Новости за 09.02.2022

If you're vaccinated against COVID-19, have received a booster shot and live in Maryland, you could win up to $1 million as part of a new state effort to inoculate residents.

Wednesday's Google Doodle, created by artist Monique Wray, honors Marcenia "Toni" Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball as a regular in a men's major baseball league.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected Wednesday to announce that she will not extend the state's vaccine-or-mask rule -- which requires businesses to mandate workers be vaccinated, or wear a mask at all times.

Before the United States gets too bogged down in Ukraine, history offers a cautionary note for the Biden administration and the nation.

In her fifth Winter Games on Wednesday, Lindsey Jacobellis won her first Olympic gold medal in the women's snowboard cross. The medal is Team USA's first of the Games in Beijing.

"Blacklight" seems to think it's deeper than a standard Liam Neeson movie, but don't worry, it still thrills like the best of them.

NFL control over ticket purchase opportunities is a major factor driving high prices for Sunday's Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, Calif., several secondary market companies said.

Petra Vlhova has won Slovakia's first Olympic Alpine skiing medal, taking the gold in women's slalom on Wednesday at the Beijing Games.

On Feb. 9, 1971, Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player voted into baseball's Hall of Fame.

Singer Carole King turns 80 and actor Joe Pesci turns 79, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 9.

The New York Working Families Party has endorsed Democrat Jumaane Williams for governor in a race against incumbent Kathy Hochul.

The medal ceremony for the team figure skating event at the Beijing Winter Games was postponed over an issue requiring legal consultation, the International Olympics Committee said Wednesday.

North Korea boasted that its recent series of missile launches "[set] the world atremble" and warned that the United States is "in the firing range" of the reclusive state's nuclear arsenal.

American Colby Stevenson has won the men's freeski big air medal on Wednesday at the Beijing Olympics.

At least 21 people were killed and 62,000 have been displaced after Cyclone Batsirai tore through Madagascar over the weekend.

The United States along with 20 other countries on Tuesday condemned the governments of Hong Kong and China for their crackdown on press freedom in the former British colony.

Former New England Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge, who was fired after just two seasons as head coach of the New York Giants, has returned to the Patriots organization as an offensive assistant.

Three Russian amphibious ships entered the Black Sea on Tuesday, with a group of three more expected to join them on Wednesday amid international concern over a potential invasion of Ukraine.

The Biden administration has restricted the issuance of visas to former and current Somali government officials in an effort to put pressure on the nation's leadership to resolve issues that are holding up elections.

The New Orleans Pelicans acquired veteran guard C.J. McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a seven-player trade Tuesday, the teams announced.

Prosecutors on Tuesday charged 17-year-old Mekhi C. Speed with second-degree murder in a shooting that led to the raid on a Minnesota apartment building in which police shot and killed Amir Locke.

Climate change experts told a House committee Tuesday that sustainability pledges made by oil companies mask the fact that their continued oil production means climate goals in the Paris Agreement cannot be achieved.

The Tennessee Titans extended the contracts of head coach Mike Vrabel and general manager Jon Robinson on Tuesday, the team announced.

The House passed a stopgap funding bill Tuesday to fund the government for another month and avert a government shutdown.

The Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings agreed on a six-player trade that includes All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis and rising star Tyrese Haliburton on Tuesday.