Новости за 16.05.2020

Former President Barack Obama criticized the Trumps administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying "folks in charge don't always know what they're doing," during two virtual commencements.

U.S. Rep. Justin Amash said Saturday he won't run as a third-party presidential candidate after announcing late last month that he had launched a committee to explore doing so.

"Modern Family" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" actor Fred Willard has died at age 86, his family said Saturday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that horse racing tracks and the Watkins Glen International auto racing track would open June 1 for televised events with no stadium audience.

NBC has ordered a fourth season of its crime dramedy, "Good Girls."

SeawWorld pass holders have sued the park over monthly fee collection while it is closed due to COVID-19.

The release date for the Universal-Blumhouse horror picture "The Forever Purge" has been delayed indefinitely.

Iran sentenced a French-Iranian academic to six years in prison Saturday on national security and propaganda charges.

Former President Barack Obama is set to give two virtual commence addresses Saturday, celebrating the 2020 graduates unable to walk across the stage due to the coronavirus.

A special episode of "Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet" called "Mythic Quest: Quarantine" is set to air on Apple TV+ on Friday.

ABC has announced it renewed "American Idol" for a fourth season.

Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn and Ethan Peck are set to star in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," CBS All Access announced.

President Donald Trump informed Congress in a letter that he fired U.S. State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, offering no specific reason for the ouster.

After dropping record rain in South Florida, a system remains on track to become the first named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season this weekend.

"Trading Spaces" designer Frank Bielec has died of complications of a heart attack. He was 72.

Italy published a decree Saturday to lift travel restrictions June 3, three months after they were put in place in response to the coronavirus.

Country music star Kenny Chesney's "Here and Now" is the No. 1 album in the United States.

French authorities arrested suspected Rwandan war criminal Félicien Kabuga on Saturday after decades on the run, The Hague announced.

The House has passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill that, if President Donald Trump hadn't promised to veto, would be the largest such package in U.S. history.

A new study finds that aerobic exercise can improve older adults' thinking and memory, even if they're longtime couch potatoes.

Actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster turns 30 and actor David Boreanaz turns 51, among the famous birthdays for May 16.

On May 16, 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

Two new studies are the latest in a series to show that a drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential game changer against COVID-19 doesn't work.

The NFL will present a pair of resolutions to league owners next week, including one that would improve draft picks for teams that hire minority candidates in head coach or general manager roles.

Ara Zobayan, the helicopter pilot of Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and seven others during their fatal crash in January, didn't have any drugs or alcohol in his system.