Jill Biden announces more key staff for East Wing
Incoming first lady Jill Biden continues to round out her East Wing staff, announcing Thursday key hires in both her press office as well as a new…
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Silvio Berlusconi recibe tratamiento en el hospital por una condición no revelada
(CNN) — El ex primer ministro de Italia Silvio Berlusconi está siendo tratado en un hospital de Mónaco, dijo el jueves su oficina de prensa a…
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National Mall will be closed on Inauguration Day due to security concerns
The National Mall will be closed to the general public on Inauguration Day due to security concerns, according to an official…
Continue Reading Estos son los arrestos clave hasta ahora de los protagonistas de los disturbios del Capitolio
Washington (CNN) — Más de 30 personas han sido arrestadas por cargos federales relacionados con el motín mortal a favor de Trump en el Capitolio…
Continue ReadingBlackRock now has a whopping $8.7 trillion in assets
The record stock market run is great news for BlackRock: The owner of the super popular iShares family of exchange-traded funds reported earnings and…
Continue ReadingChristopher & Banks is going out of business
Christopher & Banks is joining the long list of retailers filing for bankruptcy and disappearing from America’s malls. The womenswear…
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Two members of WHO team blocked from entering China over failed coronavirus antibody test
Two members of a World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic have been blocked from flying to China…
Continue ReadingGermany’s recession wasn’t as bad as 2009
Germany’s economy held up better in the pandemic than it did during the global financial crisis, despite a second wave of lockdowns in the…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | Lo que aprendimos de la votación de juicio político en la Cámara
(CNN) — El miércoles por la tarde, para sorpresa de absolutamente nadie, la Cámara controlada por los demócratas votó a favor de acusar al…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat tests positive for Covid-19
Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York said Thursday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating at home, he announced in a series of…
Continue ReadingDelta turned record profit into a record loss in one year
Delta Air Lines closed the books on the worst year in its history. Thursday, Delta reported a record $6.8 billion loss for 2020, excluding special…
Continue ReadingImpeachment has forced Wall Street onto the sidelines
Stocks rallied to record highs as a mob descended on the US Capitol. But now that President Donald Trump has become the first American president in…
Continue ReadingThe US box office just had a horrible year. 2021 may not be much better
With the coronavirus pandemic shuttering theaters for months on end and major blockbusters delayed into an unforeseeable future, 2020 was one of the…
Continue ReadingChina’s Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghur faces
Chinese technology company Huawei is backtracking on a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from…
Continue ReadingChina is winning the trade war and its exports have never been higher
China was already outperforming every other major world economy last year as the coronavirus pandemic upended the globe. It looks like the…
Continue ReadingJulia Letlow runs for her late husband’s US House seat in Louisiana
Julia Letlow, the widow of Republican congressman-elect Luke Letlow who died of coronavirus in late December, announced on Thursday she would run for…
Continue ReadingBefore Substack, there was Medium — and its network is about to get bigger
Substack has become synonymous with writers looking to go independent. But for many years prior, there was a different go-to place for…
Continue ReadingChobani reinvented yogurt. Its next target is coffee
When Chobani started selling Greek yogurt in 2007, it upended the market. Now, it wants to do the same for iced coffee. This week, Chobani is…
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Impeachment ramifications are just beginning to unfold
The historic and rapid second impeachment of President Donald Trump came and went in a week. But the larger ramifications of the House’s…
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Impeachment fractured the GOP
Donald John Trump will be remembered as the only president in American history to be impeached on two separate occasions. He incited an insurrection…
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Andrew Yang announces candidacy for New York mayor with surprising endorsement
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang officially jumped into the crowded race to become the next mayor of New York City on Thursday…
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Tower of London’s ‘queen’ raven, Merlina, missing and feared dead
Merlina, a 14-year-old raven and one of the Tower of London’s permanent residents, has gone missing and is feared dead. A spokeswoman for…
Continue ReadingREAD: Justice Department IG report on family separations
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions knew early on migrant families would be separated when the Trump administration implemented its controversial…
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British Open Golf Tournament Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the British Open. July 11-18, 2021 – The 149th Open Championship is scheduled to take place at Royal St. George’s…
Continue Reading Macaque monkeys at a Bali temple can spot expensive items to steal and ransom for food
The well known phrase cheeky monkey has some basis in fact, if a new study on the behavior of the primates is anything to go by. The paper, published…
Continue Reading Olvídate de los televisores plegables. Las pantallas transparentes son la nueva tendencia genial en tecnología
