Новости за 10.08.2020

The federal budget deficit tripled in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2020, up to $2.8 trillion compared with $0.9 trillion during the same period last year, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office said in a report.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 350 points on Monday, shaking off poor performances by tech stocks.

An escaped goat has become a local celebrity in Japanese city after evading capture by taking up residence on a concrete-reinforced slope next to railroad tracks.

A Michigan woman celebrated her 103rd birthday and being sprung from lockdown at a nursing home by trying something new: getting her first tattoo.

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin said Monday they have completed the second successful hypersonic air-to-ground weapon test on a B-52 Stratofortress bomber out of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

A week after Typhoon Hagupit's damaging strike on eastern China, another tropical system is targeting the country.

The U.S. Space Force published Monday its first capstone doctrine, Spacepower, eight months after its creation, outlining what the new military branch calls a guidepost for its mission.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak on Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, a reliable meteor shower that puts on a show year in and year out.

An analysis of the planet's healthiest, most-intact tropical forests suggests an overwhelming majority remain vulnerable to deforestation.

China announced sanctions Monday against U.S. lawmakers and the heads of several U.S. non-profit organizations over their support for Hong Kong.

K-pop group BTS shared teasers for its forthcoming English-language single, "Dynamite."

Amid decreased air travel in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, screeners have found more handguns in carry-on bags at airports nationwide this summer, federal officials said Monday.

Sheryl Crow released a video for the 2020 version of her 2012 song "Woman in the White House."

Richer communities have been more likely to stay home during the pandemic than poorer ones, according to scientists from the University of California, Davis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his political party Monday schools will be open for all students on Sept. 1, going against a top adviser who said the start date may need to be delayed.

MLB and NFL legend Carroll Hardy, the only player to ever pinch hit for Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski, has died. He was 87.

The U.S. Navy commissioned a littoral combat ship USS St. Louis as the seventh ship bearing the name over the weekend.

A new documentary film on late comedian George Carlin is in development with Judd Apatow and his longtime collaborator Michael Bonfiglio directing, HBO announced on Monday.

"MacGruber," a new series based on Will Forte's "MacGyver" parody, is coming to Peacock.

A North Carolina man was reunited with his beloved dog five days after the chihuahua was credited with saving his life during a stroke.

Chinese fighter jets trespassed the center of the Taiwan Strait in an apparent warning to Taipei as Taiwan received its highest-level U.S. official visit since 1979.

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and two more officials resigned Monday in a nationally televised statement as the death toll from a pair of explosions at the port of Beirut last week passed 200.

Former "Wizards of Waverly Place" co-stars Selena Gomez and David Henrie announced on Monday a virtual premiere for Henrie's upcoming film, "This Is the Year."

A Florida woman said she screamed in shock when a mysterious object inside her washing machine turned out to be a python.

At least one person was killed and multiple others were injured in Baltimore Monday by a natural gas explosion that destroyed three homes, authorities said.