Новости за 25.12.2022

The death toll from the winter storm sweeping across large parts of the continental United States has risen to at least 26.  People have died in weather-related traffic accidents or from the cold, while a couple died as a results of responders not being able to treat medical conditions quickly enough because of the conditions...

Just when you thought the polarization and partisanship permeating the media industry couldn’t possibly get any worse, it did so in 2022.

Bankers’ resistance to meaningful reform of their Federal Home Loan Banks invites the invocation of filmmaker Frank Capra.

Three major international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) announced on Sunday that they are halting their work in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s announcement that it is prohibiting women from working for these types of organizations.  Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE International said in a joint release that they are demanding both men and...

Students who borrowed money to pay for college are hoping for help from President Biden's debt relief program, which for now is tied up in the courts. If Biden's program is killed off by the judiciary, however, it doesn't leave student borrowers without options to reduce their debt. Here are some options that student borrowers...

Until now, Congress has been unable to muster enough votes to enact legislation to address the situation.

Officials have confirmed seven people have died in Buffalo, N.Y., as a result of a strong winter storm known as a bomb cyclone that has developed in the Great Lakes region. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted on Sunday that authorities raised the death toll from three to seven after discovering four more deaths.  “My...

More than 160 passengers on a JetBlue flight were evacuated from the plane at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after a fire was reported on board on Saturday.  The New York City Fire Department said in a statement that it received a report of a plane fire, causing minor injuries to five people....

ABC News is mourning the loss of the executive producer of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” after he died unexpectedly on Friday. ABC’s Rachel Scott said during Saturday's episode of “World News Tonight” that Dax Tejera’s death has left ABC “shocked and hurt.” Tejera was 37 years old and died from a heart attack. ABC...

The Jan. 6 committee takes its place alongside the Watergate panel, the Truman committee and a few other congressional investigations that leave a profound historical mark.

More than 1,400 flights were canceled in the U.S. as of Sunday morning, with a winter storm battering several parts of the country. A total of 1,440 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were canceled by 10:15 a.m. EST on Christmas Day, according to FlightAware. An additional 2,003 flights were delayed. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport...

By joining the Artemis Accords, Nigeria and Rwanda have made themselves more attractive to international investment.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that a decision by the Taliban to prohibit women in Afghanistan from working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could be “devastating” for the people in the country. Blinken said in a tweet that he is “deeply concerned” that the decision will disrupt the providing of “vital and life-saving...

When the vaccines against COVID-19 first came out, health officials advised everyone get "fully vaccinated" as soon as they were eligible. At the time, that meant two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It's safe to say that things have changed since then.

Moody’s has estimated default could result in a 4 percent drop in GDP, 9 percent unemployment and a $15 trillion loss in household wealth.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning immigrants that the administration is continuing to enforce Title 42, after the Supreme Court this week temporarily halted the expiration of the Trump-era policy. The agency is also alerting immigrants of dangerously low temperatures at the border, as a winter storm moves through Texas. “The Department of...

Multiple busloads of migrants were dropped off at Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Saturday — Christmas Eve — leaving migrants on the streets in below-freezing temperatures, according to multiple reports. Three busloads of migrants were driven to D.C., ABC 7 reported, and arrived outside the Naval Observatory, which is the vice president’s...

On Dec. 2, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the latest designations of severe violators of religious freedom. The annual designations are intended to serve as a critical tool in shaping U.S. international religious freedom policy and triggering clear, coherent actions to hold persecutors accountable and to advance greater respect for religious freedom where it...

Republican Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Mike Lee (Utah) slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and their GOP colleagues on Sunday for supporting the $1.7 trillion omnibus package that Congress sent to President Biden’s desk on Friday. The GOP senators had argued it would have been better to wait for the GOP to take...

Democrats are finally prioritizing Black voters, winning notes or approval from advocacy groups who represent one of the party’s most loyal constituencies — one they say has too often been taken for granted. The ascension of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to lead House Democrats as a successor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Biden’s push to...

A massive winter storm pummeled much of the U.S. on Saturday with freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall on Christmas Eve, resulting in nearly two dozen deaths and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.  Here’s what to know about the powerful Arctic front: At least 23 deaths have been attributed to the storm At least 23...

President Biden is celebrating a chilly Christmas Eve in Washington, D.C., at the White House, where he will attend an evening mass with first lady Jill Biden and family. The White House said the Bidens would follow the mass with their traditional Christmas Eve Italian dinner. “There is a certain stillness at the center of...

A lawyer for former President Trump on Saturday dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals against Trump as “pretty much worthless.” “The Department of Justice doesn’t have to follow it,” Tim Parlatore told CNN. “There’s been an existing investigation that we have been dealing with for quite some time. And, really what this does, if...