Новости за 21.04.2022

With 40 percent of Americans struggling to afford prescription medicines and many rationing or delaying initiation of lifesaving drugs, it’s clear something has gone terribly wrong. The goal of medical research and development (R&D) is to discover, develop, and deliver tools that meet pressing public health needs, but high prices prevent U.S. patients from accessing medicines critical for their care. In...

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a restrictive new abortion law in Kentucky, handing a win to abortion providers challenging the measure. In a 21-page ruling, Louisville-based U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, a Trump appointee, sided with Planned Parenthood's request to block Kentucky officials from enforcing the sweeping new law, which providers say...

Scientists are preparing to reboot the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world this week, seeking to use it to solve the mystery of dark matter. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) shut down in 2018 so scientists at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) could improve and upgrade the accelerator in Geneva,...

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert announced on Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19, and that his show would be canceled Thursday evening show and return on May 2. Colbert added that he is "feeling fine" and is "grateful to be vaxxed and boosted" against the coronavirus. CBS's "The Late Show" host then...

Nowhere is safe. Climate change has become local.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — One of the oldest known meteor showers is lighting up the sky this week, just in time for Earth Day. The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on Thursday and Friday, and will be best seen from the northern hemisphere. The Lyrids, which are active from April 15 to 29, are known for their...

Former President Obama and his wife Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground, is ending its deal with streaming platform Spotify and reportedly exploring other options for a new podcast deal.  In a statement on Thursday, a Spotify spokesperson told The Hill that it has declined to extend its deal with the production company but said...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A video appeared to show former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson punching a man several times while on a flight to Florida, according to a report. The video, obtained by TMZ Sports, appeared to show Tyson punching the man several times in the face aboard a flight from San Francisco International Airport...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with the descendants of a Jewish art collector seeking to reclaim a valuable painting that was stolen by the Nazis in 1939. A unanimous court revived a lawsuit by the descendants of the Cassirer family arguing that a Spanish museum that's holding the impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro should...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling, the majority held that Congress had not run afoul of the Constitution by excluding residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a monthly cash payment for low-income elderly, blind...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who also served as former President Trump's personal attorney, was unveiled on Wednesday evening's episode of Fox's "The Masked Singer," prompting one judge, Ken Jeong, to walk off the stage. The incident was reported on in February during tapings but first came to television screens on Wednesday, showing...

Queen Elizabeth is getting her own Barbie doll two months after marking her 70th year on the throne.  Mattel revealed Wednesday the $75 Platinum Jubilee doll on its website. “This collectible doll wears an elegant ivory gown and blue riband adorned with decorations of order. A stunning crown and matching accessories complete her regal ensemble,”...

Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appeared in footage captured in the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York cursing at a JetBlue Airways employee over a delayed flight. “What you're gonna do ... It's three hours late,” O’Reilly said to the JetBlue employee in the video obtained by The Daily Mail and published...

At restaurant tables across the country, conversations cover record inflation, high gas prices, supply chain challenges, and workforce shortages, issues restaurant owners and operators feel more keenly than any other industry. In just the last year, wholesale food prices have increased more than 17 percent, the largest 12-month increase in nearly five decades. Coupling dire...

A California judge on Wednesday rejected a gag order request from Tesla shareholders suing CEO Elon Musk over his 2018 tweet saying he would take the company private because he had the funding. Shareholders had asked U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California to implement a gag order that would have...

Tennis star Serena Williams has teamed up with interviewing company Karat to back their Brilliant Black Minds program, which aims to help Black engineers advance in the tech industry. “I have spent my career learning how to #practicelikeachampion. I’ve teamed up with the world’s largest interviewing company, @Karat, so YOU can do the same. Calling...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday said it would appeal a ruling striking down the mask mandate for public transportation after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requested it appeal. "In light of today’s assessment by @CDCgov that an order requiring masking in the transportation corridor remains necessary to protect the public...

Former President Trump’s presidential campaign was ordered Tuesday to pay $1.3 million in legal fees to former White House aide and “The Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault Newman. The decision comes after Trump previously lost a court battle with Manigault Newman in which Trump accused the former aide of violating a nondisclosure agreement after she wrote...

We Americans today are frogs, in a slowly heating pot of corporate political power. It’s time to pay attention. Our Constitution provides no role for corporate entities in the governance of America. Why would it? A corporate entity is a legal fiction, with neither morals nor soul. Corporate political power was not even a topic in the...

Producers of the upcoming Tony Awards have sent a warning about violence in the wake of the infamous Oscars slap, Deadline reported. Tony Award Productions reportedly sent a letter to potential ceremony attendees to point out its policies. "The Tony Awards has a strict no violence policy," an FAQ portion of the letter read. "In the event...

Attorneys for the “Rust” armorer touted a New Mexico state investigation looking into the firearm discharged on the set. The probe found that safety protocols were ignored by production before the gun was discharged, killing the film's cinematographer and its director. “[The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)] found that Hannah Gutierrez Reed was not...

Attorneys for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday asked a court to dismiss former President Trump's unusual lawsuit alleging a widespread Democratic conspiracy to undermine his 2016 campaign with accusations of Russian collusion. In a court filing, the former secretary of state's lawyers said Trump's complaint is unworthy of serious consideration by a federal court, raising a...