(CNN) — Los televisores parecen hacerse más grandes, más delgados y más conectados cada año. Pero ahora, en 2021, también podrás ver a…
Continue Reading Oldest quasar and supermassive black hole discovered in the distant universe
The most distant quasar and the earliest known supermassive black hole have been discovered, shedding light on how massive galaxies formed in the…
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‘WandaVision’ flexes some different muscles as Marvel adds its power to Disney+
Marvel flexes different muscles with “WandaVision,” leveraging major assets while stretching its creative formula in this first series…
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Trump has told staff not to pay Rudy Giuliani over irritation at being impeached again
President Donald Trump, irritated at being impeached for a second time, has told people to stop paying Rudy Giuliani’s legal fees, a person…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead in Sudan border attack as tensions with Ethiopia escalate
Sudan says at least five women were killed in border attacks by Ethiopian government-backed militias and it will use all “available…
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Former Michigan governor faces charges for the Flint water crisis that left 12 people dead
Twelve people died and more than 80 were sickened during the Flint water crisis, and now authorities are holding two Michigan officials responsible.…
Continue ReadingNew $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits start to reach Americans in need
Jobless Americans in many states are starting to see heftier unemployment checks, thanks to the $900 billion relief package Congress approved in late…
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US tennis player Tennys Sandgren boards plane to Australian Open despite testing positive for Covid-19
Tennis player Tennys Sandgren has boarded a plane to the Australian Open in Melbourne despite saying he tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The…
Continue Reading American Airlines is relocating crews from downtown DC hotels for inauguration week
American Airlines said it will relocate crew members from downtown Washington, DC hotels to lodgings closer to airports through January 24 because of…
Continue Reading 3 formas de convertir ese propósito fallido de Año Nuevo en un hábito
(CNN) — Tengo una mala relación con los propósitos de Año Nuevo. Empiezo fuerte y luego me apago a mediados de enero cuando los plazos de…
Continue Reading ‘The Masked Dancer’ reveals the identity of the Moth
“The Masked Dancer” has revealed the identity of the Moth. During Wednesday night’s episode, the Zebra, the Moth, the Cotton Candy…
Continue ReadingDr. Harold Bornstein, Trump’s former personal physician, dead at 73
Dr. Harold Bornstein, President Donald Trump’s former personal physician, has died at the age of 73. Bornstein’s death was announced on…
Continue ReadingBiden to outline vaccination and economic rescue legislative package Thursday
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday evening will outline a legislative package proposal for Congress to fund his incoming administration’s…
Continue Reading General Motors Fast Facts
Here’s a look at General Motors, one of the Big Three US automakers. Facts Major GM automobile brands in the United States are Buick, Cadillac,…
Continue Reading European Debt Crisis Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the European Debt Crisis, which affected Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Cyprus July 11, 2011 – A…
Continue ReadingXi Jinping wants Starbucks and Howard Schultz to help repair US-China ties
China’s leader has called on Starbucks’ former chairman Howard Schultz to help promote US-China relations, according to Chinese state…
Continue Reading Space Shuttle Columbia Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Space Shuttle Columbia. On February 1, 2003, the Columbia broke up upon re-entry during mission STS-107, killing all seven…
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Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets in blockbuster three-team deal
The Houston Rockets are moving on from franchise superstar James Harden. They have traded the 31-year-old to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a…
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Questions swirl around possible ‘insider’ help for Capitol attack
One week after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, there are still more questions than answers on whether any lawmakers or police assisted the…
Continue Reading Russian woman who swam under Siberia’s ice may have broken the world record
Wearing nothing but a bathing suit, a swimming cap and an underwater mask, the 40-year-old woman plunged into a carved-out section of a frozen…
Continue ReadingFeds warn extremists may be emboldened to carry out additional attacks after Capitol insurrection
Federal law enforcement officials are warning that domestic extremists are likely more emboldened to carry out attacks on President-elect Joe…
Continue ReadingTaco Bell is bringing back potatoes
Taco Bell knows you’re upset about losing potatoes. It’s sorry it hurt you. And it’s bringing them back. Last year, Taco Bell cut a…
Continue Reading Silvio Berlusconi está recibiendo tratamiento en el hospital por una condición no revelada
(CNN) — El ex primer ministro de Italia Silvio Berlusconi está siendo tratado en un hospital de Mónaco, dijo el jueves su oficina de prensa a…
Continue Reading Riz Ahmed reveals he quietly got married months ago
Congratulations to the newlywed Riz Ahmed! During a conversation in Monday’s episode of the “Grounded with Louis Theroux” podcast,…
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Waves Ease, Warmth Doesn’t
Air Quality Report (As of 7:30am)Good to moderate for most reporting areas. Weather Story: Building high pressure from the south is working against…
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