Новости за 09.04.2024

South Carolina's victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday's women's NCAA championship game had a preliminary audience average of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN. The only sporting events in the United States to draw a bigger TV audience since 2019 have been football, the World Cup and the Olympics.

Tony Finau was to the right of the 11th green at Augusta National trying to chip to an imaginary front pin, a tough shot when it matters. This was the first full day of practice Monday at the Masters, and it wasn't any easier.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police brass on Monday unveiled a new 24/7 surveillance camera hub. Officials are saying it's already helping to solve the street crimes that plagued the District last year.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has shared "Committee Cliff Notes" -- a daunting preview of what House Republican committees are up to this week.

Taiwan's government and civil society organizations say they faced a digital onslaught from China aimed at manipulating voters before the island democracy's hard-fought January elections. A coalition of government officials and independent researchers traveled to Washington this week to share their findings and lessons learned from what they say was Beijing's attempted meddling in Taiwan's elections before America votes in November.

A famous saying, "If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for the day, but if you teach him how to fish, he'll eat forever," remains relevant in our policy discussions of welfare.

The NBA has acknowledged two officiating mistakes - one wrong call, one missed call - in the final minute of Miami's 117-115 loss at Indiana on Sunday, a defeat that helped send the Heat into the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference going into the season's final week.

As the House of Representatives delivers articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week, at least two things must follow.

A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.

In 1944, prior to the Allied invasion of France, a pivotal point in the Second World War, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton gave a memorable speech to rouse the troops on the eve of that fateful landing.

When April began, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers looked on track to make the playoffs and the Colorado Avalanche had a good shot at winning the Central Division.

Democrats are hoping to make abortion a pivotal issue against the GOP's prohibitive presidential nominee, especially in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other key swing states. They also believe it will sway key congressional races.