HONG KONG—Tech giant Apple Inc. shut its stores early citywide on Monday, as fears of escalating violence and spiraling lawlessness linked to weekslong protests spurred concern among businesses and the public.
A day after police fired tear gas in clashes with thousands of protesters, Hong Kong remains on edge as officials conceded no ground and activists accused the government of coddling a rise in vigilante justice. In the north of the city, a mob of white-shirted men stormed a subway station late Sunday and beat people whom…
Hasta mañana miércoles 4 de mayo, los fanáticos de Los Simpson podrán realizar preguntas para Homero en Twitter a través del hashtag #Homerlive y él las responderá en la pantalla de Fox, el domingo 15 de mayo, a las 21:30, en episodio subtitulado que se verá la misma noche que en los Estados Unidos.
En este capítulo inédito Marge, Lisa y Bart entregarán el programa a Homero, quien tomará un descanso para comentar los acontecimientos del día y responder preguntas de los fanáticos alrededor del mundo.
“Dan Castellaneta (el actor que da voz al personaje en Estados Unidos) estará en un estudio y, cuando hable, los movimientos de su cuerpo se traducirán en la animación de Homero a través del uso de una tecnología de captura de movimiento. Es muy emocionante ya que nunca he visto que esto suceda en un programa de televisión de dibujos animados”, explica Al Jean, Productor Ejecutivo de la serie.
En el siguiente video podés saber más de qué se trata:
El video es un gran negocio en las redes sociales, y Twitter espera ganar algo de dinero de la mano de Bloomberg.
La plataforma de medios sociales se está asociando con la compañía de medios financieros para transmitir noticias 24/7, según un reporte del Wall Street Journal. El canal será anunciado este mismo lunes y se lanzará hacia el final del año, según el informe. La cadena mostrará reportes en vivo de periodistas de Bloomberg de todo el mundo, en lugar de reflejar la programación de TV de la agencia de noticias.
También incluirá algunos videos publicados por los usuarios de Twitter, según el WSJ.
Twitter ha intentado durante mucho tiempo profundizar en el juego de los streams en vivo, firmando un acuerdo con la NFL en abril del año pasado para transmitir fútbol americano en su plataforma.
Sin embargo, Amazon le ganó la jugada, tras anotarse los derechos de los partidos del jueves por la noche para la temporada 2017-18. El acuerdo con Bloomberg, no obstante, parece tener menos que ver con acercar a los espectadores de Bloomberg a Twitter, y más centrado en atraer a aquellos que prefieren no recibir sus noticias en la televisión.
Twitter y Bloomberg declinaron hacer comentarios al respecto.
Alejado del medio artístico desde noviembre por una promesa a su familia (acompañar a su hijo Noah en el tratamiento para el cáncer de hígado), Michael Bublé decidió volver al trabajo. Ya más tranquilo ante el buen estado de salud del pequeño de tres años, el canadiense puso fecha a su regreso: 28 de junio.
En una elegante ceremonia, el Gobernador de Canadá le otorgará el Premio del Centro de Artes de ese país. Y al día siguiente Bublé tendrá un concierto en ese recinto, que será trasmitido en vivo por la televisión canadiense.
Noah Bublé, el hijo de Luisana Lopilato y Michael Bublé, tiene cáncer noah buble Luisana Lopilato y Michael Buble el hijo de Lopilato y Buble tiene cancer cancer infantil
Las señales de recuperación de Noah son claras. Semanas atrás, Luisana Lopilato la esposa del cantante, volvió al rodaje de la película que protagoniza y que se había suspendido (Los que aman odian). “Gracias a Dios, mi hijo está bien. Gracias por el respeto. Quiero agradecer a la gente por el apoyo, por las cadenas de oraciones que hicieron, por el amor. Y quiero que sepan, transmitirles, que todo llegó, que nos ayudó muchísimo para salir adelante”, dijo en conferencia de prensa.
“Estamos muy agradecidos de informar que nuestro hijo ha estado progresando bien durante su tratamiento y los médicos son muy optimistas sobre el futuro. Noah fue valiente durante todo el proceso y seguimos inspirados por su coraje. Damos gracias a Dios por la fuerza que nos ha dado a todos. Nuestra gratitud a los doctores y personal de salud no puede ser puesta en palabras”, escribió en febrero Bublé en redes sociales.
Nacido en Burnaby, el cantante de 41 años, hijo de un pescador, ganó cuatro Grammy. En 2008 conoció a Luisana y se comprometió con ella un año después. Coescribió el sencillo Haven’t Met You Yet e invitó a la rubia a protagonizar el videoclip. En 2011 se casaron y enseguida el público argentino lo adoptó.
