Новости за 03.08.2017

Actor Tom Wopat was arrested Wednesday in Massachusetts, according to police. Wopat, who starred as Luke Duke in the hit ’80s series “The Dukes of Hazzard,” was taken into custody Wednesday night by Waltham Police on charges of alleged indecent assault, battery and possible drug possession. According to a press statement from the police “two […]

Beverly June Troxell Bigler, 91, of Clearfield died July 18, 2017 at Adams Place in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was born Oct. 19, 1925, a daughter of Glasgow Baird Troxell and Hazel (Spackman) Troxell. Mrs. Bigler was a 1943 graduate of Clearfield Area High School. She attended the Temple University Hospital School of Nursing. She was […]

Boeing spent Wednesday evening drawing an airplane on the sky. The aerospace giant was testing a upgraded engine for its 787 Dreamliner for long endurance flights and reliability and the company had 18 hours to kill. So its flight planners designed a route that, once finished, looked liked one of its Dreamliner jes. The route […]

An associate professor at Northwestern University and an employee of England’s University of Oxford are wanted in the killing of a 30-year-old man found inside the professor’s Chicago apartment. Chicago police issued first-degree murder arrest warrants on Wednesday for Wyndham Lathem, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Northwestern University, and Andrew Warren, who works […]

Few athletes break world records. Fewer manage to do it twice — on the same day. But Adam Peaty is no normal athlete. Aged just 22, the British swimmer picked up two gold medals in the 50 and 100m breaststroke events at the recent World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and a silver in the […]

Olympic Stadium in Montreal has opened its doors as a temporary shelter amid growing numbers of people who’ve fled the United States to seek asylum in Canada. Many who arrived at the stadium Wednesday are Haitians, according to CNN’s partners CTV and CBC. They exited shuttle buses holding their children and belongings as they got […]

The White House and Pentagon are pushing back against a report that President Donald Trump is weighing firing Gen. John Nicholson, his top commander in Afghanistan. In an appearance on Fox News Thursday, Trump’s deputy assistant, Sebastian Gorka, said the President is confident in Nicholson’s military leadership in Afghanistan. “Absolutely, absolutely, yes,” he said. “It […]

A top Senate Republican unveiled a border and immigration enforcement bill on Thursday with fellow GOP lawmakers that would invest $15 million over four years in border security and help fund President Donald Trump’s wall. The bill would authorize the physical border wall and technological advancements at the southern border. It would also put into […]

It was a reconciliation accompanied by libation. After a reportedly tense phone call amid GOP health care efforts last week, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made peace over dinner and beers Wednesday night — Alaskan-brewed IPAs, to be specific. Zinke tweeted a selfie of the congenial pair Thursday morning, writing, “I say […]

If a tank could shapeshift into a 2,800-pound dinosaur — think “Transformers” meets “Jurassic Park” — it would probably morph into Borealopelta markmitchelli, a newly discovered armored dinosaur that’s taking the paleontology world by storm. About 110 million years ago, the plant-eating dinosaur’s body spanned beyond the length of a modern-day pickup, its back bore […]

Two men have been charged in Australia in connection with an alleged plot to bring down a passenger plane, police said Thursday. According to a statement from the Australian Federal Police, a 49-year-old man and a 32-year-old man were each charged with two counts of “acts done in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act.” […]

Ri Jong Ho had simply had enough. He’d seen too many executions. Ri, a high-profile North Korean defector, spent years working for what is essentially a slush fund for one of the most notorious regimes on the planet, Kim Jong Un and his compatriots. Life was good. Ri helped bring in somewhere between $50 million […]

Donald Trump is facing growing resistance from Republican lawmakers who are both turned off by his chronically chaotic style and increasingly unafraid of his ability to punish them politically as the President’s poll numbers plummet. Trump’s diminishing influence was on stark display last week when his top priority — the repeal and replacement of the […]

Insurers’ time and patience is running out. They have waited months for the Trump administration to commit to paying a key set of Obamacare subsidies. The president, however, continues to string them along, despite the pleas of carriers, doctors, governors and even Republican lawmakers. He threatened twice this weekend via Twitter to end what he […]

The White House acknowledgment that President Donald Trump “weighed in” on his son’s statement about a meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign could add a new dimension to the special counsel’s investigation, including any potential effort to pursue obstruction of justice charges. The President’s part in crafting a statement by Donald […]

Something about the Vietnam War has always captured the imagination of artists. Arguably, other than World War II, no conflict has been subject to as many interpretations, examinations or adaptations as America’s controversial intervention into South East Asian geopolitics. The key texts, such as Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” Michael Cimino’s “The Deer Hunter,” Paul […]

Meet the woman who retired with $2 million — at 28. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Immigration A hard-line stance against illegal immigration helped get […]

Legendary heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko has called time on his illustrious career after 21 years in the ring. The Ukrainian won 64 of his 69 fights and famously retained his IBF heavyweight title for over nine years — the second-longest reign of all time behind Joe Louis. His retirement, announced Wednesday in a video on […]

As a nurse practitioner, Wanda Liddell knew it was a medical emergency when she saw one of her patients struggling to breathe last month. But in her backcountry town of Cross City, Florida, the ambulance took 30 minutes to arrive. Even worse, it was another 45 miles to the nearest hospital. Liddell faces this situation […]

A former child refugee, Paul Kagame was once a hero to the West, feted for helping to bring Rwanda’s bloody genocide to an end. But with allegations of repression, violence and politically-motivated murder dogging his rule, the military and political leader’s international reputation has suffered. Undaunted, the Rwandan leader is standing for re-election on Friday. […]

President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday morning legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump’s own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow. The bill is one of the first major pieces of legislation that was sent to Trump’s desk, and it represents a rebuke of the President by giving Congress […]

His rhymes are reminiscent of the gangster rap of 50 Cent, but instead of a do-rag and six-pack, baby-faced teenage rapper Rich Chigga sports a pink polo and fanny pack. Indonesian-born Rich Chigga, whose viral hit “Dat $tick” has racked up more than 50 million views online, is the principal — and some say unlikely […]

Communications Plan July 30, 2017 Priority #1 – Improve the Culture This is the key—everything is possible with a good culture, nothing is possible without it a) meet with media members (MSM, conservative media, and new media), where possible, on their home turf to build bridges and foster better working relationships. WH should leave old […]

Anthony Scaramucci wants to tell his own story. Following his departure from the White House after less than 11 days as communications director, Scaramucci will be hosting an online event on Friday where he will address the American people directly. Scaramucci said this daytime event — which will be broadcast on various live platforms with […]

Two people were killed when a small plane made an emergency landing at a beach in Costa da Caparica in Portugal. The victims were an 8-year-old girl and a 56-year-old man, the Portuguese National Maritime Authority said on Wednesday. The two were not related. Both victims were caught by surprise on the beach and unable […]