Новости за 12.07.2021

A diver off the coast of the Florida Keys discovered a class ring at the bottom of the water that turned out to have been lost by its owner 36 years earlier.

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives left the state Monday afternoon en route to Washington, D.C., in a bid to again deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new voting restrictions with 26 days left in a special legislative session called largely for that purpose.

A Missouri woman who started kayaking the Mississippi River in May broke a Guinness World Record when she completed her journey 45 days, 8 hours and 17 minutes later.

Moderna will begin a clinical trial study of effects of its COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women, the National Library of Medicine announced Monday.

Photos from the Mars helicopter Ingenuity's ninth flight released by NASA on Monday are helping engineers and scientists plot the next destinations for the Perseverance rover.

The destroyer USS The Sullivans made a port call in Cyprus before rejoining the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the U.S. Navy reported on Monday.

Former child television star Drake Bell was sentenced to two years of probation by an Ohio judge Monday after pleading guilty last month to child endangerment charges involving an underage girl.

Northrop Grumman's $308 million contract to continue ICBM ground support has a potential value of $3.86 billion over 18 years, the company said on Monday.

Firefighters in Florida conducted an unusual rescue Monday when a worker in a boom lift truck ended up stranded 70 to 80 feet in the air while inside the truck's bucket.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed his government's plans to move forward on easing COVID-19 restrictions next week despite a surge in cases caused by the Delta variant.

A flu shot might offer some protection against severe effects of COVID-19, a new study suggests.

Wildlife officials in Colorado said a mountain lion was relocated after a couple found the 60-pound animal lurking under the deck of their home.

The death toll from last month's partial collapse of a Surfside, Fla., condominium tower has risen to 94, the county's mayor said Monday.

China's new Shanghai Astronomy Museum, set to open this week, will be the world's largest planetarium in terms of building scale, its American designers said Monday.

CubeSats, such as those launched into orbit on June 30, can play a major role in radio communications to detect enemy attack, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Paramount+ announced the start of production on "The Offer" Monday. The 10-episode series portrays the production of the film "The Godfather."

Researchers say the case of a Belgian woman who was found to have been suffering from two variants of COVID-19 at the time of her death is evidence that such a double infection can occur.

A North Korean singer who performed with visiting South Korean musicians in 2018 was conferred a new title by Kim Jong Un, according to state media.

A copy of 1996 game "Super Mario 64" still sealed in its original box sold for $1.56 million, breaking a world record that was set just two days earlier.

Many newly approved cancer drugs fail to clearly communicate survival benefits associated with their use on the label, according to an analysis published Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine.

Starz has renewed "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" for a second season ahead of the show's series premiere on Sunday.

Paris Hilton's new Netflix series, "Cooking with Paris," premieres Aug. 4.

President Joe Biden on Monday called on Cuba leaders to listen to protesters on the island nation who demonstrated Sunday with calls for economic reform and a more significant response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The USS Billings joined ships of the Dominion Republic navy for exercises after a three-day port call in Santo Domingo, a U.S. Navy statement on Monday said.

Four-term Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has died at age 93.