FILE – In this June 29, 2012, file photo, singer Michael Buble and his wife, Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato, pose at the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards at London Hilton, in London. Lopilato says her and Bubles son Noah is doing “well” following successful cancer treatment. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File) londres inglaterra Michael Buble Luisana Lopilato matrimonio pareja actriz argentina cantante canadiense foto de archivo
En enero de 2016 nació el segundo hijo de la pareja, Elías. Cuando todo parecía color de rosa (familia constituida, millones, fama cada vez mayor) llegó la noticia que paralizó a Michael. Todo se fue acomodando y Bublé ya vuelve a sonreír.
WASHINGTON — In the final days of 2020, the United States saw coronavirus deaths spike, cases surge to staggering levels, hospitals strained and the rollout of desperately needed vaccines fall short of expectations.
December was the deadliest month for America during the pandemic. Yet President Donald Trump barely uttered a word about Covid-19’s tragic toll.
Instead, the president spent the month obsessing over unfounded claims of a stolen election, delaying relief legislation before signing it, weighing in on cable news broadcasts, and lashing out at members of his own party.
And, on Thursday, the last day of the month and the year, Trump tweeted a video in which he boasted about his administration’s response to the pandemic.
During December, the country plunged into what would become its toughest battle against Covid-19, even as vaccines started to go out. The nation reported more than 6.1 million new infections and more than 74,140 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The latest totals make December the deadliest month of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, surpassing April, when more than 60,738 Americans lost their lives to the coronavirus.
Alvin ISD: Due to the uncertainty of the weather and the safety and security of our students and staff, Alvin ISD will be closed on September 18, 2019.
Angleton ISD: Closed Wednesday.
Brazosport ISD: All Brazosport ISD campuses are closed today (Wednesday, September 18) due to the continuing heavy rains and potential flooding in some areas across the district. We will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates for Thursday and Friday.
Channelview ISD: Out of an abundance of caution, Channelview ISD has canceled classes and activities scheduled for today, Wednesday, September 18, 2019, due to current weather conditions.
Clear Creek ISD: Due to ongoing forecasts for inclement weather and flooding, Clear Creek ISD has decided to cancel school for Wednesday, September 18. All activities are cancelled as well.
Cleveland ISD: CLOSED today, Wednesday, September 18th due to the weather circumstances and the road conditions.
College of the Mainland closed Wednesday, September 18, for both day and night classes.
Dayton ISD: Due to weather concerns, DISD has cancelled school and all activities today, September 18. Stay dry and stay safe.
Deer Park ISD: Closed Wednesday.
Dickinson ISD: All campuses closed Wednesday
Friendswood ISD: FISD will be closed today, Wednesday, September 18th due to inclement weather.
Galveston ISD has canceled classes for students Wednesday, September 18, 2019.They will communicate any changes on their website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and local cable Channel 17.
Galveston College will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, due to the threat of heavy rain and flooding. Day and evening classes have been canceled.
Goosecreek ISD: Closed Wednesday.
HCC: No classes Wednesday
High Island ISD: No classes Wednesday.
Hitchcock ISD: No classes Wednesday
La Porte ISD is closed for the day. This includes operations and administration.
Mainland Preparatory Classical Academy: will cancel school Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
Pasadena ISD: The safety of our students and staff is of the utmost importance; therefore, Pasadena ISD is closed today, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 due to Imelda. School will resume on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Be safe today!
Santa Fe ISD: All campuses and district offices will be closed on Wednesday.
Texas A&M Galveston: All classes Wednesday, Sept. 18 are cancelled. Visit http://tamug.edu for more information.
Texas City ISD: All schools closed Wednesday, September 18
After-school activities
HISD: All after-school activities & athletic events are cancelled for Wednesday, Sept 18. We will continue to monitor weather conditions today & will keep you informed of any impacts to schedules.
Other cancellations, closures or delays
Family Christian Academy will be closed, Wednesday, Sept. 18th
Harris County Jury Service for 8am Wednesday, September 18, 2019, has been CANCELLED. Jurors scheduled for the 8am jury call do NOT need to appear and will not need to reschedule. 10:30 and 1:00pm jury calls will operate as normal. Jurors are encouraged to exercise caution when traveling to 10:30am and 1:00pm jury service.
The Houston Zoo will be closed on Wed., Sept. 18. The safety of zoo staff, guests and animals is the zoo’s top priority. The animals will be cared for during the storm by a select group of zoo staff who will stay at the zoo throughout the weather event. The animals have safe and secure barns and night houses that have been constructed to weather storms like this one. The zoo will update its plans to reopen as the weather event continues.
Koala Kare Daycare & Preschool in Galveston will be closed Wednesday.
City of Bellaire: Solid waste and recycling collection is cancelled for Wednesday, September 18. This is being done to minimize the likelihood of trash and recyclables from being washed into the storm sewers system which can exacerbate street flooding. Please do not put your trash and recycle bins out and take them back into your home if you have put the items out already. These items will be collected on your next scheduled solid waste or recycling collection day.
