Новости за 04.01.2024

A new wave of sports facility construction is underway. One driven, in part, by a race to keep up with rivals and one that could collectively cost taxpayers billions of dollars despite skepticism from economists that stadiums boost local economies.

Max Strus scored 24 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers had their highest-scoring game of the season, routing the Washington Wizards 140-101 on Wednesday night to open a two-game set.

Dominican prosecutors on Wednesday accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges.

Brock Purdy and Tua Tagovailoa were selected to their first Pro Bowl as the starting quarterbacks for their respective conferences.

Former President Bill Clinton was listed among more than 150 names made public in court documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A Nevada judge was attacked Wednesday by a defendant in a felony battery case who leaped over a defense table and the judge's bench, landing atop her and sparking a bloody brawl involving court officials and attorneys, officials and witnesses said.

The U.S. coordinated with Israel, Egypt and others in rescuing the mother of a U.S. serviceman and her American brother-in-law who were pinned down during heavy fighting in Gaza City, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza interrupted the first day of California's legislative session on Wednesday, forcing the state Assembly to adjourn just moments after convening.

A Department of Education policy adviser appointed by the Biden administration quit Wednesday to protest the administration's crucial military support of Israel's war in Gaza and its handling of the conflict's repercussions at home and abroad.

The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block Texas's new strict immigration law that makes being in the country illegally a state crime.

Republicans who want to unseat Maine's secretary of state for barring former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot will face long odds impeaching a stalwart and influential Democrat whose party holds firm control over both Legislative chambers.

"President Biden requires a lot of vacation. In 2023, Biden spent 142 days -- 38.9% of the year -- on vacation. That includes at least 30 trips to Delaware, 10 trips to Camp David, portions of two visits to the U.S. Virgin Islands, and vacations in Nantucket and Lake Tahoe," said Jake Schneider, director of rapid response for the Republican National Committee.

Everyone makes predictions, but only a few of us are foolish enough to write them down. So here goes.

The Biden administration will stop at nothing to push abortion on the country, but a federal court put a stop Tuesday to another of its illegal schemes.

Scores of sellers who once peddled cheap souvenirs to tourists atop the Brooklyn Bridge were evicted Wednesday under a new city rule that prohibits vending on the famed crossing.

In 2019, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson remarked that 4,000 apprehensions on the southern border in one day would be considered a "crisis."

The unconstitutional ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court and the move by the secretary of state of Maine to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot are sickening displays of left-wing judicial activism.

America is in the middle of several man-made, policy-driven crises: chaos at the southern border, emboldened adversaries, rampant inflation and unprecedented rates of depression among our young people.

Civilians in a war zone always do the same thing -- try to escape the battlefield and find humanitarian assistance. Sometimes, the humanitarians make it harder for them.

A March 21 trial date was set Wednesday for an Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border last year.

American evangelist Franklin Graham accused the Methodist Church of the United Kingdom of trying to edit the Bible by asking pastors not to use "husband" and "wife" in sermons.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who "engaged in insurrection" will end his political career.

As hard as it is to believe, it's another presidential election year already. Doesn't it seem like we just did this?

Harvard President Claudine Gay and many other university presidents are only a symptom of what's wrong with our system of education, from bottom to top.

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced recently that the ruling Communist Party's ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics can serve as a global alternative to the West's U.S.-led capitalist system.