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Actualmente Facebook elige unas 300 noticias para mostrar a un usuario promedio, que equivale a la quinta parte del total de las noticias que aparecen desde su última visita. La red social hace su elección basándose en diferentes factores, entre ellos la frecuencia con la que el usuario lee ciertos tipos de noticias o interactúa con diversos amigos. A pesar de que Facebook aseguraba que este servicio de noticias fue diseñado para generar una mejor experiencia para el usuario, gran cantidad de internautas se quejaron de recibir noticias irrelevantes.

Pero ahora Facebook, utilizado al menos una vez al mes por alrededor de 1.500 millones de personas, ha dado cierto grado de control al usuario, quien puede elegir qué historias desea leer más, suscribirse a notificaciones de una página preferida y excluir actualizaciones de las que no le interesan.

“Sabemos que en última instancia [el usuario] es el único que realmente sabe lo que es más significativo para él y es por eso que queremos darle más formas de controlar lo que ve”, escribió Jacob Franz, gerente de productos de Facebook, anunciando los cambios que se han introducido para ordenadores personales y plataformas iOS y Android.


iOS

Para activar la nueva opción en cualquier dispositivo de Apple, el usuario tiene que entrar en la ‘Configuración’ en la esquina inferior derecha de la pantalla de la aplicación de Facebook y luego en ‘Preferencias de noticias‘ elegir la opción que aparece primero: ‘Priorizar a quién ver primero’. Luego se abrirá la lista de amigos y grupos que el usuario seleccionó previamente. Al hacer el clic en uno de ellos, aparece una estrella junto a su nombre, lo que significa que la próxima vez que publiquen una noticia, Facebook automáticamente la ubicará en la parte superior de la página de noticias del usuario.

Ordenador personal

Para cambiar la opción en los ordenadores personales, hace falta entrar en la configuración en la parte superior derecha de la página, y en ‘Preferencias de la sección de noticias’ pulsar una barra rectangular que se encuentra al lado del nombre de la página que dice ‘Le sigues’ y elegir ‘Ver primero’ para leer de manera prioritaria las noticias publicadas por este amigo o página.

Android

Los usuarios de los dispositivos con el sistema operativo Android tendrán que entrar de forma individual en cualquier página que le interese y al pulsar ‘Siguiendo’ al lado de su nombre elegir la opción ‘Ver primero’

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At the time, Mr. Trump’s national security team, including Jim Mattis, then the defense secretary, and John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, scrambled to keep American strategy on track without mention of a withdrawal that would drastically reduce Washington’s influence in Europe and could embolden Russia for decades.

Now, the president’s repeatedly stated desire to withdraw from NATO is raising new worries among national security officials amid growing concern about Mr. Trump’s efforts to keep his meetings with Mr. Putin secret from even his own aides, and an F.B.I. investigation into the administration’s Russia ties.

A move to withdraw from the alliance, in place since 1949, “would be one of the most damaging things that any president could do to U.S. interests,” said Michèle A. Flournoy, an under secretary of defense under President Barack Obama.

“It would destroy 70-plus years of painstaking work across multiple administrations, Republican and Democratic, to create perhaps the most powerful and advantageous alliance in history,” Ms. Flournoy said in an interview. “And it would be the wildest success that Vladimir Putin could dream of.”

Retired Adm. James G. Stavridis, the former supreme allied commander of NATO, said an American withdrawal from the alliance would be “a geopolitical mistake of epic proportion.”

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/nato-president-trump.html

Amid the threat of an unprecedented power outage in Northern California, a local police department posted a tongue-in-cheek instructional message on its Facebook page that has been shared nearly 40,000 times.

The Pleasanton Police Department in Alameda County shared a map of California on Tuesday indicating where power outages could occur. But instead of highlighting the 34 counties affected by Pacific Gas & Electric’s decision to shut off electricity in an effort to avoid possible wildfires sparked by power lines downed by high winds, in the Pleasanton police map, the entire state was marked out in red. Alongside the image were rather unique instructions on how to prepare.

“If you come home and everything is dark and nothing works, then yes, you are experiencing a power shutdown. Remain calm. Use your cell phone light to search frantically for the one flashlight you think you have in the house. It will be dead of course. Search for batteries. You will need four but only find three,” one tip read.