Prairie View A&M University: Delayed until 10 a.m. Wednesday
Texas Southern University: All classes delayed until 10 a.m. Wednesday
University of Houston: All campuses including Sugar Land, Clear Lake, Pearland, Texas Medical Center and Katy are delayed until 10 a.m. Wednesday
Wharton County Junior College: All campuses delayed until 10 a.m. Wednesday
Shutoffs for the second phase of counties, initially scheduled to start around noon on Wednesday, have been delayed by a few hours. The counties impacted are: Alameda, Alpine, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Mariposa, Mendocino, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus and Tuolumne.
About 513,000 customers were part of the first phase of this PSPS in Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba counties.
About 21,000 in Calaveras and 800 customers in Mendocino were not part of the first phase and will be turned off during the second phase coming later Wednesday.
A third phase is being considered for the southernmost portions of PG&E’s service area, impacting approximately 42,000 customers. Specific locations are still to be determined.
PG&E says the decision to turn off the power was based on forecasts of dry, hot and windy weather including potential fire risk. However several residents have noticed little to no wind this morning in the region. That could change by this afternoon with gusts expected to pick up.
The strongest winds are forecasted to reach 60 to 70 mph at higher elevations, according to forecast models being used by PG&E.
NORTH BAY
There are 186,000 people without power in Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties according to PG&E.
Traffic has been a mess with backups at several intersections due to the outage.
PG&E shut off the power in Sonoma at midnight, causing problems for residents and bringing many to question why this was happening.
“There’s no wind. So I am a little confused with that. PG&E has a little problem with information, I think,” said Chris Lely around 6 a.m. outside the Safeway, where he was looking to get a cup of coffee.
The store had some lights on but was closed. Safeway had a generator to try and save some food but did not have enough power to open for business.
“This is the start of it. We will see how many days it runs. That will be the problem. It’s not fun. It’s better than a fire though,” Lely said.
As the morning progressed, a beautiful Fall day unfolded. But the power remained off.
“It’s a little ridiculous. It’s beautiful out… short sleeves… I don’t know what prompted the power outages,” said Josh Crozat, the general manager of G&C Auto Body
He says his office is closed but his garage workers pulled out their hand tools to try and work today. They don’t like it but say it’s better than not working at all.
“It’s exhausting. Normally you hit a button and it goes. Now you’re wrenching with your shoulder, your arm. I wouldn’t want to do it, I use a pen,” Crozat said.
Classes at Sonoma schools were cancelled because of the power outage. Gas stations were closed. People still pulled in to some stations in search of fuel….hoping for an escape.
“I thought I might want to drive to a hotel in a beautiful area that has power, but I don’t think so unless I can find some gas,” said Glen Delman.
Sonoma Market is open but with limited service. The grocery store has a generator to power its cash registers and lights but its ovens don’t work and the coffee is cold. The store is putting its meat and frozen goods in refrigerated trucks behind the store to try and save them. The manager says if the power outage lasts for days, though, they will lose a lot of it to expiration dates.
It’s all about timing for the people in Napa, fending for themselves with a PG&E power outage that started for them at midnight, some feeling very lucky that they arrived to the local Nob Hill Market just as a new load of ice was being unloaded.
“I think they jumped the gun in my opinion,” said Napa resident Chris Vannoy as he loaded four big bags of ice into his SUV. “There’s no breeze. There’s still due on my car. Turning it off is good, but wait till it’s dangerous.”
Beyond the coping, there is a bit of frustration as residents awakened to a power outage PG & E claims it had to do because of high winds, but here, there is barely any. At least not yet.
“The wind is two miles an hour right now,” said George Wesowitch, as he walked his two dogs in South Napa. “It was 11 miles an hour last night. No wind.” But high winds are still forecast, prompting a strike team of firefighters from all over the area to gather at a fire station near Silverado Country Club. The contingent includes firefighters from Napa County, St. Helena and American Canyon, as well as the City of Napa.
“We’re formed up as a task force,” said Captain Dan D’Angelo with the City of Napa Fire Department. “We’re pre-positioned, ready to go for a rapid response.”
At a busy intersection South of Napa, the failure of a battery backup system led to a huge backup of cars, where Highways 29 and 221 meet. It was so bad, the CHP had to step in and control traffic by flashlight.
At the Village Liquor on Monticello Road, in the heart of the outage area, the power outage is a little less dangerous, but still disruptive. The store is open, but all transactions are cash only. A portable generator is powered up at the rear of the store to keep the frozen case and the cash registers up and running, but otherwise the store is completely in the dark.
EAST BAY
Power outages could impact 32,680 residents Alameda County and 51,310 residents in Contra Costa County starting at noon.
Caltrans announced that the Caldecott Tunnel will remain open through the outage. Crews worked to provide backup generators so that it can remain open.
The Oakland Zoo has been closed today, but crews are working to prepare for the outages.
