Washington — An American journalist was killed and another journalist was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside the capital of Kyiv on Sunday, Ukrainian police said.
Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was killed when Russian troops opened fire, according to Andriy Nebytov, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force. Nebytov posted a graphic photo purportedly of Renaud’s body on Facebook, as well as pictures of his American passport and media credentials issued by The New York Times.
A spokeswoman for the Times said Renaud was “a talented filmmaker who had contributed to The New York Times over the years,” most recently in 2015, but he “was not on assignment for any desk at The Times in Ukraine.”
Nebytov wrote that Renaud “paid [with] his life for trying to highlight the aggressor’s ingenuity, cruelty and ruthlessness,” according to an automated translation of his Facebook post.
Renaud and his brother Craig Renaud have reported from a number of global hotspots over the past two decades, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt, according to a biography on their website. The pair won a Peabody Award in 2015 for an eight-part documentary for Vice News about a school in Chicago for students with severe emotional issues.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan called reports of Renaud’s death “shocking and horrifying,” telling “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the U.S. and its allies would impose “appropriate consequences” against Russia for the killing.
“I will just say that this is part and parcel of what has been a brazen aggression on the part of the Russians where they have targeted civilians, they have targeted hospitals, they have targeted places of worship and they have targeted journalists,” Sullivan said.
Este pasajero de tren encontró una manera de refrescarse en una estación en Jammu.
Al menos 500 personas han muerto por una ola de calor que azota India en los últimos días con temperaturas que alcanzan los 48 grados centígrados en algunas áreas.
La mayoría de las muertes se dieron en los estados de Telangana y Andhra Pradesh, en el sur del país, donde más de 140 personas han muerto desde el pasado sábado.
Allahabad, en Uttar Pradesh, alcanzó los 48º mientras que las temperaturas superaron los 44º en la capital, Nueva Delhi.
Las autoridades urgieron a la población a quedarse en casa y beber gran cantidad de fluidos.
La ola de calor golpea los dos estados sureños más afectados desde mediados de abril pero la mayoría de las muertes ocurrieron la semana pasada.
El estado más afectado ha sido Andhra Pradesh, donde 246 personas han muerto por las altas temperaturas en los últimos días.
Las autoridades estatales informaron que 62 personas murieron por insolación el domingo.
El calor golpea de forma especial en los abarrotados trenes que circulan en India.
Un comerciante indio vende agua potable en una plataforma de trenes mientras las temperaturas alcanzaron los 40º en Calcuta.
“La mayoría de las víctimas son personas que han estado expuestas al sol directamente, generalmente de 50 años o más, y de clases trabajadoras”, señaló P Tulsi Rani, comisionado especial del departamento de gestión de desastres de Andhra Pradesh, citado por la agencia de noticias AFP.
“Les pedimos que tomen precauciones, como usar una sombrilla o una gorra, que beban gran cantidad de líquidos como agua o suero de leche, y que vistan prendas de algodón”, añadió.
La agencia de noticias india Press Trust of India, PTI, informó que la ola de calor mató a 186 personas en 10 distritos en el estado vecino de Telangana, con 58 muertos desde el sábado.
El estado desértico de Rajasthan, en el noroeste del país, también registró varias muertes por el calor, según la PTI, incluyendo a una mujer que colapsó y murió en la carretera en Bundi City.
Jóvenes saltan a un río para huir del calor en Gujarat.
Conductores de los típicos bicitaxis (rickshaw) duermen en sus vehículos en un día de calor en Nueva Delhi, India, jueves 21 de mayo de 2015.
El departamento meteorológico señaló que las condiciones sofocantes probablemente se prolongarán por unos cuantos días.
“No se espera un alivio en Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi y otros estados del norte para los próximos cuatro días, y la ola de calor continuará”, dijo un funcionario.
Informes dicen que al menos diez personas murieron por el calor en el estado de Bengala Occidental.
La población está tomando todo tipo de precauciones contra el calor.
Los taxis que no tengan aire acondicionado se retirarán de las carreteras durante cinco horas en el día en la capital del estado, Calcuta, después de que dos conductores murieran por golpes de calor.
Expertos en meteorología dijeron que la ola de calor se debe a la ausencia de lluvias.
Los residentes de Nalgonda, en el recién creado estado de Telangana, están acostumbrados a las altas temperaturas durante los meses de verano.
Pero la intensidad de esta ola de calor ha dejado al empresario Ravinder Reddy confinado en su casa durante toda una semana.
El agricultor Ahmed Pasha dice que el agua se ha secado en los pozos.
“Dos de mis empleados están en el hospital por golpes de calor”, le dijo Reddy a la BBC.