Thousands of users from both inside and outside the state have commented on the post. The majority seem to appreciate the break from what is a serious issue for many. Others criticized the local authority for stooping to such whimsy.

Read the full story on LATimes.com.

Source Article from https://ktla.com/2019/10/09/bay-area-police-departments-tongue-in-cheek-post-on-pge-outages-goes-viral/

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Washington (CNN)Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller’s confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans.

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    El conjunto blanco se ejercitó en la Ciudad Real Madrid en la tercera sesión de trabajo de la semana. El técnico italiano, que ha ido recuperando a lo largo de la semana a los internacionales convocados con sus respectivas selecciones, utilizó a todos los jugadores disponibles del primer equipo, incluido Sergio Ramos que ayer se ejercitó dentro de las instalaciones y hoy saltó al césped con el resto del grupo. Además, contó con  cuatro canteranos del Juvenil A.


    El entrenamiento comenzó con estiramientos y diversos ejercicios de calentamiento, donde los porteros Casillas, Keylor Navas y Pacheco trabajaron a parte de forma específica. Posteriormente, se dividieron en dos grupos para  disputar una serie de partidillos con el balón como protagonista y en los que se vio una gran intensidad y concentración. Cristiano Ronaldo trabajó a pleno rendimiento.

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    Linda McMahon had contributed heavily to Donald Trump’s 2016 election effort. At America First Action, she could play a similar role in his 2020 bid for re-election.

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    Linda McMahon had contributed heavily to Donald Trump’s 2016 election effort. At America First Action, she could play a similar role in his 2020 bid for re-election.

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    Updated at 4:44 p.m. ET

    Linda McMahon, the famous pro wrestling promoter who stayed largely out of the limelight as small business administrator, is quitting President Trump’s Cabinet after more than two years on the job.

    McMahon plans to join the pro-Trump superPAC America First Action, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.

    “Linda McMahon has done an incredible job,” Trump told reporters Friday at his Florida vacation home. “She has been a superstar.”

    A multimillionaire, McMahon contributed heavily to Trump’s 2016 election effort. At America First Action, she could play a significant role in the president’s 2020 bid for re-election.

    “We’re staying together,” Trump said.

    Along with her husband Vince, McMahon ran the hugely successful World Wrestling Entertainment company, negotiating television rights and merchandising contracts. She twice ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from her home state of Connecticut.

    At the SBA, McMahon has proven to be a workhorse, traveling the country to promote small business and the president’s economic agenda while avoiding the scandals that have plagued several of her Cabinet colleagues.

    “The opportunity to lead the agency in supporting America’s small businesses has been immensely rewarding,” McMahon said in a statement. She pointed to surveys showing high levels of optimism among the country’s small business owners.

    “They are investing in their companies and their employees — raising wages, providing bonuses and benefits, and creating more jobs,” McMahon said.

    Her resignation will take effect on April 12. Trump said he would announce a nominee to replace McMahon in the near future.

    “I wish to thank the President and I will continue to be a strong advocate for him and his policies,” McMahon said.

    Trump has proposed cutting the SBA’s budget next year by 5 percent.

    White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe contributed to this report.

    Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/03/29/708088994/linda-mcmahon-to-quit-small-business-administration-joins-pro-trump-superpac

    The department distanced itself from the statement, noting that it “has no way of confirming it was even authored by USCP personnel. The U.S. Capitol Police does NOT take positions on legislation.”

    The identity of the statement’s author or authors remains unclear. It was distributed by the office of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), according to an email to House offices obtained by POLITICO. In the note, Raskin’s office said that the congressman — a lead manager for Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial — had spent months in discussions with Capitol Police officers who have experienced “mental anguish” from the insurrection before deciding to release the statement.

    Raskin’s staff told fellow House offices that multiple officers were behind the letter and chose to remain anonymous “because they are afraid of retribution for speaking out.”

    The letter from the Capitol Police comes amid a flare-up in tensions over the Jan. 6 insurrection, as the House moves to consider a pair of bills related to the Capitol attack on the floor this week. Lawmakers will vote on the commission — which is modeled after a bipartisan investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks — as well as a sprawling security funding package intended to shore up Capitol security.

