Новости за 01.03.2024

COVID-19 may have been intentionally created in a Chinese lab, a Rutgers University professor told the United Nations this week, and another expert says the evidence has reached "the level of a smoking gun."

An atheist group has asked the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of a California megachurch whose pastor said in a se

The Pentagon will lift the ban on flights by the grounded V-22 Osprey next week, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday, following a high-level meeting where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin endorsed the military services' plans for a safe and measured return to operations.

The Washington Commanders have told starting left tackle Charles Leno they're releasing him.

Nikki Haley is following through on her vow to stay in the GOP presidential race through Super Tuesday where she is searching for her first victory in a nomination contest dominated by former President Donald Trump.

Watching fights between Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon and Ron Hextall and Felix Potvin in the 1990s, Martin Biron recalled, he always wanted to be the goaltender who could win a bout as the spunky underdog.

A Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened a landowner with a gun while poaching deer on his property, wildlife officials said.

The U.S. will begin airdropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza, President Joe Biden said Friday, a day after more than 100 Palestinians were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.

Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton said he's disappointed in himself for losing control of his emotions over the weekend at a 7-on-7 youth football tournament in Atlanta, resulting in a brief fight involving several men from competing teams.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley insists that she's not "anti-Trump" despite her rhetoric slamming the former president.

A United Airlines flight from London to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey was diverted to Bangor, Maine, Friday because drunk passengers were being physically disruptive.

Legislation introduced in Canada's Parliament would eliminate the use of "belief in a religious text" as a defense against hate crime charges.

A Missouri lawmaker has introduced legislation to clarify that the state's judges can grant divorces even when one spouse is pregnant.

Congressional leaders are banking on a new plan to fund the government and end the current cycle of fiscal cliffs, but that plan could face a snag in the House.

President Biden on Friday signed legislation to fund the federal government for at least another week, after the bill cleared both the Senate and House to avert a partial government shutdown.

People who test positive for COVID-19 no longer have to quarantine for five days, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines say.

Rep. Debbie Lesko announced new legislation Friday that would declare the situation at the border an "invasion," a move that could add legal heft to Texas's defense of its strict enforcement laws.

President Biden's younger brother, James Biden, told House investigators that he tossed in the garbage a diamond ring that was a gift to his nephew, Hunter Biden, from a Chinese energy firm.

Prince Harry scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids Friday when government ministers said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities.

A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez after signing a cooperation deal with prosecutors.

Quarterback Jordan Travis walked to the podium Friday at the NFL's annual scouting combine in regular shoes, the next step in his recovery from the fractured left leg that ended his final college season and severely damaged Florida State's playoff hopes.

Indiana University's board of trustees abandoned a proposal to turn the Kinsey Institute into a nonprofit Friday, dispelling monthslong uncertainty over the future of the famous sex research center targeted by Republican lawmakers.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that an enhancement charge used against Jan. 6 defendants to lengthen their sentences couldn't apply to the Capitol protest.

Cuba's foreign minister is accusing the U.S. government of manufacturing an espionage threat in order to justify higher intelligence budgets and "new aggressive steps" against other countries -- just hours after a retired U.S. diplomat agreed to plead guilty of spying for Havana over a long career in public and private service.

Boeing is in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for Boeing 737 Max jetliners including the one that suffered a door-panel blowout in January, according to a published report.