Новости за 09.12.2020

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Ugly video has emerged of a crowd fight during Errol Spence’s world title defense victory over Danny Garcia in Dallas on Saturday night. A video captured by a fan inside the Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium has been spreading around the boxing world in recent days after it caught the moment a woman appeared to attack a...

A state legislator's pie-in-the-sky pitch to slap a $3 tax on nearly all New York City orders from Amazon and other online retailers touched off a Twitter war with fellow progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who accused the Brooklynite of unfairly targeting the poor.

This wasn’t the type of bidding war the Steve Cohen-led Mets were expected to win. While Mets fans eagerly await the first splashy free-agent signing under the new deep-pocketed ownership, the addition of career minor-league pitcher Sam McWilliams on a major-league deal worth $750,000 – more than the league minimum – didn’t make waves. He has...

The world is baffled by 2020 — no question! Pandemic-wary folks around the world Googled more “why” questions this year than ever before,  according to the search engine giant. Tortured phrases such as “why is it called COVID-19?,” “why can’t I sleep?” and  “why social distancing” topped the list of the year’s most-searched questions globally,...

ISLAMABAD – The creator of an animated film on blasphemy in Pakistan is hoping it will prompt discussion on tolerance at a time that rights advocates say hate speech on social media is increasingly triggering violence. The short film “Swipe” is about a boy obsessed with a hypothetical smartphone app that allows people to vote...

You can now be the sheriff of your own Western town in Datil, New Mexico

Russia isn’t playing around with bars who flout COVID-19 rules. A team of Russian police beat partiers at one St. Petersburg watering hole with clubs Wednesday for failing to close at 11 p.m. due to the pandemic. Surveillance footage showed more than a dozen officers storming into The Commode bar and forcing patrons onto the...

BAR HARBOR, Maine — A proposal from New England senators to ensure free lifetime entry to national parks for all disabled U.S. veterans has been signed into law. Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine proposed the Wounded Veterans Recreation Act to provide the free access to veterans...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Wednesday. The 72-year-old Democrat said he learned of his diagnosis on Tuesday after a “routine test.” “I have no symptoms and am feeling well and I am in isolation at home,” Wolf said in a statement. “I am continuing to serve the commonwealth...

A Utah teacher has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old pupil — even sneaking her into their school in a large storage bin, according to an affidavit. Father-of-four Lucas Sloan Talley, 38, had “personal contact via text message and email with multiple young girls” during his 12 years at South Hills Middle School...

Johns Hopkins, who founded one of America’s most prestigious universities and was long thought an abolitionist, owned slaves, researchers have reportedly determined. Historians at the Maryland university that bears his name have determined that Hopkins owned at least five slaves, outlets including the Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday, citing an email circulated by school officials. Researchers...

Frustrated city families are fed up with the chronic delays in critical school admissions guidance for next year. After repeated pledges to reveal City Hall’s plans for the complex application process, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the information will now be revealed by the end of this month. “We had some additional challenges...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday accused Staten Island officials of flouting coronavirus safety guidelines — saying they are killing their neighbors with bad advice. Cuomo said Staten Islanders comprised just 5 percent of the city’s population but now accounted for 25 percent of its COVID-19 fatalities. The governor said the “disturbing situation” was the result...

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel threw her weight behind calls for a fuller lockdown in Germany that would include closing shops after Christmas, telling legislators that vaccines alone would not majorly alter the pandemic’s course in the first quarter. Europe’s largest economy has been in partial lockdown for six weeks, with bars and restaurants closed...

Face shields aren’t really shielding much. A new study is the latest science casting doubt on plastic face shields in the fight against COVID-19. The study included a video to illustrate how a sneeze from a person infected with the coronavirus carries “vortex rings” of contagious particles under a face shield, rendering the PPE useless,...

Six city lawmakers are suing to block the Big Apple’s embattled Board of Elections from rolling out a new ranked-choice voting system next year, claiming officials have failed to prepare for the potentially confusing switchover. The lawsuit is the latest salvo lobbed by mainstays of the Brooklyn Democratic Party against the new elections system, which...

Citigroup went to trial Wednesday to try to recoup a half-billion dollars it claims is still due after it accidentally used nearly $900 million of its own money to repay lenders of Revlon, the struggling cosmetics company. The unusual case in Manhattan federal court could provide insight into Wall Street banks’ relationships with clients, and...

The long-awaited Francisco Lindor trade is getting closer to reality. ESPN.com’s Buster Olney reported that the Indians “are prepared to listen, aggressively” to offers for their star shortstop. Lindor, 27, is under Indians control for one more season before he will likely get a significant contract. It is appearing more and more unlikely that any...

The owner of President Trump’s childhood home is asking his supporters to pitch in $3 million to buy the Queens Tudor as a parting gift for him when he leaves office. The real estate agency trying to sell the home has launched a crowdfunding campaign that calls for Trump backers to donate money to buy...

"I hope to continue the mission I set out to accomplish in writing 'Open Book' -- to inspire others to be entertained, moved, and empowered to walk through fear and come out on the other side even stronger."

"You're a mean oneeeee, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel."

This is Streep's second collaboration with Steven Soderbergh.

The lawsuit alleges Facebook pursued two of its biggest acquisitions — a $1 billion purchase of Instagram in 2012 and a $19 billion tie-up with WhatsApp in 2014 — in order to cement its position as the world's biggest social media platform.

DoorDash’s stock price nearly doubled in its first day of trading Wednesday as the food-delivery giant cashed in on a red-hot market for tech offerings. The San Francisco-based startup’s shares opened on the New York Stock Exchange at $182 a pop and climbed as high as $195.50 — nearly 92 percent above the listing price...