Ahmed Pasha, que cultiva 5 hectáreas de tierra, dice que no hay agua en el pozo.
“Todo se ha secado tanto que más del 50% de la hierba que cultivé para los búfalos y las cabras se secó”.
CNN host Chris Cuomo asked his brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) if he is thinking about running for president after all the “adulation” he has gotten for leading New York during the coronavirus. Earlier on Monday, President Trump praised Cuomo and said he would be a better Democratic candidate for president than “Sleepy Joe” Biden.
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN HOST: [Trump] is very responsive to poll numbers, and they say you’re popular now because of how you’re doing this. So he weaponizes it and says you know what he should do, he should run for president, this guy, Cuomo. He’d be better than Biden, this guy Cuomo, but I’d beat him, too. Let me ask you something. With all of this adulation that you’re getting for doing your job, are you thinking about running for president? Tell the audience.
GOV. ANDREW CUOMO (D-NY): No. No.
CHRIS CUOMO: No, you won’t answer?
GOV. CUOMO: No. I answered. The answer is no.
CHRIS CUOMO: No, you’re not thinking about it?
GOV. CUOMO: Sometimes it’s one word. I said no.
CHRIS CUOMO: Have you thought about it?
GOV. CUOMO: No.
CHRIS CUOMO: Are you open to thinking about it?
GOV CUOMO: No.
CHRIS CUOMO: Might you think about it at some point?
GOV. CUOMO: No.
CHRIS CUOMO: How can you know what you might think about at some point right now?
GOV. CUOMO: Because I know what I might think about and what I won’t think about. But you’re a great interviewer, by the way.
Algunos datos indirectos marcan que la actividad económica en el segundo trimestre (mañana se conocerán los datos del primer trimestre) viene debilitada.
Según información a la que accedió El País en abril hubo una caída en el consumo de gasoil de 34%, lo que evidenció una menor cantidad de camiones destinados a la producción, pero también menor producción agrícola.
En el gobierno el dato del menor gasoil comercializado no pasó desapercibido ya que también se observa desde principios de año una caída de las exportaciones.
En abril además, la producción tuvo que enfrentar las inundaciones que generaron retrasos en la carga de granos en la zafra. Una fuente del gobierno dijo a El País que “abril en buena medida es el mes que va a estar marcando el año; veníamos de una situación donde prácticamente no existía crecimiento y hubo que enfrentar imprevistos”.
Añadió que los esfuerzos por superar las adversidades y poder retomar el crecimiento se nota en todas las áreas de actividad económica del país.
La menor venta también se observó en las naftas. Según datos de la Dirección General Impositiva (DGI), la recaudación del Imesi de combustibles (impuesto que grava las naftas, no el gasoil) tuvo un abril una caída a valores constantes de 16,3% en comparación a igual mes de 2015.
En el acumulado de los primeros cuatro meses el descenso fue de 3,3%.
A eso se sumó una fuerte caída en el ingreso de camiones a la terminal de Nueva Palmira y de toneladas de mercadería a granel en el puerto de Montevideo, lo que marcó un descenso de la producción en ese mes.
Los malos números también se observan en el primer cuatrimestre.
La terminal de Nueva Palmira recibió en abril de este año 4.595 camiones frente a 21.923 que habían ingresado en el mismo mes del año pasado. La baja fue de 79%. También se verificó una caída con abril de 2014 cuando entraron 15.322 vehículos y la caída fue de 70%.
En el acumulado de los cuatro primeros meses del año la baja fue de 54,7% frente al mismo período de 2015 y de 46,5% en comparación con el primer cuatrimestre de 2014. En el período entre enero y abril de este año los camiones ingresados a Nueva Palmira fueron 15.750 contra 34.832 y 29.459, respectivamente.
La información de la terminal coloniense surge del Sistema de gestión del área de pre embarque de Nueva Palmira y fue divulgada por la publicación “Camiones & Logística” de la Intergremial de Transporte Profesional de Carga (ITPC).
Según la publicación ese sistema fue implementado en 2012 por el Ministerio de Transporte con el fin de racionalizar la operativa logística en el puerto coloniense.
A su vez, la ITPC también manejó datos del puerto de Montevideo en base a información de la Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP).
Allí puedo constatarse que la terminal montevideana recibió en abril 156.720 toneladas de carga a granel cuando en el mismo mes de 2015 había operado 312.201 toneladas. La baja fue de 49,8%. Además, frente a abril de 2014 el descenso de la carga a granel recibida fue de 51,5%.
Por su parte, en el primer cuatrimestre del año el puerto movilizó 691.798 toneladas de mercadería a granel con un descenso de 4,1% en comparación con 2015 y de 16,4% en relación a ese mismo período de 2014.
