Новости за 28.12.2023

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) announced Thursday that she will pursue election in Georgia’s 6th District in 2024 after a federal judge approved a GOP-led redistricting plan, which changed her current 7th District seat to favor Republicans. The Atlanta congresswoman promised to continue a legal fight against the new district maps, but vowed to run in...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Grand Canyon University (GCU) and its chief executive, alleging the nation’s largest Christian university engaged in deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing. The complaint, filed in federal court in Arizona, names as defendants Grand Canyon Education (GCE) Inc., GCU and Brian Mueller, who is the chief...

The latest Apple Watch models are back on sale in the United States after a federal appeals court granted the tech giant’s request to temporarily pause an import ban on some of its smartwatches. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, which were pulled shortly before Christmas in preparation for the ban, became available...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) went after fellow GOP candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday over her remarks failing to acknowledge slavery as the cause of the Civil War. The Florida governor told reporters in Iowa that Haley’s explanation for the Civil War was “incomprehensible word salad” and called her “not a candidate that’s ready for...

Iowa is historically unimportant when it comes to determining our presidential nominees, especially on the GOP side.

Mortgage rates fell for the ninth week in a row amid signs that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next year. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate fell to 6.61 percent as of Thursday, down from 6.67 percent the previous week, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac. Mortgage rates dipped below 7...

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-La Crosse) Chancellor Joe Gow was allegedly fired for producing and appearing in pornographic videos with his wife after the school discovered the content. Gow told The Associated Press (AP) his free speech rights were getting violated after videos with his wife, former UW-La Crosse professor Carmen Wilson, surfaced and...

Detained American Paul Whelan said he is "extremely concerned" he could be left behind in Russia again as the Biden administration tries to make a deal with Moscow for the release of U.S. prisoners. Whelan, who has been held in Russia since 2018, told WTOP over the Christmas holidays that Moscow is "adamant" on "one-for-one...

A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday approved the state's Republican-drawn congressional maps that both add a majority-Black district and deal a major win to the state's GOP as it looks to keep its majority. U.S. District Steve C. Jones issued a 15-page order on Thursday that accepted the newly drawn maps, stating the Georgia...

Former President Trump’s campaign attacked President Biden over his handling of the border in an ad released Thursday, arguing the Biden administration’s policies have allowed terrorists and fentanyl to enter the United States. The new 30-second spot, entitled “Burning Down,” cites an ABC News article saying U.S. officials warned members from the militant group Hamas could potentially try...

The AMC movie theater chain has apologized to North Carolina civil rights leader Rev. William Barber II after he was not allowed to use his own chair at a screening of “The Color Purple.” Barber, the former chair of the North Carolina NAACP, suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis that requires him to...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Thursday became the latest public official to claim publicly that his house had been “swatted” while he was at dinner with his wife. These incidents, often targeted at politicians, refer to the large-scale response by law enforcement to false calls of an emergency at someone’s home. “Last night, while at...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is "clearly not ready for primetime," the PAC backing former President Trump said Thursday, after she failed to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War. "Nikki Haley is struggling. Haley was unable to say that the Civil War was about slavery and thinks Dubuque is in New Hampshire," the MAGA PAC...

For many Democratic voters, coziness with the likes of Cheney could be a turnoff.

The family of Judy Weinstein Haggai announced Thursday that she was killed by Hamas after being taken by the militant group in its initial attack on Israel on Oct. 7. “We are heartbroken by the murder of our mother and grandmother Judy Weinstein Haggai, an American-Israeli-Canadian citizen. Judy was a mother of four, a grandmother...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is facing heat from a slew of political strategists and commentators after deflecting the blame for a recent gaffe about the Civil War. In the wake of criticism over Haley's remarks in which she failed to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War, the former South Carolina governor...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19, amid a nationwide spike in infections.  The 82-year-old Sanders, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, he was experiencing “minimal” symptoms and will continue to isolate while working from his home in Vermont. "I am glad to be fully up to...

President Biden on Thursday responded to former President Trump’s Christmas post with a religious message to love your enemies. Trump’s unusual Christmas message, which he shared on Truth Social, called for various people he sees as “looking to destroy” the nation to “rot in Hell.” Biden shared an article from The Hill about Trump's post on...

Famed singer and actress Cher has filed for a conservatorship of her son, Elijah Blue Allman, citing his alleged substance abuse and mental health struggles as grounds for assuming control of his estate. According to court documents obtained b media outlets including People, Page Six, and USAToday, the “Goddess of Pop” claims that Allman, her...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who plotted to kill her mother after she was forced to fake serious illnesses for years, was released from prison early Thursday. Blanchard was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center at 3:30 a.m., a spokesperson from the Missouri Department of Corrections told The Hill. The now-32-year-old was sentenced to...

If you've been pulled over, there's a good chance the officer has asked a specific question. But California cops won't be able to do so in 2024.

The Indian government privately pressed Apple officials to soften their warnings to Indian journalists and opposition politicians that state-sponsored attackers could be targeting their phones, according to The Washington Post. Senior officials in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration reportedly called Apple India’s managing director, Virat Bhatia, after reports emerged about the notifications in late...

The number of initial jobless claims rose the week before Christmas as the once-hot labor market continues to cool, according to U.S. Labor Department data released Thursday. Initial applications for unemployment benefits rose by 12,000 to 218,000 for the week ending Dec. 23. Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, Connecticut and Massachusetts saw the largest increase in initial...

Tom Smothers, the elder of the iconic musical comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died Wednesday at 86, his younger brother and creative partner, Dick Smothers, confirmed. Here are five things to know about Tom Smothers and his influence. His show was a showcase for '60s counterculture, music The brothers’ look — short hair and suits...

Former President Trump denied this week that he insisted on being featured in "Home Alone 2," saying the makers of the popular holiday film "begged" him to appear in it. "30 years ago (how time flies!), Director Chris Columbus, and others, were begging me to make a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2," Trump wrote...