Joaquin Miller Park along with Dimond, East Oakland and Sheffield Village recreation centers in Oakland will also be closed.
In Hayward, city officials are increasing firefighter, police and emergency-dispatch staffing levels. A cooling and device-charging center at city hall.
“We believe in backups, and backups, and backups,” said Andrea Pook, a spokesperson for East Bay MUD.
Pook says EBMUD, rented 29 portable generators, to pump water to their customers since much of our water supply relies on electricity too.
“What we want to do is preserve that water supply, so what we’re asking people to do is conserve water, shut off their outdoor irrigation, when the PG&E power shut down occurs.”
“This is not a good contingency for their customers,” said Marilyn Varnado, who lives in the Oakland Hills. Like many people in the Bay Area, she checked into a hotel, when she found out her home was in an outage area.
“Most people don’t realize what an outage really means,” said Varnado, who added, “stoplights are not going to be working, there’s going to be a lot of crazy things going on and I just think there’s going to be some tragedies because of that.”
SOUTH BAY
As the line of cars inches toward a San Jose Chevron off of East Capitol Expressway, vehicles were also moving closer and closer to PG&E’s public safety power shutdown.
“This is insane,” Yaneth Miluitin, a San Jose resident said. “We are not a third world country.”
Although PG&E believes 38,000 customers in Santa Clara County could be impacted by the outage, that’s counting “customer accounts.” The city said about 200,000 people could be impacted in San Jose.
“They think by shutting off the power they’re going to resolve a problem, but the problem is a lot deeper than what we’re experiencing right now,” Milutin said.
“It’s very frustrating on our part to not know what’s going on in a large swath of our city and have their power taken away,” Kip Harkness, San Jose’s deputy city manager, said.
The city’s best advice right now is to be prepared for up to seven days without power. The empty water shelves inside a South San Jose Target show at least some residents are listening to the warnings.
If you don’t have the right supplies, San Jose has opened three community resource centers to help. PG&E has a community resource center operating inside Avaya auditorium.
PENINSULA
In San Mateo County, most of the areas in the PG&E fire zone are south of Highway 92, all the way to the Coast.
PG&E contractors worked near Highway 92 in San Mateo, trimming trees too close to power lines. PG&E appeared to have a new fire break around its Jefferson substation.
Upscale Emerald Hills, with its expensive homes, was in PG&E’s fire zone, a community with narrow winding roads where strong winds from the northwest sweep down in the afternoons.
The ACE Hassett Hardware Store was the most popular spot in Half Moon Bay, some of its shelves empty by noon. Generators were selling like hotcakes.
The Tom Lantos Tunnel at Devils Slide on Highway One is expected to remain open through the outage.
PG&E says power restoration will begin Thursday afternoon after the weather event. PG&E crews will then have to inspect every inch of their power lines and infrastructure, and depending on damage from the expected wind, power could be off in some areas until Monday or Tuesday.
PG&E says as the weather evolves, they will provide updates about the power shutoff and restoration timing.
Centenares de manifestantes protestaban este sábado contra lo que llaman ‘la invasión de los extranjeros’ en Suecia. Foto: AFP
Los agentes de policía montan guardia con sus caballos, para evitar posibles desmanes. Foto: AFP
Las personas que participaron de la protesta eran antifascistas que se enfrentaron a la Policía. Foto: AFP
La policía logró implementar un cordón de seguridad para evitar posibles desmanes en la manifestación. Foto: AFP
Manifestantes antifascistas deseaban enfrentarse con los neonazis y las autoridades lo impidieron. Foto: AFP
La dispersión de la manifestación estuvo caracterizada por breves enfrentamientos que causaron dos heridos leves y algunos más detenidos. Foto: AFP
Miles de personas en contra de esta manifestación organizada por el Movimiento de Resistencia Nórdica (NMR) se aglomeraron en el centro de la capital sueca. Foto: AFP
Cinco personas fueron detenidas y dos resultaron heridas este sábado en la manifestación en Suecia de un movimiento neonazi. Foto: AFP
El Movimiento de Resistencia Nórdica (NMR), fue creado en el año 1997 en Estocolmo, Suecia. Foto: AFP
Según la revista Expo especializada en la extrema derecha, el NMR nunca había logrado congregar tantas personas. Foto: AFP
Un policía fue golpeado por los manifestantes y otra persona resultó herida en circunstancias aún no esclarecidas. Foto: AFP
Simpatizantes neonazis se manifestaron en el centro de Estocolmo este sábado para protestar contra los migrantes. Foto: AFP
President Biden said Friday that the Delta variant of COVID-19 won’t trigger new lockdowns in the US, but that it may cause more infections in regions with lower vaccination rates.
“No, it’s not a lockdown, but some areas will be very hurt,” Biden said at the White House as he celebrated the administration of 300 million vaccine shots during his first 150 days in office.
