo más
Continue ReadingPor Kit Maher, Matt Egan y Alicia Wallace, CNN El presidente Donald Trump despidió a la Dra. Erika McEntarfer, comisionada de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales, a quien acusó-sin pruebas-de manipular los informes mensuales de empleo con “fines políticos”. El informe mensual de empleo de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales (BLS, por sus siglas en
Continue ReadingPor Ana María Cañizares y Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Autoridades de seguridad y sanitarias de Ecuador reubicaron de una prisión a otra a 401 presos diagnosticados con tuberculosis, informó este viernes el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral a Personas Adultas Privadas de la Libertad y a Adolescentes Infractores (SNAI). Entre el 28 y el
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new bill introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley could provide American families with rebate checks worth thousands of dollars, using revenue generated from tariffs under the Trump administration. The proposal came just days before President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday night imposing steep tariffs on 66 countries—including the European Union,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement agencies in Randolph County responded to what ended up being a pair of “swatting” calls on Friday morning. . “Swatting” occurs when someone makes a prank call or message to draw a surprise emergency response to an address. A similar call was made to the residence of former Secretary of State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Conley Avenue parking garage reopened Friday, nearly a year after it was shut down for repairs. The structure at 511 Conley Ave. closed on Aug. 17, 2024, for maintenance. But just two months later, the university announced it would remain closed until fall 2025 to address serious repair needs. Records show
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CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — For Paul Whelan, returning to life in the United States after more than half a decade of Russian imprisonment has been “interesting” – and not without its challenges. “You’re literally starting over,” he told CNN ahead of the one-year anniversary of the sweeping US-Russia prisoner exchange deal that
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español La Sala de Apelaciones de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) ordenó este viernes al fiscal Karim Khan que se aparte del caso sobre la situación de derechos humanos en Venezuela por posible conflicto de interés. “La Sala de Apelaciones considera que existen motivos para creer que existe una causa de recusación
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — In a further jolt to the process of reviewing and recommending vaccines at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, another group of outside advisers to the agency was abruptly sidelined this week. In an email sent late Thursday evening, which was obtained by CNN, members of roughly
Continue ReadingPor Devan Cole, CNN Un tribunal federal de apelaciones pareció estar listo este viernes para convertirse en el segundo tribunal de este tipo en el país en dictaminar que el decreto del presidente Donald Trump que busca poner fin a la ciudadanía por nacimiento es ilegal. Un panel de tres jueces del Primer Circuito de
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s congressional map, subtly expanding the scope of an appeal that could weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act. In a brief order, the high court reframed what is at stake in
Continue ReadingPor Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha dicho que los aranceles no conducirán a precios más altos. Pero la economía de EE.UU. parece estar en desacuerdo: la inflación, que se ha mantenido bastante moderada, está aumentando lentamente debido a los aranceles. La más reciente ronda de aumentos de impuestos a
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By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Six watches that had been stolen from actor Keanu Reeves in Los Angeles were handed over to the FBI this week at the US Embassy in Santiago, Chile, nearly 9,000 kilometers away, to be returned to their owner. The discovery of the luxury watches “was circumstantial,” the embassy said,
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court appeared ready on Friday to become the second such court in the country to rule that President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unlawful. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based First US Circuit Court of Appeals spent two hours looking skeptically
Continue ReadingPor Eugenia Yosef y Catherine Nicholls, CNN El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, pospuso la decisión sobre las acciones que tomarán las fuerzas armadas de su país en Gaza si Hamas no acepta un acuerdo de alto el fuego, según declaró a CNN este viernes una fuente familiarizada con el asunto. La decisión no
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala (Minex) anunció este viernes que funcionarios consulares de ese país visitarán las instalaciones del centro de detención de la Florida, EE.UU., conocido como “Alligator Alcatraz” el 7 de agosto para “identificar, entrevistar y conocer de cerca” las condiciones en las que se encuentran los
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama state-contracted worker has been arrested in connection with the death of 3-year-old Ke’Torrius “K.J.” Starkes Jr., who died last week after he was left unattended in a car for several hours in the sweltering summer heat. Kela Stanford, who was tasked with caring for K.J. on the
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — A member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors announced Friday that she is resigning several months before the end of her term, handing President Donald Trump an early opportunity to fill a key vacancy. Fed Governor Adriana Kugler is stepping down from her role, effective August 8.
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