Новости за 17.06.2021

An Idaho couple who didn't receive a ceremonial check for their $50,000 lottery jackpot in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic got a second chance when they scored a $200,000 prize.

Three sheriff's deputies in Florida responded to a convenience store to help sort out an unusual problem -- an alligator hiding under a vending machine.

The U.S. Air Force seeks 160 new refueling tankers, and lawmakers are pushing for the Air Force to terminate its KC-46 contract with Boeing.

Authorities in Wisconsin said an elk that escaped from a farm went for a run along the highway before being safely recaptured.

A Wisconsin college employee using his metal detector on the campus found a high school class ring underground that turned out to have been lost 45 years earlier.

A volunteer has found an Alaska hiker alive who was missing for over 35 hours.

A chaotic, young star system, located 400 light-years from Earth, has offered astronomers new insights into the planet formation process.

Peacock announced "Miley Cyrus Presents Stand By You" on Thursday. The special celebrated Pride Month.

Red blood cells contain a protein that may help slow the aging process and protect against cognitive decline, a study published Thursday by the journal PLOS Biology found.

A New York man who found a briefcase filled with old photos in a public park trash can was able to reunite the photos with family members of the owners.

A Botswana mining company has found what it believes to be the world's third-largest diamond, a 1,098-carat gem shown off to President Mokgweetsi Masisi this week.

Instagram launched global advertising Thursday on its short-form video TikTok competitor Reels.

IFC Midnight released the trailer for "Settlers" on Thursday. Sofia Boutella, Jonny Lee Miller, Brooklyn Prince and Ismael Cruz Cordova star in the sci-fi thriller, out July 23.

Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda has died at age 97.

A nature reserve in Russia said a nature camera disguised as a piece of bark had an unintended consequence when it was destroyed by a hungry woodpecker.

For the third time in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an effort by a coalition of Republican-led states to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, voting to let the Obama-era health law stand.

SpaceX launched the latest updated satellite for the U.S. Global Positioning System on Thursday afternoon from Florida -- the first time a national security mission has launched on a previously-flown rocket booster.

A Korean marathoner who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics is being identified as Japanese at a Japan Olympic Museum exhibit.

The Biden administration said Thursday it will invest more than $3 billion in the development and manufacturing of antiviral medicines to create an evolving line of coronavirus treatments.

A COVID-19 outbreak at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, has infected over 100 people and killed one staff member as hospital resources stretch to capacity.

Deaths among Black people with COVID-19 would be 10% lower if they had access to the same hospitals as White people, an analysis published Thursday by JAMA Network Open found.

K-pop group Seventeen will perform "Ready to Love" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" following the release of its EP "Your Choice."

Neon released the trailer for "Pig" on Thursday. Nicolas Cage stars as a truffle hunter looking for his missing pig.

"Titans," a superhero series based on the DC Comics team Teen Titans, will return for a third season on HBO Max in August.

The Colombian Army trained at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana and held staff talks with the U.S. Army at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas.