Новости за 16.03.2024

Jordan Hairston scored 18 points and Bryce Harris and Seth Towns each scored 16 points and Howard beat Delaware State 70-67 on Saturday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament championship to secure an NCAA Tournament bid.

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos predicted that multiplatinum-selling pop star Taylor Swift will endorse President Biden for his 2024 campaign, contending the pick makes sense because most of her songs "are about choosing the wrong guy."

Outgoing Rep. Ken Buck insists his abrupt departure from Congress next week isn't meant to hurt Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for his seat.

A newly discovered species of extinct, fossilized freshwater turtle discovered in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil was named for Maturin, a character from the works of novelist Stephen King.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday he was "not afraid of any trial," a day after documents released by the Supreme Court revealed that two top military leaders said the populist plotted to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

Vanessa DiBernardo scored the first goal for Kansas City in its new stadium and the Current held off the Portland Thorns 5-4 on Saturday in the regular-season opener for the National Women's Soccer League.

Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped through parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas.

People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick's Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New York.

A Somali immigrant in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was slapped with a three-year prison sentence Thursday for telling police he wanted to kill President Biden and former President Donald Trump.

The self-inflicted wounds among Former President Donald Trump's legal persecutors are working to his advantage and potentially pushing a politically crippling judgment beyond the November election.

Following the 28th straight drawing without a grand prize winner Friday, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot is up to $875 million.

New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole won't throw for three to four weeks because of nerve irritation and edema in his throwing elbow.

Italy earned another historic win in Cardiff and left Wales with the dreaded wooden spoon for finishing last in the Six Nations on Saturday.

Boston's FBI office on Friday handed over 22 artifacts to authorities in Okinawa eight decades after the items were stolen from the Japanese island at the end of World War II.

Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte.

Here's a look at a pair of Academy Award-winning films -- "Poor Things" and "The Lion in Winter" -- now available in the Blu-ray disc format.

Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen sprinted to win the fastest-ever Milan-San Remo and claim his first victory in a "monument" race.

Several people were shot after gunfire erupted early Saturday in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St. Patrick's Day parade and shutting down a children's theme park, authorities said.

David Breashears, a mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest, has died, his business manager confirmed Saturday. He was 68.

Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections. They accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally's electoral politics.

Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly quarter-century of rule.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder caused an oil spill 30 miles off the coast near Fort Bragg, California, when it accidentally released 500 gallons of diesel fuel on Friday.

It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion into a beaten-down bank. But it all actually fits in with the complicated career of Steven Mnuchin.

Chelsea women's manager Emma Hayes says she was wrong to describe intrasquad player relationships as "inappropriate."

In the Chinese city of Shanghai, two young women seeking an education abroad have both decided against going to the United States, a destination of choice for decades that may be losing its shine.