Новости за 17.07.2016

Normalcy is resuming in Istanbul following an attempted coup that saw tanks in the streets of Turkey’s largest city. As of early Sunday morning local time, regular operations have resumed at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Turkey’s main transport hub, according to Turkish Airlines. In a statement, the airline said “with the unflinching will of the people, […]

A former Atlanta police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man, authorities said. James Burns turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail on Saturday, according to online records from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Burns responded to a call from an off-duty officer of suspicious activity […]

Declaring his government firmly in control, a defiant Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday demanded the United States arrest or extradite an exiled Islamic cleric he blames for a coup attempt that ended with nearly 200 people dead. The cleric, Fethullah Gulen, living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, suggested that overthrow and assassination attempts […]

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence tapped into his national network of operatives and loyalists to shepherd his bid for vice president, Donald Trump’s campaign announced Saturday evening. Nick Ayers, a veteran Republican operative and former manager of Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 White House bid, will serve as a senior adviser. Kellyanne Conway, Pence’s longtime pollster and the […]

The stories of a failed coup attempt in Turkey played out on two levels. On the international stage, the world watched as a faction of the military sent tanks rumbling through the streets, soldiers marched into media outlets, and citizens huddled in homes while fighter jets screamed just over rooftops. Then, there was the street-level […]

A West Virginia lawmaker said Saturday he regrets tweeting that Hillary Clinton should be “hung on the mall in Washington, D.C.,” as punishment for her use of a private email server as secretary of state. But Michael Folk, a member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates, said he still believes Clinton should be tried for […]

The man who used a 20-ton truck to plow down hundreds of people in Nice this week, killing 84, somehow became rapidly radicalized and hadn’t shown up on any anti-terrorist intelligence radar, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Saturday. The minister said Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, had had no record of making militant statements and […]

Hillary Clinton released a new ad Saturday that paints Donald Trump as unfit to be commander in chief, suggesting that he lacks the vision to handle foreign affairs. The ad, which will air in eight battleground states, was released hours after Trump formally announced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate and two days […]

Declaring his government firmly in control, a defiant Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday demanded the United States arrest or extradite an exiled Islamic cleric he blames for a coup attempt that ended with nearly 200 people dead. The cleric, Fethullah Gulen, living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, suggested that overthrow and assassination attempts […]

Pokemon Go players couldn’t catch much on Saturday. That’s because the game kept crashing. The issues with the game coincide with a massive roll-out — Pokemon Go just launched in 26 new countries. However, a group called PoodleCorp claimed responsibility for the server crash in a series of tweets. The group also insinuated that another […]

A female correctional officer was killed by an inmate at a men’s prison in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday. Mari Johnson, 55, was found unresponsive in the kitchen area of the French Robertson Unit, a maximum security prison near Abilene, about 3 a.m. Saturday, Texas Department of Criminal Justice public information officer Robert Hurst […]