Новости за 23.04.2020

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up nearly 40 points on Thursday while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq saw slight losses in a volatile day of trading.

Severe weather impacted areas of the South on Thursday morning, one day after the area was hit by a series of tornadoes and flash flooding that killed nine people.

A Connecticut suburb's police said this week they are testing a "pandemic drone," with a speaker allowing them to sound a verbal warning to anyone not following social distancing.

New research suggests two parallel and genetically distinct populations persisted in ancient Switzerland at the end of the Neolithic period.

Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chickenpox) are highly effective and do not cause autism, say researchers who reviewed 138 studies that included 23 million children.

Firefighters in Oregon came to the rescue of a raccoon that wandered into a closed skate park and got trapped at the bottom of a ramp.

An Australian animal hospital said a dog broke a national record by giving birth a litter of 21 puppies.

Police in Georgia said an officer rescued a snake that was spotted slithering out from under the hood of a vehicle at a bank's drive-through window.

The antiviral drug remdesivir -- touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 since early March -- did not improve symptoms or prevent death in patients with the disease, according to the results of a trial in China.

Sixty-eight percent expressed a great deal to a fair amount of confidence in their governors, while 47 percent voiced the same measure of confidence in President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration said last week it would halt WHO funding over accusations the body is responsible for "mismanaging and covering up" the coronavirus pandemic.

Researchers found that coffee drinkers typically enjoyed longer lives than nondrinkers, but only if the java was filtered -- suggesting espresso lovers and French press users might be out of luck.

K-pop group NCT Dream shared a preview of "7 Days," a song that appears on its forthcoming EP, "Reload."

The Trump administration argued that no permit is needed if a pipe doesn't directly feed pollutants into a larger body of water, and instead empties into nearby groundwater.

A Delaware woman said doing a favor for a neighbor paid off when she ended up winning a $250,000 lottery jackpot.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Thursday criticized a proposal to deploy a nationwide network to provide 5G and internet-of-things services, saying it could disrupt GPS services millions of Americans rely on daily.

The opioid crisis takes hold of a small town in the new trailer for upcoming thriller, "Castle in the Ground.

Dua Lipa, Chris Martin, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora and other stars performed the Foo Fighters song "Times Like These" to raise funds for coronavirus relief.

The Rolling Stones released a single and music video for "Living in a Ghost Town," a new song recorded prior to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Trump administration rolled out a plan Thursday to kick-start the nuclear power industry in the United States, including $150 million in the 2021 budget for the domestic uranium reserve.

A beloved Japanese actress who debuted in 1975 has died from the novel coronavirus following surgery for early-stage breast cancer.

Wildlife officials in Colorado shared a photo showing the aftermath of a bear breaking into an apparently unlocked pickup truck.

The state of New York will crack down on nursing home owners who fail to notify family members about coronavirus infections at their facilities, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.

The Beatles' 1968 animated film, "Yellow Submarine," will be livestreamed on the group's official YouTube channel on Saturday at 12 p.m.

A Nigerian hospital announced a 68-year-old woman has given birth to twins after three previous IVF procedures were unsuccessful.