Новости за 15.08.2017

Major cities across the country are bracing for a wave of white nationalist rallies in the coming days. The largest scheduled rally is the “March on Google,” which will take place in nine major US cities Saturday. The aim is to protest the firing of Google employee James Damore over a controversial memo he wrote […]

Twelve people were killed and 50 others injured when an enormous tree fell Tuesday in Madeira, Portugal, officials said. The tree came down during an important Catholic celebration on the island, regional Health Secretary Pedro Ramos said in a televised news conference. The dead and injured had gathered to honor Our Lady of the Mountain […]

Way back in May 2016, I wrote this: “As the nation turns its eyes to the general election, I have one question that continues to nag at me as I think about the possibility of Trump in the White House: Can he be empathetic? Like, at all? And does he need to be?” Watching Trump […]

Maria Sharapova is set to make her first grand slam appearance since serving a 15-month doping ban. Sharapova, a five-time major champion and a former world No. 1, has been given a wild card for the women’s singles main draw at the US Open. The USTA made the announcement on Tuesday, also giving wild cards […]

Meegan Hefford, a 25-year-old bodybuilder, was found unconscious on June 19 in her Mandurah, Western Australia, apartment, according to CNN affiliate Australia News 7. Days later, Hefford was pronounced dead. Only after her death did her family learn that Hefford, the mother of a 7-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son, had a rare genetic disorder […]

When Simone Askew was in fifth grade, she saw military cadets march in formation across the field at an Army vs. Navy football game. At that time she didn’t have a concept of what military academies were. But she was very attracted to what she saw that day from the stands. “I told my mom […]

The president of a Republican PAC said he’s interested in Kid Rock running for Senate. “We’d be actually very interested in his candidacy,” Steven Law, the president of the Senate Leadership Fund and former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, told C-SPAN last Friday. “I certainly wouldn’t count him out.” Law said […]

HBO scored a hit with “Big Little Lies,” and its showrunner says more may be coming. David E. Kelley told Entertainment Weekly that the success of the limited series has “all been a surprise.” “You never know how these things will turn out,” Kelley said. “You sit down and you write them because you like […]

Premiums will rise. Insurers will bail. This is what insurers and health policy experts have already said would happen next year if President Trump stops funding a key set of Obamacare subsidies. On Tuesday afternoon, the Congressional Budget Office will weigh in on what it expects will happen if Trump follows through on his threats […]

It’s no secret that Amazon is revolutionizing retail. But what does that mean for shoppers and traditional stores? Which retailer is Amazon targeting now? Amazon newest target isn’t a retail chain at all — it’s your local convenience store. The company rolled out a new service today called Amazon Instant Pickup, which lets customers order […]

Three CEOs are walking away from President Trump. The chief executives of Merck, Under Armour and Intel all quit a presidential manufacturing council on Monday after Trump took two days to denounce white supremacy. Most notable was Kenneth Frazier of Merck, one of the most prominent black executives in the United States, who said the […]

Uber is in open conflict with regulators again — this time in the Philippines. On Monday, Philippine authorities ordered the ride-hailing company to stop operations for a month. That brought Uber’s service in the country to a halt early Tuesday — but only for a little while. Uber was up and running again hours later […]

President Donald Trump’s examination on race is not over, not by a long shot. Trump finally bent to intense pressure and called out white supremacist groups on Monday, as the fallout from rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to a woman’s death rocked his administration. But the real Donald Trump is not typically revealed in […]

Can picking up litter be fun? A resounding yes comes from the community of Litterati, an app that asks users to identify, photograph and geotag individual pieces of trash before disposing of them. It’s a simple enough idea: crowdsourcing data that could help stop litter from being created in the first place. So far, Litterati […]

Indian police have arrested four men suspected of leaking an episode of one of the world’s most popular TV shows. The men were arrested in Mumbai after an investigation into the leak of an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones before its scheduled release on August 7. The suspects are connected to Star India, which […]

These are busy days for Ariana Rockefeller, American heiress, fashion designer and equestrian rider. A fixture on the US amateur showjumping circuit, the 34-year-old great-great granddaughter of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, America’s first billionaire, has stepped it up a notch by competing in Europe this summer for the first time. Rockefeller’s love for […]

As the confrontation with North Korea deepens, Donald Trump is confronting doubts about his leadership at home and abroad that are almost unprecedented for a US president during a time of international crisis. These swirling misgivings, exacerbated again this weekend by Trump’s widely criticized response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, present the President with […]

Voters here will decide Tuesday whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gets to avoid another headache — or will have to suffer through a series of them. Republicans in Alabama will settle the primary for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ old seat, deciding between Sen. Luther Strange — who was appointed in February to fill the […]

As the confrontation with North Korea deepens, Donald Trump is confronting doubts about his leadership at home and abroad that are almost unprecedented for a US president during a time of international crisis. These swirling misgivings, exacerbated again this weekend by Trump’s widely criticized response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, present the President with […]

Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of a program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation — but supporters worry this one could be its last. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was implemented in 2012 under President Barack Obama, and President Donald Trump’s administration has continued running despite heated rhetoric against it […]

Shouting “Shame!, Shame! Shame,” anti-Trump protesters awaited the President as he returned to New York City Monday night for the first time since taking office. Shortly after 9 p.m., the President’s motorcade pulled up to Trump Tower, but approached from a direction that bypassed the thousands of demonstrators, CNN affiliate WABC reported. Hours before, protesters […]

President Donald Trump’s examination on race is not over, not by a long shot. Trump finally bent to intense pressure and called out white supremacist groups on Monday, as the fallout from rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to a woman’s death rocked his administration. But the real Donald Trump is not typically revealed in […]

Texas A&M has canceled a white nationalist protest planned in September, citing safety concerns. White nationalists, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups had planned to hold a “white lives matter” rally at Texas A&M on September 11. The school canceled the rally Monday evening “because of concerns about the safety of its students, faculty, staff, and […]

Longtime Fox News contributor and fill-in host Laura Ingraham is in line for her own show on the channel, possibly in a key prime time hour. On Monday a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN that there are talks underway between Ingraham and Fox executives, but no decisions have been finalized. The addition […]

A total of eight people were killed Monday in two separate attacks on the United Nations mission in Mali, according to the UN. Seven people were killed when armed men attacked the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) headquarters in Timbuktu on Monday, according to a MINUSMA statement. Five MINUSMA security guards, […]