“Where people have gotten two shots, that Delta variant is highly unlikely to result in anything other than, I mean, it’s — the existing vaccines are very effective,” he said.
The US mass-vaccination campaign began six months ago under President Donald Trump and more than 65 percent of US adults have received at least one shot. According to CDC data, 55.4 percent of adults are fully vaccinated.
President Biden noted that vaccines seem to be effective against the Delta variant.AP
The Delta variant contributed to an unexpected surge in new cases in India in April and May, and it’s blamed for an increase this month in UK diagnoses.
Preliminary research indicates that vaccines are effective against the mutation.
“It’s a variant that is more easily transmissible, potentially deadlier and particularly dangerous for young people,” Biden said Friday.
“But the good news is we have the solution. The science and the data are clear. The best way to protect yourself against these variants are to get fully vaccinated. So please, please, if you have one shot, get the second shot as soon as you can.”
States and major US cities lifted most COVID-19 rules, including mask mandates and occupancy restrictions on businesses, this month due to high rates of vaccination and plummeting infections.
Biden also noted that areas where there are fewer people vaccinated could see an uptick in positive cases. Andre Penner/AP
Polling indicates that Republicans and African-Americans are less likely to get vaccinated. Many southern states, along with conservative-leaning Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming, have lower rates of vaccination, according to government data.
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia on Friday to promote vaccination at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr preached in the 1960s. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) was formerly the church’s pastor.
“Getting vaccinated is about building the power of community. Getting vaccinated is about building the power of our country, and we can do this Georgia,” Harris said.
Many states have lifted mask mandates following the CDC’s revised guidelines for vaccinated Americans this spring.Christopher Sadowski
She added: “let us work together and do everything that we know is within our power to get in front of this thing and then let’s translate that power into everything else that is before us in terms of the unfinished work that needs to be done.”
Kellyanne Conway embarrassed CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta during a press gaggle on Tuesday, referring to him as a ‘smarta–‘ unliked by other reporters. Acosta questioned Conway about whether President Trump would tell the truth when addressing the nation Tuesday night, prompting the heated exchange.
Kellyanne Conway embarrassed CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta during a press gaggle on Tuesday, referring to him as a “smarta–” unliked by other reporters.
Acosta asked Conway if she could promise that President Trump would tell the truth when addressing the nation on Tuesday night.
“Yes, Jim,” Conway shot back, “Can you promise that you will? The whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Am I allowed to mention ‘God’ to you?”
Acosta – who has emerged as a household name for interruptions when Trump and members of his administration are made available to the press – responded by telling Conway that he doesn’t have an “alternative facts” problem like she does.
“Make sure that goes viral. This is why I’m one of the only people around here who gives you the time of day,” Conway said. “You’re such a smarta– most of the time and I know you want this to go viral.”
Conway then told Acosta that “a lot of these people” don’t like him, while pointing to his peers.
“Don’t you put it back in my face for all corrections your network needs to issue,” she continued, mocking CNN. “I was on your network 25 or 26 times in 2018. I’m one of the last people here who even bothered to go on, and the disrespect you show to me personally, I’ll look past it.”
CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta asks Sarah Sanders about Mueller investigation, President Trump’s level of confidence in his advisers.
Last year Acosta was briefly banned from the White House after he engaged in a contentious back-and-forth with Trump during a Nov. 7 press conference. During the now-infamous moment, Acosta refused to pass the microphone to a female White House aide.
Acosta’s press pass was restored on Nov. 19 after CNN argued that keeping him out of the White House violated the network and Acosta’s First and Fifth Amendment rights.
To coincide with Acosta being allowed to return to the White House, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders implemented a series of rules to govern White House press conferences going forward.
The CNN reporter has been praised by liberal comedians such as Jimmy Kimmel, and even appeared in the most recent season of the Netflix political drama “House of Cards.”
Last week, a three-minute clip of Pelosi speaking at the Center for American Progress was uploaded on Facebook by a group called “Politics WatchDog.” Experts believe the video was slowed down, and Pelosi’s pitch manipulated, to make her sound as if she were drunk and slurring her words.
While copies of the clips were removed on YouTube, the original video remains on Facebook, where it has racked up millions of views.
Clinton blasted the social media giant’s inaction.
“When Facebook refused to take down a fake video of Nancy Pelosi, it wasn’t even a close call,” Clinton told the graduates. “The video is sexist trash. And YouTube took it down but Facebook kept it up.”
The former presidential candidate then suggested that a message be sent to Facebook to show opposition to the tech giant’s decision, and she warned that the site would be “flooded” with “false and doctored videos” if nothing happens.
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Donald Trump y Hillary Clinton siguen con paso firme en las primarias.
El republicano Donald Trump y la demócrata Hillary Clinton se impusieron en la mayoría de elecciones primarias celebradas este martes en Estados Unidos.
