Новости за 05.05.2021

BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland casinos generated their third-highest revenues ever in the month of April, the state's lottery said Wednesday.

President Biden is betting big government can boost long-term growth and vanquish inequality and racism.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said Yankee Stadium and Citi Field will begin to offer normal seating for fully vaccinated fans and give a free ticket to people who get a COVID-19 shot at the ballparks’ vaccination sites.

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented Americans with an entirely new set of rules (mask requirements and social distancing) and penalties should they be broken (removal from airline flights). We are, of course, taught from an early age that following the rules is the right thing to ...

When you think about the definition of a teacher, we have traditionally focused on those individuals that have gone through the proper training and education to be certified to teach.

Twice last week, the federal government’s unconstitutional spying on ordinary Americans was exposed. One of these revelations was made by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who wrote that the FBI is still using warrantless spying in criminal cases, notwithstanding the Constitution and federal laws. The other revelation was a ...

The Central Intelligence Agency is always looking to recruit new agents and advertising is one way it has done so in the past. The difference this time is in a newly created series of recruitment videos that reflect the spirit of the age in which we live, rather than appealing ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Former Arkansas guard Desi Sills is heading to Southeastern Conference rival Auburn.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa hired African Cup-winning coach Hugo Broos on a five-year deal on Wednesday.

Nicki Collen knows she has taken a different and more meandering path than a lot of coaches. The latest step to becoming coach of three-time national champion Baylor happened in a hurry.

In 2008, conservatives were told to get in line and support Republican nominee John McCain for president. McCain was no conservative and actually went out of his way to thumb his nose at conservatives over policy differences for decades. But conservatives got behind McCain nonetheless because defeating Barack Obama was ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Orlando forward Alexandre Pato is expected to be sidelined for three to six weeks following arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Cardinals have created the Adele Harris Scholarship to honor the 50th anniversary of Harris becoming the first Black female to work in the front office of an NFL franchise.

Manchester United’s game against Liverpool will be played on May 13 after being postponed because of protests by home fans at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Last week, Apple announced it would be opening an engineering hub in Raleigh, North Carolina creating at least 3,000 jobs in machine learning, artificial intelligence and software engineering.

This may shock you, but the Biden administration is not telling the complete truth, or really much of the truth at all, when it comes to its proposed tax and spending increases.

It’s only been 100 days. But after 100 days of open borders, runaway spending, plans for higher taxes, a bigger welfare state, more government, defunding the police, abandoning the right to life, canceling our most cherished liberties, I’ve had enough. 

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A split Michigan Senate on Wednesday voted to exempt high school graduation ceremonies from the state's order that restricts crowd sizes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

WAHOO, Neb. (AP) - A local planning commission has voted against issuing a permit to allow Nebraska’s first solar power plant to be built just southwest of Omaha.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - A massive bridge repair project on one of South Carolina's busiest highways begins Thursday night and will likely cause commuting headaches for people who travel between Rock Hill and Charlotte, North Carolina.

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona on Wednesday reported 742 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and five more deaths as the state's rates of new cases and deaths moved in different directions.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Legislation requiring that more details about the personnel history of North Carolina state and local government employees be accessible to the media and the public was retooled on Wednesday by a Senate committee to address privacy concerns and vindictive bosses.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland residents can now get vaccinated without an appointment at any of the state's 13 mass vaccination sites, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday.

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) - An 11-year-old boy was shot and killed when a handgun being handled by another juvenile discharged in an eastern Pennsylvania home, police said.

DENVER (AP) - A coalition of lawmakers, municipal officials and business interests have thrown their support behind an ambitious proposal to tackle Colorado's years-long struggle to pony up billions of dollars for its aging transportation infrastructure - and plan for the future.