Новости за 13.08.2022

Homer Laffoon, son of actress Anne Heche, who died Friday from a brain injury and burns she received in a car crash a week ago, said he hopes his mother is “free from pain” following her death. Heche’s car crashed into a house in west Los Angeles, causing a fire with the car inside the...

Interviews with Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) by the New York Times editorial board showed the candidates offering conflicting responses on whether President Biden should run again. The Democrats are facing off in the 12th Congressional District primary in New York, scheduled for Aug. 23, after the state’s new maps implemented earlier...

The Iranian regime’s radical ideology has not changed since Khomeini — If anything, it has hardened.

A New York district attorney announced on Saturday that a suspect has been charged in connection with the stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie at an event in western New York. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said in a statement that 24-year-old Hadi Matar from Fairview, N.J., was charged with second-degree assault and second-degree...

Literacy isn’t just about words and sentences: It’s about opportunity.

Why would the leader of a country the size of Indiana have such an outsized effect on the Trump-wing of the Republican Party?

Several parents were shot with a Taser outside a school in Arizona on Friday while it was under lockdown, police said. The El Mirage Police Department said in a statement on Facebook that Thompson Ranch Elementary School was placed on lockdown following a report that a male subject had tried to enter the school around...

Including Kansas, 10 states have recognized the right to abortion under their own state constitutions.

The likelihood of a “megaflood” occurring in California has doubled due to climate change, according to a new study published on Friday. The study, published in the Science Advances journal, found an increased likelihood of runoff water occurring from harsher storms, creating the threat of debris flows and landslides later, according to a press release...

The White House on Friday denounced the attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed onstage just before he was about to speak at an event in western New York. "Today, the country and the world witnessed a reprehensible attack against the writer Salman Rushdie," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a...

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson issued an apology to the women he has “impacted” in an interview posted to social media by the NFL team on Friday. Watson earlier this month was suspended for six games after 24 women sued him for sexual misconduct, accusing him of exposing himself, touching them with his penis or...

Not all arguments against (or opponents of) abortion are religious. But the disagreement is like religious disagreement in that it is intractable and frustrating.

Unions are back. At least, that’s the consensus in the mainstream media. The New York Times talks about a “comeback.” CNBC says there is a “boom” in organizing. TIME reports unions are “having a moment.” Yahoo notes their numbers are “on the rise.”   These reports primarily rely on the fact that more workforces are attempting...

The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many other Black Americans by police officers in recent years have sparked protests around the country. Many activists demanded cities defund their police, an idea scorned by Republicans. Now, though, some GOP leaders have adopted the rallying cry when it comes to the FBI and former President...

The 45th president of the United States is under investigation for potential violations of the Espionage Act. That one potent fact was the most explosive bombshell on Friday as the saga of the FBI investigation into former President Trump took several new turns. The story has sidelined every other piece of news in the political...

Voters in Alaska head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on several primary contests, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R) bid to keep her seat after voting to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial. The state is rolling out changes this year to how its residents vote in primary and general elections...

Democrats just passed their mammoth tax, climate and health care bill, advancing key parts of President Biden’s agenda ahead of the critical November elections. We’ll look at just what’s inside the bill, a recent ruling on an Obama-era freeze on coal leasing on public lands, and more. But first, where will you find Schumer, sunflowers...

An Australian court fined Google $43 million for misleading users about how they collect and use their location data. Meanwhile, a new report shows that online shopping prices have fallen for the first time in two years. This is Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol...

The biggest climate bill in U.S. history is headed to President Biden’s desk, plus a federal judge restores a freeze on coal leasing on public lands. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk. Subscribe here. House sends climate...

Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus got a stamp of approval from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on a last-ditch strategy to throw a wrench in Democrats’ tax, climate and health care bill that passed the House on Friday. While the tactic failed, it provided some encouragement about the Freedom Caucus’s prospects of working...

Parents, children and children-at-heart — prepare yourselves. We are officially getting a “Kung Fu Panda 4” in 2024. Today in health, the House passed a massive legislative package with provisions included to lower the cost of prescription drugs, delivering a badly needed win for Democrats ahead of the midterms. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following...

Community activists in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan are calling on New York City to do more to make sure that they aren't left out of climate adaptation plans. Such solutions developed in the neighborhood would echo across the African diaspora, the head of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce told a panel discussion kicking off Harlem...

The House moved Friday to pass a sweeping climate and health care bill, delivering a long-awaited legislative win to President Biden's desk for his signature.  The White House is preparing to deploy officials across the country to promote the historic action on climate change and lowering prescription drug costs contained in the bill, pitching it...

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) told The Hill on Friday that he will push for the permitting deal between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Democratic leadership to be a standalone vote — rather than attached to another vehicle that may incentivize more of his colleagues to vote for it. Grijalva said that he and a handful...

The Justice Department (DOJ) has opened a federal investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the second-largest Christian domination in the country, following a report that alleged church leaders ignored survivors of sexual abuse. The DOJ investigation will include “multiple entities” of the SBC, and each entity intends to cooperate with the investigation, according to...