Новости за 16.08.2016

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Members of the US men's basketball team used their night off on Sunday to check out some other Olympic events and cheer on their Team USA compatriots.

Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler, DeAndre Jordan, and Kevin Durant first checked out Usain Bolt's historic victory at the Olympic Stadium, and then headed over to Copacabana Beach to watch American beach-volleyball duo Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross take on Australia in a quarterfinal-elimination game.

Walsh-Jennings and Ross won 2-0... Читать дальше...

Conte's reign got off to a winning start at Stamford Bridge.

Ontario doctors have voted not to accept a fee deal reached by the Ontario Medical Association and the province's Liberal government.

Billboard's second annual Hot 100 Music Festival -- hosted by Billboard in partnership with Live Nation -- will be a weekend filled with live...

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A recurring feature in criticism of President Obama's foreign policy, particularly in referring to strife-torn Syria and Iraq, is the notion that if only the United States had followed some different course, bad things in such overseas places would not be happening. The dominant variant of such criticism asserts that if only the United States had somehow used more military force in those lands, then somehow the strife there would be less than it is. Читать дальше...

VW and the Justice Department have held preliminary settlement talks about resolving a criminal probe.

Among the great works of the choral repertoire, the Verdi Requiem stands out for its combination of thunderous power (no one who has once heard the “Dies Irae” movement ever quite forgets it) and lyrical intimacy. Written to commemorate two transformative Italian artists, Rossini and the novelist Alessandro Manzoni, the piece stands as a testament to Verdi’s mature genius. Orchestral accompaniment is by the California Chamber Symphony.

Some fans are beginning to wonder if YouTube star Marina Joyce is schizophrenic after she posted a cryptic post to Facebook last week. Joyce, who was a victim of a kidnapping conspiracy theory last month, said she wants to be called “Marina, The Goddess of Love.”

French Montana is gearing up for an exclusive Las Vegas residency with the TAO Group this fall. The Epic Records rapper will perform hits past and...

Black social media users are nearly twice as likely to see posts about race and race relations as whites, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center.

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On Sunday, 41-year-old Uzbekistan gymnast Oksana Chusovitina appeared in her seventh (yes, seventh) Olympic games, competing against women less than half her age in the vault final. 

And in case that wasn't impressive enough: She also attempted a trick known as "the vault of death."

The dangerous vault is technically known as the Produnova, named after the Russian gymnast Yelena Produnova who first landed it. It starts with a front handspring off the vault table... Читать дальше...

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Tesla just lost a key player on its mapping team.  

Bill Chen, who headed up Tesla's maps and navigation division for two years, has left the company, according to a report from The Information. Before joining Tesla, Chen worked at Apple on the company's mapping team. It's unclear where he is going now. 

Mapping systems play an important role in the development of self-driving cars. Highly detailed maps are necessary for autonomous cars to operate safely. Читать дальше...

The GOP nominee had a hit-and-miss relationship with the truth while laying out his plan to defeat the terrorist group.

It's not unusual to see Calvin Harris at the top of the charts. The Scottish DJ, producer, singer, songwriter, and remixer has released plenty of...

Pippa Middleton and James Matthews at Wimbledon last month. They became engaged later in July.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Jerick McKinnon took the handoff left and hit heavy traffic in his own end zone, bouncing off a Minnesota blocker to find a different route out of the end zone.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Jerick McKinnon took the handoff left and hit heavy traffic in his own end zone, bouncing off a Minnesota blocker to find a different route out of the end zone.

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It's back to school season, which means you may be wondering how on earth you're going to stay on top of your busy class schedule and assignments.

Fortunately, there are apps that can help. 

Here are the 12 best apps for your schedule, studying, money, and social life needs:

iStudiez Pro is the ultimate class and homework planner.

If you're the planning type, you won't be able to live without iStudiez Pro.

The app manages your class schedule... Читать дальше...

The berry lip just got bolder. You may not have watched Suicide Squad, but you've surely caught Margot Robbie during the film's press tour. The actress has been killing it on all...

For the biennial San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival, Zaccho Dance Theatre brings 14 groups together at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture for a weekend of indoor and outdoor aerial performances. Influences range from dance to circus to Burning Man, with participants like Capacitor, whose shows are inspired by the patterns in the natural world; Flyaway Productions, whose work focuses on the female body and has a strong social justice component; and Karl Gillick, who before he was an aerialist... Читать дальше...

Chris Evans took the 22-Pushup Challenge on Monday, and his video might be the cutest yet. Bonus points since it’s for a good cause!

The burkini has been popping up all over the internet, thanks to France’s recent bans against the swimsuits from some local beaches. A combination of “bikini” and “burqa,” burkinis were designed to cater to strict modesty dress codes that are typically adhered to by Muslim women. The full-body swimsuits, which could be likened to wetsuits with a hood, cover all parts of the body except for the feet, hands and face and are somewhat form-fitting yet loose enough to still swim in.