Новости за 19.05.2017

U.S. consumers who buy a drone for fun will no longer have to register it with the FAA. A Washington, D.C. court ruled Friday that the FAA drone registration rule violates the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, which Congress passed in 2012. Hobbyist John Taylor argued successfully that he should not have to register because […]

When Myron Rolle, 30, begins his neurosurgery residency at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in June, he will be making history. Before him, “there hasn’t really been anybody who I saw doing NFL and neurosurgery,” the 6-foot-2 former NFL player said in an interview with CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Now, […]

Philippe Reines, who stood in as Donald Trump during debate preparation for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, tweeted a video showing him jokingly trying to force a hug on Clinton while they practiced for a debate in September. Reines, who worked for Clinton when she was secretary of state under President Barack Obama, wrote […]

We’ll all learn next week how the Republican health care bill that passed the House in early May will affect the number of uninsured and the deficit. The Congressional Budget Office says it will release an updated estimate of the American Health Care Act on Wednesday. The legislation was changed several times after it was […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday defended the now-famous memo he wrote to President Donald Trump, which the President initially cited as a recommendation to fire FBI Director James Comey earlier this month. Rosenstein, according to his a copy of his prepared remarks at a briefing before the US House of Representatives, said that […]

Charles Guerin was making his daily trip through Times Square on Thursday just before noon when he saw and heard a car speeding on the sidewalk and people screaming. Guerin, generally an entertainment and celebrity photographer, grabbed the camera out of his backpack and ran toward the car, snapping photos all the while. He assumed […]

President Trump rarely spoke about the Federal Communications Commission during his campaign or after entering the White House. But since Trump took office and appointed a new head of the FCC, the agency has quickly set off a wave of outrage. On Thursday, the FCC voted 2-1 to move forward with a proposal to roll […]

Anthony Weiner prepared this statement to make in the Southern District Court in New York in connection with his guilty plea: Beginning with my service in Congress and continuing into the first half of last year, I have compulsively sought attention from women who contacted me on social media, and I engaged with many of […]

President Donald Trump is taking almost his entire White House team with him on his crucial first foreign trip — a highly ambitious nine-day tour with stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy and Belgium. But there is one notable exception. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway will not be aboard Air Force One when it lifts […]

On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan huddled at the White House — and then gave a joint press conference. Within hours, Erdogan was at the Turkish ambassador’s home in upper Northwest Washington, watching as his personal guards participated in a bloody and violent clash with protesters gathered on the […]

She’s an entrepreneur, a champion of STEM education for girls and a literal rocket scientist. And now she’s in charge of the Girl Scouts. Sylvia Acevedo is taking over as permanent CEO of the organization at a time when membership has just stabilized after years of decline. About 2.5 million girls are involved. One of […]

If there is an advantage that the “Star Wars” half-marathon has over most races of that distance, it may be that it has more fun per mile than most other 13.1-milers. It also may have an invisible, ancient energy that binds all the runners all together like an awakening “Force.” The fun of all Disney-branded […]

The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs. Their name stems from the fact that they like biting humans around their lips and faces as they sleep, after which they defecate into the wound with feces that harbor an infectious parasite, Trypanasoma cruzi. The parasite then enters the […]

There are people in Washington who would be happy to see Joe Lieberman return to public life. They just don’t happen to be members of the party that once nominated him for the second highest office in the land. That’s what happens when you commit partisan treason. Lieberman, a longtime Democratic senator, became a pariah […]

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has made a name for himself as a rock musician, an online fashion mogul and, most recently, a high-rolling art collector. The 41-year-old tech tycoon made waves in the art world this week, dropping $110.5 million on a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting at Sotheby’s in New York on Thursday night. It’s the […]

Erin Canterbury had voted for New Hampshire Democrats for over a decade. Then she met Donald Trump at a roundtable on the state’s opioid epidemic, where she heard the Republican candidate talk about his own family’s history with addiction. She trusted Trump and, withstanding vocal criticism from her friends, proudly backed him over Hillary Clinton. […]

At a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manual Santos Thursday, President Donald Trump was asked a very simple question: Had he urged then-FBI Director James Comey to slow or stop an FBI investigation into deposed national security adviser Michael Flynn? “No. No. Next question,” Trump responded. It was over in a flash. But […]

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New video footage has emerged that shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looking on as Turkish security officials beat up protesters outside the country’s embassy in Washington earlier this week. Erdogan, who met with US President Donald Trump at the White House just hours before the fighting broke out on Tuesday, briefly witnessed the brawl […]

There was a time when Barcelona fans did not expect success. To wallow in pessimism was the accepted norm. Trophies? Titles? They were for others, usually the reserve of the grandiose club of the capital, Real Madrid. The European Cup was as elusive as the unicorn: talked about, looked at with wonder, pictured with others […]

Given his current political fortunes, if President Donald Trump’s crucial first foreign trip passes off without a disaster, it will be considered a success. The President embarks on a journey Friday to Saudi Arabia, Israel and global summits in Italy and Belgium, after one of the most tumultuous and damaging weeks any President has had […]

Richard Rojas, the man who allegedly struck a group of pedestrians with his vehicle in Manhattan’s Times Square Thursday, has been arrested and charged with murder, 20 counts of attempted murder and five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, according to a press release from the New York City Police Department. An 18-year-old woman was killed […]

Polls have opened across Iran in what looks set to be a tight race, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani seeks a second term against a phalanx of hardline conservative opponents. Rouhani was a key architect of the 2015 nuclear deal with the US, the EU and other partners. The election is being seen, at least […]

A Japanese billionaire has bought a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat for $110.5 million, the highest ever price paid at auction for a work by an American artist. It’s a spectacular increase from the last time the painting, “Untitled,” was sold — it fetched a mere $19,000 in 1984. For more than 30 years since then, […]

Joe Biden isn’t ruling out making another run for the White House. Asked if he will run for President in 2020, Biden said on Thursday, “Could I? Yes. Would I? Probably not.” Biden, who would be nearly 78 years old next election, emphasized that right now his focus is on his family being “put back […]