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Month: March 2022

Disney employees are staging walkouts over company’s response to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Last week, Disney and its CEO Bob Chapek bungled their response to Florida’s controversial bill dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” Now, some of the company’s employees are staging a walkout. A Twitter account, “@DisneyWalkout,” and an associated website, “WhereIsChapek.com,” have organized a series of 15-minute daily walkouts, encouraging employees to protest

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House Democrats call on Justice Department to address ‘insider threats’ posed by candidates who believe false election fraud claims

By Annie Grayer and Fredreka Schouten, CNN More than a dozen House Democrats are calling on the Department of Justice to address “insider threats” that they say candidates for state and local election posts, who believe the 2020 election was stolen, pose to the nation’s election systems. “Unfortunately, many of the candidates seeking to fill

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NASA extends Ingenuity helicopter’s mission on Mars to scout ancient riverbed for the rover

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter, initially designed for five flights, is about to begin its second year of flying on Mars. The little chopper’s mission has been extended through September by NASA, the agency announced Monday. Ingenuity just completed its 21st successful flight. It will serve as an aerial scout aiding the Perseverance

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Un detective revisaba redes sociales. Lo que observó ayudó a atrapar a una persona buscada por disparar a indigentes en 2 ciudades

urielblanco (CNN) — El capitán Kevin Kentish, oriundo de Queens y que ahora trabaja en el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Washington estaba navegando por sus redes sociales durante el fin de semana cuando algo le llamó la atención. Kentish, que seguía al tanto de las noticias de su estado natal, vio las imágenes que

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The journalist who protested on Russian state TV says it was ‘impossible to stay silent’

By Charles Riley, CNN Business The Russian state television journalist who took a dramatic stand against President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine during a live broadcast says it was “impossible to stay silent” and that she wants the world to know that many Russians are against the invasion. Marina Ovsyannikova told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on

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Idaho lawmakers look to prohibit ‘ESG’ in state investments

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Several pieces of legislation aimed at preventing Idaho government entities from investing in companies that choose environmental-friendly paths or follow particular social policies are moving through the Legislature. The Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday sent to the full Senate a bill aimed at prohibiting investments

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Opositores detenidos en Nicaragua: familiares de exvicecanciller expresan preocupación por deterioro de su salud

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Cristian Tinoco, hija del exvicecanciller Victor Hugo Tinoco, aseguró este martes a través de un audio publicado por el Centro Nicaragüense de derechos Humanos, CENIDH, que su padre se encuentra en una “grave condición de salud”. La Justicia de Nicaragua declaró a Víctor Hugo Tinoco culpable del delito

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Muertes por sobredosis de drogas alcanzan otro récord y las muertes por opioides se duplicaron, según los CDC

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las muertes anuales por sobredosis de drogas alcanzaron otro récord en Estados Unidos, con un estimado de 105.752 fallecimientos en el período de 12 meses que finalizó en octubre de 2021, según datos provisionales publicados este miércoles por el Centro de Estadísticas Sanitarias de los Centros para el Control y

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Attacks on civilians intensify as Ukraine and Russia say negotiations indicate progress

By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Paul P. Murphy, Antonia Mortensen, Clare Foran, Niamh Kennedy and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Ukrainians face an increasingly desperate situation on the ground as Russian forces hit the capital and fresh targets across the country, despite both nations acknowledging signs of progress in ongoing negotiations. A theater where hundreds of people

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Attacks on civilians intensify as Ukraine and Russia say negotiations indicate progress

By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Paul P. Murphy, Antonia Mortensen, Clare Foran, Niamh Kennedy and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Ukrainians face an increasingly desperate situation on the ground as Russian forces hit the capital and fresh targets across the country, despite both nations acknowledging signs of progress in ongoing negotiations. A theater where hundreds of people

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AP All-America team includes milestone for Kentucky’s Howard

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard has become the ninth player in women’s basketball history to earn first-team Associated Press All-America honors three times. Howard was joined on the first team by South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith, Michigan’s Naz Hillmon and Stanford’s Haley

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READ: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress

By CNN staff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to Congress on Wednesday. Read Zelensky’s remarks, below, as delivered via interpreter. [Zelensky speaking through translator] Thank you very much. Madam speaker, members of the Congress, ladies and gentlemen, Americans, friends, I’m proud to greet you from Ukraine, from our capital city of Kyiv,

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Need for geriatric care givers grows as number of Alzheimer patients expected to rise in coming years

By Jenna Rae Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — There’s fresh data showing a sizeable increase in Alzheimer’s patients in Missouri and Illinois. It’s concerning and troubling, but the help to treat the disease isn’t necessarily there, and nor is it in view. The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Missouri Chapter

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Biden announces hundreds of millions in new security aid for Ukraine following Zelensky’s speech

By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Paul LeBlanc and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine as he sought to answer his Ukrainian counterpart’s impassioned call for help and leadership delivered to Congress earlier in the day. “The world is united in our

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Zelensky habla ante el Congreso de Estados Unidos: “El destino de Ucrania se está decidiendo”

macamilarincon (CNN) –– El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, pronunció este miércoles un discurso histórico desde Kyiv ante el Senado y la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, en medio de la guerra que se libra en su país. En su enérgica intervención, Zelensky definió la invasión de Rusia como “la peor guerra desde la Segunda

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