Trump logró la victoria en Florida, Illinois y Carolina del Norte, y sufrió su único revés de la noche a manos de John Kasich en Ohio, una derrota que le da vida a la carrera republicana por la nominación de cara a las elecciones presidenciales del próximo mes de noviembre.
El triunfo del multimillonario en Florida precipitó la decisión del candidato de origen cubano Marco Rubio de suspender su campaña.
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Este martes se votaron las primarias en cinco estados: Florida, Carolina del Norte, Illinois, Misuri y Ohio.
Los analistas consideraban que Rubio debía ganar las primarias de su estado natal para mantenerse a flote en la contienda republicana, algo que no sucedió.
“No es el plan de Dios que sea presidente en 2016 o quizá nunca”, dijo el senador de Florida de 44 años.
Las elecciones de este martes eran clave dentro del extenso calendario de las primarias republicanas, pues el ganador en Florida y Ohio se llevaba todos los delegados en juego en esos estados.
En el bando demócrata, con sus victorias frente a Bernie Sanders en Florida, Ohio, Illinois y Carolina del Norte, Hillary Clinton sigue con paso firme en el camino para ser la aspirante de su partido a la Casa Blanca.
Kasich planta cara
En Ohio el que consiguió la victoria en el bando republicano no fue Trump, sino John Kasich, actual gobernador del estado.
De esta manera Kasich logró frenar, aunque sea temporalmente, el avance triunfal hacia la nominación del magnate neoyorquino.
Kasich es visto por muchos republicanos como una alternativa a Trump, a pesar de su mal desempeño en las primarias celebradas hasta la fecha. El gobernador de Ohio sólo ha logrado la victoria en su estado.
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John Kasich logró la victoria en las primarias republicanas de Ohio, donde es gobernador.
El propio Kasich no ha descartado que sus compañeros lo voten finalmente como candidato del partido para las presidenciales en caso de que en julio, mes en que se realiza la convención republicana, Trump no haya llegado los 1.237 delegados necesarios para lograr automáticamente la nominación.
De hecho, según el periodista de la BBC Jon Sopel, en su discurso en Palm Beach, Trump parecía más preocupado por la derrota en Ohio que por las victorias logradas en al menos Florida, Illinois y Carolina del Norte.
“La victoria de John Kasich significa que la batalla por la nominación republicana no sólo continúa, sino que además podría prolongarse hasta la convención en julio”, señaló Sopel.
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Marco Rubio anunció que suspende su campaña tras perder en Florida.
Hasta ahora en las urnas el multimillonario solo ha encontrado un real competidor en Ted Cruz, quien, a falta de que se conozca el resultado de Misuri, parece que no ganará en ninguna de las cinco primarias celebradas este martes.
“Nadie más tiene la capacidad matemática que yo (de vencer a Trump). Sólo una campaña ha vencido a Donald Trump una y otra vez a lo largo y ancho del país desde Alaska hasta Maine”, dijo Cruz, al tiempo que convocó a los seguidores de Rubio a votarlo.
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Tras conocerse su victoria en Florida, Trump habló ante sus seguidores en Palm Beach: “Tenemos que unificar a nuestro partido”.
Donald Trump ha encontrado una fuerte resistencia en las últimas semanas ha sido dentro de su propio partido.
Miembros influyentes del Partido Republicano, como el candidato a la presidencia en 2012, Mitt Romney, consideran que el magnate no cuenta con la preparación necesaria para ser presidente de EE.UU.
En Florida, tras conocerse los resultados de este martes, Trump dijo a sus seguidores que era una “maravillosa noche” y les alentó: “Tenemos que unificar a nuestro partido”.
La mujer que pisa fuerte
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Las primarias de este martes dejaron a Hillary Clinton en posición de ventaja frente a Bernie Sanders en la carrera por la nominación del Partido Demócrata.
Con sus victorias en al menos Florida, Ohio, Illinois y Carolina del Norte, Hillary Clinton se posiciona cada vez más como la probable candidata demócrata a la presidencia por delante de su contrincante Bernie Sanders.
Los resultados del martes fueron un duro golpe para Sanders, quien esperaba que su victoria de la semana pasada en Michigan le sirviera para conquistar estados demográfica y económicamente similares, como Illinois y Ohio, algo que no sucedió.
Al conocerse los resultados, Sanders declaró: “Una vez más les pido que miren afuera de la caja, afuera del status quo“.
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El demócrata Bernie Sanders no se rinde pese a las derrotas de este martes.
Por su parte, la ex secretaria de Estado y ex primera dama dijo en Florida: “Estamos cerca de asegurarnos la nominación del Partido Demócrata y ganar estas elecciones en noviembre”.
Clinton también dedicó parte de su discurso a Trump: “Cuando escuchamos a un candidato a la presidencia apoyar la deportación de 12 millones de inmigrantes y prohibir la entrada a Estados Unidos a todos los musulmanes, cuando él apoya la tortura, eso no lo hace fuerte. Lo hace estar equivocado“.
Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida Thursday as it pushed over open waters after doing limited damage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to grow into a potentially devastating Category 3 hurricane before hitting the U.S. mainland late Sunday or early Monday somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia.
“Hurricane Dorian looks like it will be hitting Florida late Sunday night,” President Donald Trump tweeted. “Be prepared and please follow State and Federal instructions, it will be a very big Hurricane, perhaps one of the biggest!”
Dorian blew through the Virgin Islands as a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday while raking nearby Puerto Rico with high winds and rains.
The storm caused an islandwide blackout in St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and scattered power outages in St. Croix, government spokesman Richard Motta said. The storm also downed trees and at least one electric pole in St. Thomas, he said.
And there were no reports of serious damage in the British Virgin Islands, where Gov. Augustus Jaspert said crews were already clearing roads and inspecting infrastructure by late Wednesday afternoon.
Early Thursday, Dorian was centered about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said its top winds were blowing at 85 mph (140 kph) as the storm moved northwest at 13 mph (20 kph).
The Hurricane Center projected the storm could have winds of 125 mph (200 kph) by the time it reaches the mainland. Also imperiled were the Bahamas, with Dorian’s forecast track running just to the north of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama islands.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for counties that could be in the storm’s path, and he urged people to have a week’s worth of supplies on hand.
County governments along the state’s central east coast distributed sandbags and many residents rushed to warehouse retailers to load up on water, canned food and emergency supplies.
Puerto Rico seemed to be spared any heavy wind and rain, a huge relief on an island where blue tarps still cover some 30,000 homes nearly two years after Hurricane Maria. The island’s 3.2 million inhabitants also depend on an unstable power grid that remains prone to outages since it was destroyed by Maria, a Category 4 storm.
Several hundred customers were without power across Puerto Rico, said Ángel Figueroa, president of a union that represents power workers.
Police said an 80-year-old man in the northern town of Bayamón died Wednesday after he fell trying to climb up to his roof to clear it of debris ahead of the storm.
São Paulo – Economist Eduardo Gianetti da Fonseca outlined three possible scenarios for Brazil’s economy following the presidential elections due in October this year. A professor at the Brazilian Capital Markets Institute (Ibmec, in the Portuguese acronym) and presidential campaign advisory team member for the political party PSB, which should confirm the former minister Marina Silva as its candidate, Fonseca delivered a lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce’s offices in São Paulo last Tuesday (19th).
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Fonseca (R) discussed the past, present and future of the economy
He foresaw similar macro- and microeconomic scenarios in case either opposition candidate wins, Silva or Aécio Neves (PSDB), and two possibilities in case president Dilma Rousseff (PT) is re-elected.
Gianetti said Brazil’s macroeconomic tripod – floating exchange rate, inflation targeting and primary surplus – is extremely fragile and the opposition will need to carry out corrective actions early on in their term in office, should they be elected, so as to reconnect with the economic scenario seen in Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s second term (1999-2002) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first term (2003-2006).
“We will have adjustments for two or three quarters,” he said, referring to actions required in order for economic tripod to regain strength.
In the case Rousseff is re-elected, Fonseca said one possibility would be a learning curve, whereby the president would acknowledge her administrative mistakes and work on correcting them, moving back towards the tripod and creating the conditions for private sector investment in infrastructure. Another scenario would be the prevalence of a “I did so well they re-elected me” line of thinking and the ensuing “Argentinization” of Brazil, culminating in a financial crisis.
Fonseca gave an overview of the status of Brazil’s economy and explained the events that led to the current conjuncture. He remarked that the country remained virtually unscathed throughout the 2008/2009 crisis, after a period of growth, social inclusion, rising income, full employment and stable macroeconomics. “This illusion lasted until 2010,” he said.
According to him, the Brazilian economy is now faced with a worrisome combination of three issues: low growth rate, inflation near the top end of the target range and a current account deficit. “Whenever you have low growth, inflation should be well-behaved,” he said.
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Fonseca and Sallum at the event
How has Brazil come to this situation? One factor, he said, was the change in external environment. “Global winds were blowing in our favour,” said Fonseca, citing high prices of the commodities sold by Brazil (like agricultural products and ores) in relation to the cost of products the country imports and the low interest-based monetary policy of developed countries, which caused an influx of capital to the country. Commodities prices have not plummeted, but have not kept rising either, and foreign money is now taking the opposite route.
Another factor he mentioned is Brazil’s fiscal situation, which harks back to the Constitution of 1988, when the State went from centralized to federative and states and municipalities became endowed with public sector attributions. Nonetheless, federal government spending increased instead of declining, and taxes were created under the guise of “contributions,” a gap left open by the Constitution. Brazil’s gross tax burden went from 24% to 25% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in 1988, to a current 36%. “The gross tax burden grew linearly in every administration that followed,” he said.
