Новости за 08.04.2016

Major League Baseball expanded the scope of replay review for the 2016 season, allowing teams to challenge the so-called "neighborhood play" at second base, a judgment call of whether an infielder remains at second base when turning a double play.

They toast him with sweating plastic cups containing their last swallows of beer. They pump their sunscreened fists while screaming his name as if they were best friends.

The Congress of the Mexican state of Baja California voted Thursday to again delay making a decision on whether to ban bullfighting, drawing angry chants from activists and fueling a debate that has torn Mexico for decades.

'American Idol' finale updates: Trent Harmon wins the last title ever April 7 2016 8:08 PM "Dim the lights. … Here we go …" Ryan Seacrest has said season after season of "American Idol." And on Thursday night, the lights went dark forever as America crowned its final "Idol," Trent Harmon, who beat...

'American Idol' finale updates: Trent Harmon wins the last title ever April 7 2016 8:08 PM "Dim the lights. … Here we go …" Ryan Seacrest has said season after season of "American Idol." And on Thursday night, the lights went dark forever as America crowned its final "Idol," Trent Harmon, who beat...

A roughly 10-minute, face-to-face conversation is enough to change about 1 in 10 voters’ attitudes toward transgender people, according to a new study by two California political science researchers.

With age comes maturity. With belief comes confidence. With Teddy Atlas in his corner, Timothy Bradley Jr. hopes, comes an undisputed victory.

New research suggests that the sugar ribose -- the "R" in RNA -- is probably found in comets and asteroids that zip through the solar system and may be more abundant throughout the universe than was previously thought.  

'American Idol' finale updates: Trent Harmon wins the last title ever April 7 2016 8:08 PM "Dim the lights. … Here we go …" Ryan Seacrest has said season after season of "American Idol." And on Thursday night, the lights went dark forever as America crowned its final "Idol," Trent Harmon, who beat...

'American Idol' finale updates: Trent Harmon wins the last title ever April 7 2016 8:08 PM "Dim the lights. … Here we go …" Ryan Seacrest has said season after season of "American Idol." And on Thursday night, the lights went dark forever as America crowned its final "Idol," Trent Harmon, who beat...

A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Thursday evening 19 miles from Avalon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:45 p.m. at a depth of 0 miles.

A U.S. district judge rejected a $12.25-million lawsuit settlement between Lyft and its drivers Thursday, saying that the amount offered shortchanges drivers who sought to be treated as employees.

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The Amazing Race The racers head to Georgia — not the state, the former Soviet Republic — where the teams learn traditional candy-making and explore the trenches of an old winery. 8 p.m. CBS

The Vampire Diaries Stefan (Paul Wesley) awakens to a life-or-death struggle. 8 p.m. KTLA

Last Man...

— If there had been specks of trash on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, they would have blown through these corridors of pines like confetti in Times Square.

A combination of rainy weather and a high-speed chase produced a bizarre image in the annals of televised pursuits: The suspect doing doughnuts on live television before recklessly driving through the heart of Tinseltown and into the Hollywood Hills.

"American Idol" Series Finale: Red Carpet and Behind-the Scenes Coverage "Dim the lights … here we go …" Ryan Seacrest has said season after season of "American Idol." And tonight the lights will go dark forever. Arguably the most successful reality competition show in TV history, it launched careers...

Hundreds of Syrian civilians were kidnapped during a days-long offensive by Islamic State extremists on a town outside the capital, Damascus, state media said Thursday.

A computer-generated portrait created in the style of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn was unveiled this week, with its makers saying that they based the new piece on extensive digital analysis of the artist's known body of work.

The first of what is expected to be several days of light rain began falling in Southern California on Thursday. The wet conditions will continue through the weekend, but forecasters said this is far from the El Niño deluges that officials warned of earlier this year. Those rains never materialized,...

In the last five years, city prosecutors say three apartment buildings in South Los Angeles have amassed a disturbing tally of arrests, shootings and killings.

Move over Pat Robertson -- Freeform wants to be the next network to enter the late-night comedy business.

Fox has renewed two first-year dramas, "Lucifer" and "Rosewood," for second seasons, the network announced Thursday.

Using a bit of humor and her show's opening monologue, Ellen DeGeneres spoke out Thursday regarding the religious-freedom law signed this week by the governor of Mississippi that would allow discrimination based on sexual orientation. "I'm not a political person, I'm really not, but this is not...