Por su parte, el directivo de la ITPC, Humberto Perrone señaló a El País que la caída de la actividad es notoria.
“La lluvia generó mucha merma y por más que en mayo se recuperó un poco, en el caso de Nueva Palmira no hay capacidad instalada para recibir todo lo que no se pudo cargar”, dijo Perrone. Indicó que en la comparación interanual “faltaron” más de 15.000 viajes en abril que serán “imposibles de recuperar” en mayo.
“Sin la soja la cosa se va a poner difícil. Había transportistas que tenían pensado hacer 40 viajes en la zafra e hicieron poco más de 20. Ahora que terminó esa zafra, el sector agropecuario no tiene nada por delante y muchos camiones no van a tener nada para hacer”, expresó Perrone.
La economía creció 1% el año pasado frente a 2014 y eso representó la tasa de actividad más baja desde 2004 y la segunda desaceleración consecutiva. A su vez, en el cuarto trimestre de 2015 el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) creció 0,1% en comparación al trimestre anterior y cayó 0,1% frente al último trimestre de 2014.
La industria manufacturera fue la que mayor contribución tuvo en el incremento de la actividad con una incidencia de 0,7 puntos porcentuales en el año.
Los rubros más afectados fueron Comercio, Restaurantes y Hoteles que cayó 2,5% en comparación al 2014, con una incidencia negativa de 0,3 puntos porcentuales; Construcción (que descendió 5,4% con incidencia de -0,3%) y Electricidad, Gas y Agua (que bajó 8,1% con incidencia de -0,2%).
La desaceleración de la actividad llevó al gobierno a modificar su previsión de crecimiento para este año que pasó de un 2,5% proyectado en la ley de Presupuesto y un 2% corregido a fin de año a un 1% estimado hace unas semanas.
Mañana se dará a conocer el dato del PIB correspondiente al primer trimestre del año.
Menos fletes internacionales.
Otro dato que preocupa a la ITPC es la caída en la cantidad de viajes internacionales. Perrone informó que actualmente cayeron más de 20% los viajes hacia Brasil y más de 15% los fletes hacia Argentina. Según datos del instituto Uruguay XXI, en el acumulado entre enero y mayo de este año las exportaciones a Brasil descendieron 11,8% en comparación con igual período de 2015. Las ventas fueron por US$ 447 millones frente a US$ 506 millones. En el caso de Argentina las colocaciones en el mismo período descendieron 13,2% con exportaciones por US$ 144 millones frente a US$ 166 millones del año pasado, según los datos oficiales. El año pasado, las colocaciones en Brasil bajaron 30,2%, mientras que las ventas a Argentina retrocedieron 4,6%.
Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.
The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.
The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.
Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.
They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.
The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.
After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”
In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”
Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.
His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”
The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.
The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.
The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.
“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.
Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.
Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.
Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.
Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.
The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.
Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.
Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.
LONDON – A day after two people were killed in a terror-related stabbing attack on a bridge in central London, reports emerged of the brave actions taken by members of the public to detain the alleged assailant before he was shot dead by British police.
Scotland Yard identified the suspect as Usman Khan, 28, an extremist previously jailed for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange, Britain’s Parliament and the U.S. Embassy. After serving prison time for his role in that plot, Khan was released in 2018 and fitted with an electronic tag to monitor his movements, according to a report in The Times (of London). Khan was wearing a fake suicide belt when he was fatally shot Friday. Police feared it was real and that he was trying to detonate it.
The two people killed in the incident on London Bridge have not been named. Three others, a man and two women, remain in the hospital with serious injuries.
While Khan’s motivations remain unclear, investigators are treating the incident as terrorism and it marks the third time in the run up to the last four national votes that Britain has experienced a terrorist attack. A general election is taking place Dec. 12.
On Saturday, investigators confirmed that Khan began his assault inside Fishmongers’ Hall, a historic venue near the north end of London Bridge. There, he was registered to take part in a conference on rehabilitating former prisoners. It was organized by the University of Cambridge. Police believe that after Khan started his attack inside the hall, he proceeded to the bridge looking for more victims. They believe he acted alone.
However, according to footage that has circulated on social media, some of which has subsequently been confirmed in statements from police and witnesses, at some point when Khan got to London Bridge he was tackled by passers-by.
“This man was walking behind us on the other side of London Bridge when the attack began,” a Twitter user identified as George Roberts wrote on the social media platform.
“He ran through traffic and jumped the central partition to tackle the attacker with several others. We ran away but looks like he disarmed him. Amazing bravery.”
Stevie Hurst, a tour guide, was one of the people who helped restrain the attacker.
“Everyone was just on top of him trying to bundle him to the ground,” he told the BBC.
