Новости за 02.04.2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday lessened restrictions that prevent many gay and bisexual men from donating blood as the country faces blood shortages because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A man won a $280,000 jackpot from the Nebraska Lottery years after collecting $25,000 from a Colorado Lottery scratch-off ticket.

Animal rescuers in Britain were called to a home to rescue a bird of prey that became entangled in the cord of a broken swingball set.

Twitter said Thursday it has removed more than 5,000 pro-government accounts linked with Saudi Arabia.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed the 1 million mark Thursday as hard-hit Spain reached 10,000 deaths from the disease.

A team of meteorologists in Colorado said Thursday that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will have above-normal activity, with 16 named storms.

Police in Ohio said they were investigating a reported robbery at a home when they made an unexpected discovery -- an alligator in a closet.

K-pop star Changmin shared a new "mood sampler" with mysterious visuals ahead of the release of his debut solo EP, "Chocolate."

Residents of an Idaho neighborhood watched an unusual police chase unfolding outside their homes when a moose went for a run through town.

The South by Southwest Film Festival and Amazon announced a joint venture to stream films intended to premiere at the festival in March. Officials in Austin, Texas, canceled the event due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Google will lift a broad ban on coronavirus advertisements, phasing in some advertisers with a priority on those working directly on the pandemic.

About 14 percent of Israel's confirmed coronavirus patients live in the ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak, health officials said Thursday, warning that the real number of those sick in the city could be 80 times greater.

Darren Criss, Jeremy Pope, David Corenswet, Jake Picking, Samara Weaving and Laura Harrier appear in photos from the Netflix series "Hollywood."

Officials at an Oregon aquarium said a rescued Pacific snake-eel -- only the third member of its species to be found on a state beach -- is recovering after being found struggling in the sand.

A top Navy official said this week the branch will award some contracts earlier than planned in an effort to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the defense industry.

Country music star Keith Urban emerges from the dark in a video for the single "God Whispered Your Name."

Women who breastfeed their children may reduce their risk for ovarian cancer later in life by as much as 24 percent, a new study has found.

An Ohio man unable to visit his mother's nursing home due to coronavirus lockdown used a tree-trimming bucket truck to visit her third floor window.

Nicole Richie plays socially conscious rapper and "trap icon" Nikki Fre$h in a Quibi comedy coming April 6.

Two watchdog organizations reported Wednesday the lowest civilian death totals over a one-month period in Syria since the country's deadly civil war started some nine years ago.

The Democratic Party said Thursday it has delayed its national nominating convention in Milwaukee by about a month, to Aug. 17, due to the coronavirus emergency.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced a new select committee to oversee how the Trump administration spends more than $2 trillion allocated to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking, singing and possibly even breathing too close to people might spread the novel coronavirus even before people feel symptoms, according to new findings.

Mavis Staples released "All in It Together," a song featuring Wilco member Jeff Tweedy, with proceeds to benefit My Block, My Hood, My City.

The FBI said it completed a record 3.7 million firearm background checks last month, as gun sales increased partly due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.