A large portion of spending goes to Social Security, which currently soaks up 12% of the GDP, according to the economist. “This is an astronomical amount for a country that is still young.” This, according to him, explains Brazil’s low capacity for investing in both physical and human capital. According to him, the country cannot solve the Social Security issue without productivity gains. Each Brazilian needs to be more productive.
Another factor that has caused the economy to deteriorate, according to Fonseca, was the quality of economic policy. According to him, the transition from the FHC administration into Lula’s was conducted in utterly competent fashion. “It was a great, welcome surprise,” he says, noting that the economic tripod was maintained, with a floating exchange rate, an inflation targeting system and fiscal targets. “This pact would only be broken later on, in Lula’s second term, but more so during Rousseff’s administration,” said Fonseca.
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Gianetti spoke to a packed audience
Other factors which undermined the tripod, according to the economist, include a reduced primary surplus, as the government resorted to “creative accounting” such as delaying payments to meet the target, contracting debt on one end to transfer funds to another; the top end of the inflation target, which became the new mid-range, and government-controlled collective transport and fuel prices; and finally, intervention in the foreign exchange market to stave off price hikes.
According to him, the government started micromanaging, taking the place of the market and picking out sectors to be the “victors.” The economist believes this is a mistaken philosophy. Government measures must be horizontal, i.e. benefit the business environment across the board. This, says Fonseca, causes the market to become distrustful of regulation.
The event was presented and hosted by the Arab Chamber president Marcelo Sallum and former director Mário Rizkallah. It is part of the lecture cycle held by the organization on economics, culture, careers and other subjects.
Sgt. Bill Rowley, a spokesman for the Aurora Police Department, said the police had no record of being notified by the state police that Mr. Martin had not volunteered his firearm as required in 2014. It was unclear whether Mr. Martin, who lived in Aurora at the time of his death, also lived there in 2014.
A day after the shooting, police gave a fuller account of the deadly events inside the Henry Pratt Company warehouse on Friday afternoon, and identified the five workers — all apparently co-workers of Mr. Martin — who were killed.
The victims included some of the company’s most experienced workers but also its newest: Josh Pinkard, who was the plant manager of the warehouse, perished in the shooting, as did Trevor Wehner, who was a student at Northern Illinois University and an intern in the company’s human resources department. Mr. Wehner was expected to graduate from college in May. Friday, when the shooting occurred, was the first day of his internship, according to officials from Northern Illinois University.
Also killed, the police said, were Vicente Juarez, a stock room attendant and forklift operator; Clayton Parks, the human resources manager; and Russell Beyer, a mold operator. Officials at Northern Illinois said that Mr. Parks had also graduated from the university, in 2014, and said it was offering counseling help to those in need. (The school, in DeKalb, Ill., was the site of another mass shooting 11 years ago.)
Police first received several 911 calls at 1:24 p.m. on Friday, as frantic callers said there was a shooter at the warehouse. Mr. Martin had been summoned to what police described as a “termination meeting” at the warehouse where he had worked for at least 15 years. At least two victims were shot at the scene of that meeting.
Four minutes later, police arrived and were confronted by the gunman. Two of the first four officers to arrive were shot and transported to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening.
According to the police, Mr. Martin then retreated into the 29,000-square-foot building, hiding from officers in a machine shop near the back of the facility. It took about 90 minutes for officers to find, shoot and kill him.
A federal appeals court decided Tuesday to uphold California’s ban on large-scale ammunition magazines in a ruling that is likely to lead to the court’s approval of the state’s ban on assault weapons.
In an en banc decision, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 that a state law that limits the size of magazines that may be used with firearms does not significantly interfere with the right to self defense. The court noted that there was no evidence that a person has been unable to defend a home because of a lack of large-capacity magazines.
During the past 50 years, the court said, large-capacity magazines have been used in about three-quarters of mass shootings that resulted in 10 or more deaths, and in 100% of massacres with 20 or more deaths.
“The ban on legal possession of large-capacity magazines reasonably supports California’s effort to reduce the devastating damage wrought by mass shootings,” Judge Susan P. Graber, a Clinton appointee, wrote for the court.
The legal fight could continue for months and may be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Two other gun control cases have been put on hold pending a decision in the magazine case. Tuesday’s decision indicates that California’s ban on assault weapons, which a lower court had struck down, is also likely to be ruled constitutional.
U.S. District Judge Judge Roger T. Benitez overturned both the magazine ban and the bar on assault weapons. In the assault weapons case, Benitez likened an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle to a Swiss Army knife and called it “good for both home and battle.”
Benitez, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, said the assault weapons ban unconstitutionally infringed on the rights of California gun owners and “has had no effect” on curtailing mass shootings.
California’s ban on large-capacity magazines affects those that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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