Новости за 12.12.2017

San Francisco mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning, leaving behind a conflicted legacy in a city known for innovation but afflicted with homelessness, income inequality, and rising housing costs.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey has welcomed another hippopotamus to the city’s zoo, more than 60 years after her song about wanting one for Christmas helped the facility purchase its first. The singer was on hand as the 26-year-old pygmy hippopotamus Francesca made her first Oklahoma public appearance since moving from the San Diego Zoo. In 1953, the then 10-year-old Peevey sang the novelty hit, “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.” It led to a statewide fund […]

Folks, that is not a headline I planned to write today, but each day is a mystery filled with gifts. And yes, it is absolutely true: Former Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner co-wrote a country song along with former coach Steve Mariucci’s son, Stephen Ray Mariucci, called “Things I’ve Never Done.” Would you like some sample lyrics? Sure you would. Here we go: Life looking back in hindsight Tell me where’d you go And what if you had 20/20 vision looking back growing old You don’t want to be... Читать дальше...

Luxury car makers were on a roll during the first two months after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented in July, thanks to a reduction in tax rates. Leading brands like Mercedes and BMW clocked high double digit growth during the July-September quarter following the GST-led cut in tax and price from July. The quarter also happened to be the best ever for some of the players. That high growth has, however, slowed down after the cess on luxury cars was increased in September. "With the increase in cess from September onwards... Читать дальше...

Luxury car makers were on a roll during the first two months after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented in July, thanks to a reduction in tax rates. Leading brands like Mercedes and BMW clocked high double digit growth during the July-September quarter following the GST-led cut in tax and price from July. The quarter also happened to be the best ever for some of the players. That high growth has, however, slowed down after the cess on luxury cars was increased in September. "With the increase in cess from September onwards... Читать дальше...

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) said Tuesday she has received at least one angry phone call from a Roy Moore supporter claiming to be an Associated Press reporter since she warned the Senate Sergeant at Arms of Roy Moore’s “predatory” behavior.

Courtesy Sotheby’s

• Years after Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," he responded to a reader who wanted the biologist to explain whether his theory destroys the argument for an all-creating God.
• Darwin wrote a three-page letter, citing his own ailing health as one of the reasons he couldn't definitively answer the question. 
• The letter was auctioned off at Sotheby's on December 12 for $125,000 to a private American collector, the auction house said. Читать дальше...

China has begun planning for refugee camps along the border with North Korea, according to media reports.

Burlington City Council approved the $68.6 million spending plan at a meeting on Monday, as like other cities, it moves to invest in aging infrastructure.

A New Jersey man went on a drunken rampage, carjacking a cab and crashing through a gate at Trump National Golf Club in Florida, police said. Robert Smith, 52, was picked up by a taxi Saturday night and asked to be taken to a residence at the president’s course in Jupiter, the Palm Beach Post...

Going on holiday, doing DIY — and having an argument — are among the best ways to get to know your partner, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 loved-up Brits has revealed the ways in which you can see your other half’s true colors and really find out who they are. Going on...

Stacia Robitaille tweeted that Donald Trump was "aggressive," said she "was coming home with him" when she encountered him on elevator years ago.

I spent the weekend talking to Roy Moore supporters in Alabama. Here’s how they see the world. 

San Antonio does things the right way, every time, no matter who’s on the roster. That’s how they withstood Kawhi Leonard’s 27-game absence.

The left-shooter was drafted to the NHL in 1986 at the age of 18 to play for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Bond was set at $200,000 for a northwest Indiana man who was charged Tuesday with stealing two cars from dealerships in southwest suburban Tinley Park

It seems that every week brings more bad news about the construction of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline. While Pennsylvania communities, water protectors and landowners fight to stop the project, a larger question remains: What is this massive, dangerous pipeline actually for? The one word answer might surprise you: plastics.

Former CNN host Larry King also says he plans on suing Daily Mail TV for publishing the sexual assault accusations.

He also wants to move back to shortstop.

We all know at this point that the Orioles are at least listening to offers when it comes to their star third baseman Manny Machado. Just yesterday we went over how they were taking calls from multiple teams, including the Phillies, to see what they could get for him before he leaves town next offseason.

But now, it turns out those calls are more than just exploratory ventures and Baltimore is shopping Machado more aggressively than was originally assumed. Читать дальше...

A British Airways flight from Berlin to London Heathrow got within touching distance of the UK before pulling a U-turn back to its take-off destination. Around 180 passengers were left stranded when heavy snow forced flight BA983, which took off five hours late, to head back to Germany. The Airbus A320, which was due to...

The president attacked a senator who has emerged as a crusader against all manner of sexual misbehavior by political leaders.

Trump became the unwitting villain as world leaders, investors and other Americans assailed him Tuesday for rejecting the Paris climate accord.