Новости за 29.06.2020

The Louisville Metro Council announced on Monday that its government oversight committee plans to launch a probe into the steps taken by Mayor Greg Fischer (D) and members of his administration leading up to and after the...

A Texas prosecutor has resigned and will be replaced by another prosecutor after reportedly sharing a post on Facebook that compares protesters demonstrating against police brutality and racial inequality to Nazis, ...

Former President Obama reportedly issued his strongest response yet to his successor's referring to the coronavirus as the "kung flu" during a recent virtual appearance, telling supporters that such sentiments are complet...

Former President Obama reportedly issued his strongest response yet to his successor's referring to the coronavirus as the "kung flu" during a recent virtual appearance, telling supporters that such sentiments are completely inappropriate...

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the state’s ban on large-capacity gun magazines, finding the law does not violate the state constitution.The court unanimously upheld the ban on magazines that hold more than 15 rounds, saying it is a “...

President Trump's reelection campaign is suing Pennsylvania's secretary of state and 67 county election boards in an effort to change how mail-in ballots are sent and counted. The federal lawsuit...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) on Monday posted a message he received to his Facebook page using a racial slur against him and saying he should "hang from a tree" after he required the wearing of masks in public....

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that wearing a mask cannot...

The sheriff of Forsyth County, N.C., said Monday that no excessive force was used in the arrest of a man who allegedly refused to wear a mask at a market over the weekend.Bobby Kimbrough Jr. said his officers’ detention of Charles Redell Moody, a...

Hulu has removed a 1988 episode of "The Golden Girls" in which actresses Betty White and Rue McClanahan wear black mud on their faces, according to several reports on Monday, with the decision prompting backlash on social...

The CARES Act created the extremely successful Paycheck Protection Program which has helped small businesses maintain payroll during these challenging times. The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), the Small Business Administration (SBA) and...

Joseph DeAngelo, who was arrested in 2018 on suspicion of being the so-called Golden State Killer, agreed Monday to plead guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder.Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney Amy Holliday said Monday that in exchange...

More than 24,000 people have signed an online petition to replace a statue of Christopher Columbus in Elizabeth, N.J., with one of Marsha P. Johnson, an LGBTQ activist who was born there."We shou...

Global death toll surpasses half a million; more than a quarter of deaths reported in US | Gilead announces remdesivir pricing | Florida cases surge fivefold in two weeks; governor blames young people partying for s...

A bipartisan group of senators is trying to place limits on President Trump's ability to remove troops from Germany unless the administration is able to meet a slew of requirements.The proposa...

A bipartisan group of senators is trying to place limits on President Trump's ability to remove troops from Germany unless the administration is able to meet a slew of requirements. The proposal, spearheaded by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-...

Two governors urged Vice President Pence last week to adopt stronger messaging to encourage Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) and at least one other governor asked&...

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) was tapped Monday to take over as the top Republican on the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee from former Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), who is now President Trump's chief of staff.Comer edged out Rep. Jody...

Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, will not co-sponsor an updated version of what had been a bipartisan measure to lower drug prices, as his partnership with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the issue appeared to...

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin expressed surprise that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sided with four liberal justices on three of the biggest cases of the year, saying the George W. Bush appointee "may not be who we thou...

Next year’s annual Sundance Film Festival will expand to more than a dozen communities nationwide, as well as have a larger virtual presence, to accommodate for anticipated coronavirus restrictions. Organizers of the Utah-based festival said...

Sunday evening’s BET Awards erroneously included still-living former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (D) in a montage of famous Black people who died in the past year.Brown, who served as the city’s first Black mayor from 1996 to 2004, appears in...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday sidestepped questions about reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban fighters to target U.S. military members in Afghanistan.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday said House lawmakers who wish to vote remotely due to the pandemic can do so through mid-August, extending a deadline that was set to expire Saturday.Pelosi first allowed proxy voting May 20. The new period...

The Stonewall Inn, the gay bar that was the site of a 1969 riot credited with sparking the modern LGBTQ rights movement,  will remain open thanks to a $250,000 donation after the establishment warned the coronavirus pandemic might force it to...