(CNN Español) — A cinco días del terremoto de 7,8 en Ecuador, los equipos de rescates continúan buscando sobrevivientes entre los escombros, pero las esperanzas de encontrar a alguien disminuyen con el paso de las horas.¿Cuánto tiempo puede sobrevivir alguien bajo los escombros? No hay una fórmula para definirlo, pues depende de varios factores como la edad de la persona, el acceso que tenga a agua y comida, la posición ...
The artist known as Prince died Thursday, leaving behind one of the most influential and best-selling careers in music history. The legendary rock star fought hard to protect his unique brand in an industry known for promoting cookie-cutter artists.Prince had a total of 16 platinum albums as both a solo artist and a member of the bands Prince & The Revolution and Prince and The New Power Generation, according to ...
Prince Rogers Nelson, the eclectic virtuoso who penned such gems as “Kiss,” and “Let’s Go Crazy” and who took on the music industry in his fight for creative freedom, died Thursday at age 57.”It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died at his Paisley Park residence this morning,” publicist Yvette Noel-Schure said.Earlier Thursday, police said they were investigating a ...
In a vacuum, Google’s parent company Alphabet had a tremendous quarter, posting double-digit sales and profit growth.So why is the stock down 6% in after-hours trading?Alphabet got absolutely shellacked by the strong dollar, causing the company to badly miss Wall Street’s forecasts. The company said sales would have grown by an astounding six more percentage points had the dollar not been historically strong compared to foreign currencies.The strong dollar isn’t ...
Prince Rogers Nelson’s music transcended genres and generations. There were songs you could sing every word to, ditties that drove you to dance and ballads so poignant in their descriptions of love and life that anyone could relate.Simply put, not that anything with the mercurial musician was simple, Prince had more hits than most musicians have songs in their catalogs. Writing and producing music in five decades, he touched and ...
Univision and Disney have completed a deal to unwind the joint venture for Fusion, a cable channel and website. Univision will become the sole owner.The two companies said the terms of the deal will not be disclosed.”The transition of ownership will happen once the transaction is completed, which is expected to be as soon as reasonably practical,” according to a press release.Disney and Univision co-founded Fusion in 2013. The channel ...
SunEdison, once a poster child of the clean energy boom, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday due to a severe cash crunch. It’s a stunning reversal for SunEdison, a solar and wind company that was worth almost $10 billion less than a year ago. But the company was hit by financial troubles in recent months caused by a mountain of debt taken on during better times.SunEdison hopes to clean up its ...
Donald Trump said Thursday he would change the Republican Party platform’s position on abortion to include exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. Trump made the remarks during a town hall on the “Today” show on NBC on Thursday morning when host Savannah Guthrie asked him about abortion exceptions.”The Republican platform every four years has a provision that states that the right of the unborn child should ...
Donald Trump said Thursday he would change the Republican Party platform’s position on abortion to include exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. Trump made the remarks during a town hall on the “Today” show on NBC on Thursday morning when host Savannah Guthrie asked him about abortion exceptions.”The Republican platform every four years has a provision that states that the right of the unborn child should ...
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged with attempted murder in a shootout with police in Brussels days before his capture last month.The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office announced the charges in a statement Thursday.Four police officers were wounded in the March 15 shootout in the Brussels suburb of Forest three days before the fugitive was eventually captured in another district of the Belgian capital, bringing an end to his ...
(CNN) — Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor said Thursday in an expletive-laden Facebook post, “I AM NOT RETIRED.” The post comes amid speculation that the outspoken fighter and top UFC draw might call it quits after he tweeted earlier this week that he would “retire young.”
(CNN Español) – Las autoridades de Colombia repatriaron a 43 colombianos que resultaron afectados por el terremoto de magnitud 7,8 que sacudió Ecuador el pasado sábado.Según el último reporte de las autoridades, 11 colombianos murieron por el sismo y se han recibido 519 solicitudes de localización de los cuales restan 169 personas por encontrar.Cinco cadáveres también fueron devueltos a Colombia.Los colombianos llegaron en dos grupos procedentes de Ecuador. Del grupo que llegó…
One way health programs today are trying to reduce the growing problem of childhood obesity in the United States is by making parents aware that their child is overweight. The thinking is they can take steps to help their child eat more healthily and exercise more. But a new study has turned that thinking on its head.Researchers found that young children were actually more likely to gain weight during childhood ...