“We saw the knife was still in his hand. I just put a foot in to try to kick him in the head. We were trying to do as much as we could to try and dislodge the knife from his hand so he wouldn’t harm anyone else. The guys that were there (are) heroes beyond belief.”
The interventions from pedestrians prompted praise from police.
“(I) want to thank the members of the public who have helped, either by showing extraordinary courage by stepping in or by following the instructions they’ve been given by officers at the scene and in the area. This support from our public assists us more than you could know,” said Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick.
Dick said the attack, from start to finish, lasted five minutes.
Video footage captured by bystanders appears to show a person – Khan, dressed in black – lying on the ground and wrestling with several members of the public. As British police arrive, Khan attempts to rise and officers pull the members of the public away before firing two shots. Several British media reports said that one man had taken a five-foot long narwhal tusk from Fishmongers’ Hall to confront the attacker. Another, reports said, used foam from a fire-extinguisher to keep the suspect at bay. After the police fire on Khan he is later seen lying motionless, an electronic tag visible on his ankle.
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan praised the “breathtaking heroism of members of the public who literally ran towards danger not knowing what confronted him.”
Police on Saturday searched an apartment block in Stafford, about 150 miles northwest of London, for clues. Khan was believed to have lived in the area after his release from prison. Britain’s Parole Board said in a statement it had no role in releasing Khan, who “appears to have been released automatically on license (as required by law).”
Security officials earlier this month had downgraded Britain’s terrorism threat level from “severe” to “substantial,” which means an attack is seen as “likely” rather than “highly likely.” The assessment was made by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, an independent expert body that evaluates intelligence, terrorist capability and intentions.
It was based in part on a judgment that the threat of extremists returning from Syria to launch attacks in Britain had been slightly reduced.
British politician Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right terrorist a week before Britain held its 2016 Brexit referendum on European Union membership. The last general election, in 2017, was conducted in the wake of a car-ramming and stabbing terrorist attack in London that killed 11 people. Britain’s main political parties suspended campaigning in London for the vote due in less than two weeks as a mark of respect for those killed and injured in Friday’s attack.
En Canelones, en el cruce de avenida Giannatassio a la altura del kilómetro 24, tres jóvenes fueron embestidos por un camión cuando cuando intentaron cruzar la avenida. Circulaban por la calle Horacio García Lagos. Murieron dos mujeres de 23 años y un hombre de 27 años según informó Radio Montecarlo.
En Soriano una beba de 4 meses falleció en otro accidente de tránsito en la ruta 105, en la localidad de Palmitas.
En el auto viajaban una mujer de 39 años, la beba y su hermana de cinco. El auto circulaba por la ruta 105. Según confirmó la vocera de Policía Caminera a Radio Montecarlo, Jennifer De León, por razones que aún se desconocen el auto despistó y volcó. La beba falleció en el lugar, cuando fue despedida por el impacto. La mujer quedó atrapada y fue rescatada por personal de Bomberos.
Policía Caminera confirmó que en el auto había sistema de retención infantil para ambas niñas. La niña de cinco años y la mujer resultaron politraumatizadas y están internadas en el hospital de Palmitas.
De León confirmó a Montecarlo que la ruta es una ruta que está en muy mal estado y hay muchos baches y pozos.
Horas más tarde, hoy sábado un auto chocó contra una moto en el kilómetro 28 de la ruta 101. Según informó Subrayado, el conductor de la moto, un joven de 18 años, falleció en el acto.
El conductor del automóvil, de 28 años, sufrió traumatismo de cráneo leve y hematomas.
Por otra parte, en la madrugada de este sábado, al rededor de las 5:45 un hombre de 26 años que circulaba en moto por la ruta 1 de camino a San José, perdió la vida tras chocar contra un mojón de la Policía al costado de la ruta.
Brent Renaud, an award-winning US film-maker whose work has appeared in the New York Times and other outlets, has been killed reportedly by Russian forces in the flashpoint town of Irpin, outside Kyiv. A US photographer, Juan Arredondo, was wounded.
Renaud, 51, was hit in the neck and died after coming under Russian fire while working on Sunday, according to local police officials, however, that could not be independently verified.
Jane Ferguson, a reporter for PBS Newshour who was nearby when Renaud was killed, tweeted: “Just left roadside spot near Irpin where body of American journalist Brent Renaud lay under a blanket. Ukrainian medics could do nothing to help him by that stage. Outraged Ukrainian police officer: ‘Tell America, tell the world, what they did to a journalist.’”
Just left roadside spot near Irpin where body of American journalist Brent Renaud lay under a blanket. Ukranian medics could do nothing to help him by that stage. Outraged Ukranian police officer: “Tell America, tell the world, what they did to a journalist.”
