Новости за 25.08.2023

President Biden took the opportunity to mock former President Donald Trump's scowling mugshot.

Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida has announced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin over the "intentional abandonment of Americans" in Afghanistan.

Chicago is suing Kia and Hyundai, contending that a lack of immobilizers in the auto manufacturers' vehicles helped cause a spike in thefts, city officials said Thursday.

New Mexico's governor is demanding that horse racing regulators make immediate changes to address the use of performance enhancing drugs at the state's tracks and that they consult with Kentucky, California and New York on best practices to ensure drug-free racing.

A Missouri judge ruled Friday that a ban on gender-transition health care for minors can take effect on Monday, as scheduled.

Shohei Ohtani was batting second as the designated hitter for the Angels against the New York Mets on Friday night in the first game after Los Angeles said the two-way star had torn an elbow ligament.

Down to her last jump and her rhythm uncharacteristically off, Yulimar Rojas gave herself an animated pep talk.

U.S. air defense scrambled fighter jets Friday to wave off a civilian aircraft that had entered temporarily restricted air space near Lake Tahoe, where President Joe Biden and Jill Biden are vacationing.

A vehicle operating as part of an autonomous shuttle service in Orlando collided with a public bus Tuesday, two days after it launched.

A year ago, Matt Rhule was not in a good place. He was about to break training camp with the Carolina Panthers and dealing with a host of injury and personnel issues that hastened his firing five games into the season.

The National Labor Relations Board will let unions organize at workplaces using signed cards instead of secret ballots, reviving a standard dropped 50 years ago.

The sound stunned Fred Richard. The energy too.

One of Iowa's largest cities repealed its ban on "conversion therapy" - the discredited practice of trying to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling - after a Christian organization threatened legal action, part of a deepening national movement to challenge protections for LGBTQ+ kids.

Georgia activists against a proposed police and firefighting training center have called on Democratic senators to denounce Atlanta's plan to check every signature on a petition to put the issue to voters.

A day after former President Donald Trump turned himself in to Georgia authorities, his campaign quickly capitalized on the former president's historic mugshot taken at the Fulton County jail with a flurry of merchandise bearing the famous photo.

The space race is heating up again, and the prime contestants are already jostling for advantage.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decried the indictments against former President Donald Trump, saying President Biden is using the government to pursue his top political rival.

Former President Trump's mugshot elicited reactions of support from House Republicans, while Democrats condemned him and 18 of his co-conspirators as criminals.

Atlantic Coast Conference athletic directors held a video call to discuss - again - the possibility of adding California, Stanford and SMU to the league and what to do with the extra revenue that could come with expansion.

Courts nationwide are delivering a mixed verdict on the future of state laws restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, as legal battles ramp up over the historic wave of bans enacted this year.

The Virginia legislators who have been leading negotiations over the months-delayed state budget announced Friday they have reached agreement on the "major components" of a compromise proposal that would boost education spending and offer some tax relief.

The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a crime against humanity with lasting negative impacts.

A senior U.S. State Department official on Friday voiced hope that North Macedonia will be able to approve politically difficult constitutional changes that would help its bid to join the European Union.

An entire town in southwestern Louisiana is under mandatory evacuation orders because of a wildfire that state officials say is the largest they have ever seen.

Republican party officials announced that the party will head to Houston for the 2028 Republican National Convention.