Новости за 20.05.2019

(AP) — With Julian Assange locked away in a London jail, a new battle has broken out over what may contain some of the WikiLeaks founder’s biggest secrets: his computers. On Monday, judicial authorities from Ecuador carried out an inventory of all the belongings and digital devices left behind at the London embassy after his […]

(THE SUN) — Wearing glasses that block out blue light before bed could help you sleep better after just one week, a new study suggests. Exposure to bright screens, particularly from phones, computers and tablets, can affect the brain’s clock and the production of sleep hormone melatonin.

(CNBC) — Stocks fell on Monday as the intensifying fallout from a U.S. crackdown on Huawei pressured the technology sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by 84.1 points to 25,679.90 as Apple lagged. The 30-stock index dropped as much as 203 points. The S&P 500 pulled back 0.7% to 2,840.23, with the tech sector […]

(OBSERVER) — On Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was recently acclaimed as an even better leader than the legendary Steve Jobs, carved out a morning from his very busy schedule to deliver a commencement speech for the 2019 graduates of Tulane University in New Orleans. Back in February, when Tulane confirmed Cook as its […]

There was the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision in 1857, which actually endorsed slavery. Then there was the abortion right-creating Roe v. Wade high court ruling which had a foundation so shaky that even the justice who authored the opinion expressed his doubts. Now it’s the U.S. Congress, where the House last week adopted the […]

He’s a mainstay of WND’s Opinion page for a reason: Order A.F. Branco’s second book of brilliant political cartoons: “Make America Laugh Again”

As vice president, Joe Biden helped craft the Obama administration’s guidance on campus sexual misconduct, which threatened to withhold federal funds from academic institutions that didn’t lower evidence standards for accused students. Effectively, under the previous administration, the accused were presumed guilty. But Biden certainly doesn’t want that standard applied to himself, and neither does […]

Is it possible to reduce drive-by shootings by installing speed bumps and flower beds on city streets? A socialist lawmaker in a major U.S. city thinks so. Kshama Sawant, a member of the Socialist Alternative party member in Seattle, wants her city to look at these ideas reportedly coming from residents in one area hit […]

(AP) — A 31-year-old soccer referee collapsed during a Bolivian league match high up in the Andes and died after being taken to the hospital. The match between the Always Ready and Oriente Petrolero clubs was played at Municipal Stadium in El Alto, which sits about 12,795 feet above sea level.

(FOX NEWS) — A little more than a year ago, Karlee Harbst was the smiling winner of a $1 million prize in the Florida Lottery. She had even won a $100 prize a week earlier. The money was coming at a great time too, because Harbst was reportedly pregnant.

(FOX NEWS) — What in the Wald? The town of Celebration, Fla., located near Walt Disney World and developed by The Walt Disney Company, apparently missed the memo on how to spell “Walt.” The small tight-knit community, which formed in 1996, is now working to correct two typos on a popular downtown fountain that may […]

(FOX NEWS) — Less than 48 hours after GOP Rep. Justin Amash declared that President Trump “engaged in impeachable conduct,” a fellow Republican has vowed to challenge him in the upcoming primary election. Michigan state Rep. Jim Lower made his intentions known Monday morning, announcing that instead of seeking a third term in the state […]

(LIFEZETTE) — Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden took full credit on Saturday for the positive United States economy we’re currently experiencing. He even claimed President Donald Trump was “squandering” the success of “the Obama-Biden administration.” Biden made a passionate appeal for national unity on Saturday but also took aim at Trump, […]

(CAMPUS REFORM) — A new report has revealed that support of the First Amendment among college students seems to be decreasing, as nearly half of students believe that hate speech should not be protected. Conducted by the Knight Foundation, the survey reveals that 41 percent of college students believe hate speech should not be protected […]

(ENDOFTHEAMERICANDREAM.COM) — Even though many in the scientific community are loudly warning about the potential health effects that 5G technology could have on the general population, Verizon and AT&T are starting to put up their 5G networks in major cities all across the nation. Today, the total number of cell phones exceeds the entire population […]

(THE SMOKING GUN) — The false report of a brutal sexual assault set off a bizarre chain of events that ended last week with the self-defense killing of a Florida man, according to police. The fatal set of circumstances began when Brittany Sorey, a 30-year-old mother of five, last month contacted police to report that […]

(PHILLY.COM) — Police in Delaware County on Sunday were investigating the vandalism of a Roman Catholic church in Swarthmore, Ridley Township. Shortly after 9 a.m., a man discovered the three glass front doors of Notre Dame de Lourdes church had been spray-painted with the slogan: “You do not have the right to decide what people […]

(NYPOST) — Whiteness has become “toxic” under schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s regime, insiders charge. At least four top Department of Education executives who have been demoted or stripped of duties under Carranza’s sweeping reorganization are poised to sue the city, claiming he has created “an environment which is hostile toward whites,” a source told The […]

(CNBC) — Ford Motor said Monday that it is laying off about 7,000 salaried workers, about 10% of that global workforce, as part of a restructuring plan designed to save the No. 2 automaker $600 million annually. The cuts, some of which were previously announced by Ford, will be completed by August, Ford CEO Jim […]

Editor’s note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th […]

(Washington Examiner) Some of the migrant families arrested at the southern border weren’t actually families. In a pilot program, approximately 30% of rapid DNA tests of immigrant adults who were suspected of arriving at the southern border with children who weren’t theirs revealed the adults were not related to the children, an official involved in […]

(NY Post) President Trump threatened to destroy Iran in a tweet sent in the wake of reports that a rocket was fired into Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone less than a mile away from the US Embassy. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures. Public transportation agencies are using drones in nearly every state, according to a survey obtained by […]

After halting proceedings in a court fight over the undercover videos that reveal abortionists selling the body parts of unborn babies, the California Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing. Liberty Counsel said Wednesday the state court will hear the request of Sandra Merritt, an undercover reporter, to “review the well documented bias and collusion between […]

The “Deal of the Century,” President Trump’s expected Middle East peace plan, largely has been rejected before it even has been released. The Jerusalem Post headlined a story “Palestinians reject U.S. Middle East plan before rollout,” reporting a former Palestinian Authority official has said the proposal is “born dead.” But Khaled Al-Malik, editor of the Saudi daily Al-Jazirah, contends […]