Новости за 13.10.2022

The Texas-based dinner theater chain Medieval Times on Thursday filed a trademark infringement suit in federal court against its own employees’ union.  Medieval Times, which operates 10 knights-and-jousting-themed locations across the U.S., argued in the filing that the American Guild of Variety Artists, which represents the workers, coopted the entertainment company’s brand when employees dubbed...

Washington’s diplomatic community gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the fashion of first spouses across the world, and the designers that dress them. “It’s very important what you dress, it’s the first thing we see on somebody, and it has an impact for us. It’s either a thumbs up or thumbs down,” said Jan Du Plain,...

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied former President Trump’s plea to intervene in his legal battle and allow the special master to review the classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. The court’s move came in a brief unsigned order without explanation. Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles emergency matters arising from Florida, had referred the matter to...

The 2022 National Defense Strategy characterizes the global security environment as a “great power competition,” pitting a rising China and resurgent Russia against the United States and its allies. The U.S. recently deployed significant forces to Europe and the Pacific in response to malign actions by Russia and China, signaling our embrace of the strategic...

Advocates and lawmakers are hoping to build on momentum from their successful push to get President Biden to designated the former U.S. Army training site at Camp Hale as a national monument.   It’s the first national monument designated in Biden’s nearly two-year presidency, and those who backed it hope it will lead to the...

Democratic candidate Mark Kelly is leading in the race for Arizona’s Senate seat, while Republican nominee Kari Lake is ahead in the race for the governor’s mansion, according to a new poll released on Thursday. The InsiderAdvantage-Fox 10 poll showed both Kelly and Lake leading their opponents by about 4 points, with less than four weeks left...

Story at a glance A survey of over 1,700 people found that 42 percent admitted to lying about their vaccination status or adhering to COVID-19 public health safety measures. Findings from the survey were recently published in the online medical journal JAMA Network Open. Some of the respondents admitted to misleading others about their...

The federal government’s end-the-pandemic optimism can be realized through five new policy pillars that do not incur grim trade-offs.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) currently has a ten-point lead over her Republican challenger, Rep. Lee Zeldin (N.Y.), in the state's gubernatorial race, according to a new Marist poll.  The poll, published on Thursday, found that 51 percent of registered New York voters surveyed said they'll support Hochul in the upcoming election, while 41...

Former President Trump told his then-chief of staff “this is embarrassing," and "I don’t want people to know that we lost,” after the Supreme Court ruled against him on a key case about the 2020 election, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The...

Imagine if, two years from now, the devastating images streaming from Fort Myers and other parts of Florida remained unchanged. Flattened buildings. Littered streets. Communities devoid of people and commerce. Such a scenario isn’t theoretical. Take Lake Charles, La., where two years after Hurricane Laura barreled through, the city’s buildings are still in ruins, with residents...

First lady Jill Biden will deliver remarks at a political event with Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams on Friday, the first lady’s office announced. The event will take place in Atlanta and follow the first lady’s visit with service members at Georgia’s Fort Benning. The relationship between Abrams and President Biden has been closely...

Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (Wyo.) on Thursday warned that high prices “have become entrenched in our economy” after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that prices increased 0.4 percent in September, a greater jump than expected.   “High prices are not transitory,” Barrasso said, noting inflation has risen 13.5 percent since President Biden...

Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) is urging the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) to issue regulations for digital asset securities through a transparent notice-and-comment regulatory process. In a letter sent to the SEC on Thursday, Hickenlooper wrote that existing laws and regulations do not apply to how crypto assets are being used on the market. He...

Stocks sharply dropped at market open on Thursday after the Labor Department reported that inflation accelerated for the second straight month. The NASDAQ fell 3 percent, slipping around 300 points on Thursday. The Dow Jones dropped 1.70 percent and the S&P 500 sunk 2.22 percent. The Labor Department's latest data showed the consumer price index,...

President Biden on Thursday acknowledged that Americans "are squeezed by the cost of living" but touted "progress in the fight against higher prices" after Labor Department data showed inflation accelerated for the second straight month in September. "Today’s report shows some progress in the fight against higher prices, even as we have more work to...

The House committee investigating last year’s attack on the Capitol will assemble Thursday for what could be its final public hearing ahead of the midterms, promising to delve into former President Trump’s state of mind in a presentation designed to tie up a host of loose ends before the panel dissolves at the end of...

Airfares rose 42.9 percent over the past year ending in September, the fastest rate on record, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. As demand for air travel rebounded to pre-pandemic levels this summer, airlines cut down on their flight schedules to reduce delays and cancellations stemming from a shortage of workers and blunt to...

The digital plate opens up a slew of customization possibilities including color choices and border displays.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday evening mocked a Fox News contributor after he said high inflation made his lunch at Taco Bell total $28. “You want to know how bad inflation is?” said Scott Martin, who is also the chief investment officer at Kingsview Partners. “Yesterday, yes, I had a nice lunch at Taco...

Our broken relationship with nature has triggered a parallel crisis as well: a rapid loss of biodiversity.

The House Democrats’ campaign arm announced on Thursday that they had raked in $56.5 million in third quarter fundraising, hauling over $14 million more than their GOP counterpart during the same period. In the third quarter, the House Republicans’ campaign arm reported on Wednesday that they had received $42.3 million for the third quarter. The...

Republicans are leading in competitive congressional districts with less than four weeks left until Election Day, according to a new CNN poll released on Thursday. Among likely voters in competitive districts, 48 percent said they would support the Republican candidate, while 43 percent said they would support the Democrat, according to the poll. While Democrats lead Republicans...

Officers discovered 44 pounds of alleged liquid methamphetamine inside of 136 condoms that were packaged within four pumpkins.

Congress can do little in response to this brazen expansion of presidential power.