Новости за 28.12.2020

Over the last six months, tens of millions of Americans — incensed by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others at the hands of police — have taken to the streets to demand an end to systemic racism and injustices. While the...

Los Angeles Laker LeBron James and tennis star Naomi Osaka are The Associated Press's athletes of the year, the organization announced this weekend.In votes occurring Saturday and Sunday, the two athletes, who emerged victorious at this&...

Four northern German health care workers were sent to the hospital on Sunday after being accidentally given five times the recommended dose of coronavirus vaccine.Officials from the Vorpommern-Ru...

Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) built a reputation as a lawmaker with a low profile and a high impact. His recent passing has brought one of his signature pieces of legislation back into the spotlight. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 instituted...

Author and social media influencer Hilaria Baldwin on Monday responded to online criticism of her Spanish heritage after she was accused of misrepresenting aspects of her upbringing and her ties to Spain.Posts about Baldwin's heritage...

Republican-leaning pollster Rasmussen invoked a quote attributed to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in a Twitter thread Sunday suggesting Vice President Pence could attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is criticizing the government's top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, for raising his estimate for the U.S. to reach herd immunity on the coronavirus to up to 90 percent of the pop...

The New York legislature plans to meet in a special session Monday to block eviction proceedings in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic as low-income families face billions nationwide in unpaid rent.The legislatu...

The NFL has fined the Baltimore Ravens $250,000 for violating coronavirus protocols, ...

Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden's election win.The laws...

"I am fit and strong and have a high tolerance for pain but this virus kicked the crap out of me like nothing I have ever experienced before," Norman said Sunday.

MANUFACTURINGToyota Motor North America hired Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz to work on tax, trade and other legislative and regulatory issues affecting the automotive industry. Former Senate Democratic Leader...

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday is slated to give remarks on national security from Wilmington, Del.The event is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. EST.Watch the live video above.

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced members of his digital team that will be in charge of reaching Americans through online platforms once his administration takes office.The White House digital operation will be composed of 12 Democratic...

CNN's Jake Tapper said Sunday he does not interview certain pro-Trump guests, including White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, because of what he called their propensity to lie in defense of the president.Du...

CNN's Jim Acosta said Sunday that he and numerous other White House correspondents have received death threats from supporters of the president while covering the Trump administration."I am not the only reporter wh...

The military has been dragged into political quarrels not of its making, involving increasingly irrational suggestions.

The television actor Lori Loughlin was released from federal prison on Monday after serving a two-month sentence for her participation along with her husband in the college admissions scandal.A spokesperson for the Dublin, Calif.,...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to use the Defense Production Act to boost production of the coronavirus vaccines, an adviser said on Monday.Celine Gounder, a member of Biden's COVID-19 advisory team, said to expec...

Jazz musician Kenyon Harrold shared a now-viral video over the weekend of a physical altercation with a woman who said that his 14-year-old son had stolen her cell phone.The minute-long video shows a woman accusing the boy of holding h...

“Wonder Woman 1984,” the long-delayed sequel to the 2017 superhero blockbuster, opened with $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend, the best opening for any film since the beginning of the pandemic, USA Today reported Monday.The film was...

A cameraman for Reuters was arrested in Ethiopia after police raided his home and confiscated his computer, phone, and other materials, ...

The percentage of Americans who believe it is “very important” for a couple to be married if they have a child has declined in recent years, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll, released Monday, found that 29 percent of Americans say that...

An illegal bar being operated out of a New Jersey warehouse was busted on Sunday morning with hundreds of people inside.The bar was discovered by detectives from the Newark Police vice crimes...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) late on Sunday thanked President Trump for signing an omnibus bill that funds the government and provides an additional round of coronavirus relief after earlier suggesting he would veto it.“I thank the...