Новости за 26.12.2023

A "significant winter storm with heavy snow, blizzard conditions and potentially damaging icing" struck the north-central region of the country and is expected to continue to cause holiday travel woes through early Wednesday. More than 550,000 people across five states are under a blizzard warning through 5 a.m. local time Wednesday, the National Weather Service...

Israel on Tuesday announced it will halt automatic visas for United Nations employees amid rising tensions with the intergovernmental organization over Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Israel will now consider such visa requests on a "case-by-case basis," saying the country will no longer work with "those cooperate with Hamas's terror regime's...

Apple appealed the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) decision to bar imports of certain Apple Watches on Tuesday, after the Biden administration declined to veto the ban. The tech giant also filed an emergency motion for an immediate interim stay, arguing it will suffer “irreparable harm” if the ITC’s orders are left in place while...

Multiple political figures said their homes were the target of "swatting incidents" on Christmas Day, where multiple law enforcement officers were called to their residences for false calls of an emergency. What is "swatting"? Swatting incidents occur when a person or multiple individuals call in a false report of an emergency, crime, mass shooting, or...

Congressional Republicans are right to push for reforms like the REINS Act to give Congress greater power over the regulatory state, but they’re unlikely to pass in the current political environment. So they should also pursue incremental and institutional reforms to improve the legislative branch’s ability to oversee regulations.

A federal appeals court panel wiped ex-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s (R-Neb.) conviction of lying to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution, ruling Tuesday that he was not tried in the proper venue. Last year, a jury sitting in Los Angeles convicted Fortenberry for false statements he made during interviews in Nebraska and the nation’s capital....

While presidents are historically dependent on the economy, Biden is particularly so.

Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey reprised his role as the show's lead character, Frank Underwood, in an interview with Tucker Carlson posted on X, the platform formerly Twitter, on Christmas Eve. In the interview, Spacey and Carlson commiserated over their similar experiences being ousted by their respective networks, Netflix and Fox News, and...

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will meet with national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on Tuesday, a White House National Security Council spokesperson confirmed. Dermer, a close ally and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “is meeting with Secretary of State Tony Blinken and National...

Pressure is growing on Harvard University amid calls for President Claudine Gay to resign after allegations of plagiarism, the latest controversy to engulf the prestigious institution in recent months.   Gay has had to issue numerous corrections to previous papers in the past few weeks after plagiarism allegations were raised for work by her that...

The Florida GOP’s response to allegations against Ziegler could be considered an example of that effort to take the moral high ground. But then how to explain many Republicans’ lack of interest in the more numerous, and in some cases more serious, allegations against Trump?

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley dropped a new GOP primary ad in New Hampshire Tuesday featuring Gov. Chris Sununu (R), as Haley pushes to challenge former President Trump in the state’s primary. The ad features Sununu, four-term governor of the Granite State, praising Haley as the best choice in the Jan. 23 GOP primary. “She's...

While there is no silver bullet for solving this problem, there are a few things that can be done.

The Denver Police Department said Tuesday it is investigating reports of threats or harassment against the Colorado Supreme Court justices and has increased patrols around their residences. In a statement, a spokesperson for the police department said it “is providing extra patrols around justice’s residences in Denver and will provide additional safety support if/as requested.”...

Pro-Palestinian activists had early Christmas Day messages for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Monday, as groups protested outside the pair’s homes in an attempt to wake them early. The activists urged the Biden administration to stop support for Israel and push for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, citing increasing...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny spoke for the first time since he was moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, playfully referring to himself as Santa Clause in a post about his transfer to the new Russian prison. "I am your new Santa Claus," Navalny wrote Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, saying he had grown...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had a bit of fun this holiday season, posting a video on social media parodying the beloved 1990 film "Home Alone" and taking a subtle dig at Prince Harry's reportedly shaky status with the British royal family. In the video, which begins with the setup, "One Christmas night …,"...

Bristol Myers Squibb on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire RayzeBio in an effort to expand the drugmaker’s cancer treatment offerings. The acquisition was for a total equity value of about $4.1 billion, at $62.50 per share. RayzeBio, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical therapeutics (RPT) company, has several cancer treatments under development, specifically ones targeting the treatment...

A third-grader at a Wallingford, Connecticut, elementary school got an early Christmas surprise on Tuesday when his father returned home from Marine training.

Rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, deleted all the content on his Instagram page Tuesday and posted a Hebrew-language apology to the Jewish community after years of antisemitic comments. “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions. It wasn’t my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I...

Congress has begun to wake up to the threat of Chinese-made drones.

The first 50 years of the ESA clearly demonstrated that biodiversity conservation is vitally important for the well-being of the American people and the natural world. In the next 50 years, we’ll need these conservation efforts to be stronger than ever.

The Biden administration declined to veto the ban on certain Apple Watch imports into the U.S., letting the ban officially take effect on Tuesday. On Oct. 26, the International Trade Commission (ITC) upheld a January ruling that sided with the medical technology company Masimo, which in 2021 sued Apple for patent infringement at the ITC...

Alaska authorities are planning to resume efforts to recover the body of a woman who is believed to have been swept under the ice of a partially frozen river while trying to rescue her dog. The woman, whose identity has not been made public, was walking Saturday along the North Fork Eagle River Trail near...

Kamar de los Reyes, known for his portrayal of Antonio Vega on the soap opera “One Life to Live,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, his wife’s publicist told Variety. He was 56. De los Reyes also was known for voicing the villain Raul Menendez in the popular "Call of...