Clifford Levy, a deputy managing editor of the New York Times, issued a statement on Twitter clarifying that Renaud was not on assignment for the paper, contrary to earlier reports.
“[The New York Times] is deeply saddened to learn of the death of an American journalist in Ukraine, Brent Renaud. Brent was a talented photographer and film-maker, but he was not on assignment for the New York Times in Ukraine. Early reports that he worked for Times circulated because he was wearing a Times press badge he had been issued for an assignment many years ago.”
Levy added: “Brent’s death is a terrible loss. Brave journalists like Brent take tremendous risks to bear witness and to tell the world about the devastation and suffering caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
The Kyiv region police chief, Andrei Nebitov, said in a statement: “The occupiers are cynically killing even journalists of international media who are trying to show the truth about the atrocities of Russian troops in Ukraine.”
Arredondo, 45, a World Press Photo winner and adjunct professor at Columbia University, said he and Renaud had gone to Irpin to film refugees escaping the town, and they were fired on by forces near a checkpoint. Filmed describing what had occurred while he was receiving hospital treatment, he suggested they had driven into an ambush.
‘We crossed the checkpoint and they started shooting,’ says journalist wounded in Irpin – video
“We crossed the first bridge in Irpin. We were going to film all the refugees leaving. We got into a car … Someone offered to take us to the other bridge and we crossed a checkpoint and they started shooting at us,” Arredondo said. “So the driver turned around, and they kept shooting … and there was two of us. My friend is Brent Renaud and he’s been shot and left behind.”
When the interviewer asked how Renaud was, Arredondo replied: “I don’t know. I saw he’d been shot in the neck. And we got split.”
The US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN: “If in fact an American journalist was killed, it is a shocking and horrifying event. It is one more example of the brutality of Vladimir Putin and his forces as they’ve targeted schools and mosques and hospitals and journalists.
“And it is why we are working so hard to impose severe consequences on him, and to try to help the Ukrainians with every form of military assistance we can muster, to be able to push back against the onslaught of these Russian forces.”
It goes into effect on Monday. and covers any indoor space that is not a private residence.
Noncompliance comes with fines up to $1,000 for each violation and local health departments are being asked to enforce the requirements. The measure will be reassessed on Jan. 15, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. In the meantime, here’s a look at three options the affected places will have starting Monday and what businesses, patrons and employees need to know about each of them. Learn more here.
Businesses and venues that implement a proof-of-vaccination requirement can accept Excelsior Pass, Excelsior Pass Plus, SMART Health Cards issued outside of New York state or a CDC Vaccination Card.
In accordance with CDC’s definition of fully vaccinated, full-course vaccination is defined as 14 days past an individual’s last vaccination dose in their initial vaccine series (14 days past the second shot of a two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine; 14 days past the one-shot Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine).
The state also accepts WHO-approved vaccines for these purposes. Parents and guardians can retrieve and store an Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus for children or minors under legal guardianship.
New Yorkers can retrieve their Excelsior Pass or Excelsior Pass Plus here. Businesses and venues can download the Excelsior Pass Scanner app — free for any business nationwide and available in more than 10 languages — here.
Businesses and venues that implement a mask requirement must ensure all patrons 2 years and older wear a mask at all times while indoors.
3. Continued Masking Requirements
People who aren’t vaccinated are still responsible for wearing masks, in accordance with federal CDC guidance. The state’s masking requirements continue to be in effect for pre-K to grade 12 schools, public transit, homeless shelters, correctional facilities, nursing homes and healthcare settings per CDC guidelines.
New York state continues to strongly recommend mask-wearing in all public indoor settings as an added layer of protection, even when not required. Children under 5 who remain ineligible for vaccination must wear a proper-fitting mask.
COVID-19 vaccines and booster doses are free and widely available statewide. New Yorkers can visit vaccines.gov, text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations.
To schedule an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site, New Yorkers can visit the Am-I-Eligible site or contact their health providers, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers or pharmacies.
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Un policía de la fuerza de Intervención Territorial custodia la entrada de una escuela primaria en el municipio de Soyapango, en El Salvador.
Menos muertos. El número de homicidios disminuyó sensiblemente en El Salvador durante el pasado abril, cuando se registró la cifra más baja en más de un año.
En total, según cifras preliminares de la Policía Nacional Civil que no han sido contrastadas todavía con las de la Fiscalía y Medicina Legal, durante ese mes en el país centroamericano “únicamente” se produjeron 352 homicidios.
Y eso representa una disminución de casi el 42% con respecto a marzo, 47% con respecto a febrero y 52% con el primer mes del año.
