Новости за 24.09.2022

A 23-year-old man from Mississippi was charged on Friday with a hate crime after allegedly burning a cross in his yard to threaten and intimidate a Black family. Axel Cox faces one count of criminal interference with the right to fair housing and one more of using fire to commit a federal felony for allegedly...

After the Supreme Court’s draft opinion rejecting a right to abortion was leaked, public confidence in the Court dropped to its lowest level in the past 50 years. And with additional controversial decisions on guns and climate change, concerns about the court's legitimacy have increased. To more and more people, the justices operate as political partisans rather...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday that he is activating the company's Starlink satellite internet service in Iran after U.S. officials eased sanctions to allow the Iranian people greater access to the internet.  The Treasury Department announced the policy change earlier on Friday to let companies provide additional online services as the Iranian government has...

Iran has been rocked by protests over the past week following the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody who was detained after allegedly not wearing a hijab properly. The country’s morality police, which is responsible for enforcing what is deemed proper religious observance in public, arrested Mahsa Amini earlier this month for violating...

Without responding to the dual crisis of infectious disease threats like COVID and chronic disease, each will continue to amplify the negative effect of the other.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered an ominous message on Saturday at the U.N. General Assembly, stating that international efforts to interfere with Taiwan will be “crushed by the wheels of history.” “Any scheme to interfere in China’s internal affairs is bound to meet the strong opposition of all Chinese and any move to obstruct...

As law and order improves in a city, its citizens and businesses have greater confidence that they can enjoy the benefits of their investment in physical and human capital.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday it will be almost impossible for the central bank to beat inflation without hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs. Fed officials expect the unemployment rate to rise to 4.4 percent next year, up from 3.7 percent in August, as they jack up borrowing costs and slow...

Some Republican senators are privately expressing misgivings over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) provocative decision to ship migrants from Texas to liberal enclaves such as Martha’s Vineyard. GOP lawmakers acknowledge sending planeloads of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, where former President Obama recently bought a house, plays well on Fox News and will likely ingratiate...

The liberal “sound machine” continues to play only its one-hit wonder — “Trump is Evil.”

NASA is postponing its scheduled Tuesday launch of its Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis I mission as a tropical storm moves toward the coast of Florida. The space agency announced the delay in a statement after team members held a meeting Saturday. Officials will continue to watch the weather forecast coming with Tropical...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon (Mich.) joked on Friday at two separate events about the foiled kidnapping plot against her opponent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D). “For someone so worried about getting kidnapped, Gretchen Whitmer sure is good at taking business hostage and holding it for ransom,” Dixon said at a campaign event in Troy, Mich.,...

Financial inclusion must go beyond banking to have a tangible impact on the financial lives of people in America.

The White House condemned a Friday ruling in Arizona that allowed the state’s abortion ban to be enforced, saying that it will set women in the state back “more than a century.” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Saturday that the potential consequences of the ruling are “catastrophic, dangerous, and unacceptable.” ...

Abrams previously rejected limits and said it should be left up to a mother and her doctor.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) criticized a near-total abortion ban that a judge upheld in her state, saying Saturday that it removes the “basic rights” of women. Sinema tweeted that Arizona women should not be forced to travel outside the state to receive health care services and doctors should not face criminal penalties for taking care...

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said on Friday that he believes there will be a “massive” turnout of women during the 2022 midterm elections. “I think that there’s going to be such a massive turnout of women,” Moore said on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” The "Fahrenheit 9/11" director said that women are energized to...

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who staffed the Jan. 6 Committee until April, said on Friday that the White House switchboard connected with the phone of a rioter at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection. “You get a real ‘a-ha’ moment when you see that the White House switchboard had connected to a rioter's phone...

President Biden honored Sir Elton John with the National Humanities Medal Friday following a performance from the musician on the south lawn of the White House. "It's my great honor, and I mean this sincerely, to present the National Humanities Medal to Sir Elton John," Biden said to a visibly shocked John and cheers from...

Story at a glance Two openly gay candidates next month will go head-to-head in a federal general election for the first time in U.S. history. Should either Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat, or George Santos, a Republican, win in November, they will become the first openly LGBTQ+ person to represent the district and the fourth out...

Story at a glance Heat pumps operate similarly to refrigeration systems such as air conditioners (ACs), with the only difference of producing hot instead of chilled water, and offering both heating and cooling options. Heat pumps consume a lot less energy and are at least three times more energy efficient compared to conventional heating and...

MONONGAHELA, Pa. — The sprint to Election Day is fully underway, but House Republicans are looking past November and eyeing what they’ll do in the likely event of winning a majority in the upper chamber. They’ve hinted at parts of their agenda for months, but this week Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other members...

Former President Trump has had one of his worst weeks on the legal front — and it is causing unease even among Republicans. The most dramatic news was the suit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James that accuses Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization of huge fraud. The case...

The decorated actor, an Alabama native, had a career spanning back to the 1950s. In addition to film, Fletcher's TV work included roles on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "The Twilight Zone" and "Shameless."

President Biden declared a major disaster in Alaska on Friday, ordering federal assistance to add to state, local and tribal recovery efforts after a strong storm, flooding and landslides hit the state over the past week.  The severe weather and natural disasters occurred from Sept. 15 to 20, causing damage in much of the western...