Новости за 17.12.2021

A health official in Queensland, Australia, had her COVID-19 news conference interrupted by a large huntsman spider.

The NFL postponed a trio of games due to recent surges in COVID-19 cases among players and coaches from several teams, the league announced Friday.

Police in Ohio said they are on the hunt for an unusual piece of stolen property: an entire 58-foot-long pedestrian bridge.

Physicians should tailor their language to match each patient's individual health literacy level to best communicate healthcare information, a study published Friday by Science Advances found.

A clearer picture was beginning to emerge Friday of the utter destruction left behind by Super Typhoon Rai in the Philippines.

This season's flu vaccine may do little to prevent infection with the main circulating virus strain because the strain has changed since the vaccine was developed, a new study suggests.

Pfizer and BioNtech announced Friday they will test a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 and younger.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a memorial service honoring his later father, Kim Jong Il, on Friday, 10 years after the former leader's death.

The Radio City Rockettes have canceled four "Christmas Spectacular" shows set for Friday at New York's Radio City Music Hall due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases among the dance group.

The fifth and final season of Pamela Adlon's "Better Things" series is landing Feb. 28, FX announced Friday.

A UPS driver in Tennessee ended up making an unexpected delivery when he found a resident's lost dog and gave the canine a lift home.

Nearly 10,000 Fred Meyers and QFC workers went on strike Friday morning demanding better pay and benefits.

Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg are set to say goodbye to the past year with Peacock's "2021 and Done" special, which arrives on Dec. 28.

A congressional report released Friday says that officials in former President Donald Trump's administration made "deliberate" efforts to undermine the federal response to COVID-19 so it wouldn't harm Trump politically

K-pop group NCT 127 released a video for "Amino Acid," a song from the "Analog Trip NCT 127: Escape from Magic Island" soundtrack.

Broadway's "Moulin Rouge!" has canceled shows Thursday and Friday due to a positive COVID-19 test.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday urged school districts across the country to adopt a "test-to-stay" strategy that allows close contacts of students infected with COVID-19 to remain in classrooms.

About a week after a rash of deadly tornadoes devastated the Midwest and killed dozens of people, the toll has again risen across several states -- with the overall death count now getting closer to 100.

The Czech Republic's new five-party coalition government led by Petr Fiala was sworn in Friday after a 10-week hiatus following a general election.

"Nightmare Alley" actress Cate Blanchett will be honored at the César Awards in February 2022.

The Cleveland Browns and the Washington Football Team will need to go deep into their benches this weekend after respective quarterbacks Case Keenum and Taylor Heinicke tested positive for COVID-19.

A British Columbia woman said the red-nosed Rudolph decoration has proven to be an irresistible target for aggressive local deer, despite its incandescent snout.

"The Witcher" Season 2, "1883," "Saturday Night Live" with Paul Rudd, "Swan Song," "Mother/Android" and "With Love" are some of the entertainment options streaming this weekend.

Kaylee Bryant, who played Josie Saltzman on "Legacies," thanked fans following her final episode on the CW series.

Spanning majestically across San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most famous sights on the West Coast -- but for two years, it's also been emitting a strange sound that will finally be silenced.