Новости за 21.04.2021

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State officials say despite a fourth surge and rising numbers of patients hospitalized because of COVID-19, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will ease restrictions by allowing “indoor full-contact sports” to restart by the end of the week.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said Wednesday he will lift the state's COVID-19 emergency declaration at the end of the month as the state is changing its focus to increasing vaccination rates.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Two of the six people killed in a massive crash involving about 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate in February were fatally struck after getting out of their vehicles, a federal agency reported Wednesday.

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The women’s world hockey championship tournament in Canada has been postponed indefinitely after health officials in Nova Scotia informed the International Ice Hockey Federation the province’s borders are being closed due to COVID-19 concerns, an IIHF official said Wednesday.

A colleague recently asked me if I approved of Big Tech censoring political and cultural voices on their platforms. My colleague believes — as do I — in natural rights, minimal government and that owners of private property can use it as they see fit. We both condemned the Big Tech ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The University of Wyoming and Laramie County Community College say they will not require students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccines before returning to campus next school year.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - With Alabama struggling to improve its last-in-the nation vaccination rate for COVID-19, officials say workers at some immunization sites in the state are providing only a fraction of the shots they could give out.

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

A bipartisan coalition of 20 senators proposed new data privacy legislation on Wednesday designed to prevent the sale of American users’ data to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

LANHAM, Md. (AP) - Officials in a Washington suburb marked the groundbreaking this week of a mental health treatment center funded by money diverted from a police training facility.

ZURICH (AP) - The United States will open the women’s Olympic soccer tournament on July 21 against Sweden, the team that beat the World Cup champion Americans in the quarterfinals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Members of the Connecticut General Assembly's budget-writing committee are expected to vote Wednesday on a proposed two-year $46 billion state spending plan crafted by the majority Democrats who say that it attempts to address many equity issues that came to light during the pandemic and the nation's reckoning on race.

MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club said on Wednesday.

CINCINNATI (AP) - Along with the snow in Ohio, some records have fallen as the state got some arctic weather in April.

Alex Smith’s comeback as the Washington Football Team's quarterback will go down as one of the most remarkable ever, as the signal-caller overcame a gruesome compound leg fracture and 17 surgeries to return to the field nearly two years later.

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis said Tuesday that he takes "full responsibility" for a widely criticized tweet from the team's Twitter account after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for murdering George Floyd, saying the tweet was his idea.

HUY, Belgium (AP) - Julian Alaphilippe earned his third victory in the Flèche Wallonne one-day classic on Wednesday, overtaking Spanish Vuelta champion Primoz Roglič on the final ascent to the finish line.

NEW YORK (AP) - The publisher of a new, bestselling biography about Philip Roth has temporarily halted the book's shipping and promotion as its author, Blake Bailey, faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and abuse.

MOSCOW (AP) - Police across Russia have arrested more than 180 people in connection with demonstrations Wednesday in support of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a human rights group said. Many were seized before protests even began, including two top Navalny associates in Moscow.

BERLIN (AP) - Germany, home to the Autobahn and a powerful motor industry, wants its citizens to spend less time driving and more time cycling to help save the planet.

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon is rolling out pay-by-palm technology at some Whole Foods grocery stores near its headquarters to make paying quicker and more convenient.

PARIS (AP) - France will impose new entry restrictions on travelers from India to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country, an official said Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The governor of Utah has defended his position to support a minority scholarship program sponsored by the Utah Jazz despite criticism from some who have called the program racist.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A police officer who tried to make a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee returned fire after being fired upon, apparently wounding a person inside the vehicle, authorities said.