Новости за 26.06.2021

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country's response to the coronavirus, resigned after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide.

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed overnight in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, Florida.

The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.

Scientists successfully treated a rare disease with the experimental gene-editing technique. It could open the door to new ways of treating more common disorders in the future.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with M.C. Taylor, frontman for the North Carolina-based band Hiss Golden Messenger, about the new album Quietly Blowing It.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Bianca Betancourt of Harper's Bazaar about Britney Spears and the legal fight over her conservatorship.

V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!, Big Spend Sports and Inoculation Day Deadline.

Our panelists read three stories about a fun new activity in Pittsburgh, only one of which is true.

The Slight of Christ, Dating Coverup, Pandemic Problems, and You're Stealing Have A Great Day!

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Nut Job, Lemon Aid, and The Buffinator.

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled, our panelists predict the next big news from the world of cheerleading.

The singer, songwriter, producer and rapper won the first season of The Masked Singer, so we've invited him to play a game called "The Half-Masked Singer."

One school returned to last year's drive-in movie theater, while another hosted about 600 personal ceremonies. In New Orleans, families celebrated with a spontaneous second line parade.

When SpaceX opened its rocket factory and launch pad in South Texas, few locals thought it would morph into such a large operation. Now environmentalists are worried about the long-term effects.

On Saturday in Ohio, the former president holds his first rally since leaving office. Meanwhile, other top potential GOP presidential candidates are running versions of shadow campaigns.

British talk show host Graham Norton is also an accomplished novelist — his latest, Home Stretch, follows the people of a small Irish town after a fatal car accident upends everyone's lives.

A cherished city institution is adapting to keep the love of cycling going strong. Naked cycling, that is — Philadelphia's annual Naked Bike Ride is asking participants to mask up for safety.

"Antiman" is a slur for gay men — poet Rajiv Mohabir reclaims it in his new memoir, which mixes poetry, song and prose in an investigation of his sexuality and his Guyanese Indian heritage.

The Rev. Juan Sosa's St. Joseph Church sits near the site of the collapsed condominium. "I do believe in hope," he told NPR.

Though it's highly rare for a police officer to be handed such a heavy sentence, many expressed disappointment. Others see it as a winning precedent that promises future accountability.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Benjamin Crump, attorney for George Floyd's family, about Derek Chauvin's sentence of 22 1/2 years for the murder of Floyd.

"It's important to acknowledge how far we've come. Those who raised their voices to demand justice for George Floyd need to know that their activism made a difference," the family said.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Richmond, Va., songwriter Lucy Dacus about the childhood memories — real and imagined — that populate her latest album, Home Video.

Ellison said the 270-month sentence was one of the longest prison terms ever issued to a former police officer for the unlawful use of deadly force.