Rockport, Texas, Aug 27 (EFE).- Tropical Storm Harvey forced the two most important airports in Houston to close and about 100 flights to be canceled, airport authorities posted on their respective Web pages. The facilities that had to close were the William P. Hobby Airport and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, considered the largest in …
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Washington, Aug 27 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his country needs a border wall because of Mexico’s crime rate. “With Mexico being one of the highest crime nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other,” Trump tweeted. Trump is currently waging a budget battle …
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Washington, 25 ago (EFE).- El presidente, Donald Trump, indultó hoy al polémico exsheriff Joe Arpaio, que enfrentaba una condena de hasta seis meses de cárcel tras ser hallado culpable de desacato a los tribunales por un caso de discriminación racial. “El sheriff Joe Arpaio tiene 85 años, y tras más de 50 años de admirable …
Los Angeles, Aug 25 (EFE).- Green sea turtles from Mexico’s Pacific coast are now living in California’s San Gabriel River, where experts in marine life are studying the reasons for their migration and adaptation to this urban waterway. “They’re probably looking for food, a safe place to grow and this is like the limit of …
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Washington, 24 ago (EFE).- Un grupo de congresistas republicanos pidió al presidente Donald Trump que proteja a los jóvenes indocumentados beneficiarios del programa de Acción Diferida (DACA) conocidos como “soñadores”. En una carta divulgada hoy, los representantes Dan Donovan (Nueva York), Carlos Curbelo e Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Florida), Jeff Denham y David Valadao (California) y Don …
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Ensenada, Mexico, Aug 24 (EFE).- Mexico, China and the United States agreed at the start of a two-day trilateral summit in the northwestern Mexican city of Ensenada on the need to develop a common agenda in the fight against the illegal trafficking and demand for the critically endangered totoaba fish. The totoaba, which grows to …
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Washington, Aug 24 (EFE).- A Massachusetts woman who was the sole winner of a $758.7 million Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lottery prize in United States history, said Thursday she told her employer she would not be returning to work. The winning ticket in Wednesday night’s drawing was sold to 53-year-old Mavis Wanczyk at a convenience …
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Washington, Aug 24 (EFE).- New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States rose by 2,000 for the week ended Aug. 19 to a seasonally adjusted 234,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Initial claims remained near a four-decade low and have been under 300,000 for 129 consecutive weeks. Economists say any reading below that level …
Stanford historian Ana Raquel Minian traces the establishment of Mexican social clubs and the funds they raised for their hometowns between the 1960s and 1980s. BY ALEX SHASHKEVICH Stanford News Service – In 1962, a group of Mexican migrants in Los Angeles wanted to raise money to help the elderly in their mutual hometown of …
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México, 23 ago (EFE).- México, China y Estados Unidos coincidieron hoy en la necesidad de acordar una agenda común para mejorar el combate al tráfico ilegal y la demanda de buches de pez totoaba, al iniciar una cumbre trilateral en la ciudad mexicana de Ensenada, noroeste del país. Los países determinaron avanzar en la investigación, …
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