Новости за 21.02.2020

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Porsche, Genesis, Subaru and Mazda led Consumer Reports' ranking in a survey, released Friday, of 33 vehicle brands.

A homeowner who called bee removal experts to investigate the insects in his back yard said he was shocked to learn there were 100,000 to 150,000 bees living in a 70-pound hive under his shed.

Lockheed Martin has received a $233 million contract for work on the Mk 41 vertical launching system, according to the Department of Defense.

Star gymnast Simone Biles has a new move. She posted a video of the multiple-flip Yurchenko double pike on social media after previously teasing that she could break out the move at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Patients taking a common diuretic to help lower blood pressure may be better off with a similarly effective but safer one, a new study suggests.

United States Women's National Team players have asked a judge to rule in their favor, award them $66.7 million and not hold a trial in their equal pay lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.

An Illinois family said a wall in their 9-year-old daughter's bedroom has been picking up radio signals for years - and no one knows why.

In a study of more than 2,900 Danish men, median age 19, those whose diet was rich in fish, chicken, vegetables, fruit and water had higher sperm counts than those who ate a "Western" diet.

Ambulances outfitted as "mobile stroke treatment units" provide faster treatment and reduce patients' risk of severe disability and death, German researchers report.

K-pop star Wendy thanked fans for their love and support on her 26th birthday following her hospitalization in December.

Civil rights icon John Lewis, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987, celebrates his 80th birthday on February 21, 2020. The Georgia Democrat has played a key role in the civil rights movement since the 1960s.

State Department officials Friday cautioned that American citizens trapped in areas impacted by COVID-19 in the future should not rely on government-sponsored evacuation flights to get home.

"Micro Mayhem," a new stop-motion animated series from Eric Towner and Seth Green, got a green light at Quibi.

Another Mexican detainee has died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said Friday -- the seventh since October.

A leader in one of Mexico's major drug cartels appeared in a Washington, D.C., court Friday on drug trafficking charges, one day after he was extradited to the United States.

A Virginia man who said he had never played the lottery before received a ticket as a gift and won a $1 million jackpot.

Ben Affleck discussed his love life and denied he is on Raya or other dating apps following his split from Lindsay Shookus.

Police in Michigan said they responded to a report of an "injured dog" and found a far more unusual animal: an Arctic fox.

A Japanese man was arrested after engaging in "hate speech" activities targeting Chinese nationals in Kyoto, according to a Japanese press report.

Raytheon announced Friday that it finished building the first radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, a next-generation radar intended to counter hypersonic weapons.

Sales of existing homes in the United States fell by 1.3 percent last month, the National Association of Realtors said in its monthly report Friday.

A South Carolina student who found a former student's long-lost class ring in a parking lot had her own lost ring returned to her just two weeks later.

A Naval Academy midshipman died Friday after being found unresponsive in a dormitory, school officials said, marking the second death of a midshipman so far in 2020.

Demi Lovato shared an uplifting message after discussing her battle with an eating disorder and substance abuse issues.