Новости за 04.08.2022

Visa announced Thursday that it was cutting ties with Pornhub parent company MindGeek's advertising platform after a federal judge ruled the credit card giant could be held financially liable in a child sex abuse lawsuit.

John Hinckley Jr.'s "Redemption Tour" hit another snag when a library in Williamsburg, Virginia, canceled his concert hours after announcing it.

The Coast Guard intercepted a Mexican vessel illegally fishing in U.S. waters and seized 40 captured sharks.

The number of prospects that Washington got back for Soto (and Josh Bell) is virtually unprecedented in MLB history. It will either be used as a model for rebuilding clubs moving forward, or as an example of the downsides to trading away a player of Soto's caliber.

The candy industry is warning that chocoholics will pay more for their Snickers, Kit Kats and Hershey bars this Halloween as supply chain shortages lag behind a growing appetite for sweets that started during the pandemic.

Sen. Joe Manchin III bucked his fellow Democrats Thursday by voting with all Republicans to roll back environmental regulations set by President Biden in a bid to streamline infrastructure and energy projects.

Ron Rivera's teams tend to thrive on pressure generated up the middle. That said, the Commanders coach knows his edge rushers need to start pulling their weight.

Pilots with U.S. Special Operations Command, used to flying some of the most sophisticated, stealthy, high-tech planes ever built, will soon be going to war in modified, souped-up crop dusters, the Pentagon says.

The Archdiocese of Washington says it's happy to accept cryptocurrency donations, even if parishioners can't physically put Bitcoin into a collection plate. It's believed to be the first Catholic diocese in America to announce the capability.

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a lower court's ruling that prevents the Biden administration from forcing religious hospitals and health care providers to provide gender transitioning care.

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday repeatedly sidestepped withering questions from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee about partisanship in politically charged investigations, including the Hunter Biden probe.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that the chaos at the southern border is a security issue, and called the flow of people "staggering."

The Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Thursday, hoping to speed up vaccine distribution and corral the virus so it does not become a permanent fixture in the U.S.

Abraham Lincoln was right. You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time.

Last year, a Russian intelligence analyst leaked a conversation between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping wherein Mr. Xi told Mr. Putin that China was planning to invade Taiwan in the Fall of 2022.

The Supreme Court reversed a long-standing precedent in a landmark case when a US Senator denounced the decision and the court.

In a more perfect world, it would have been ethical for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan ("Beijing increases tensions over Pelosi's Taipei visit with military drills surrounding Taiwan," Web Aug. 3). But courage can be exhibited by both well-intentioned and ill-intentioned people.

The liberal media ignores or distorts the facts voters need to make critical decisions. Republicans and conservatives need to expand their media sources to provide voters with those facts.

I condemn Sen. Josh Hawley for his opposition to NATO membership for both Finland and Denmark ("Senate approves NATO expansion to Finland, Sweden in rebuke to Putin," Web, Aug. 3).

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin picked an Air Force general to serve as the next Pentagon press secretary, a move that could spark controversy over the use of an active-duty military officer in a position that occasionally veers into the realm of partisan politics.

Federal authorities on Thursday announced the takedown of a Guatemalan smuggling ring they said is responsible for "large numbers" of illegal immigrants making their way to the U.S. -- and was involved in the death of one migrant woman in Texas last year.

As a matter of principle, I don't trust anyone who can't look me in the eyes.

China's top diplomat has called off a meeting with his Japanese counterpart that was scheduled to take place on the sidelines of an international conference in Cambodia, a move that is believed to be linked to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

A security guard at the annual Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago is accused of fabricating the threat of a mass shooting in an attempt to get out of work early.

Nine semiconductor makers are asking Congress to ease immigration restrictions for highly skilled foreign workers after the House and the Senate agreed to fund a $52 billion incentive to boost U.S. chip manufacturing.