Новости за 18.05.2021

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A man who killed himself inside a federal courthouse in North Dakota after he was convicted for brandishing a weapon at a minor faced a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison and a maximum term of life, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Top senators floated a bipartisan compromise Tuesday to pay for new infrastructure spending by bringing back an Obama-era bond program that would shift some of the debt onto state and local governments.

The cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline has spurred temporary supply disruptions and induced panic-buying of gasoline, resulting in long lines and empty gas stations in the Southeast over the past few days. Images on social media showed someone who filled up plastic bags of gasoline and loaded them into their ...

BELLAIRE, Mich. — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against a northern Michigan county whose brief mix-up of election results led to claims of fraud and other mischief.

There is a cardinal rule in negotiations that taps into our most basic sensibilities: A bad deal is worse than no deal.  

More than 20 years ago, Brian Mitchell was at a grocery store near Philadelphia when an older woman came up and asked if he were, indeed, "that Brian Mitchell." The NFL football player. The running back and punt returner. That one?

There’s not much separating the Bruins and the Capitals, as evidenced by their latest close contest, Monday night's Game 2 Bruins' win. For the 11th straight postseason game between the teams, the contest was decided by a single goal, this time with Boston's Brad Marchand tying the series at one ...

The lawyer for the Capitol riot suspect known as the QAnon Shaman in an interview Tuesday ripped rioters as “short-bus people,” and said the world hasn’t seen “propaganda” like it has in the last four-plus years since Adolf Hitler.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had some really big news last week: It’s time to return to normal.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Jordan Spieth has a much clearer outlook now than he did the last time the PGA Championship was at Kiawah Island.

President Biden blamed the Trump administration on Tuesday for letting the U.S. fall behind China in electric-vehicle production, saying his multitrillion-dollar spending plans will spur the auto industry and create more union jobs.

The U.S. military exit from Afghanistan is beginning to look "just like Vietnam," a key lawmaker warned Tuesday as questions grow about Biden administration's short-term strategy to ensure U.S. civilian personnel and Afghan allies aren't slaughtered by the Taliban and the long-term prospect that the country's pro-Western government may collapse ...

After the season ended, Morgan Moses told Brandon Scherff that Washington’s playoff loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wouldn’t be the last time the two played together — acknowledging the All-Pro guard’s uncertain contract status heading into the offseason.

President Biden heaped praise on Israel critic Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday during a visit to Michigan, saying he was praying for the safety of her family in the West Bank during the fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.

So manners and decorum are just about dead? Some think so.

The National Conflict Resolution Center and the University of California, San Diego jointly launched what they describe as “the nation’s first-ever center for research on civility.”

The new entity bears the weighty title of the Applied Research Center for ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for a “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing Winter Games if the International Olympics Committee decides to let the event proceed amid human-rights abuses in Xinjiang and elsewhere.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff's deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because he ignored their commands and endangered at least two of them when he drove his car toward them. 

Organizers of New York City's Pride events have announced that police and corrections officers will be banned from participating in any pride marches for at least the next five years, saying their presence makes other participants feel unsafe.

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced two measures aimed at bolstering security at the U.S. Capitol in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Charles Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, has died. He was 86.

“We’re demonizing white people for being born,” says Grace Church School’s head during an extraordinary exchange recorded by math teacher Paul Rossi. 

Just last week before Congress, Sen. Rand Paul questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci on why he continued to wear a mask, even though he’s fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers rejected state-mandated coronavirus protections for meatpacking workers on Tuesday, with opponents arguing that slaughterhouses have already taken precautions and that the pandemic is nearly over.

The child is father to the man, as the poet once said, so it behooves us to keep a close eye on the young chess talent now bubbling up around the world.

He’s denying any role, but Russia’s spy chief said Tuesday he was “flattered” that Western intelligence services believe he was able to pull off the massive SolarWinds computer hack of U.S. private and government networks last year.