Blog del Grupo Gavilanes '82

WASHINGTON (AP) — Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing would increase earnings for more than 16.5 million people by 2016 but also cut employment by roughly 500,000 jobs, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With peace talks failing, Syria's government on the offensive and moderate rebels pushed aside by al-Qaida-linked militants, the Obama administration is struggling for new ideas to halt a savage civil war.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin National Guard announced Tuesday that it had suspended a member from honor guard duties after she apparently posted to social media a photograph of soldiers mugging around an empty, flag-draped casket.

Harry Ettlinger was a 19-year-old Army private when he was recruited to be one of the original “Monuments Men.” Now, Ettlinger will join President Obama and Hollywood stars like Matt Damon and George Clooney at a White House screening of the movie.

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — David Wise won the gold medal in the Olympic debut of halfpipe skiing Tuesday, cutting through heavy snow to easily outclass the field.

De la olla a la pasarela y, pronto, a su guardarropa; una estudiante de moda propone preparar la ropa en la cocina.

Un museo en San Salvador exhibe diversas manifestaciones del arte popular salvadoreño expresado en pequeñas miniaturas.

Las dos figuras del Real Madrid pasan por un momento complejo, uno por lo que hace sobre la cancha, el otro por lo que habla fuera de ella.

Anualmente mueren unas 25.000 personas en esas condiciones. La cifra podría duplicarse en diez años.

En el campeonato mundial de Moscú, un cantante de EE.UU. recibió el voto del público y un millón de masitas rellenas.