    The Capitol attacks, and the role of the former president, also resurfaced this month as the GOP voted to expel Rep. Liz Cheney from their leadership ranks, at a time when Republicans are also downplaying the violence that unfolded that day.

    At a hearing last week, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) described footage of rioters who breached the Capitol as appearing like they were on a “normal tour visit.” Images surfaced showing Clyde barricading the door of the House floor on the day of the deadly attack.

    One Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, died a day after responding to the Jan. 6. attack after suffering from a stroke, the D.C. medical examiner found. And two officers who responded to the attack are reported to have died by suicide, one with the Capitol Police and one with the D.C. Police Department.

    “It is inconceivable that some of the Members we protect, would downplay the events of January 6th. Member safety was dependent upon the heroic actions of the USCP,” the letter reads.

    Source Article from https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/19/capitol-police-riot-commission-489673

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    Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced Monday the US will formally designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

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    China is delaying its biggest political event of the year, the National People’s Congress, because of the coronavirus epidemic.
    The gathering of thousands of communist party officials usually takes place at the beginning of March.
    Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu has this report from Beijing.

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    12 killed after gunman opens fire ‘indiscriminately’ at Virginia Beach office: Police originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

    A city worker opened fire “indiscriminately” at the Municipal Center in Virginia Beach Friday afternoon, killing at least 12 people before he was shot dead by police in a “long gun battle,” police said.

    Eleven of the victims died on the scene and one succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital, Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera said during a press conference Friday night.

    An additional four victims were in surgery at local hospitals for their injuries and “others may have self-transported,” Cervera said.

    Two law enforcement sources confirmed to ABC News that DeWayne Craddock, 40, is the alleged suspect in the shooting.

    Craddock was recently terminated from his position as a city employee, according to two law enforcement sources.

    Three of the injured patients were at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, with two in critical condition and one in fair condition. Another patient was at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in critical condition, according to Dale Gauding, senior communications adviser for brand engagement at Sentara Healthcare

    (MORE: US averaged at least 1 deadly mass shooting a month in 2018)

    One of the injured victims is a Virginia Beach police officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest, Cervera said.

    The suspect, who had access to the Municipal Center as a public utilities employee, walked into the building at around 4 p.m. and began to “indiscriminately fire upon all the victims,” Cervera said. There were victims on all three floors of the building, and one outside, who Cervera said was shot before the suspect entered the building.

    The suspect had two firearms — a long gun and a handgun — law enforcement sources told ABC News.

    Four officers responded to the shooting and engaged in a “long gun battle” with the suspect, eventually shooting him, Cervera said, noting that the officers likely “stopped the suspect from committing more carnage.”

    Responding officers also secured as many victims as they could, Cervera said.

    A .45-caliber handgun was found with multiple empty magazines following shootout, Cervera said.

    “We just heard that there was an active shooter and we just barricaded ourselves in offices to make sure that we were all safe and I called 911 just to get them to come there as fast as possible,” said Megan Banton, a Public Works employee who was on the second floor of the building. “My boss was like, ‘This is not a drill. Get down, call 911.'”

    (MORE: 1 student dead, 8 injured in Colorado school shooting, authorities say)

    Officials are in the process of identifying the victims, Cervara said, adding that their names would be released once all of their family members were notified.

    “This is the most the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach,” said Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer.

    Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam described the shooting as “unspeakable, senseless violence.”

    (MORE: The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened since Columbine)

    “My deepest condolences and prayers go to the families of those who left home this morning and will not return tonight, as well as those who have been injured in this tragedy,” Northam said.

    Authorities are asking people to avoid the Municipal Center area. The scene is now secure but it is still active, Cervera said.

    The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and Virginia State Police are assisting in the investigation.

    Cervera described the shooting as a “devastating incident” that “will change a lot of lives.”

    “I just don’t know why anyone would do something like that,” Banton said. “I don’t know what would possess someone to come in and start shooting at people.”

    ABC News’ Alexander Mallin contributed to this report.

