Новости за 05.03.2020

Staff at Little, Brown publishers have staged a walkout in support of Ronan Farrow and his sister Dylan Farrow, following its parent company's plans to publish Woody Allen's memoir.

This month officially marks the start of spring, meaning warmer weather, more sunlight throughout the day, and more excuses to get some much-needed Vitamin D. The downside? It also marks the start of allergy season, a time that’s riddled with congestion. If you want to stay one step ahead of your allergy symptoms, it’s worth...

Last spring, former agent Leon Rose was intrigued by the notion of the Rockets offering his client, Chris Paul, up to the Knicks, according to a league source. A report arose last June the Knicks turned down the Rockets’ offer of Paul and his four-year, $159 million contract. Paul was eventually traded to Oklahoma City...

“I do actually just really love my boyfriend.”

It's an illusion, not a trick.

NEW YORK – Today’s artificial limbs can look very natural, and now an innovative process makes prosthetic hands move more naturally as well. In an innovative experiment, scientists have shown that the nerves in patients’ arms can be trained to control the movements of prosthetic fingers and thumbs. “This is the biggest advance in motor...

The 35-second clip, first posted to Facebook, shows the man on an N train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, yelling at the victim to "move" at around 9 a.m. Wednesday.

She builds tools for space exploration — but her cellphone is strictly down to earth. Justine Haupt, 34, hates smartphones. She hates the way they work, and she hates the way they rule our lives. “I work in technology but I don’t like the culture around smartphones,” says the astronomy instrumentation engineer from Long Island....

Supermarket chain Kroger is restricting customers from stockpiling certain health products as panic about the coronavirus outbreak fuels a shopping frenzy. The Ohio-based company is limiting the number of cold, flu and sanitization products shoppers can buy “due to high demand,” according to its website. Each of those items will be limited to five per...

A major political donor was convicted Thursday of trying to bribe a North Carolina insurance regulator with millions of dollars in campaign funds in hopes of reducing scrutiny of his insurance business. A federal jury found insurance magnate Greg Lindberg guilty on Thursday of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and bribery concerning programs...

The April 28 Democratic presidential primary in New York will likely be an epic clash — but not just between far-left Bernie Sanders and mainstream Joe Biden, but also the state and city’s constantly warring mayor and governor. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and much of the state Democratic Party machine will be getting behind Biden while...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders claimed that he was trailing 2020 rival Joe Biden in support from black voters because the ex-vice president was touting his connection to former President Barack Obama to curry favor. Speaking to Rachel Maddow in a wide-ranging interview on her MSNBC show Wednesday night, the host pressed Sen. Sanders (I-Vt.)...

The Knicks have cemented themselves as the NBA’s laughingstock, but there’s another major-market team quietly inching towards their level of dysfunction: the Chicago Bulls. On Wednesday night, the Bulls lost for the 11th time in 13 games, with this one coming at the hands of the 19-42 Minnesota Timberwolves. After the game, their usually positive...

Joe Biden is heading for a blowout victory over Bernie Sanders in the critical battleground state of Florida on March 17, according to a new poll released Thursday. The St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics was taken Wednesday – just as Mike Bloomberg dropped out of the race – but it showed that...

A British woman accused of killing her mother took the woman’s decapitated head to a friend’s house and kissed it, according to reports. The headless body of Odessa Carey, 73, was found on April 8 at the woman’s home in Ashington, Northumberland, where several weapons, including a large pair of scissors, knives and a mallet...

CHICAGO — Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he’s rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen years at a Chicago boys’ home and jail for burglary, and has since struggled to find a permanent home. The $194 deposited monthly on his benefits card...

He admitted his deeply religious family has since disowned him.

Exactly a week ago, VSiN checked on the Islanders and Rangers. They were two teams heading in opposite directions. Unfortunately, they’re both now heading in the same direction. Down! The Islanders lost again Tuesday night, falling 6-2 at home to the Montreal Canadiens as -140 favorites. They’ve won only twice in the last 10 games....

More than 100 dogs were rescued from a home in northern Florida in a case the local sheriff said was the “worst case of animal hoarding and neglect” he had ever seen. The Suwannee Country Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday officers were called to a Live Oak home to investigate possible animal cruelty. In a statement,...

The toilet paper loo-nacy Down Under has reached new heights – with a man being tasered during a fight over TP. Amid panic buying due to the coronavirus, the 50-year-old man went to a Big W in the New South Wales town of Tamworth, where the toilet paper supply was dwindling, according to news.com.au. “Police...

KUALA LUMPUR – The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide that can be sucked up from the atmosphere and stored by tropical forests is falling as the global climate heats up, researchers said on Wednesday. They warned in a study that rainforests could tip from absorbing carbon to becoming a source of emissions faster than scientists...

Tito's is for drinking, not for sanitizing.

“Mini Mike, you’re easy,” the commander-in-chief tweeted along with the two-second clip, which shows Bloomberg’s head superimposed on an image of "Spaceballs" villain Dark Helmet, played by Rick Moranis in the 1987 film.

A teenage bicyclist was in critical condition after getting hit by a car in Queens on Thursday, police said. The 17-year-old was going eastbound on Park Lane South near Forest Park when he was struck by a car going northbound on Woodhaven Blvd at around 11:25 a.m., cops said. The 22-year-old driver of the car...

Minnesota Twins fans hoping to snag an autograph at spring training camp in Florida will leave disappointed -- because the team has banned any signings over coronavirus fears.