Новости за 23.05.2018

LINDEN, N.J. (AP) — Police say former Major League Baseball star Lenny Dykstra put a gun to his New Jersey Uber driver's head when the driver declined to change the trip's destination. Linden police say Dykstra was arrested early Wednesday outside police headquarters after the driver stopped and ran out of the car. Police say they found cocaine and marijuana among Dykstra's belongings. The 55-year-old former All-Star is charged with making terroristic threats and drug offenses. He is due back in court next month. Читать дальше...

Rudy Giuliani's ironclad legal strategy strikes again.

Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer, told The Washington Post on Wednesday that he is now recommending that Trump sit for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

"I guess I'd rather do the interview. It gets it over with it, it makes my client happy," said Giuliani. “The safe course you hear every lawyer say is don't do the interview, and that's easy to say in the abstract. That's much harder when you have a client who... Читать дальше...

A convicted murderer sentenced to life in prison must remain behind bars at least until 2023 for the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old girl who was repeatedly raped, injected by syringe with drain cleaner, shot, and then thrown into a canyon.

Tell me if you’ve heard these before. How does a radical feminist end each prayer? A-wo-men. What does a radical feminist need to put together her Ikea furniture? A wo-manual. What’s the most humorless country on Earth? Ger(wo)many.

Fires that broke out in vehicles parked in Toledo storage yards have occurred in “a specific population of vehicles” that includes none shipped to dealers or customers, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. announced Wednesday.

The unsuspecting Illinois woman who marked the milestone was awarded a gift bag, an on-board credit and a suite upgrade.

The Coliseum has quirks. That’ll happen when a place is almost a century old.

In One Track Mind: Drawing the New York Subway, Philip Ashforth Coppola chronicles the mosaics, ceilings, staircases, and plaques of New York City’s subway stations.

The LG G7 ThinQ will be even more expensive on Sprint than Verizon or T-Mobile. Today, Sprint announced its price for the LG G7 ThinQ will be $792. That’s $42 more than other major carriers. Verizon and T-Mobile are both charging $750, which is already a little too much.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on documents that Las Vegas police released from the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local): 1:45 p.m. A hairstylist says a client named Paddock spoke in the months before the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history that a concert venue was susceptible to attack. Documents released by Las Vegas police Wednesday say the stylist told investigators after the Oct. 1 shooting that the comments from the client in late June... Читать дальше...

AMMAN — Heads of 30 associations and unions sent a letter to Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Wednesday, demanding a freeze of the income tax draft law.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces senior European Union lawmakers later Tuesday to answer questions about a scandal over the alleged misuse of the data of millions of Facebook users.

She’s a Yale-educated attorney and a romance novelist who served a decade in the Georgia Legislature. Now Stacey Abrams has gained a shot at becoming the first black woman elected governor in U.S. history. Abrams, 44, easily won the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s primary, and strong turnout among Democrats has fueled hopes she can take back the governor’s mansion in November in a state where Republicans hold every statewide office from U.S. senator to insurance commissioner. “We are writing the next chapter of Georgia’s future... Читать дальше...

Toulouse took a huge step towards securing their Ligue 1 status with a 3-0 play-off victory over Ajaccio in Montpellier on Wednesday. Max Gradel, Christopher Jullien and Yaya Sanogo were the first-leg goalscorers for a side who finished only one point from safety. Having negotiated a penalty shoot-out at the end of ill-tempered semi-final clash with Le Havre which saw four players sent off, second-tier Ajaccio wilted against the backdrop of an empty Stade de la Mosson, which played host after the club was sanctioned following crowd trouble. Читать дальше...

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's top leader set out a series of conditions on Wednesday for European powers if they want Tehran to stay in a nuclear deal after the U.S. exit, including steps to safeguard trade with Tehran and guarantee Iranian oil sales.


 Emery, speaking in broken English after being introduced to awaiting media by club CEO Ivan Gazidis at the Emirates Stadium, also said he was proud to follow in Wenger’s footsteps. “It’s a big challenge but I’ve worked also with other big projects and for me I am proud to be here and to work after Arsene Wenger,” he said. “In my career every year I grow up with new challenges and for me the challenge is a dream come true.”... Читать дальше...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An Israeli court on Wednesday suspended Israel’s revocation of a work permit issued to the local representative of Human Rights Watch, saying the decision was based on outdated information. 

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LONDON — Iran on Wednesday kept up a drumbeat of opposition to US demands for sweeping change in its foreign policy and nuclear programme, and Tehran’s ally Damascus dismissed out of hand a US call for a withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria.

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• The Pentagon has disinvited China from an international military exercise over its militarization of islands in the South China Sea. 
• "China’s continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serve to raise tensions and destabilize the region," a spokesman said. 
• Over the past several years, China has built up military fortifications on islands in the South China Sea, raising tensions in relation to territorial disputes in the region. Читать дальше...

If Philip Roth is credited with a damning premonition of the Trump presidency in his 2004 novel "The Plot Against America," the late novelist was profoundly shocked by the reality of 21st century US politics.

Redskins cornerback Josh Norman sees football in a different light after doing 'Dancing With the Stars'

AMMAN — The 30th edition of the IMD World Competitiveness yearbook saw a slight increase in the ranking of Jordan, moving up 4 places, and landing 52nd. 

The decline of Liberal Party support has different implications in different parts of the province. In much of Ontario, particularly rural, small city and mixed suburban-exurban sections, it has benefitted the Conservatives who began the election campaign with an enormous lead suggesting a landslide, the proportions of which haven’t been witnessed since the days of...