    Source Article from https://www.yahoo.com/gma/multiple-people-injured-shooter-custody-virginia-beach-police-205600051–abc-news-topstories.html

    The Biden administration has “communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki wrote in a tweet on Saturday.

    The president of the Associated Press, in a statement Saturday, said a dozen AP journalists and freelancers evacuated the building before the strike, but a “terrible loss of life” was narrowly avoided even with advance warning from Israel that the building would be hit.

    “We are shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza,” said AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt. “They have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there. We received a warning that the building would be hit.”

    “This is an incredibly disturbing development,” Pruitt said of the airstrike.

    Al Jazeera’s director general accused Israel of trying to silence the media and condemned the airstrike as a war crime, calling on the international community to hold Israel accountable.

    “The destruction of Al Jazeera offices and that of other media organizations in al-Jalaa tower in Gaza is a blatant violation of human rights and is internationally considered a war crime,” said Dr. Mostefa Souag, acting director general of Al Jazeera Media Network, in an article posted on the news agency’s website.

    “We call on the international community to condemn such barbaric actions and targeting of journalists and we demand an immediate international action to hold Israel accountable for its deliberate targeting of journalists and the media institutions,” Souag said.

    “The aim of this heinous crime is to silence the media and to hide the untold carnage and suffering of the people of Gaza,” Souag said.

    At least 139 people have been killed, including 39 children, in Gaza. And in Israel, eight people have been killed as conflict escalates.

    Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a statement Saturday called for a “full accounting of actions that have led to civilian deaths and destruction of media outlets.”

    “All political and military leaders have a responsibility to uphold the rules and laws of war and it is of the utmost importance for all actors to find ways to deescalate and reduce tensions,” he said. “This violence must end.”

    — Reuters and Associated Press contributed reporting

    Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/15/biden-speaks-to-israeli-palestinian-leaders-as-violence-escalates.html

    El Instituto Uruguayo de Meteorología (Inumet) actualizó en la tarde de este martes la advertencia naranja por fuertes vientos, la que ahora rige únicamente para los departamentos de Maldonado y Rocha hasta las 6:00 horas de este miércoles.

    San José, Canelones, Montevideo, Florida, Lavalleja, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Colonia y Flores están bajo una advertencia amarilla también hasta primeras horas de la mañana del miércoles.

    “Una depresión atmosférica frontal se profundiza sobre el mar territorial uruguayo, generando rachas de vientos muy fuertes de entre 75 y 100 kilómetros por hora, ocasionalmente superiores en áreas costeras”, dice el nuevo pronóstico de Inumet.

    Para los departamentos bajo nivel amarillo, se esperan los mismos fenómenos, pero de menor intensidad (rachas de viento de entre 60 y 75 kilómetros por hora)

    Protocolo de ANEP para alerta naranja

    Según el protocolo definido por la Adminstración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP), en las zonas de alerta naranja los centros educativos abrirán sus puertas y habrá clases, pero no se controlará la asistencia. 

    Source Article from http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/alerta-naranja-departamentos-vientos-fuertes.html

    AUCKLAND, New Zealand — For a year and a half, New Zealand has pursued a strategy of “Covid zero,” closing its borders and quickly enforcing lockdowns to keep the coronavirus in check, a policy it maintained even as other Asia-Pacific countries transitioned to coexisting with the viral threat.

    On Monday, New Zealand gave up the ghost.

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged an end to the elimination strategy seven weeks into a lockdown that has failed to halt an outbreak of the Delta variant, announcing that restrictions would be gradually lifted in Auckland, the country’s largest city.

    “We’re transitioning from our current strategy into a new way of doing things,” Ms. Ardern told reporters. “With Delta, the return to zero is incredibly difficult, and our restrictions alone are not enough to achieve that quickly. In fact, for this outbreak, it’s clear that long periods of heavy restrictions has not got us to zero cases.”

    “What we have called a long tail,” she added, “feels more like a tentacle that has been incredibly hard to shake.”

    Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/world/australia/new-zealand-covid-zero.html



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    Créditos: Twitter

    Falsos discapacitados fueron captados en el estadio Castelao de Fortaleza parados viendo el partido entre Brasil y México.








