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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. On Wednesday Facebook deep-sixed four different networks of pages and accounts that were found guilty of “coordinated inauthentic behavior” — the kinds of cheating and spamming that soil the social media

A security guard at a Southern California market is charged with murder after allegedly fighting with a customer who wasn’t wearing a face mask. Umeir Corniche Hawkins shot 50-year-old Jerry Lewis on July 5, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors say the two men began arguing when Lewis

The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the nation’s prison system, causing higher rates of infection and death compared to the general population. “The number of US prison residents who tested positive for Covid-19 was 5.5 times higher than the general US population,” according to an analysis led by

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. One by one, the countries and territories that seemed most on top of the coronavirus are seeing second and third waves of the virus, pointing again to the immense difficulty of containing the pandemic even with partial border closures and quarantines in place. This

The legal team for a biracial man charged with felony murder in the shooting death of a 17-year old in Statesboro, Georgia, last month claims their client was defending himself against an angry group of White people. Marcus “Marc” Wilson, who is biracial, was in Statesboro visiting his girlfriend, who is

(CNN) — La pandemia del coronavirus está devastando partes de EE.UU. y afecta varios aspectos de la vida estadounidense. Ha abrumado los hospitales en tan solo pocos días, forzando a las personas a reimaginar sus celebraciones de feriado y generó un debate acerca de la reaperturas de escuelas. Ahora, el número

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One by one the members of Black Players for Change each raised a gloved fist before MLS returned to the soccer field Wednesday night in Orlando. Then as the starters for the Orlando City and Inter Miami teams knelt there was silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds. More than 100

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gave a green light to the Trump administration’s rules allowing employers to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control on moral or religious grounds. Unfortunately, that’s no surprise. The Republican Party has long opposed the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act, requiring coverage

President Donald Trump has been granted a second 45-day extension to submit his annual financial disclosure form, a White House official told CNN on Wednesday. “The President has a complicated report and he’s been focused on addressing the coronavirus crisis and other matters. As a result, he’s been given an additional

Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — It has been a summertime gathering spot in Hegewisch for more than half a century, but beginning Tuesday, the Little League field in the neighborhood became an active Environmental Protection Agency cleanup site. It is all because of dangerous

As flames erupted on a mobile home in Texas, a police officer ran into the burning building to save a family trapped inside and it was all caught on camera. As Cristobal Marin was driving Monday to pick up feed for his horses in Socorro, a city in El Paso County,

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. and a top fundraiser for the Trump campaign, said Wednesday evening that she is feeling “really pretty good” following her coronavirus diagnosis. “I mean personally I’m doing my best and following my doctor’s orders,” she said on the Trump campaign’s online show

The New York state attorney general called for an overhaul of the New York Police Department — including an independent commission to manage the department, more oversight and a uniform use-of-force policy — as part of her investigation into clashes between police and protesters during demonstrations in response to police killing

(CNN) –– Unas siamesas, con una condición extremadamente inusual, fueron separadas con éxito en un hospital de Ciudad del Vaticano. Ervina y Prefina, de 2 años, estaban unidas en el cráneo antes de una cirugía que duró 18 horas e involucró a 30 médicos y enfermeras, según un comunicado de prensa

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s campaign on Wednesday released a raft of policy recommendations crafted by allies of the former vice president and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, underscoring the party’s unity less than four months from November’s general election. The 110-page document is the product of weeks of negotiations between

(CNN) — El gobierno de Trump dio a conocer una nueva regulación el miércoles que prohibiría a los solicitantes de asilo provenientes de países con brotes de enfermedades, lo que marca el último impulso que dificultaría que los migrantes busquen refugio en Estados Unidos. El reglamento propuesto por el Departamento de

Retired Army Maj. Gen. James Grazioplene on Wednesday admitted to sexually abusing his then-teenage daughter in the 1980s, in exchange for a suspension of his sentence. His daughter, Jennifer Elmore, turned 49 on Wednesday. Grazioplene pleaded guilty in a Prince William County, Virginia, circuit court to aggravated sexual battery. He has

After George Floyd repeatedly told police that he couldn’t breathe, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin said, “Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk,” according to transcripts of police body camera footage. “Come on, man. Oh, oh. I cannot breathe. I cannot

(CNN) — Un cometa recientemente descubierto llamado NEOWISE será visible a simple vista esta semana. Es el primer cometa visible de 2020. El cometa, oficialmente conocido como C / 2020 F3, fue visto por el satélite NEOWISE de la NASA en marzo, mientras realizaba su aproximación inicial al Sol. Sobrevivió a

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner thrust himself into the national spotlight Wednesday with his decision to cancel the contract for the Texas Republican Party to hold its state convention in the city. In making the announcement, the Democrat spoke in deeply personal terms about the memory of his late mother to explain

(CNN Español) — El actor y cantante venezolano Daniel Alvarado falleció a los 70 años, según dio a conocer este miércoles su hija, Daniela Alvarado, a través de su cuenta de Instagram. “Hasta el último momento se mantuvo activo y feliz en compañía de sus más cercanos afectos. Daniel nos deja

(CNN) — ¡Atentos, dormilones! ¿Han estado apagando o tapando todas las luces de los teléfonos inteligentes y las computadoras en la habitación por la noche? Bloquear la luz dentro de casa para mantener al cuerpo en modo sueño es una de las primeras cosas que cualquier experto te dirá que hagas

A summer camp in Arkansas and another in Missouri have closed down after campers and staff tested positive for Covid-19. At the Kanakuk K-2 Camp in Lampe, Missouri, 82 campers, counselors and staff tested positive for Covid-19, according to a Facebook post by the Stone County Health Department. While 31 of

President Donald Trump’s threat Wednesday to cut off federal funding for schools if they don’t open in the fall is the latest stress for schools already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The President can’t unilaterally cut current federal support of schools, and the federal government provided only 8.3% of funding for

(CNN) –– Un grupo de hombres que manejaba un autoproclamado centro de tratamiento para adicciones a internet en el sureste de China fue condenado a prisión, luego de que sus miembros fueran declarados culpables de encerrar a niños en aislamiento solitario por hasta 10 días. La instalación es uno de los

President Donald Trump has a track record of rewriting reality when it suits him. He corrected a NOAA hurricane map with a Sharpie to bolster his own wrong claim about a storm track. He routinely rejects US intelligence assessments when he dislikes them. He doesn’t believe in climate change. He’s pushed

Don’t expect Ivy League sports this fall due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Ivy League Council of Presidents said Wednesday that all fall sports, including football, will not be played at its colleges, to include Harvard, Princeton and Yale. “With the information available to us today regarding the continued spread

(CNN) — La revista Playboy lanzó el martes su primera portada digital, que tiene al puertorriqueño Bad Bunny de protagonista. La estrella de 26 años está en dos versiones de la tapa y es el primer hombre en aparecer solo en la portada de la publicación, con la excepción del difunto