Новости за 31.07.2020

Investigative field work began on contaminants in the groundwater of the former Reese Air Base, Texas, the U.S. Air Force said.

A British Columbia man who won nearly $75,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket said he chose his ticket because his girlfriend said he needed to work on his spelling.

Coca-Cola on Friday introduced its latest attempt to fuse its signature soft drink with coffee in three different flavors.

Mercedes Kilmer said she was happy to make her feature film debut in "Paydirt" opposite a talented leading man -- her father, "Top Gun" and "The Doors" icon Val Kilmer.

Sheriff's deputies in Colorado came to the rescue of three bear cubs that wound up trapped inside a commercial dumpster.

The U.S. Navy said its esports team will resume streaming on the Twitch social media channel on Friday, after pausing several weeks ago to review guidelines.

Police in Florida arrested a 17-year-old male Friday, accusing him of being behind a hack of Twitter accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates and others as part of a cryptocurrency scam.

Nearly half of the children and staff at an overnight camp held in Georgia in June tested positive for COVID-19, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The House on Friday approved a six-bill spending package to the tune of $1.3 trillion that includes some $210 billion for emergency funding in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A pair of Ontario paramedics came to the rescue of a skunk struggling to free itself from a cup stuck over its head.

Firefighters in a Chicago suburb said a 3 1/2-foot alligator was captured after being spotted swimming in a local lake.

Lockheed Martin, with its F-35 fighter plane, joined Boeing and Saab on Friday in submitting bids to build advanced aircraft for Canada's armed forces.

The amount of particulate matter in the air in the United States has declined significantly over the last several decades, but new research suggests disparities between the most and least polluted communities persist.

Google said Friday it will be more aggressive in countering hacked material and misinformation campaigns than in 2016, saying it will penalize websites and advertisers who take part in such efforts.

New streaming entertainment this weekend includes the Lollapalooza festival, a Beyonce special, return of The Muppets and movies starring Katie Holmes and Vinnie Jones.

President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to participate in a roundtable on COVID-19 response and storm preparedness as Hurricane Isaias prepares to bear down on Florida.

A new study explains how the coronavirus hitches a ride on droplets released when you cough, sneeze or speak, and travels around a room.

Older adults who develop delirium or brain dysfunction after surgery spend more time in the hospital and are less likely to be discharged home, a study published Friday by JAMA Network Open found.

Excess exposure to blue-spectrum light might raise a person's odds for colon cancer, a new study suggests.

There were 67,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the United States on Thursday, updated data showed Friday.

Rhode Island state officials said a technical glitch was to blame for 176 tax refund checks being mailed out bearing the signatures of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney.

A Marine Corps member died and eight are missing after an amphibious assault vehicle took on water in a training exercise in California, officials confirmed Friday morning.

Hong Kong will postpone its September legislative elections for one year because of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the region, leader Carrie Lam said Friday.

An 11-year-old Rhode Island boy out clamming with his grandfather pulled what he initially thought to be a rock out of the water and discovered it was actually a massive quahog, a large species of clam.

South Korean surveillance cameras on Ganghwa Island captured footage seven times of an escaped defector swimming across the border.