Новости за 23.02.2024

President Joe Biden is telling the nation’s governors that he’s exploring what executive actions he can take to address migration across the southern border after a bipartisan deal collapsed in Congress this month. But he seems frustrated at the limits of his authority to act unilaterally. Biden hosted members of the National Governors Association at the White House. He implored them to urge their representatives in Congress to resurrect the bipartisan proposal that collapsed within 48 hours after it was unveiled. Читать дальше...

Zoo officials say a grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at a Chicago-area zoo and is now “a very attentive mother" to her newborn. Brookfield Zoo officials said Friday that the 11-year-old grey seal, named “Georgie,” gave birth on Feb. 17 to a nearly 35-pound male pup at the zoo. He’s gained 15 pounds in his first week. His mother was found stranded on an island in Georgetown, Maine, in 2013. But zoo officials say Georgie's vision loss hasn’t... Читать дальше...

A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. In Las Vegas earlier this week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts allowed Alexander Smirnov to be released from jail on electronic GPS monitoring. But U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II ordered Smirnov to be returned to custody after prosecutors asked Wright to reconsider the earlier ruling releasing him. Читать дальше...

Now it's United Airlines' turn to raise fees for checking bags. United said Friday it will raise fees beginning with tickets booked on Saturday. The fee for checking a bag on a domestic flight will rise $5 — to $35 if paid in advance, or $40 if paid at the airport. The fee for a second checked bag is also going up by $5, climbing to $45 in advance online and $50 at the airport. The airline says passengers in premium cabins, holders of United-branded credit cards and customers with elite status in... Читать дальше...

A court document shows that a college student charged in the Feb. 16 killing of his roommate and another person told his roommate he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again. The arrest affidavit released Friday recounts details provided by a 3rd roommate following the killing of Samuel Knopp and Celie Rain Montgomery in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Nicholas Jordan is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, felony menacing and committing a crime of violence in the fatal shootings.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by North Dakota's largest city that challenged a new state law that limits the ability of local governments to regulate guns and ammunition. The law took effect last year. The lawsuit was dismissed Tuesday. It continued a clash over local gun control in Fargo after the city successfully challenged a similar law in 2021. Fargo has an ordinance that bans people from selling guns and ammunition out of their homes. Mayor Tim Mahoney says city officials will meet with their legal team on next steps.

Germany's businesses remain mired in pessimism despite a small uptick in the latest survey, as Europe’s largest economy struggles with shortages of skilled labor, slower global trade, and political squabbling. The closely watched Ifo institute survey of business sentiment rose slightly to 85.5 points in February from 85.2 points in January due to “slightly less pessimistic expectations," the institute said in an accompanying statement. Economists say there's little likelihood of an upturn soon.

The complete shrouding of our sun by the moon has mesmerized humanity for millennia — a moment in time when skies darken and stillness creeps in.

Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway crash in northern Colorado. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 10 miles south of the Wyoming-Colorado line between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colorado. A University of Wyoming statement says the crash injured two other team members who are expected to survive. The crash apparently happened when the driver swerved and went off the pavement, and the vehicle rolled over multiple times. In 2001... Читать дальше...

Authorities say a woman found dead on the University of Georgia campus was a student at a nearby nursing school. Police say they have no suspect as of Friday morning. Investigators were checking security cameras in the area. School officials advised students to travel in groups and avoid the wooded area where her body was found Thursday. The university's police chief says the woman was found after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run. The chief says the woman was unconscious... Читать дальше...

When some people's cellphone service went down for a while because of an AT&T network outage, among the alternatives suggested were using landlines. But according to the most recent estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics, about 73 percent of American adults in 2022 lived in households where there were only wireless phones. Landlines have practically reached the status of urban legend among many age groups in today’s America. Among most age groups, the large majority were wireless-only... Читать дальше...

Investigators have revealed that the man who killed two Minnesota police officers and a firefighter-paramedic opened fire on officers without warning while they were inside his house. And they were shot after he claimed he was unarmed, and after they had been negotiating with him for around 3 1/2 hours early Sunday. Officers inside the home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville returned fire and wounded the man before making it outside. Authorities also say the man shot more than 100 rounds. The... Читать дальше...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia held high-level talks in Jakarta on Friday as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months.

After the Biden administration applied sanctions on four Israeli settlers for acting violently toward Palestinians and activists in the West Bank, online fundraisers sprang to their aid. One campaign collected over $140,000 for a settler named Yinon Levi and his unauthorized settler outpost from over 3,000 donors worldwide. Now, those contributions may be putting donors, crowdfunding sites and the financial services firms that process the payments at risk of penalties for violating the U.S. sanctions. Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump is urging a federal judge in Florida to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents. Trump's lawyers claim in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution — an argument they have already submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in his election interference case. Trump faces dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them. Читать дальше...

Federal investigators say the city of Pittsburgh did not adequately maintain or repair a bridge, leading to the corrosion of the structure’s steel legs and its collapse into a ravine more than two years ago. The city-owned Forbes Avenue bridge fell down in January 2022, plunging a bus and four cars about 100 feet into the Fern Hollow Creek. Another vehicle drove off the east bridge abutment and landed on its roof. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Wednesday that the collapse shouldn't have happened... Читать дальше...

Asian markets are mostly higher after Nvidia delivered another blowout quarter, setting off a rally in other technology companies that carried Wall Street to another record high. Tokyo's markets were closed for a holiday, a day after they surged to an all-time high. U.S. futures rose while oil prices fell back. On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 2.1% to another all-time high. The Nasdaq added 3%. The Dow, which has a smaller weighting in tech stocks, rose 1.2%, marking its first close above 39,000. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected several proposed hydropower projects on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The commission has also created a policy that essentially gives tribes veto power over such projects early on. The Navajo Nation says the move recognizes tribes’ inherent authority to govern themselves. Environmental groups have raised concerns about dams as a source of power amid a gripping drought. Pumped hydropower is effectively a big battery that... Читать дальше...

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from MGMT and Allie X, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” gets the live-action treatment from Netflix and the seventh and final season begins of the hospital drama “The Good Doctor.” If you already miss the “Puppy Bowl,” Dolly Parton has you covered: The country music icon is hosting a two-hour variety special on CBS packed with pups on Wednesday. Plus, Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira return to “The Walking Dead” universe in their own spin-off... Читать дальше...

A private lander has made the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years. Intuitive Machines' lander touched down Thursday, but left flight controllers scrambling before gaining better contact. Tension mounted in the company's Houston control center when there was no immediate word from the lander following the designated touchdown time. A faint signal finally was acquired. Once communication was improved, the company confirmed the lander was upright and starting to send back data. The landing... Читать дальше...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (AP) — El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele received a rock-star welcome Thursday at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged people to “unapologetically fight” against what he called “dark forces.”

Only four pandas remain in the United States. But many zoos around the globe still have the iconic black-and-white bears on loan from China. On Thursday, China announced it will be sending a pair of pandas to the San Diego Zoo. In the meantime, the only U.S. zoo with pandas is in Atlanta. Most pandas live in China. Visitors there can see them in various zoos. More than 1,800 are estimated to exist in the wild. Outside of China, the playful bundles of fur can be seen in person at zoos from Germany to Mexico.

It has been almost eight years since the outdoors child joined our family, so I decided to check in with our teen and ask about their views on our adventures.