Новости за 31.12.2020

“Jeopardy!” star Ken Jennings, who is expected to replace the late Alex Trebek as interim host next month, apologized on Wednesday for “unartful and insensitive” tweets over several years.Jennings took to Twitter to “own up” to several of his...

About 60 percent of nursing home staff in Ohio have elected not to take the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Wednesday. DeWine made the comment during a ...

News organizations often reported every poll without much scrutiny or many disclaimers around the fact that polling in the Trump era is increasingly difficult to execute accurately.

A COVID-19 outbreak at a Costco in Washington state has led to 145 employees becoming infected.The Yakima Health District ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Thursday accused President Trump of trying to create a "pretext for war" after the U.S. ...

Becky Hammon, an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs, made history on Wednesday night when she became the first woman to act as head coach during a regular-season NBA game.Hammon filled in for head coach Greg Popovich after he was ejected...

Minneapolis police fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Wednesday evening, the latest police killing in the city since George Floyd's death rocked the nation in May.Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said in a pres...

Celebrities waded into the world of politics many times this year, to support presidential candidates or the Black Lives Matter movements, or to engage in epic Twitter wars, à la Kirstie Alley vs. CNN.Here are some of the most memorable...

President Trump’s push to boost the amount of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 appears to be dead in the water in the GOP-controlled Senate.Trump is ramping up calls for Congress to increase the amount provided by a recently passed $2.3 trillion...

President Trump's push to boost the amount of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 appears to be dead in the water in the GOP-controlled Senate.Trump is ramping up calls for Congress to increase t...

The fissures that erupted in American life during 2020 keep growing wider.On Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced that he would object during Congress’s counting of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6. In doing so, he became the first senator...

Health insurers were dealt a major blow this week when President Trump signed a year-end spending package that included legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills. Lobbying efforts around the issue had sparked a fierce...

President-elect Joe Biden and his advisers are sounding the alarm about the lack of cooperation from the Trump administration with the transition process.Members of the Biden transition have been increasingly vocal...

President Trump arrives for a "Keep America Great" campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 9. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson, House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and the seven House impeachment managers walk...

President Trump will return to Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon, cutting short his trip to Florida for the holidays.According to the president's daily schedule sent late Wednesday for the following day, Trum...

Samuel Little, who the FBI identified as the most prolific known serial killer in U.S. history, died in a California hospital on Wednesday, officials said.The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Little died at age...

The Wisconsin medical center where 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine were d...

New Mexico officials fined two megachurches $10,000 each after they hosted packed Christmas Eve services last week. Legacy Church and Calvary Church in Albuquerque, N.M., were shown in photos on ...

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff responded to Sen. Kelly Loeffler's (R-Ga.) criticism of her Democratic opponent, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, by saying on Wednesday that she has been "campaigning with a Klansman...

The Secret Service is planning to add a number of agents that previously worked with President-elect Biden when he served as vice president to his presidential detail in the coming weeks, ...

The Trump administration is declassifying unconfirmed intelligence that indicates China paid nonstate actors in Afghanistan to attack U.S. soldiers, Axios reported Wednesday.Two senior administration officials told Axios that the intelligence was...

Lawmakers and senior staffers are mourning the loss of Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.), who died of complications from COVID-19 on Tuesday. The 41-year-old Louisiana Republican was slated to succeed retiring Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.), whom...

Los Angeles County reached 100,000 coronavirus deaths total on Wednesday, the Associated Press ...

The Census Bureau will reportedly miss its end-of-year deadline for the first time since the Dec. 31 date was set by Congress 40 years ago.If the bureau fails to deliver the numbers used to determine congressional districts,...

The Senate will take a key test vote on Friday on whether to override President Trump's veto of a mammoth defense bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) moved on Wednesday to tee up the override effort, meaning that absent&...