Новости за 19.06.2021

Three children from California caught an alligator with a noose Thursday while vacationing in Florida, according to local authorities. The children, ages 16, 8 and 6, hooked a noose around an alligator’s neck at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in...

The editor of the Capital Gazette is leaving the newspaper three years after a gunman opened fire on the newsroom in Annapolis, Md., killing five employees.  Editor Rick Hutzell published his far...

Increased support among senators for an infrastructure package introduced by centrist lawmakers and talks between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin over cyber concerns are expected to dominate this week's Sunday shows circuit. Two...

Police in Arizona shot a driver Saturday who is suspected of ramming his truck into cyclists during a bike race to benefit a local school. According to the Show Low Police Department, officers shot a 35-year-old man driving a black Ford F-150....

The remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest are being moved from their gravesite in a popular Memphis park to a new Confederate museum, the latest in ongoing efforts to remove markers in the ...

Gymnastics star and U.S. Olympic medalist Simone Biles went viral this week after she appeared on the cover of Glamour magazine wearing a red, white and blue braid ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Glamour chose Biles, who has...

Teachers across the country are on edge as Republican lawmakers in multiple states have passed or introduced legislation that would limit how race is discussed in classrooms.

Singer-songwriter Macy Gray said this week that the American flag is in need of a replacement, arguing that it is “tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect.” In an op-ed in honor of Juneteenth published Thursday on MarketWatch, the Grammy Award...

Singer-songwriter Macy Gray said this week that the American flag is in need of a replacement, arguing that it is "tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect."

The CEO and editor of a pro-Democracy newspaper in Hong Kong were denied bail at their court hearing Saturday after being detained for breaking the city's new national security law.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s German shepherd Champ died this week.The president and first lady said in a statement Saturday that Champ “passed away peacefully at home.”“He was our constant, cherished companion during the last 13 years...

Senate Democrats in tough races next year, namely Sens. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) and Maggie Hassan (N.H.), say it's more important for an infrastructure spending bill to be bipartisan than for it to fit in all the priorities that President Biden has...

Amnesty International is urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi for crimes against humanity in connection with his alleged participation in t...

A Colorado man this week pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for stabbing a Black man in a 2019 attack. Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, pleaded guilty to a hate crime involving an attempt to kill, according to a Thursday statement from the...

Visitors to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum from now into next month will have the chance to see a rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation as part of an exhibit honoring Juneteenth. ...

Biden actually has racked up a litany of notable court losses.

Oregon police are requesting the public’s help in their manhunt for a suspect in connection with a series of attacks Friday that left three people dead and one individual seriously injured. Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier released...

A federal judge in Florida on Friday ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) coronavirus-era sailing orders were an overreach of power, issuing a preliminary injunction temporarily barring the CDC from enforcing the...

A federal in Florida judge on Friday ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) coronavirus-era sailing orders were an overreach of power, issuing a preliminary injunction temporarily barring ...

NFL player Cole Beasley said that he does not plan to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and threatened to defy league protocol for players amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.“Hi, I’m Cole Beasley and I’m not vaccinated,” the wide receiver for the...

A growing number of Republican lawmakers are refusing to say that the Jan. 6 insurrection was actually an insurrection.Nearly two dozen GOP House members voted against legislation this week that...

The observance of Juneteenth for the first time as a federal holiday is being hailed by lawmakers and activists who for years have sought national recognition for the oldest celebration of slavery's abolishment in the U.S.But racial justice...

Former President Obama during ABC's Juneteenth television special said that ensuring that democracy "continues to work effectively" as the United States becomes more diverse is one of the main things that "keeps him...

Former President Obama during ABC’s Juneteenth television special said that ensuring that democracy “continues to work effectively” as the United States becomes more diverse is one of the main things that “keeps him up at night.” During a...

Starting Saturday, Washington, D.C., residents ages 12 and older who get their first COVID-19 shot could have a chance to receive a $51 gift card in a new push by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) to get more people vaccinated against the virus. The...