Новости за 23.05.2018

It’s a violation of freedom of speech. But muting them passes constitutional muster.

An unemployed man, Azzez Saka, who allegedly robbed a woman of her handbag containing N30,000 and a cell phone valued at N45, 000 at cutlass-point, was on Wednesday, May 22 brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

An unemployed man, Azzez Saka, who allegedly robbed a woman of her handbag containing N30,000 and a cell phone valued at N45, 000 at cutlass-point, was on Wednesday, May 22 brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

Student debt is on its way to becoming a universally American problem, but there’s more evidence to indicate that it’s a particularly acute challenge for women. The gap between the amount of debt shouldered by male and female graduates has nearly doubled in the past four years, according to a report released Monday by the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — James Hinchcliffe is no longer looking for a way to get into the Indianapolis 500. The Canadian driver used a Twitter post Wednesday to announce that, "barring unforeseen circumstances," he would not start Sunday's race and a decision had been made to stop "pursuing other options" after he failed to make the 33-car field during qualifying last weekend. "There aren't really words to describe how missing this race feels," he wrote. "At the end of the day, we simply didn't get the job done. Читать дальше...

Heads are rolling at Deutsche Bank again. The beleaguered German bank is reportedly planning to lay off as many as 10,000 employees, or 10 percent of its workforce, through next year. The planned cuts, which are coming about two months after the bank elevated its new CEO Christian Sewing, accelerate and deepen layoffs that were...

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a school evacuated due to a bomb threat (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Sierra Vista police say a search of Buena High School turned up nothing after a bomb threat Wednesday morning caused the school to be evacuation and classes canceled. The evacuation forced the school district to bus students to another facility that was designated as a reunification site where parents could go to pick up students. Police Cpl. Tim Wachtel says the school was turned back over... Читать дальше...

BEYONCE and Jay Z’s show at Hampden Park next month has been given the go ahead by Glasgow council officials.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Chief Information Officers (CIOs) at 24 US government agencies have yet to act on hundreds of recommendations to improve cybersecurity and protect personal information, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Wednesday.

Testifying before Congress this week with the heads of the other two immigration agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Thomas Homan asserted that “no one on this panel is anti-immigrant,” claiming that while he “feels bad for some of these people,” they are just “enforcing the law that Congress enacted.”

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• Bitcoin cash fell more than 12% to below $1,000 on Wednesday.
• The cryptocurrency recently increased its block size fourfold to support more transactions.
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Bitcoin cash sank more than 12% Wednesday, falling below $1,000 for the first time since April.

The fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap is now trading near $997 per token, even after its recent fork which increased its block size... Читать дальше...

Area youth teams picked up hardware at United Sports Training Complex in Downingtown on Saturday

GENEVA (AP) — President Donald Trump's top health official said Wednesday that the U.S. and global partners will "take the steps necessary" to try to contain a new Ebola outbreak, asserting that the fight against infectious diseases is one of the administration's top priorities for the World Health Organization, the U.N. agency taking the lead. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar stopped short of predicting whether the outbreak in Congo that's believed to have killed at least 27 people will be contained... Читать дальше...

This year’s French Open, the climax of the European sweep across the red clay of three Masters, two big Premiers and two unbroken months, always delivers thrills and spills, questions and surprises and, along the way, a few predictable answers. One question that invariably brings an entirely predictable answer concerns the likely men’s champion on […]

What was known to be completed in the past few days became official Wednesday, as the Rangers announced David Quinn would be their 35th coach in franchise history. He will have his official meet-and-greet press conference at the Garden on Thursday, and finally the Blueshirts can move forward with the rest of their offseason plans....

Dublin-based gambling firm Paddy Power Betfair, seeking to cash in on the US Supreme Court ruling legalizing sports betting, said Wednesday it was merging its US operation Betfair US with fantasy sports company FanDuel.

Rund acht Monate nach seiner Trennung von Bayern München hat Italiens Fußballvizemeister SSC Napoli Carlo Ancelotti zum neuen Coach ernannt. Wie der Club am Mittwochabend bekanntgab, unterzeichnete der 58-Jährige, der auf Maurizio Sarri folgt, einen Dreijahresvertrag. Für Ancelotti ist es eine Heimkehr nach neun Jahren.

San Francisco’s convention-flouting dance scene wasn’t born in the Summer of Love — native daughter Isadora Duncan, born here in 1877, started pushing the envelope in the 1890s. The 21st annual Dionysian Festival, hosted by Mary Sano and Her Duncan Dancers, conjures the spirit of the modern-dance pioneer in an eclectic program of dance and live music on Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27. Sano’s company will restage Duncan’s original Grecian-inspired choreography, and the festival also includes contemporary riffs on her style.

Police say on May 20, shortly before 11 p.m., a vehicle and bike collided, resulting in critical injuries to the cyclist.

Bill Ackman has taken a $1 billion stake in home-improvement chain Lowe’s, a source familiar with the situation told The Post. The beleaguered hedge-fund manager — who had previously pledged to avoid the retail sector after disastrous bets on JCPenney and Target — revealed the surprise position at a New York conference on Wednesday, sources...

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her father in a nerve agent attack, says their recovery has been slow and painful, in her first public statement since the poisoning.

The latest residency waiver was approved by the Burlington City Council to allow Superintendent Yaw Obeng to continue to live in South Burlington.

On Sunday, May 20th, the 45th Annual Baxter Auto Parts / Bi-Mart / Malarkey Roofing Season Opener saw a record car count of 342 competitors under beautiful sunny skies, on the all-concrete quarter mile.  The event featured Top Alcohol Dragsters & Funny Cars, AA/Supercharged, Pro Nostalgia, Jets, Sunoco Race Fuels ET Series (Super Pro, Pro, [...]

A Brooklyn perv was busted for allegedly abusing a 5-year-old girl in a stairwell at her home — and cops say he may have more victims who have yet to come forward. Abraham Samotin, 26, of Crown Heights, allegedly lured the child out of her home in the neighborhood and sexually abused her in an...