Новости за 17.12.2020

A West Virginia school superintendent went viral this week after closing schools for a snow day and encouraging students and staff to “enjoy a day of sledding and hot chocolate and cozy fires,” despite virtual, at-home classes during the coronavirus...

The NFL hopes to honor health care workers at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla. in February, including by inviting vaccinated front-line workers to the event, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday. ...

Trump did very well on many key measures and Biden inevitably will do much worse, creating a failed Biden presidency.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson doubled down on mocking incoming first lady Jill Biden on his Wednesday show, labeling her as "illiterate" and blasting her doctoral dissertation. On his Wednesday sh...

Tyson Foods terminated seven employees at its plant in Waterloo, Iowa, after completing a probe into managers betting on how many workers would contract the coronavirus. ...

Rockefeller, the now-viral owl that was discovered inside the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, is the star of a new children’s book published earlier this month describing his travels.“Rockefeller The Christmas Owl” was independently published on...

Vice President Pence is reportedly planning to leave for a foreign trip after confirming President-elect Joe Biden's win on Jan. 6.Three U.S. officials told ...

Sweden's king said in a new address that the country's strategy to slow the spread of COVID-19 has "failed" as the fatality count in the Scandinavian country continues to rise.Carl XVI Gustaf told residents of the...

President-elect Joe Biden released a joint ad for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the Georgia runoff elections, arguing that he needs a Senate majority to pass a COVID-19 relief package that...

Phoenix police released a body camera video this week showing police fatally shooting a former NFL player. The police fired at least 10 shots after the man did not drop his weapon after their demands. The weapon was later determined to be a BB...

Denmark ordered a nationwide shutdown on Wednesday, closing down shopping malls and department stores as Christmas approaches and coronavirus cases surge.Small shops apart from pharmacies and foo...

Jennifer Horn, the former chairwoman of the New Hampshire Republican Party and a co-founder of the anti-Trump GOP group The Lincoln Project, announced Thursday in a new op-ed that she is leaving the Republican Party as Pr...

One year ago, under President Trump’s leadership, Congress came together across party lines to re-authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), our nation’s export credit agency. As our great economic resurgence continues and...

The Food and Drug Administration is set to meet Thursday to discuss emergency approval for Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.The meeting follows the delivery and distribution of the first shots of Pfizer-BioNTech's vac...

California broke its statewide records for both coronavirus cases reported and deaths reported in a single day on Wednesday.The state reported 51,724 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 42,...

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President-elect Joe Biden’s Commerce secretary will play a critical role in proving his administration can work effectively with the business community, which is eager to reestablish a relationship with the White House.Biden has named the majority...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is getting much of what he wants in an emerging coronavirus relief package, after months of digging in his heels against a demand by Democratic leaders to pass a multi-trilli...

LGBTQ organizations are enthusiastically hailing President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of Pete Buttigieg for secretary of Transportation, saying they hope it will open the door for others.“I don’t think that the amount of enthusiasm can be...

Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has tested positive for COVID-19 following days of meetings with political appointees, a department spokesman confirmed to The Washington Post Wednesday. Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin told...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) on Wednesday released updated plans for returning to in-person learning at schools across the state, regardless of a community's COVID-19 infection rates. "I know s...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday night said that the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that Congress is on the...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday night said that the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that Congress is on the edge of passing fails to provide “robust funding” to communities of color that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.Booker...

An unnamed White House staffer unexpectedly broke out in song on Wednesday evening to announce over the briefing room intercom that a lid had been called for the night."A travel photo lid! Lid, lid-lid-lid-lid-lid-...

An unnamed White House staffer unexpectedly broke out in song on Wednesday evening to announce over the briefing room intercom that a lid had been called for the night. "A travel photo lid! Lid, lid-lid-lid-lid-lid- You have a travel...