Новости за 08.08.2021

Senate Democrats blocked an attempt on Sunday to consider a series of bipartisan changes to President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. 

Former President Donald Trump still holds sway over the political marketplace and Democrats know that. They’re nervous about it, even paranoid.

NEW ORLEANS — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won't be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday.

MINNEAPOLIS — On a hot summer afternoon, Latrell Snider and his partner knocked on Abdullahi Mohamed's door, introduced themselves and launched their pitch: Minneapolis, they said, has a chance to replace its police department with something new, and they wanted Mohamed's support.

Ever wondered how we got into this mess? Ever wonder how we became the "Divided States" rather than the United States? Has it ever crossed your mind how a culture that so proudly boasted of "co-existence" just five minutes ago became so fractured, so angry, and so hypocritical? 

If nothing else, the pandemic has exposed the contempt that government health officials, the Democrats, and their media have for the public. 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia is requiring everyone on campus to wear face masks indoors starting Monday in the wake of rising coronavirus infections from a highly contagious variant.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Melissa DeRosa, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide, has resigned from her role, she told the media Sunday night, about a week after a state attorney general report found the governor had sexually harassed 11 women.

Diviners of the future have always commanded audiences eager to have a leg up on what’s about to go down. Even kings and presidents hang on to the words handed down by prophets of Earth’s coming climate. With a fresh forecast for the state of the planet due, it is ...

The Washington Wizards had their regular season ravaged by COVID-19. Now, its summer league schedule has also been gutted by the virus. 

ASHBURN | There may be no two words in the English language that coach Ron Rivera might love more than “position flex.” He uses them practically any time in reference to a player who can fill more than one position.

WILMINGTON, Del. — President Biden is expected to return to the White House from Delaware on Monday, as a furious debate over his $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package interrupted plans for his first summer vacation in office. 

STURGIS, S.D. — Law enforcement officials say the first few days of this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been among the busiest they've seen.

As a lifelong resident of southwestern British Columbia, I feel as though I can never again complain about the weather being too cold, given the heat wave we have experienced this summer.

The misguided, “politically correct” mentality of encouraging dangerous medical procedures to alter the sex of minors is being aided by Facebook. Posts questioning the the merit of shortening a young boy’s or girl’s life because of the obsessed determination of a parent to get even with an ex-spouse disgusts me.

From the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the halls of Congress, Richard Trumka was a fierce advocate for working Americans everywhere (“AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka dies at 72, was key ally of Biden White House,” Web, Aug. 5).

When American troops first arrived in Afghanistan, no one spent months vetting the loyalties of Afghan interpreters, soldiers and scouts. Instead, we quickly and gladly accepted their help. Now that we’re leaving Afghanistan, bureaucratic hurdles are slowing their rescue from probable annihilation. This same story played out in Vietnam. Let ...

From Katie Ledecky’s dominance in the 1,500-meter freestyle to Kevin Durant’s team-high 29 point performance in the men’s basketball gold medal game, local athletes put on a show in Tokyo. 

The Taliban captured three more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive Sunday, as it seeks to capitalize on the rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces and keep up its campaign against the Afghan government.

ASHBURN | Sporting a face mask, wide receiver Curtis Samuel worked to the side field and observed practice with teammates Sunday for the first time since going on the COVID-19 reserve list late month. But coach Ron Rivera said there’s no timetable for when Samuel expects to be at full ...

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, urged more vaccine mandates on Sunday in the face of surging coronavirus cases.

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin claimed on Sunday that former President Donald Trump’s actions after the 2020 election were “leading up” to a coup.

NEW YORK — Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70.

Rep. Cori Bush, the firebrand progressive Democrat from Missouri, is doubling down on calls to “defund the police,” despite admitting that she employs a private security firm to ensure her safety.

Sen. Bill Cassidy on Sunday lambasted the Republican governors of Texas and Florida for banning local governments from issuing mask mandates.

Mr. Cassidy, Louisiana Republican and a gastroenterologist by training, was asked during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether such prohibitions were leading to a surge ...