UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

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  • Monday, February 8th, 2021
    South Africa pauses rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after research shows it’s less effective against the country’s variant; Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial for incitement of an insurrection is set to start tomorrow; House Democrats unveil a child tax credit proposal as part of the stimulus package; Latinas face highest unemployment rate among all women during the pandemic; Blacks, Latinos and Native- Americans, the groups most affected by covid, behind Whites on vaccination rates according to CDC data.
    23 min
  • Friday, February 5th, 2021
    Summary:
    President Biden pushes forward with his nearly $2 Trillion covid relief package, says he won’t budge on amount of direct payments for Americans; only 49,000 jobs added in January; the US is on the verge of getting a third vaccine approved as Johnson and Johnson requested FDA approval; a year into remote learning, fewer than half the students are participating in online classes; and migrants detained at the border are released pending an immigration hearing.
    17 min
  • Thursday, February 4th, 2021
    House Republicans vote to keep Liz Cheney in leadership role after she defends her impeachment vote; freshman GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faces backlash over previous posts promoting conspiracy theories and violence; President Biden seems willing to lower income thresholds on direct payments to Americans; daily vaccination numbers surpass daily cases of covid-19 for the first time as health officials warn against Super Bowl parties; and an immigrant mother remains separated from her 6 year old daughter after she was deported to Guatemala soon after crossing the border.
    20 min
  • Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
    The White House announces distribution of 1,000,000 vaccines to local pharmacies amid new urgency to curb spread of new variants; President Biden urges Congress to act fast on passing a nearly $2 Trillion covid relief package; a new study found that infection rates are higher among children when they’re not in school; President Biden signs several executive orders undoing some of Trump’s most controversial immigration policies; and three years after being separated from his father at the border, a teenage boy is still waiting to be reunited with him.
    23 min
  • Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
    Summary:
    President Biden is unwilling to scale down his $1.9 Trillion covid relief package; covid cases and hospitalizations are declining nationwide but health experts are worried another wave could be on the way with the rise of several variants; President Biden is signing several executive orders aimed at dismantling some of Trump’s most controversial immigration policies; House Democrats filed their first legal brief in the impeachment case against former president Trump, saying he bears “unmistakable” blame for the Capitol Hill attack on Jan. 6th.
    23 min
  • Monday, February 1st, 2021
    Summary:
    Nearly 100 million people are under winter storm warnings, a complex weather system is expected to bring in several inches of snow; President Biden is meeting with 10 GOP senators on their scaled down covid relief package; health officials say it’s imperative to get people vaccinated in a race against highly contagious variants; and climate change is driving many Central American migrants from their homes to seek asylum in the US.
    27 min
  • Monday, January 23rd, 2021

    The House of Representatives is delivering one article of impeachment in the senate trial of former President Donald Trump for “incitement of an insurrection”; Biden repeals Trump’s transgender military ban; covid cases are declining in the US and President Biden issues travel bans of non-citizens from South Africa, the UK and 26 European nations; and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tests positive for covid.

    26 min
  • Friday, January 22, 2021

    President Biden signs two more executive orders addressing the economy, including raising the minimum wage for federal employees to $15 an hour; officials in New York City say they are running out of vaccine supply as the covid-19 variant may be to blame for California’s rise in cases; House Democrats prepare to send an article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday in the trial against Donald Trump; and Mexico’s professional soccer leagues are scrambling to stop a major covid outbreak among the nation’s premier teams.

    24 min
  • Thursday, January 21st, 2021

    President Joe Biden is moving quickly to dismantle Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing executive orders reversing course on immigration, climate change and the handling of the pandemic; there’s growing urgency to get Americans vaccinated as scientists try to determine if new variants of the virus are fueling a surge in infections; a Las Vegas high school mariachi band was among the virtual performers featured in Biden’s inaugural “Parade Across America”.

    22 min
  • Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

    President-elect Joe Biden is expected to be inaugurated amid unprecedented security in the nation’s capital; cases of covid-19 are down 11% since last week’s peak but a new strain of the virus threatens to push the total number of cases further; experts say the DC insurrection should lead to drastic change in addressing online disinformation; Mexican President Lopez Obrador says US and Central American officials are coordinating efforts to deal with thousands of migrants heading for the US/Mexico border.

    29 min

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