Новости за 19.09.2018

The Amazon, the world's largest river, is flooding five times more frequently than it did 100 years ago.

The very air you breathe may make you vulnerable to developing dementia, a new study suggests.

A Catholic Diocese in Indiana published the names of 18 former priests and deacons the diocese said have been "credibly accused" of sexually abusing children.

A new U.S. State Department terrorism report Wednesday concluded that militant attacks decreased by nearly a quarter last year.

More U.S. women are having twins, triplets, quadruplets and even quintuplets, and it's not just because some are using fertility treatments, new research shows.

A Hong Kong-based airline said a freshly-painted plane is being taken out of service for repainting due to a missing "f" in the word "Pacific."

Warming of just 2 degrees Celsius, sustained over two millennia, would be enough to melt the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, according to new research.

The Trump administration is issuing $1 billion in grants to states to provide treatment for opioid addiction, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said.

Two new government reports warn that America's seniors are succumbing to the pitfalls of prescription painkillers.

Netflix released a trailer Wednesday for "The Haunting of Hill House," its new horror series inspired by Shirley Jackson's novel.

Police in a Texas city responded to a busy road to round up a herd of escaped cattle running loose in morning rush hour traffic.

Drugs derived from an active ingredient in marijuana produced only modest increases in pain threshold and tolerance but no reduction in ongoing intensity.

U.S. crude oil exports have been temporarily spared from Chinese tariffs, giving state-run oil refineries a short window to import as much as possible.

A strange noise coming from under the hood of a Louisiana woman's car turned out to have an adorable cause -- a kitten stuck behind the grill.

UPI's top 20 quarterbacks for Week 3 of the 2018 fantasy football season.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels will look to further endanger the Oakland Athletics' chances of making the playoffs when the teams meet Wednesday night for the second time in a three-game series.

Police in Florida shared photos of a "masked bandit" -- a raccoon -- that startled a resident when she woke to find it in her home.

A newly promoted naval officer and mother of three was found dead at her Jacksonville, Florida home Monday, the same day she sought protection from a boyfriend.

Focus Features says it has set the U.K. and U.S. release dates for its "Downton Abbey" movie.

India criminalized the Muslim practice of triple talaq, or instant divorce, on Wednesday in an executive order.

Australian police executing a search warrant in a drug investigation ended up recovering a dinosaur statue stolen two years earlier.

More than 15,000 military personnel from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command are participating in the exercise Valiant Shield this week near the Marianas Islands and Guam.

The Navy on Wednesday identified the sailor who died during a mishap on aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as Airman Apprentice Joseph Min Naglak.

NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument is helping scientists plot Los Angeles's hotspots.

President Donald Trump visited the Carolinas Wednesday to survey Hurricane Florence's damage as the death toll rose to 37 across three states.