A 15-year-old Vermilion Township boy is dead after performing an experiment he saw on YouTube, police said. The Jacob’s Ladder experiment is done by connecting a 12,000 volt power source to two cooper wires to create an electrical arc. As a result of replicating the popular video, Morgan Wojciechowski was electrocuted. “Futuristic, always experimenting trying to get into the stream of life,” said Morgan’s grandfather as he described his grandson. ...
The New York Daily News editor who was fired earlier this week over a plagiarism fiasco is sharing his side of the story. In a post published Thursday on Medium, Jotham Sederstrom explained why he removed attribution from columns written by the activist Shaun King.According to Sederstrom, those edits — which Daily News editor-in-chief Jim Rich called “egregious and inexplicable” — were the result of a faulty publishing system and ...
Families told they chose the perfect sperm donor soon found out he was a convicted felon who suffers from mental illness. Now Atlanta based sperm bank, Xytec is at the center of several lawsuits. The most recent lawsuit was filed Monday in California. “The families were devastated,” Nancy Hersh a California based lawyer who represents 13 of the families told CBS46. The lawsuit says Xytec promoted donor 9623 as a ...
A huge explosion at a petrochemical plant near the Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos Wednesday killed three people, injured more than 100 and prompted evacuations in the area, authorities say.The blast at the Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo facility in the southern state of Veracruz, operated by Mexican national oil company Pemex, sent large plumes of dark smoke and toxic fumes across the region.Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte told CNN affiliate Televisa that ...
As it turns out, whale sharks — the biggest fish in the seas — are gluttons for crabs. So, find a spot rich in crustaceans, and these beasts will surely follow, which is why Djibouti’s coast has become a prime spot for shark whale-watchers. For a few months every year the largest of the 500 species of shark gather in the tropical waters in the Gulf of Tadjoura to feast ...
In a bathroom, the predator has placed a child on the counter to photograph his evil acts. In the background of the photo, which was posted online, are products including prescription medication. But zooming in on that pill bottle makes the details unreadable.In a small, dark lab Jim Cole, special agent and supervisor of Victim Identification at the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center gets to work using the latest ...
A grand jury for the Will Smith murder investigation will be convened Thursday, John Fuller, attorney for the accused killer Cardell Hayes tells CNN.”Witnesses are definitely subpoenaed for the grand jury that will be convened tomorrow,” he said Wednesday. “They are served to testify tomorrow.”Smith, a former New Orleans Saints defensive end, was gunned down following an altercation which occurred as a result of a traffic crash Saturday April 9. ...
Life as a Chinese government official just ain’t what it used to be.Officials pinched so many pennies last year amid an austerity push that they didn’t spend all of their travel and entertainment budget.Spending on these perks — travel, vehicles and entertainment — came in 15% below budget at 5.37 billion yuan ($830 million), according to the Ministry of Finance.”Various departments strictly implemented the savings requirements,” the ministry said on ...
Seven police officers were killed while protecting health workers who were vaccinating children against polio in the Pakistani city of Karachi, authorities said. Eight militants on four motorcycles opened fire on officers who had stopped for food and then shot at a convoy protecting the health workers, police inspector general Feroz Shah said. Speaking at a news conference, Ad Khawaja, the police chief for Sindh Province, said authorities had identified ...
Editor’s note: Simon Tisdall is assistant editor and foreign affairs columnist at The Guardian. He was previously foreign editor of the Guardian and The Observer and served as White House correspondent and U.S. editor in Washington D.C. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his.Barack Obama’s visit to London this week may be his final curtain call as U.S. President. It’s likely to be the last time he dines ...
The man nicknamed the “Ninja Burglar” allegedly broke into homes in three states, donning an all-black outfit. For a decade, Robert Costanzo took off with valuables worth millions of dollars from more than 100 break-ins, authorities said. In some cases, he brazenly slipped into occupied homes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to authorities. During his criminal career, the defendant made off with $4 million in cash and ...
Revelations that Mitsubishi Motors cheated on fuel economy tests have wiped out a third of the company’s stock price in just two days.The Japan-based automaker admitted on Wednesday afternoon that it had illegally rigged fuel economy tests affecting hundreds of thousands of vehicles. Investors pressed the sell button as news broke and continued unloading shares during Thursday’s trading session. The stock has now shed $2.5 billion in market cap and ...