La cifra total de homicidios en lo que va de año –2.355 hasta el 30 de abril– sigue siendo escalofriante, peor incluso que la registrada a esa fecha en 2015, cuando el país se volvió a “coronar” como el más violento del mundo.
Pero la dramática reducción ofrece algo de esperanza.
Aunque como destaca el periódico digital El Faro, las explicaciones para la misma son ahora objeto de debate en el país.
2355
homicidios en lo que va de año
352 homicidios en abril de 2016
42% menos con respecto a marzo
47% menos con respecto a febrero
52% menos con respecto a enero
“Por un lado, distintas voces de peso dentro del gabinete de seguridad lo han explicado como una consecuencia directa de las medidas extraordinarias con las que se está haciendo frente al fenómeno de las pandillas desde finales de marzo”, explica El Faro.
“(Pero), la versión oficial diverge con la que sobre el mismo bajón tienen las pandillas“, destaca la publicación, que ha recibido numerosos premios por su cobertura de la violencia en El Salvador y las actividades del crimen organizado en la región centroamericana.
Efectivamente, en un reciente comunicado emitido por la Mara Salvatrucha y las dos facciones de la Mara 18 –”Revolucionarios” y “Sureños”–, las pandillas atribuyen la reducción en el número de muertos al cese al fuego indefinido que entró en vigor el pasado 26 de marzo.
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El gobierno emprendió el mes pasado una política de mano dura contra las pandillas que inició con el aislamiento de casi 300 cabecillas presos.
“Hemos girado línea a toda nuestra gente […] para que cesen todo tipo de homicidio a nivel nacional“, informaron en esa ocasión las pandillas, a través de un video de YouTube.
Y en su comunicado del 18 de abril, los voceros de los tres grupos afirman que “la cifra de homicidios de las últimas semanas demuestran que somos hombres de palabra y cumplimos”.
La cifra de homicidios de las últimas semanas demuestran que somos hombres de palabra y cumplimos”
“El gobierno trata de convencer a la opinión pública que la reducción de los homicidios […] es resultado de sus operativos y que por tanto su política de solución militar al conflicto es exitosa”, afirma el texto.
“Por el contrario […]. Los continuos operativos de exterminio del gobierno no son los responsables de la reducción sino del lamentable hecho de que todavía mueren 11 salvadoreños todos los días”, se agrega ahí.
En nada de eso, sin embargo, están de acuerdo las autoridades.
Para empezar, según el ministro de Seguridad, Mauricio Ramírez Landaverde, la actual cifra diaria de homicidios es en realidad más alta.
“Tenemos un promedio diario de 19 casos. Es alta, preocupante, pero tampoco podemos desconocer el hecho de que hay una tendencia positiva“, le dijo este miércoles a varios medios salvadoreños.
“La lucha es por mantenerla y acentuarla más. Todo el trabajo está orientado a eso”, agregó.
El periodista de El Faro Nelson Rauda señala que, aunque es una buena noticia, estadísticamente un mes no es suficiente para hablar de una tendencia.
Medidas extraordinarias
El trabajo al que se refiere Ramírez Landaverde está inserto en una política de mano dura contra las pandillas que se inició con el aislamiento de casi 300 cabecillas presos, que fueron trasladados a un centro penal especial, así como la declaratoria de un estado de emergencia en siete cárceles asignadas a las maras.
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El fiscal general de El Salvador, Douglas Meléndez, ordenó este martes la captura de 21 personas conectadas con la tregua que Mara Salvatrucha y Barrio 18 hicieron entre 2012 y 2013.
Y el gobierno del presidente Sánchez Cerén también creó una Fuerza Especial de Reacción con más de 1.000 efectivos provenientes de las tropas especiales del ejército y unidades especiales de la Policía Nacional Civil “para dar persecución y capturar a los grupos criminales”.
“Con estos crueles criminales no es posible tener una actitud de tolerancia. No daremos tregua a los criminales. No vamos a retroceder”, declaró el mandatario al momento de anunciar las medidas.
Las acciones tomadas por el gobierno también incluyeron reformas al código penal para aumentar las penas por asociación ilícita, prohibir hacer treguas con pandillas y permitir la captura administrativa de menores de edad sin necesidad de una orden judicial.
También se ordenó bloquear la señal telefónica en los alrededores de los penales para impedir la comunicación entre las pandillas y los reos, prohibir las visitas y la asistencia de los prisioneros a las audiencias, indicó Rauda.
Con estos crueles criminales no es posible tener una actitud de tolerancia. No daremos tregua”
Y la captura este martes de Raúl Mijango, un excompañero de lucha de Sánchez Cerén en la guerrilla del FMLN y el principal artífice de la tregua pandillera ensayada entre 2012 y 2013 por el gobierno anterior, parece confirmar que se ha descartado completamente la vía de la negociación con las maras.
