The United Nations on Tuesday officially recognized the 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia last year as a record high for the Arctic, sounding “alarm bells” about climate change. The sweltering heat — equivalent to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit — was seen on June 20, 2020 in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk, marking the highest temperature…Continue Reading
A swarm of deadly tornadoes over the weekend left dozens of people dead and all but flattened parts of Kentucky. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano from Dawson Springs to discuss the latest.Continue Reading
Masks will be mandatory in all indoor public settings across California starting Wednesday, CBS Los Angeles reports, whether people have been vaccinated or not. The announcement, made Monday, came in light of a sharp increase in COVID-19 infection rates since Thanksgiving.The mandate will remain in place until Jan. 15. Meanwhile, the state will also toughen…Continue Reading
Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Company On December 14, 2021, the Library of Congress announced the latest annual additions to the National Film Registry, its compendium of motion pictures that have been judged to be culturally, aesthetically or historically important and worthy of preservation for future generations. In addition to Hollywood studio classics and box office hits, the Registry…Continue Reading
The concluding chapter of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, along with the opening chapter of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, are each being awarded a special honor: preservation for future generations by the Library of Congress, as part of the National Film Registry. “Return of the Jedi” and “The Fellowship of the Ring” are…Continue Reading
Estados Unidos supera los 50 millones de casos de covid-19. Elon Musk es la persona del año para la revista Time. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad…Continue Reading
Este martes se cumple precisamente un año desde que las primeras vacunas contra el coronavirus se pusieron en EE.UU. Al mismo tiempo, el país llegará a 800.000 muertes registradas por covid-19 en los próximos días. Estados Unidos supera los 50 millones de casos de covid-19 Ante el aumento de casos de covid-19…Continue Reading
La Casa Blanca ha dejado en claro que Joe Biden planea ir por un segundo mandato. Pero, ¿y si cambian los planes? Estos son algunos demócratas que podrían buscar reemplazarlo en la boleta…Continue Reading
La variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus se está propagando rápidamente en varios países donde se ha descubierto. Incluso si solo causa una enfermedad leve –lo cual está lejos de ser seguro– eso podría significar que muchas personas terminarán en el hospital y morirán…Continue Reading
Tall Tales from the Tower: The Real Hillbilly Elegy, a new book by Stephen G. Morris, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. It’s true. The USAF gave a seventeen-year-old West Virginian hillbilly, a high school dropout, a battery of aptitude tests and determined he could be a Tin Man. And it wasn’t easy.…Continue Reading