Новости за 08.01.2018

Good news everyone: Scott DesJarlais, a strident anti-choice congressman and beloved Tea Party hero from Tennessee, says God has forgiven for having sex with his patients when he was a doctor and then pressuring them to get abortions.

When a sudden wind overturned the renowned conservationist's kayak on a cold Chilean Lake, a young man he groomed to carry on his legacy was the only one close enough to help.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration decision on ending protections for Salvadorans in the U.S. (all times local): 1:45 p.m. El Salvador's top diplomat says the end of special protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants in the United States underscores the need for legislation that would let them stay. Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez says he is confident that the U.S. Congress will develop a permanent fix by September 2019, when Salvadorans will be required to leave the country or face deportation. Читать дальше...

From the moment that Virgil van Dijk’s name was listed on the teamsheet for Friday’s Merseyside derby, it seemed inevitable that he would be the headline maker and so it proved, his late headed goal marking a dream Liverpool debut as Everton were eliminated from the FA Cup. It’s fair to say that the teams were more closely matched performance-wise in this encounter than in last month’s Premier League clash which ended 1-1, but Liverpool will no doubt be relieved to avoid a third consecutive replay at this stage of the competition. Читать дальше...

img style=float: left; margin-right: 10px; src=http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2017/0514/r209657_1296x729_16-9.jpgamp;w=100amp;h=80amp;scale=cropamp;site=espnfc /PSG head coach Unai Emery wants his side to remain united after leaving out Edinson Cavani for their Coupe de France win over Rennes. ESPN FC's PSG correspondent Jonathan Johnson explains how the club will handle Edinson Cavani and Javier Pastore returning late from winter break. PARIS -- Paris Saint-Germain's Lucas... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The administration of President Donald Trump is working together with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) in order to move forward in the Russia investigation, outside attorney John Dowd said in a statement on Monday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the CES technology show in Las Vegas (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Toy maker VTech has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle charges it violated a law protecting children's privacy. The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that VTech collected personal information from children without getting parental consent and didn't do enough to protect the data it collected. The FTC says that the VTech settlement is the first privacy and security case related to toys connected to the internet. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disasters: $306 billion. The U.S. had 16 disasters last year with damage exceeding a billion dollars, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. That ties 2011 for the number of billion-dollar disasters, but the total cost blew past the previous record of $215 billion in 2005. Costs are adjusted for inflation and NOAA... Читать дальше...

There was a story that I did not see posted about that was a really cool domaining story. While it’s cool to read about the exploits of Mike Mann and Rick Schwartz, most small to mid size domain investors tend to think that the big sale will never happen to them.

A Sinn Fein MP has been suspended by his party for three months for posting a social media video of himself balancing a loaf of Kingsmill bread on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre. West Tyrone MP Barry McElduff said he accepted the sanction imposed by the Sinn Fein leadership but reiterated his insistence that the contentious post was not meant as a reference to the sectarian murders of 10 Protestant workmen at the village of Kingsmill in 1976. Announcing the punishment, Sinn... Читать дальше...

Sunday night at the Golden Globe awards, Oprah Winfrey received a lifetime achievement award and gave a very moving speech, which immediately led all kinds people to proclaim that she should run for president. NBC even tweeted, "Nothing but respect for OUR future president" with a GIF of Oprah. CNN reports that she is "actively thinking" about a potential run, according to friends of hers. This is not the first time this suggestion has been made, nor is Oprah the first celebrity who has inspired... Читать дальше...

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Following Oprah Winfrey's utterly moving speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, fans flocked to social media en masse to encourage the media mogul to run for president in 2020. 

According to Oprah's longtime partner, Stedman Graham, we just might.

"It's up to the people," Graham told The Los Angeles Times. "She would absolutely do it."

Feeding fuel to the political fire, the White House said on Monday that it welcomes the challenge... Читать дальше...

The January Blues might be expected to hit Scotland, with its grim winter weather, harder than most parts of the world, but the end of the month coincides with celebrations that are guaranteed to lift the spirits.

It has come under criticism in recent years but the 2017/18 instalment of the FA Cup’s Third Round certainly didn’t disappoint. It was kicked off by a cracking Merseyside derby and continued with a series of high-profile upsets, not least including Nottingham Forest’s 4-2 victory over Arsenal and Leeds United’s shock loss at Newport County, ensuring doubters that the magic of the FA Cup is far from lost. While some triumphed during the Third Round weekend, however... Читать дальше...

In celebration of what would have been David Bowie's 71st birthday today, Nile Rodgers released this stunning demo recording of "Let's Dance" that he co-produced in 1982.

How will you improve in 2018? How about prioritizing your mental health? Created by top meditation teachers and therapists, and personalized by ground-breaking AI, Aura Health helps you relieve stress and anxiety by providing short, science-backed mindfulness meditation exercises every day. You can take stress ferociously head on, or you can allow Aura to help you reach a greater equilibrium without breaking the bank or spending excessive amounts of time on complicated exercises. A one year subscription... Читать дальше...

The EU on Monday offered to mediate in a growing dispute between Slovenia and Croatia over an Adriatic bay, after Zagreb refused to accept an international arbitration ruling.

Because I’m bored with this offseason and think too much about it, I propose the following: a three-way trade between the A’s, Diamondbacks and Yankees, whereby:

Nach heftiger Kritik an einer als rassistisch empfundenen Werbung hat die schwedische Modekette H&M einen umstrittenen Kapuzen-Pullover aus dem Sortiment genommen. Nicht nur das Foto des Kleidungsstücks, sondern auch das Sweatshirt selbst seien nicht mehr verfügbar, so der Konzern am Dienstag beim Kurzmitteilungsdienst Twitter. Zuvor hatte auch US-Basketballstar LeBron James H&M scharf kritisiert.

The price is ballooning because of location, location, location.

This may not surprise you, but tickets to the national championship game featuring Georgia, being played in Atlanta, are pretty damn expensive on the secondary market. Athens is just a quick 70 miles from Georgia’s capital, and not to mention the state is already filled with Dawg fans. It looks like they are the ones buying most of the tickets, too:

According to Tick Pick, the “get-in” price for tonight's game is now $1,607. Читать дальше...

Thousands of people stripped down for the 17th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" ride in New York. The annual event started out as a celebration of silliness by New York-based comedy group Improv Everywhere and has spread to cities around the world.