Новости за 17.06.2021

In the conversations Aaron Wiggins has with NBA teams during the pre-draft process, the Maryland guard knows what he’s looking for.

Rick Carlisle stepped down as coach of the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, the second major departure for that franchise in as many days.

The annual Road to Majority Policy Conference is now underway in Orlando, Florida, with a clear mission and a stellar cast which includes former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. A multitude of lawmakers, pastors, policy experts, authors and activists also will attend ...

President Biden signed a bill Thursday establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

Religious leaders across the country welcomed Thursday's unanimous Supreme Court ruling supporting a Catholic adoption agency's faith-based policy against placing children with same-sex couples.

EXETER, N.H. — Exeter School District has opened an investigation into the reported use of markers to identify unvaccinated students at the high school's prom, just one of multiple issues related to schooling there that has sparked condemnation and anger in the community.

Al Qaeda in Afghanistan could regenerate and plot terrorist attacks against the American homeland within two years, possibly sooner if the insurgent Taliban overwhelm a fragile U.S.-backed government and take control of the country, top Pentagon officials warned Thursday.

Poet and author Maya Angelou, America’s first woman in space and a revered Cherokee Nation leader are among female trailblazers whose likenesses will appear on the U.S. quarter.

Republican senators took advantage of Thursday's hearing on the U.S. Forest Service budget to torch Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden's pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, over her connection to a notorious tree-spiking case.

The staggering grift of Hunter Biden

There is Bernie Madoff-level government corruption in Washington. There is Clinton Foundation-level grift in politics. And there is Anthony Weiner-level sleaze wherever the media, government and politics collide.

And then there is Hunter Biden.

Seriously, what does Hunter Biden have to do to become ...

People are dying—and I'm not talking about the pandemic. Cities across the country are reporting record homicide numbers in the first part of 2021. As warmer months tend to bring higher rates of violent crime, there's good reason to be concerned about a "bloody summer."

As word quickly traveled that the Washington Wizards were parting ways with Scott Brooks, general manager Tommy Sheppard’s cell phone started to light up. There was no shortage of suitors who were already expressing interest in the team’s coaching vacancy, he said. 

The Army Corps of Engineers cut corners in order to beat deadlines for President Trump's Mexico border wall and get money out the door before it expired, according to an audit Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, which identified $4.3 billion in no-bid contracts for the project.

Naomi Osaka’s break from tennis will last a little longer after the tennis superstar announced she will not play at Wimbledon. 

Pressure is mounting on congressional Democrats and President Biden after 11 GOP senators signaled their support for a bipartisan infrastructure deal.

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators last year pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges.

The private data of Google users was vulnerable to cyberattackers via Google's app on Android users' phones, according to mobile app security company Oversecured.

Fears of being "associated with Trump" kept scientists from speaking out about a possible lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2020, according to at least one researcher now calling for a probe into the possibility.

The Baltimore Ravens' rules restricting the use of video cameras and cell phones during practice are about protecting their playbook, the team said this week after speculation swirled online that the policy was aimed at cutting down on the scrutiny of quarterback Lamar Jackson's throwing mechanics.

Fever? Cough? Loss of sense of taste and smell? These are all common symptoms of COVID-19 infection.

In the spring of 2011, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with Combined Joint Task Force 101 at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Emphasizing it was he who signed deployment orders, Mr. Gates said he felt personally responsible for the soldiers' safety and security. The service member who asked Mr. Gates ...

"There are two sides to every story" is the common, concise version of a more-lengthy quote from a 1700s sermon by the popular American Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards.

Last week, The New York Times revealed that in late 2017 and early 2018, prosecutors in the Department of Justice persuaded a federal grand jury to subpoena the telephone, email and texting records of about 20 people, including two members of Congress and their families, staffs and investigators, and one ...

The Pentagon's intelligence agencies plan to release classified information to the public and to allies as part of efforts to counter information threats from China and Russia, senior Pentagon and military officials told Congress.

Freedom of speech is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. It should be revered on our college campuses. Sadly, that is where it is most at risk.