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

Summary: In a reversal the CDC recommends indoor masking for vaccinated people and recommends everyone in K-12 schools wear a mask regardless of vaccination status; police officers deliver emotional testimony on their Jan. 6th response before first House select committee members; the Biden Administration is planning to allow expedited deportations of certain immigrants arriving at the border.

Major medical groups urge health care employers to mandate vaccines; thousands of Cubans march to the White House demanding stronger measures against the Cuban regime; Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins House Committee investigating Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol.

Health officials are urging Americans to get vaccinated as the delta variant fuels a new summer surge; the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially kick-off despite surge in coronavirus cases; Cuban officials dismiss as irrelevant new sanctions by the Biden Administration following days of protests in the island.

President Biden is expressing frustration over the slower pace of vaccination as the delta variant fuels daily case increases; VP Harris meets with Dreamers and undocumented youth after DACA was ruled unconstitutional by a Texas federal judge; House GOP leader McCarthy calls Speaker Pelosi’s veto of two Republicans for a Jan. 6th committee an abuse of power; seven Latino sites have been identified as in need of federal preservation and protection.

Health experts are pleading with Americans to get vaccinated as the delta variant now accounts for 83% of cases; Nancy Pelosi vetoes two of Rep. McCarthy’s picks for Jan. 6th select committee; massive wildfires out west bring hazy conditions to the east coast.

Health officials across the country are on high alert as new Coronavirus infections continue to spike, now averaging 30,000 new cases per-day; Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasts off to the edge of space on the first crewed flight from his firm Blue Origin; President Biden orders review of US-Cuba policies including remittances.

Covid cases are increasing across the country mostly among the millions of unvaccinated people despite widespread vaccine availability; Capitol rioter who breached the Senate gets eight months for felony; Senate Democrats push a key test vote on Biden’s infrastructure agenda; advocates demand congressional action to protect DREAMERS after a federal judge in Texas declares DACA

FDA warns about a rare neurological condition linked to Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine; President Biden lays out the case for voting rights as the GOP leads state efforts to restrict voting access; and the latest on protests in Cuba as the government cracks down on political unrest.

The US Surgeon General issues warning about covid misinformation, encouraging social media companies to do more to prevent it; Biden Admin is beginning to distribute expanded child tax credit payments; Cuba lifts restrictions on food and medicines following protests.

Covid cases across the country have doubled in just the last three weeks fueled by the more contagious delta variant; Cuban-Americans in Miami take to the streets in support with protestors in the island; Biden administration is assigning more officials to deal with a backlog of DACA applications.