Новости за 28.03.2021

Heavy rains across Tennessee flooded homes and roads, prompting officials to rescue dozens of people from houses, apartments and vehicles. Authorities said four bodies were found Sunday in the flood's aftermath.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada health officials on Sunday reported 143 more confirmed COVID-19 cases but no new deaths.

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

Big Tech was on the hot seat again last Thursday.    

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified again before Congress, this time in a House Energy and Commerce Committee virtual hearing. The three men were the essence of cool. Nothing ruffled ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Brian Rohan, who was known as San Francisco's “dope lawyer” for 1960s counterculture clients like the Grateful Dead and Ken Kesey, has died, according to a newspaper report Sunday. He was 84.

This past Thursday, in his first press conference since taking office back on Jan. 20, 2021, President Biden opened with some brief comments before he turned to the press to take questions. In his opening salvo, the president said this:

LAS VEGAS (AP) - As lawmakers weigh the future of capital punishment in Nevada, Clark County prosecutors plan to seek a warrant of execution for a death row inmate.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man died Saturday in a crash on a highway ramp, state police said.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Memphis has its first title with Penny Hardaway as coach, and these young Tigers could be set up for more.

The description of the item is straight enough, handwritten in ink with a flourish: "George Washington's hair — cut from his head in the year 1799."

MALDEN, Mass. (AP) - A portion of an apartment building's roof collapsed in a Boston suburb on Saturday, leaving dozens of residents unable to return to their homes.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana officials are discussing whether to move the state Highway Patrol headquarters from Helena to a town not far away.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Authorities in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro begged the population to stay home, but thousands of Brazilians are traveling to coastal cities and ignoring recommendations on the first weekend of a 10-day holiday period decreed to contain the increase in COVID-19 infections in the ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) - Community members and family friends gathered over the weekend in Ohio to raise money for the family of one of two missing children as the search for their bodies along the Ohio River continued for another weekend.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut residents are expected to receive more information about where and when they can get COVID-19 vaccinations as the state prepares for its biggest expansion yet this week.

UConn and Baylor have dominated women's college basketball in recent years and will meet Monday for a chance for one to advance to yet another Final Four.

LINCOLN, N.D. (AP) - In just half a year, Zeus has gone from being a starving, sick and wounded dog on the verge of dying in the wilderness to finding a forever home, regaining his health and beating out 1,111 other dogs to win a national contest that guarantees him ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is committed to imposing sanctions with the goal of blocking Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Western Europe, but also seemed to acknowledge on Sunday that the project may be a done deal.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City police officer who was shot in the leg Thursday while trying to make an arrest has been released from the hospital.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Wildlife officials recommend that Vermonters take down their bird feeders by April 1 to avoid attracting bears.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Harry Kane scored his first England goal in 16 months before setting up another for Mason Mount in a 2-0 win over Albania in World Cup qualifying on Sunday.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's U.S. senators are working on a proposal to incentivize less expensive heating and cooling units in homes.

The Communists and Marxists of the late 1800s and early 1900s pitted the working class against the elite to divide the country and create divisions that allowed them to prevail. Today that doesn't work. So in order to create hatred and division, today's left uses race. Either way, the results ...

Achievement is rewarded in normal times, but these are not normal times. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan doles out federal dollars to both success and failure for performance during the long pandemic year. The most accurate measure of how Americans rate the work of their government is how they ...

COVID-19 cases in India have hit a five-month high. Not to panic. India's recovery rate is 95% (the highest in the world) and the death rate is 161 per million, one of the lowest in the world. There is very strong sentiment against vaccinations in India. So what accounts for ...