Новости за 02.12.2020

Uber shares spiked more than 6 percent Wednesday after reports emerged that the company was looking into selling its flying taxi business. The ride-hail giant is in advanced talks to sell Uber Elevate to aerospace firm Job Aviation, Axios reported, with news of the talks coming as Uber is already looking to cut back on...

NASA wants to return to the moon in 2024, but Elon Musk is thinking bigger than that — he thinks humans can be on Mars by 2026.  Speaking at an awards ceremony from Axel Springer on Tuesday, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said he expects astronauts to land on the Red Planet in approximately six years, adding he is “fairly...

You get an NFL game. You get an NFL game. Every day gets an NFL game! A rise in the number of positive COVID-19 tests in the NFL mirroring the spike in cases around the country has wreaked havoc on the late-season schedule. There will be a game played on every day of the week...

Amazon is in talks to buy podcast startup Wondery with a valuation of over $300 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. Deal talks are ongoing and negotiations could still fall apart, the report said here. Last month, Bloomberg News reported here that both Apple and Sony Music Entertainment have held...

Startling body camera footage captures the moment Arizona police shot a suicidal man earlier this month.  Phoenix cops were patrolling the area of 19th Avenue and Indian School Road around 5:45 a.m. Nov. 13 when they spotted a man, later identified as 35-year-old Brian Streeter, assaulting a woman near the roadway, officials said.  When cops...

The then-fledgling Obama administration endeavored to keep former President Bill Clinton from getting credit for freeing two hostages from North Korea in 2009, according to new interviews with a one-time top Clinton aide. In a Vanity Fair piece published Wednesday, longtime Bubba confidante Doug Band said that as Clinton was returning to America with freed...

WASHINGTON — No government officials are being investigated in the Department of Justice’s probe into an alleged bribery scheme involving a presidential pardon, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed Wednesday. When asked during her briefing with reporters if anyone at the White House had been questioned over the plot, McEnany responded, “No.” “In fact,...

It is an Opening Day victory, nothing more, nothing less. Long-term, it may not foretell anything. But it is the first salvo. And it went to “The Michael Kay Show.” In Craig Carton’s return to FAN, ESPN New York’s Kay Show beat “Carton & Roberts” in his opening three days among men 25-54, according to...

European Union officials slammed the UK on Wednesday for rushing its landmark approval of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, saying health authorities shouldn’t put speed ahead of safety. The British government cleared the COVID-19 shot early Wednesday, just 10 days after it started examining data from large-scale clinical trials run by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech....

The White House wasn’t notified before Britain approved the use of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday. “I’m not aware of any heads-up that we were given,” McEnany said during an afternoon briefing. The unexpected move by the UK put it at least a week ahead of the US in dispensing...

Mayor Bill de Blasio has tantalized city parents with visions of a return to full-time schooling — but admitted Wednesday that he doesn’t know when kids will be back in class five days a week. Hizzoner — who on Sunday touted plans for a full-time return for students who are now in blended learning —...

A benefactor with a heart — and possibly a treasure chest — of pure gold is giving charity workers hope of a successful fund-raising season.

All four members of “The Squad” fired back against former President Barack Obama’s criticism that the “defund the police” movement was just a “snappy slogan.” Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) tweeted their responses to Obama, who said activists “lost a big audience” by pushing the movement...

WASHINGTON — President Trump is ready to sign a new, slimmed-down COVID-19 relief bill from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speculated Wednesday, as Congress remained gridlocked on another round of aid. “The president will sign the McConnell proposal that he put forward yesterday, and we look forward to making progress on...

After years of looking at instant replay monitors in his job, Thom Brennaman doesn’t need a second look at the worst moment of his broadcasting career. The disgraced former play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds said he feels shame for using an anti-gay slur when he was unaware his microphone was live returning from a...

The owner of a Florida massage parlor copped a plea deal in the case that ensnared New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft — putting an end to the sordid, nearly two-year saga. Lei Wang, 41, the former manager of Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, pleaded guilty to one count of soliciting another to...

The husband of Instagram influencer Alexis Sharkey, whose naked corpse was found on the side of a road in Houston, said his wife was "stressed" and "wasn't happy" but denied there was a problem in their marriage.

After weeks of searching, police believe they have located the body of a missing doctor in a Staten Island park, The Post has learned. Tamara Saukin, 44, went missing around 6:30 a.m. Nov. 18 while walking with her mother in Cloves Lakes Park in Sunnyside, which was part of her daily routine, police and sources said....

Montana Yao, wife of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley, is speaking out following her husband's controversial outing with Larsa Pippen.

It's hot off the presses — and the pinups are enough to make your mother plotz.

Newly announced Democratic mayoral candidate Ray McGuire has a history of failing to vote in elections, including for the City Hall office he’s seeking, election records reveal. McGuire, a former Citigroup executive, did not vote in either the general election or Democratic primary elections for mayor in 2017, when Mayor Bill de Blasio was re-elected....

Two people were shot across Gotham on Tuesday — one during a drive-by incident in Queens and the other in a possible botched drug deal in Manhattan, according to cops and police sources. Most recently, a 24-year-old man was blasted in the leg at 150th Street and 71st Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills around 9...

Six Long Island men were charged Wednesday with luring pregnant Turkish women to the United States to give birth so their children would have citizenship — and helping them lie to score free medical benefits. Ibrahim Aksakal, Enes Cakiroglu, Sarah Kaplan, Fordalisa Marte, Edgar Rodriguez and a sixth unnamed defendant who has yet to be...

Heartless scammers are tricking lonely pet lovers into buying animals that are never delivered, according to a watchdog. The isolation of the pandemic created an increased demand for pets — and with it, an opportunity for con artists to rake in over $3 million this year, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warned. Lockdowns and social...

NJ auction house may be on the cusp of setting a new record for the priciest Pokémon card ever auctioned.