Mijango, arrestado bajo los cargos de tráfico de objetos prohibidos y agrupaciones ilícitas, es una de las 21 personas que ahora tendrán que enfrentar la justicia por causa de una tregua que también logró reducir dramáticamente el número de homicidios.
Sería injusto decir que reina la paz. Todavía hay asaltos, control del territorio y extorsiones”
Pero el gobierno de Cerén no quiere repetir el experimento.
Y el hecho de que los mismos pandilleros justificaran la tregua unilateral iniciada el pasado 26 de marzo para “demostrar que no hay necesidad de poner medidas que solo vienen a violentar nuestra Constitución” podría terminar de convencer a algunos del potencial de la nueva estrategia gubernamental.
Las maras, sin embargo, insisten en que no se han debilitado.
En su último comunicado advierten además que no los van a encontrar “desarmados y sin voluntad de responder” en los que llaman “operativos de exterminio” de las autoridades.
Vida cotidiana
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Después de un mes de cese al fuego de las pandillas, ¿ha cambiado algo en las calles de El Salvador?
Pero, ¿cómo han cambiado las cosas en El Salvador luego de un mes de cese al fuego anunciado por las Maras?
La población se ha acostumbrado a realizar sus quehaceres diarios entre territorios controlados por las pandillas y donde a menudo se enfrentan, señaló Rauda.
“Sería injusto decir que reina la paz. Todavía hay asaltos, control del territorio y extorsiones“, añadió el periodista de El Faro.
Lo que significa que todavía habrá que esperar para averiguar si la cifra de homicidios del mes de abril se convierte en una tendencia a la baja que pueda llevar a El Salvador a algo parecido a la normalidad.
The University of Southern California has “placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the alleged admissions scheme,” the school said in a statement on its website. And lawmakers in Congress have already introduced legislation aimed at leveling the playing field for college students.
But many of those students say they aren’t surprised by the the scheme that involved bribing university coaches and test proctors to get wealthy students into some of the nation’s top schools.
Whether you’re fascinated by Olivia Jade or furious at her parents for scamming the system, here are a few ideas to keep in mind.
There are lots of ways that wealthy families get a boost in the college admissions process. Most are quite legal.
Donations: It’s no secret that well-off alumni give money to their alma maters. This cash can make a difference when the kids of these alumni grow up and apply to college. The issue came up last fall in the Harvard University admissions trial — which focused on the ways that the school factors race into admission. That trial also lifted the the veil on how the process can work, and among evidence presented were email exchanges between Harvard officials discussing connections between applicants and major donors.
Legacy admissions: Nearly half of private colleges and universities (42 percent) and 6 percent of public ones take into account whether an applicant’s family members attended that school, according to Inside Higher Ed. Harvard officials defended their use of legacy admissions in court filings, saying the practice helps connect the school with its alumni, whose financial support is essential.
Campus visits: Some colleges consider whether or not students “demonstrate interest” in their schools by making the costly trip to visit campus. But not every family can afford that trip.
Applying early decision: At many schools, students are more likely to be admitted in the early action or early decision cycles, which occur in the fall instead of the spring. But research shows that early options favor white and wealthy students.
College consulting and test prep: As The New York Times reported last week, some well-off families pay hundreds, even thousands of dollars for guidance from college consultants. These consultants are part of an entire industry devoted to getting wealthy teens into their schools of choice.
How important is it to attend one of these elite schools?
For most Americans, these schools represent more than a college degree — they’re seen as a ticket to economic mobility. And getting into an elite college can make a big difference for low-income students, who end up making almost as much as their peers, according to research by a team based at Harvard.
But studies have also shown that going to a prestigious college doesn’t make much of a difference in the long-term happiness or life satisfaction.
This college admissions scandal is one part of a larger story about education. Don’t forget the bigger picture.
Even when low-income students make it to campus, inequity continues.
“Universities have extended invitations to more and more diverse sets of students, but have not changed their ways to adapt to who is on campus,” Anthony Abraham Jack, an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, told NPR’s Elissa Nadworny.
Schools don’t always set up students from underrepresented backgrounds — including those who are the first in their families to go to college, and those from rural areas — for success.
Even before college, low-income students and children of color are at a disadvantage in school.
A report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights published last year concluded, “The federal government must take bold action to address inequitable funding in our nation’s public schools.” Schools in America remain largely segregated — and those serving mostly students of color get $23 billion less than schools serving white students, according to a recent report from the nonprofit EdBuild.
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Police responded to a report of shots fired at the Town Center at Boca Raton mall Sunday afternoon.
