Новости за 04.06.2020

After a text message conversation in which he referred to “elite white people” was made public, Jake Fromm issued an apology to his new team and the public Thursday. The Bills rookie quarterback, in text messages dated from March of 2019, suggested guns were “good” but that suppressors should be made “very expensive so only...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, clashed with Democratic colleagues on Thursday over his review of the Russia investigation — telling them: “You think I’m in Trump’s pocket.” Lawmakers on the powerful GOP-led committee traded barbs on Thursday over the South Carolina Republican’s move to subpoena 53 current and...

A federal judge on Thursday rejected Bernard Madoff’s request to be released early from prison because he was dying of kidney failure, saying the swindler had yet to show remorse for running his epic Ponzi scheme. Circuit Judge Denny Chin, who sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison in 2009, wrote that while Madoff’s failing...

The crowd in Los Angeles shared a moment of namaste at demonstrations earlier this week, taking some time for yoga and breathing exercises, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The mayor of Minneapolis sobbed as he knelt beside George Floyd’s casket ahead of a somber memorial in the city on Thursday. Mayor Jacob Frey was seen breaking down in tears, his body heaving, as he knelt with one hand on the casket of Floyd, 46, whose death at the hands of a white Minneapolis...

We don’t know when, we don’t know where, and we still don’t know whether it will even be possible to play hockey through a pandemic, but we do know the format of the NHL’s imagined summer Stanley Cup tournament. Following talks between the league and the NHLPA’s Return to Play Committee, it has been decided...

The man suspected of stabbing an NYPD cop in the neck without warning is a “practicing Muslim” whose family is from Bosnia — but he’s “absolutely not a terrorist,” a relative who was interviewed by federal terrorism investigators said Thursday. The relative also said that Dzenan Camovic, 20, never expressed any anti-police sentiment to him...

Drew Brees’ apology hasn’t convinced everyone, but two important voices in his own locker room have taken the Saints quarterback for his word. A day after Brees said he would “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag” — drawing the ire of a wide range of athletes, including Saints star receiver Michael Thomas — the...

Viral video shows a 5-year-old black girl in Texas being comforted by a white police officer during a George Floyd protest after she started crying and asked, “Are you gonna shoot us?” Simone Bartee was protesting with her parents in Houston on Saturday when she broke down in tears — and the officer knelt down...

A “lost” medieval village is set to emerge from the waters of an Italian lake. The sunken village of Fabbriche di Careggine disappeared beneath the waters of the artificial lake Vagli in 1953, according to La Repubblica, but “reappears” whenever the reservoir is drained for maintenance work. The Tuscan ghost town’s last appearance was 1994....

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Electronic Dance Music never felt so . . . electronic.

Human nature is a powerful, if unstoppable, force. Just look at the way people have collectively fought back against the coronavirus pandemic for the past three months … and at the way people have reacted so passionately to the disgusting injustice that ended George Floyd’s life on Memorial Day in Minneapolis. That’s why, despite all...

For those looking to educate themselves about the systemic racism against black people in America, here are films and documentaries you can watch.

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Haircuts have been hard to come by during the coronavirus pandemic, but one alpaca is going viral for looking relaxed while getting a trim. The South American animal, which lives at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Border, was captured on video getting a trim to remove its near 10-pound coat of hair, British news...

COPENHAGEN – Danish researchers have developed a fully automated robot that can take coronavirus swabs so that health care professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection. Researchers from Southern University of Denmark (SDU) and Lifeline Robotics hope their prototype ‘swab robot’ can soon be deployed to relieve health professionals of the potentially risky...

A Florida professor who cited “black privilege” among several controversial posts about race amid the national protests over George Floyd’s death is being investigated over the messages, school officials said. Recent tweets on the personal account of Charles Negy — a University of Central Florida associate psychology professor and author of “White Shaming: Bullying Based...

JOHANNESBURG – When Zinzi Lerefolo was sent home from her fee-paying girls’ school in a leafy Johannesburg suburb in March, her family set up a virtual classroom that allowed her to continue studying uninterrupted. The 13-year-old has access to the internet and her school has the means to provide online teaching during the coronavirus lockdown....

While the likelihood a Theragun will ever be on sale for under $150 is slim to none, there are plenty of alternatives out there that cost far less. Among them include the VBX Pro Handheld Massage Therapy Gun (now $139.99). Unlike other machines, which tout speeds that are well beyond ISO 2631 standards (which benchmarks...

According to a recent Nielsen Research study, the average household has $3,100 worth of unsold merchandise just laying around the house. Seems uncanny right? But, when was the last time you cleaned out your closet? Or sifted through that box of unwanted gifts from over the years that you felt bad about just throwing away?...

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has doubled manufacturing capacity for its potential coronavirus vaccine to 2 billion doses in a handful of deals involving Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates that guarantee early supply to lower-income countries. The deals with epidemic response group CEPI and vaccine alliance GAVI are backed by the World Health Organization and aim to quell...

Keep your distance from the wildlife… and other people! As local restrictions are lifted and states gradually reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, the National Park Service (NPS) is reminding visitors to avoid close contact with other parkgoers through a creative new poster series encouraging social distancing. The park service recently unveiled the artwork to improve...

Elon Musk’s hiatus from Twitter didn’t last long. Just three days after announcing that he was “off Twitter for a while,” Musk was back on the platform saying that it’s “time to break up Amazon.” The Tesla CEO’s outburst came in response to a Thursday tweet from former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, who...

West has set up a 529 college savings fund to cover tuition for Gianna Floyd.