Новости за 21.06.2016

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By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group Sistar came back to the K-pop scene on Tuesday with a refreshing summer album, breaking a year's hiatus. The four-member act glowed in a red-and-denim beach look as they staged so

It’s been a while since Bernie Sanders has attended the weekly Senate Democratic lunch in the Capitol. So long, in fact, he forgot where to go Tuesday and headed — with his large Secret Service detail in tow — into the Republican lunch instead. He quickly realized his mistake and turned around. When a reporter […]

Pennsylvania Rep. Chaka Fattah was convicted on federal corruption charges Tuesday. The 59-year-old Democrat, who represents West Philadelphia, was found guilty on all 23 charges he faced, which included racketeering, money laundering and fraud. The charges stemmed from schemes to repay an illegal $1 million loan to Fattah’s failed 2007 Philadelphia mayoral campaign, with the […]

After the Democratic National Committee discovered it had been hacked, it made the unusual move of quickly revealing the breach to the public — including that the perpetrators were believed to be linked to the Russian government. Since initially making the cyberattack public last week, an online personality has surfaced, claiming to have documents from […]

Budget constraints and mandatory force-size cuts have left the Army sending its units to support missions across the globe as quickly as it can prepare them for those operations, Gen. Daniel Allyn said Tuesday.

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VAN NUYS, Calif., June 21 (UPI) -- Handheld control display units for devices that jam radio-controlled improvised explosive devices are being manufactured by IEE for Northrop Grumman.

The latest entrant is the brainchild of three media executives who want to launch a string of sites in mid-size cities, starting with Denver. The business site, known for its snappy style, chart- and image-heavy articles and sheer volume of posts — including many speedy rewrites of news from competitors — sold last fall for nearly $400 million to a German publisher, Axel Springer. The sector labors under the failure of Patch, an AOL-funded string of "hyperlocal" news sites that reportedly lost... Читать дальше...

The latest entrant is the brainchild of three media executives who want to launch a string of sites in mid-size cities, starting with Denver. The business site, known for its snappy style, chart- and image-heavy articles and sheer volume of posts — including many speedy rewrites of news from competitors — sold last fall for nearly $400 million to a German publisher, Axel Springer. The sector labors under the failure of Patch, an AOL-funded string of "hyperlocal" news sites that reportedly lost... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the decision to close California's last nuclear power plant (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on the decision to close California’s last nuclear power plant (all times local): 10:45 a.m. An expert welcomes the decision to close California’s last nuclear power plant, calling the facility costly, dangerous and unnecessary given the rise of solar and other renewable energy sources. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the decision to close California's last nuclear power plant (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the decision to close California's last nuclear power plant (all times local):

The HP Spectre and Apple MacBook are thin enough to slice cheese, but what do you give up for extreme sleekness? WSJ's Joanna Stern weighs the port, performance and battery life trade-offs. Photo: Matt McDonald/The Wall Street Journal.

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced a wide-ranging lineup Tuesday, June 21, that includes a salute to some of the most important comic geniuses of our time, including Norman Lear, who will receive the festival’s coveted Freedom of Expression award. The 36th annual festival, which runs from July 21 to Aug. 7 in five Bay Area cities, will open in San Francisco with “The Tenth Man,” a gentle romantic comedy about a successful Jewish man in New York who ventures back home to Argentina. The closing-night feature in San Francisco... Читать дальше...

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Nikesh Arora, who was anointed the heir to Japanese internet and telecommunications giant SoftBank Group, announced his abrupt departure, a split that follows a spate of criticism from investors in recent months.

The Zika in Infants and Pregnancy study will track a variety of birth defects, how risk may vary by trimester — and if there are additional risk factors, such as prior infection with the also-common dengue virus.

Six months after the Pentagon ordered all combat jobs open to women, seven female Marines are either serving in those posts or waiting to serve, and 167 are performing noncombat duties in front-line units, according to new data obtained by The Associated Press.

"Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller is scheduled to plead guilty next week in Pittsburgh to bankruptcy fraud and failing to report more than $10,000 worth of Australian currency she brought into the country. U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry issued orders ...

Appeasement is no answer to the brutal suppression of civil liberties

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog.   Airways Brewing Company officially closed the Tap Room at the old The post Airways Brewing unveils the new space – Tap Room opens today appeared first on Washington Beer Blog.