Новости за 25.07.2021

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan McKenna scored on a sharp grounder by Ramon Urías for the winning run as the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 5-4 victory on Sunday.

During the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Tokyo on Friday, the minuscule number of fans in the stands wasn't the only number that was off dramatically from years past.

BALTIMORE — Brad Hand stood with his hands on his hips along the third-base line, turning periodically from the video board showing the all-important replay and the umpires huddled near the visitor’s dugout, headsets on, reviewing if Ryan McKenna’s hand slipped under Tres Barrera’s tag.

In past decades, voting was deemed an honorable, patriotic and responsible act — a civic duty. Concern about voter fraud, however, has taken center stage. Republicans suspect Democrats are padding voter rolls with undocumented immigrants and even dead people.

Earlier this month, the Western Journal reported that the "American Church Has Fallen: Shocking Poll Shows 'Fake Christianity' Has Supplanted the Biblical Worldview." 

July has been an eventful month for education in Virginia, although if you get your news from the mainstream media, you might have missed it.

The Washington Wizards took care of one significant task this offseason when they hired Wes Unseld Jr. to be their coach. But they could soon have a much more pressing issue to address.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.22 per gallon.

Terrelle Pryor wants back in the NFL. The former Washington receiver hasn’t been on a roster since 2019, and his last actual appearance in a game came a year before that. But when the 32-year-old landed a tryout recently — a chance that could help him return to the league ...

The Olympics faced a major golf setback Sunday, with two of the top players in the world withdrawing from the competition due to positive coronavirus tests just hours apart.

The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, said Sunday his city is looking to boost its coronavirus vaccination rate by diminishing vaccine hesitancy among young men of minority ethnicities.

President Barack Obama used to love to utter the phrase “Elections have consequences,” reminding America that his team won, and thus, they controlled the legislative agenda. He essentially ignored his own catchphrase after Republicans dominated the 2010 mid-term elections. When he won reelection as President in 2012, Mr. Obama blew ...

The mystery that is the discomfort in Stephen Strasburg’s neck will take an additional turn Monday, when the Washington Nationals starting pitcher visits another specialist to try to first identify — then find a solution for — the nerve irritation that has held him out for two months.

Elie Kligman and Jacob Steinmetz should stand proud atop the pitcher’s mound and the history books (“Two Orthodox Jewish pitching prospects juggle baseball, religion,”Web, July 19). As their stories underscore, commitment to personal faith and professional pursuits ought never be considered mutually exclusive propositions. What’s more, Steinmetz’s father traces the ...

I recently located a chart online listing over 60 places/times when a valid personal ID is required. Examples include renting a car, purchasing a car, making bank transactions, obtaining a passport, visiting a doctor or hospital, getting a prescription, securing a job, applying for welfare and applying for unemployment.

It would be a good thing for the country if the bright minds who found a way to resolve the COVID-19 crisis could now turn their attention to the other sickness that is poisoning the nation’s civic life: Trump Derangement Syndrome.

The future of the U.S. war in Iraq will come into focus Monday when President Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House, with the two leaders expected to finalize a withdrawal plan that could fundamentally reshape America's military role in the Middle East.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.

Deshaun Watson will reportedly show up to the Houston Texans' training camp on Sunday when players are required to report. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reasserted her authority Sunday on Capitol Hill by throwing a wrench into the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan and lobbying for another anti-Trump Republican to join her panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Time to hit the panic button.

The U.S. men's basketball team fell 83-76 to France in its debut at the Tokyo Games on Sunday — marking the first Olympic loss by the country since 2004, when America finished only with a bronze medal.

Sunday's loss followed a shaky series of ...

With no fans in attendance at this year’s Olympics, you would think there would be little need for an entertainment act at half-time. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she plans to ask Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Republican and vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, to serve on the select committee that will investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

TOKYO (AP) — Athletes who won medals on the opening weekend of the Tokyo Olympics also helped earn a photogenic victory for others to share in the next two weeks.

Iraq no longer needs U.S. combat troops on its soil and it is time for America to transition to a support role in the country, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said in an interview Sunday, previewing a message he'll deliver Monday to President Biden when the two men meet at ...