Новости за 18.08.2020

Television viewership for Monday's opening night of the virtual Democratic National Convention was down nearly 30 percent compared to four years ago.Preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research found that 18.6 m...

Former first lady Michelle Obama sent an encouraging message to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, the day before Harris is set to deliver remarks at the Democratic National Convention as the vice presidentia...

A state commission charged with recommending a new design for Mississippi's state flag has narrowed down its options to five entries, the group announced Tuesday.The commission met Tuesday morning, ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday urged federal prosecutors to charge a suspect involved in the beating of a truck driver in Portland, Ore."I would urge the Department of Justice to actively pursue prosecution of the perpetrators of this...

Rank-and-file Democrats are pushing party leaders to vote this week on an extension of federal unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July.Democratic leaders have already made the remarkable decision to cut the summer recess short, calling...

A federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled in favor of a Black student whose school district forbade him to wear his hair in dreadlocks.U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. issued a preliminary injunction against the Barbers Hill Independent School...

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was accused in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday of raping a woman twice in New York City in 2013. A woman identified as "Jane Doe" in the lawsuit said she met Gooding in a bar in Manhattan in August 2013. She said she was...

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is calling on Hollywood to improve Latino representation in the entertainment industry, arguing that stereotypical depictions are leading to hate crimes. “I bet most studio executives are progressives,...

Democratic House candidate Jamaal Bowman endorsed Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in the Massachusetts primary Tuesday, the latest figure in the party’s progressive wing to lend Markey his support against challenger Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.).Bowman,...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday hailed the postmaster general's decision to paus...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday hailed the postmaster general's decision to pause changes to Postal Service operations until after the election, but indicated that House Democrats still plan to take legislative action.Postmaster General...

CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday slammed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ardent President Trump supporter, for pushing an unproven therapeutic treatment for coronavirus, sales of which could benefit him. ...

Two groups of states announced separate lawsuits against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday over operational changes at the Postal Service that have led to delays in mail delivery around the country ahead of the November elections....

Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said Tuesday he doesn't see the U.S. mandating a COVID-19 vaccine."I don't think you'll ever see a mandating of vaccine particularly for the general publi...

A Long Island couple was charged this week over allegations of “persistently” harassing their Black neighbor, throwing dog feces, shooting a pellet gun across her yard and more.John McEneaney was charged with criminal mischief and harassment, and...

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday rejected accusations that a viral photograph showing a stack of discarded mailboxes was a symbol of attempted voter suppression, saying it is a long-running, standard practice to remove and replace little-used or...

President Trump will visit Yuma, Ariz., on Tuesday for a speech focused on immigration. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) are expected to join the president for the occasion, which will have a...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday refuted President Trump's claim that her country is having a "big surge" in coronavirus cases.Ardern called the assertion "patently wrong" when addressing reporters a...

Maine health officials have linked 24 coronavirus cases to a wedding reception about 70 miles north of Bangor.Eighteen people tested positive after attending the Aug. 7 event, which took place at Millinocket's Big...

Chris Christie ripped former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) for endorsing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention late Monday, with the former New Jersey governor calling his...

Villagers in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu have reportedly erected banners backing Democratic vice president hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), whose mother traces her roots to the area....

The Trump administration's effort to open up drilling across more than a million acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) faces significant legal hurdles, according to experts who are likely to assist in ...

The postmaster general on Tuesday said he would pause changes to the operations of the Postal Service until after the election amid bipartisan outcry, a sharp reversal after President Trump spent days defending the agency's actions."To avoid even...

The postmaster general on Tuesday said he would pause changes to the operations of the Postal Service until after the election amid bipartisan outcry, a sharp reversal after President Trump spent days defending...

A former top National Rifle Association (NRA) official in a new tell-all book describes a culture of greed and corruption as well as a willingness to poison American political discourse at the organization.CEO Wayne LaPierre's former chief of staff...