Новости за 10.01.2023

Cars are returning to U.S. highways, and many cities across the country are now seeing the downside -- the return of major traffic jams, according to transportation research firm INRIX.

Japan is assuming major diplomatic responsibilities this year, but it is the country's just-announced overhaul of its military forces and security policy that will likely take center stage as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares for an unusually packed agenda when he meets President Biden Friday at the White House.

The nation's book-loving library patrons should expect to see more of Kirk Cameron.

Two House Democrats on Tuesday filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee against freshman GOP Rep. George Santos, who admitted to falsifying much of his campaign resume in his successful bid to win his seat in Congress representing New York's 3rd District on Long Island.

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday decried a "double standard" in how the media and Justice Department reacted to the discovery of classified documents from President Biden's time as vice president compared with the FBI's unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump residence.

Sometime recently, Washington Commanders coach Ron Rivera met with owner Dan Snyder to briefly discuss the coming offseason. But a full sit down -- a conversation that will presumably cover the direction of the team as well as the possible sale of the franchise -- is scheduled to take place Monday.

I was recently in an Atlanta bookstore and came across a title marketed to grade-schoolers called "Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution."

Since American troops left Kabul in the summer of 2021, the United States has welcomed more than 79,000 Afghan evacuees.

Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump's business empire whose testimony helped convict the former president's company of tax fraud, was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail for dodging taxes on $1.7 million in job perks.

Optimism among small business owners declined in December due to concerns about inflation and the economy falling into recession, the National Federation of Independent Business found in a survey released Tuesday.

As the Republican-led House was sworn in over the weekend, pundits from both sides of the aisle had warnings for the new Congress: Don't pursue political vendettas.

How to figure out a president who begins his job by throttling our energy supply, then begs foreign tyrants to sell us more oil as inflation roars?

A nursing strike that has disrupted patient care at two of New York City's largest hospitals entered its second day Tuesday, with a union official saying progress was being made toward a possible settlement at one of the institutions.

The rate of violent crime in Detroit went down in 2022, fueled by decreases in robberies, rapes and aggravated assaults, Detroit Police Department Chief James White announced Monday.

Outfielder Corey Dickerson and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a one-year contract, pending the successful completion of a physical exam.

Gadgets that are broken need to be taken apart and fixed or tossed and replaced. It also applies to agencies of government.

President Joe Biden's attorneys confirmed that classified Obama administration documents were uncovered in November 2022 in an office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a think tank which Mr. Biden left after his election in 2020.

The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will pass the Sun at its closest point Thursday, letting it possibly become visible to observers in the Northern Hemisphere while the sky is clear and dark.

Mel Gibson will no longer be a co-grand marshal for New Orleans' largest Mardi Gras parade after organizers said they received threats for originally including the actor.

Carlos Correa reversed course for a second time, agreeing Tuesday to a $200 million, six-year contract that keeps him with the Minnesota Twins after failing to complete deals with the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants, a source told The Associated Press.

In an era when food bills are still skyrocketing, bananas have offered consumers a relative relief from inflationary pain.

President Biden on Tuesday ignored questions about the classified documents from his time as vice president found at his former office in Washington, D.C.

It's a new year, and for a chess columnist that means a whole bunch of anniversaries and milestones to celebrate in 2023.

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for the director of national intelligence to assess the damage to U.S. safety posed by classified documents found in President Biden's former office.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is set to follow through with removing three Democrats from their committee assignments as Republicans lock in their control of the lower chamber.