Новости за 19.06.2020

Exercise prevents nearly 4 million premature deaths a year worldwide, a new report found.

Police in Missouri came to the assistance of a driver who pulled over at the side of the interstate and fled her vehicle when she discovered a snake slithering around the floorboards.

The Pentagon's strategy for defense in space treats the environment as a warfighting domain, a Defense Department report says.

With soft ground compromising some chances and helping others, upsets ruled the day Friday at Royal Ascot as pioneering U.S. trainer Wesley Ward settles for two tough-luck second-place finishes.

The controversy over depictions of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, has led to an online petition calling for the city to be renamed Flavortown in honor of Guy Fieri.

The Navy announced Friday it will not reinstate the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt who was relieved of his position after sounding the alarm about a coronavirus outbreak.

People at risk for Type 2 diabetes as adults might start to show signs of the disease as early as 8 years old, a study published Friday by the journal Diabetes Care found.

An Australian woman said she is feeling twice as lucky after winning her second lottery jackpot from a scratch-off ticket in the space of just three years.

The Air Force named Chief MSgt. JoAnne Bass its first female Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force on Friday, its highest-ranked noncommissioned officer.

Climate change promises to disrupt a variety of natural systems across the globe, but new research suggests human activities pose a more immediate threat to the planet's largest river systems.

The U.S. Army will attempt to recruit 10,000 new soldiers next week, largely online, in a three-day push it calls "Army National Hiring Day."

People across the United States celebrate Juneteenth, marking June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas were informed by by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army they had been freed. This year's observances take place amid a period of renewed protests against police brutality and calls for social justice for African Americans.

The Philadelphia Phillies on Friday closed their spring training facility in Clearwater, Fla., after five players and three staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

The NCAA board of governors on Friday banned college championship events from states that fly the Confederate flag.

As President Donald Trump readies for his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic shut down large, public gatherings, the city of Tulsa, Okla., is preparing for the health implications of such an event.

Specials for Juneteenth and Father's Day and Season 2 of "The Politician" are just some of the entertainment options available this weekend as viewers stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A game warden in Vermont responded an unusual situation when witnesses reported spotting a large lizard -- a South American tegu -- wandering down a road.

K-pop star IU released "Into the I-Land," the theme song for the Mnet reality competition series "I-Land."

The Louisville Metro Police have initiated the process to fire Officer Brett Hankison, one of three officers who fired weapons into Breonna Taylor's apartment on March 13.

The U.S. Navy completed tests of a missile designed to destroy enemy radar and communications systems, maker Northrup Grumman announced on Friday.

A Georgia man who lost his high school class ring in the early 1990s was reunited with the piece of jewelry 27 years later by a teenager whose family found it on a road trip.

A new drug, tanezumab, appears to reduce back pain, according to a study published Friday by the journal Pain.

"For the Good Times," a tribute concert featuring Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and others, will air on SiriusXM in honor of Kristofferson's birthday.

Four U.S. Air Force planes will be deployed to Curacao for counter-narcotics operations, the U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday.

The "Big Three" U.S. automakers -- Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler -- all plan to resume normal plant operations within the next two weeks, the companies said.