    ¿Sanados por el fútbol? Una polémica foto de dos hinchas brasileños en el encuentro de Brasil vs. México en el Mundial, llamó la atención debido a que durante diferentes escenas del partido se pararon de sus sillas de ruedas para ver mejor.

    Si alguien que llega en silla de ruedas se levanta para celebrar no creemos que sea un milagro, más bien nos están engañando“, indicó Thierry Weil, director de marketing de la FIFA.

    El máximo ente réctor del fútbol , investigará si estos casos de falsos discapacitados se están dando en los distintos partidos de los diferentes escenarios de Brasil 2014.

     









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    Source Article from http://www.rpp.com.pe/2014-06-21-fifa-investigara-milagros-que-hizo-el-futbol-en-brasil-2014-noticia_702080.html

    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wants members of a volunteer militia group arrested for detaining immigrants at gunpoint and impersonating U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

    Members of the United Constitutional Patriots, a conservative group in New Mexico, unofficially patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in their home state and detain immigrants crossing the border.

    This week, the group detained nearly 300 people, including families with young children, near Sunland Park, as recorded in a video posted to Facebook by member Jim Benvie. “Oh, and look what we got here, guys,” Benvie, 43, said during the live video while stopping a family. “Border control,” he told the group, despite the fact he is not employed by U.S. government.

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    In the video, Benvie is joined by his camouflage-clad partner who calls border security agents to retrieve the immigrants. “…You never know what’s coming through that wall,” said Benvie. “You gotta have the kids. That’s the passport.”

    In more videos, Benvie calls for people to stand behind President Trump, describing immigration as “a very organized invasion.” According to BuzzFeed, a Border Patrol agent temporarily left five women and their children in the care of the United Constitutional Patriots.

    Videos of hot and thirsty families cowering in the sand caused the ACLU of New Mexico to demand state officials intervene. On Thursday, the organization sent a letter to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Attorney General Hector Balderas.

    “The Trump administration’s vile racism has emboldened white nationalists and fascists to flagrantly violate the law,” read the ACLU letter. “This has no place in our state: we cannot allow racist and armed vigilantes to kidnap and detain people seeking asylum.”

    Peter Simonson, executive director for the ACLU of New Mexico, tells Yahoo Lifestyle the group’s actions are illegal. “They say they’re making citizen’s arrests however those can only be executed in the context of a felony — crossing the border is a misdemeanor, at least as a first-time offense.”

    The United Constitutional Patriots, however, may be committing state and federal crimes such as kidnapping, false imprisonment and impersonating law enforcement officers, says Simonson. “They wear camo and self-made badges, but they are not deputized by U.S. Border Control.”

    A representative of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection tells Yahoo Lifestyle that it “does not endorse private groups or organizations taking enforcement matters into their own hands.”

    “Interference by civilians in law enforcement matters could have public safety and legal consequences for all parties involved. Border Security operations are complex and require highly trained professionals with adequate resources to protect the country. Border Patrol welcomes assistance from the community and encourages anyone who witnesses or suspects illegal activity to call 911, or the U.S. Border Patrol tip line 1-877-872-7435,” the representative says.

    But the government is ignoring or condoning illegal activity, says the ACLU. “To our knowledge, border control agents have made at least two trips to pick up immigrants the vigilante group has held at gunpoint,” Simonson says. “Law enforcement has an obligation to hold this group accountable. It’s an explosive situation.”

    ​In a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham states “that migrant families might be menaced or threatened in any way, shape or form when they arrive at our border — often times after an unimaginably arduous journey — is completely unacceptable. It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone. My office and our state police are coordinating with the Attorney General’s Office and local police to determine what has gone on and what can be done.”

    Attorney General Hector Balderas sent a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle on the situation as well.

    “My office has been informed that this week, an armed group has detained nearly 300 people near Sunland Park, New Mexico,” he says. “These individuals should not attempt to exercise authority reserved for law enforcement.”

    Benvie and a rep from the United Constitutional Patriots did not respond to interview requests from Yahoo Lifestyle. Benvie told the New York Times that he simply issues “a verbal citizen’s arrest.”

    “If these people follow our verbal commands, we hold them until Border Patrol comes,” Benvie told the New York Times. “Border Patrol has never asked us to stand down.”

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