Новости за 16.08.2016

Original GWS Giant youngster becomes the first of his class to rack up 100 AFL games this weekend.

Renata Phillip was 11 years into a satisfying teaching career when she shocked her friends and family last August by deciding to make a drastic career change: become a police officer.

An Aboriginal woman who died in police custody was locked up for walking home intoxicated, her family said as they spoke out about alleged delays in police notifications.

The stunner came late Sunday when the president assembled his security and press entourage to go out at nearly 11 p.m. It was a move all but impossible to imagine happening in Washington, where Obama's occasional social outings tend to begin much earlier. The White House says Obama is just trying to get the most out of the time he's spending here with family and friends before a busy fall packed with foreign and domestic travel, including an aggressive schedule of campaign appearances on behalf... Читать дальше...

CHILMARK, Mass. — President Barack Obama did something unusual during his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard: He went out on the town four nights in a row. After a better part of a decade of using this breezy Massachusetts island as a low-key, quiet summer retreat, Obama has picked up the pace this year. In

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A street musician sings "The Girl from Ipanema" on Aug. 13, 2016 at Copacabana Beach, the site of th...

David Katoatau deserves gold for his funky dance moves at Rio 2016, which he’s using to highlight climate change.

– Scientists warn that the world is in grave danger of witnessing another devastating outbreak of killer diseases Anthrax and Smallpox – They say the warning is because old graves in the Arctic region have begun opening up because of melting of the ice due to climate change – Russian territory, Siberia has already witnessed […]

[...] though the rain had mostly stopped, new places in the state faced flood dangers from the deluge that has sent thousands into shelters. The slow-moving, low-pressure system that dumped more than 20 inches of rain on some parts of Louisiana was crawling into Texas, but the National Weather Service warned the danger of new flooding remained high due to the sheer volume of water flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico. [...] a police officer at one Baton Rouge area roadblock warned Jack Miller that... Читать дальше...

Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez recently proved that exes can still be good friends. Just recently, the “You Sang to Me” singer shared a photo with his wife Shannon De Lima and some male friends at Lopez’s “All I Have” show in Las Vegas. His wife also posted a photo of the estranged couple with their respective partners, De Lima and Casper Smart, backstage, looking friendly and cozy.

She became trapped in a swamp in Bangladesh after being washed hundreds of miles from India.

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CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama did something unusual during his Martha's Vineyard vacation: He went out on the town four nights in a row.

CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama did something unusual during his Martha's Vineyard vacation: He went out on the town four nights in a row.

CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama did something unusual during his Martha's Vineyard vacation: He went out on the town four nights in a row.

Coimbatore Corporation workers on Tuesday continued their efforts to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Vellalore dumpyard on Monday.

(AP) — Unlike many surrounding mountain hamlets and valleys, this hardscrabble Northern California town was spared last summer when wildfires engulfed large swaths of a region unaccustomed to their destructive power. A wildfire allegedly started by a resident of the area and fed by pines in the mountains and oaks that cluster on the rolling hills closer to town wiped out whole blocks, destroying more than 175 homes, businesses and other structures about a two-hour drive north of San Francisco. The flames reached historic Main Street... Читать дальше...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Another rare achievement by Mike Trout wasn’t enough to end the Angels’ long losing streak. Nelson Cruz hit his 30th home run to lead Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners past Los Angeles 3-2 on Monday night as the Angels matched a franchise record with their 11th consecutive defeat. The Angels had