Boca police later confirmed that one man was taken to Delray Medical Center after suffering a trauma-related incident.
Police said his injuries are not considered life threatening.
According to authorities, the incident was contained to the food court. Police said the response time was immediate due to officers already being on scene at the mall.
Some shoppers were evacuated and others placed on lockdown inside the mall as a large police presence gathered outside.
Police also said some minor injuries were reported as a result of people evacuating the mall.
Additionally, officers with guns drawn were captured on cellphone video entering the mall.
BREAKING: large police presence at Boca Raton mall. Employees reporting they are locked in place, texting loved ones about *possible* shooter. We’re working to gather more information RIGHT NOW. Standby. @WPLGLocal10
VIDEO courtesy: @umdontbejelly#boca#bocaratonpic.twitter.com/aR5A2czFiM
“MURIENDO POR CRUZAR,” AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER, THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 6 P.M./5 C
Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval present the Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production
Miami – July 31, 2014 –Telemundo presents “Muriendo por Cruzar”, a documentary that investigates why increasing numbers of immigrants are dying while trying to cross the US-Mexican border near the city of Falfurrias, Texas, this Sunday, August 3 at 6PM/5 C. The Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production, presented by Noticias Telemundo journalists Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval, reveals the obstacles immigrants face once they cross into US territory, including extreme weather conditions, as they try to evade the border patrol. “Muriendo por Cruzar” is part of Noticias Telemundo’s special coverage of the crisis on the border and immigration reform.
“‘Muriendo por Cruzar’” dares to ask questions that reveal the actual conditions undocumented immigrants face as they try to start a new life in the United States,” said Alina Falcón, Telemundo’s Executive Vice President for News and Alternative Programming. “Our collaboration with The Weather Channel was very productive. They have a unique expertise in covering the impact of weather on people’s lives, as we do in covering immigration reform and the border crisis. The result is a compelling documentary that exposes a harrowing reality.”
“Muriendo por Cruzar” is the first co-production by Telemundo and The Weather Channel. Both networks are part of NBCUniversal.
“MURIENDO POR CRUZAR,” AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER, THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 6 P.M./5 C
Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval present the Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production
Miami – July 31, 2014 –Telemundo presents “Muriendo por Cruzar”, a documentary that investigates why increasing numbers of immigrants are dying while trying to cross the US-Mexican border near the city of Falfurrias, Texas, this Sunday, August 3 at 6PM/5 C. The Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production, presented by Noticias Telemundo journalists Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval, reveals the obstacles immigrants face once they cross into US territory, including extreme weather conditions, as they try to evade the border patrol. “Muriendo por Cruzar” is part of Noticias Telemundo’s special coverage of the crisis on the border and immigration reform.
“‘Muriendo por Cruzar’” dares to ask questions that reveal the actual conditions undocumented immigrants face as they try to start a new life in the United States,” said Alina Falcón, Telemundo’s Executive Vice President for News and Alternative Programming. “Our collaboration with The Weather Channel was very productive. They have a unique expertise in covering the impact of weather on people’s lives, as we do in covering immigration reform and the border crisis. The result is a compelling documentary that exposes a harrowing reality.”
“Muriendo por Cruzar” is the first co-production by Telemundo and The Weather Channel. Both networks are part of NBCUniversal.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, pictured earlier this month, issued an executive order on Monday recalling all National Guard and Airmen troops from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, pictured earlier this month, issued an executive order on Monday recalling all National Guard and Airmen troops from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Gov. Tony Evers recalled Wisconsin’s National Guard troops from the southern border, making him the third state leader to challenge the Trump administration’s claims of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico line.
“There is simply not ample evidence to support the president’s contention of a national security crisis at our southwestern border,” Evers, a Democrat, wrote in a tweet on Monday afternoon.
“Therefore, there is no justification for the ongoing presence of Wisconsin National Guard personnel at the border,” the newly sworn-in governor added.
A statement about the executive order, signed Monday, offers a bit more detail: 112 Guard Soldiers and Airmen, under the command of then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, were deployed to the Arizona border on June 21, 2018, to assist with border security.
Now, Evers is revoking that order.
It is unclear exactly when the troops will return but Evers said he had directed the adjutant general to “promptly withdraw” all personnel.
“I cannot support keeping our brave service men and women away from their families without a clear need or purpose that would actively benefit the people of Wisconsin or our nation,” he said.
Earlier this month, President Trump declared a national emergency in order to fund a border wall, citing mounting criminal activity.
“It’s a great thing to do because we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people. And it’s unacceptable,” Trump said at the announcement.
But even before the declaration, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lunan Grisham, also a Democrat, ordered the removal of the majority of Guard troops deployed at her state’s border — including soldiers from Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Wisconsin.
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