Новости за 01.06.2022

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are offering their first reactions to the verdict in a high-profile defamation suit the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star brought against his ex-wife, with Heard calling the jury’s decision a “setback” for women. “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words,” Heard said in a statement Wednesday following the verdict...

Story at a glance The study’s results were gathered from an experiment that paired up 200 University of California, San Diego students who lived with their suitemates to imitate relationships between those who spend a good deal of time together but are not personally close, like coworkers. Each pair was given an “essentially impossible task,”...

First lady Jill Biden next week will help unveil a new postal stamp to honor former first lady Nancy Reagan, the White House announced Wednesday. Biden will host the event on Monday at the White House. She'll be joined by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy; Fred Ryan, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the...

A Virginia jury on Wednesday found Johnny Depp and his former spouse, Amber Heard, both defamed each other, awarding $15 million in damages to the “Rum Diary” star and $2 million to his ex-wife. Depp had sued Heard for $50 million in damages. In a $100 million counterclaim, Heard accused Depp of damaging her reputation...

Story at a glance President Biden on Tuesday officially declared June to be LGBTQ+ Pride Month and condemned recent state legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans in a presidential proclamation. Biden again told transgender youth that he “will always have your back,” which transgender advocates have said is doing the “bare minimum.” But the Biden administration...

If Shakespeare were alive today, he would see what’s unfolding and conclude “Tragedy Supreme” is a drama well worth penning.

A group of Florida health care providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the state's 15-week abortion law, which will go into effect next month. The legislation, signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in April, will go into effect on July 1. The law will ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy...

New York City Council member Carlina Rivera has joined the crowded field of Democrats vying to represent New York's 10th Congressional District, a seat left open by the state's new controversial redistricting map. A number of Democrats have since jumped into the race, including former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Mondaine Jones...

Federal authorities have seized the internet domain names of numerous websites amid an investigation into the sale of stolen personal information online and cyberattacks for hire. In a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement on Wednesday, authorities said that the websites — including weleakinfo.to, ipstress.in and ovh-booter.com — were seized in a coordinated effort with the...

As Congress finalizes legislation to improve the nation’s competitiveness, it should address a glaring loophole that, left open, would undermine the stated purpose of the bill. Left untouched, certain importers will continue to exploit a legal provision of U.S. trade law that rewards China, letting millions of products into the U.S. market duty free that...

The Biden administration is planning to administer widespread relief for former Corinthian Colleges students on Thursday, multiple sources told The Hill exclusively, a move that progressives see as inching towards their goal of broader student loan debt forgiveness. Vice President Harris will attend an event around the announcement during the afternoon, according to two sources...

The progressive New York Working Families Party (WFP) on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) in his reelection bid amid a contentious member vs. member primary that is pitting Nadler against Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). New York WFP Director Sochie Nnaemeka wrote in a statement that Nadler “has been a powerful voice for reforming the...

Jada Pinkett Smith says she hopes that comedian Chris Rock and her husband, Will Smith, can “heal” and “reconcile” following their infamous altercation at the Oscars. “My deepest hope,” Pinkett Smith said in an episode of her Facebook Watch program “Red Table Talk” released Wednesday, “is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity...

A survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre has argued that school shootings should be "politicized" to propel meaningful change in the wake of the Uvalde tragedy. In an op-ed for NBC News, Craig Nason — who was a student at Columbine when two seniors at the school shot and killed 12 fellow high schoolers and...

Vice President Harris on Wednesday announced a plan that aims to “elevate” water security as a national security issue. She said that the plan would involve “fully committing” the U.S. to helping provide access to safe water and sanitation services around the world by sharing “world-leading” water data to help manage and preserve water resources...

President Biden and administration officials will hold a virtual meeting Wednesday with manufacturers of baby formula to review efforts to address the nationwide shortage of the product. The meeting is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania in a dispute that could affect the GOP primary contest for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. The order temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that instructed election officials in the Keystone State to count mail-in ballots that arrived on time...

The Girl Scouts posthumously honored Amerie Jo Garza, one of the children killed in last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, with the Bronze Cross for attempting to save her classmates’ lives. The Girl Scouts’ council in southwest Texas, which includes Uvalde, announced it had bestowed the award upon Garza, who was 10. The honor...

College graduates are being crushed by $1.6 trillion in student loans. Biden’s plan to “cancel” the debt won’t solve the problem. The latest proposal is to cover the first $10,000 owed by borrowers. This would cost taxpayers $450 billion. Those on the left are marketing this as “cancelling” the debt, but despite their best attempts,...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder have been invited by the House Oversight and Reform Committee to testify on allegations that have been made against Snyder that his franchise has a hostile work environment.  Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the chairman of the panel's Economic and...

Not employing risk-based decision-making ignores the benefits that data science analytics offers to decision-makers.

A New York judge has rejected a request from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to be granted a new trial in her defamation suit against The New York Times. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff wrote in a court decision on Wednesday that Palin, who sued the Times for defamation and lost earlier this year, failed...

Drinking moderate amounts of coffee was linked to a lower risk of death in a new study, though experts caution there are still important unknowns. The study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine used data from 171,000 people in the United Kingdom over a seven-year period and found up to a 30...

President Biden will deliver remarks during the U.S. Coast Guard change of command ceremony Wednesday morning. The event is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. ET. Watch the video above.

Students can be forgiven for endorsing a statement without fully understanding its implications. But law professors have no such excuse.