Новости за 03.05.2024

The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports.

A former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and fraud for obtaining fake absentee ballots was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and fined $3,000.

Police said Thursday they detained the driver of a white Toyota Camry who briefly accelerated toward a crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Portland State University in Oregon and then ran off spraying what appeared to be pepper spray toward protesters who confronted him.

Police in Dallas won't pursue criminal charges from a seven-year-old sexual assault claim against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, according to a television report Thursday.

Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest, breaking a mathematically improbable tie for second place but also spotlighting the lengthy stretch it took count the votes.

Some lawmakers voted against a House bill that instructs the Education Department to consider a recognized definition of antisemitism when probing anti-Jewish discrimination at schools, colleges and universities as effectively outlawing the Bible's New Testament.

Children of the late soccer star Diego Maradona have asked a court in Argentina to authorize the transfer of his body from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum under construction in Buenos Aires to allow fans from around the world to pay tribute to him.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules.

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said Thursday he feels "really good" that he will reach a new contract with the team, mirroring optimism from president and general manager Don Waddell a day earlier.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, hobbled by a one-vote majority and dogged by a small band of disgruntled arch-conservatives who want to fire him, is determined to defy his critics and remain the GOP Speaker in the next Congress.

United Methodist delegates voted Thursday to make the denomination, which has skewed leftward in the wake of mass defections by conservative-leaning congregations, more gay- and LGBTQ-friendly.

U.S. deaths of moms around the time of childbirth have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests.

Michael Blowen can step outside his house any day of the week and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago that attentively cares for former winners and losers alike.

For the second time in two months, a Boeing whistleblower has suddenly died.

The renovations at the Blue Jays' home ballpark have altered the field's dimensions, with this year's changes shrinking the foul areas at Rogers Centre after last year's initial phase, which brought in the outfield walls and made them higher.

President Biden on Thursday blurted out script instructions while speaking to a crowd in North Carolina, the second time he has done so in the past two weeks.

A visit from "Papa Yaz" before the game and a home run during it made for a memorable afternoon for Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski.

Here's a look at a pair of vintage comedies -- "Mean Girls: 20th Anniversary Limited Edition" and "Fletch: Special Edition" -- returning to home entertainment screens.

Three House Republicans are calling on the International Olympic Committee to stop requiring Taiwan to compete under the name "Chinese Taipei," accusing the organization of capitulating to "bullying" from the People's Republic of China.

Finished just in time for the 150th Kentucky Derby is Churchill Downs' latest enhancement that promises to give spectators a keen look at the 20 thoroughbreds competing in Saturday's milestone race.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has decided to run for the Senate, and has named his first campaign coalition group. The name tells all: Veterans for Hogan, to be chaired by retired Air Force Brig. Gen. John Teichert.

Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday.

Nathan Eovaldi pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings before leaving with groin tightness and Ezequiel Duran's two-out double was the first of three consecutive RBI hits in the second inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 on Thursday.