Новости за 03.07.2015

HANOVER, N.H. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton sharpened her partisan rhetoric to appeal to Democratic primary voters here Friday by issuing a dire warning: President Obama's health care law would disappear if a Republican wins the White House in 2016.Read full article >>

A 45-year-old Maryland woman was arrested Friday and charged with giving marijuana to three teenagers at a birthday party, and trying to teach a 6-year-old how to smoke the drug.Sheriff’s deputies in St. Mary’s County said they were called to the home on Tree Top Road in Lexington Park around 1:30 p.m. after receiving a report that a woman had provided marijuana to three teenagers at a birthday party held at her home.Read full article >>

A 45-year-old Maryland woman was arrested Friday and charged with giving marijuana to three teenagers at a birthday party, and trying to teach a 6-year-old how to smoke the drug.Sheriff’s deputies in St. Mary’s County said they were called to the home on Tree Top Road in Lexington Park around 1:30 p.m. after receiving a report that a woman had provided marijuana to three teenagers at a birthday party held at her home.Read full article >>

"I've had tough losses but that was probably my toughest match on grass" Serena Williams on @BBCTwo pic.twitter.com/5iqVu31X4PUltimately, the thousands who’d gathered on Wimbledon’s Henman Hill were disappointed again Friday when Serena Williams defeated Heather Watson, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, in the third round.Read full article >>

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — On Monday, Maysoon Musa rose early for morning prayers, then helped harvest squash in the family fields. She acted “perfectly normal,” said her mother, who described her daughter as “just a quiet girl, as shy as a chicken.” Read full article >>

OCEAN CITY, Md. — Chuck Erbe knew dinner was over as soon as he saw the number on his ringing cellphone. There was a baby whale in distress. He told the waiter at Mio Fratello on Fenwick Island to bring a box for the pasta and headed for the quick change of clothes and the badge that waited in his truck. Read full article >>

OCEAN CITY, Md. — Chuck Erbe knew dinner was over as soon as he saw the number on his ringing cellphone. There was a baby whale in distress. He told the waiter at Mio Fratello on Fenwick Island to bring a box for the pasta and headed for the quick change of clothes and the badge that waited in his truck.Read full article >>

This post has been updatedBEDFORD, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comeback journey begins here in New Hampshire, so the Republican presidential candidate is paying a visit to the last winner of the state's first-in-the-nation primary and one of its most famous summertime residents.Read full article >>

VANCOUVER — The taut matches and upset scares along the American team’s troublesome path to Sunday’s World Cup championship game illustrate the evolving landscape of women’s soccer and the challenge faced by the United States to remain a dominant force. Read full article >>

Separate reports this week indicated that Islamic State fighters were smashing cultural relics in the ancient city of Palmyra, once one of Syria's most crowded tourist destinations, but now in the grips of the extremist organization.Read full article >>

Back by popular demand (well, I like them), are the top five myths about Independence Day, adapted from George Mason University’s History News Network:1. Independence was declared on the Fourth of July.Read full article >>

VIENNA — Iran’s foreign minister released a video message Friday as nuclear talks were nearing an end, saying an agreement is at hand and can be reached if the United States and its partners choose cooperation over coercion.Read full article >>

VIENNA — The Iran nuclear talks appeared to be focusing on sanctions Friday, as Iran dispatched an influential economist to join its negotiating team.Iranian state media reported that Mohammad Nahavandian, the chief of staff for President Hassan Rouhani, left Tehran for Vienna to join the talks with the European Union, the United States and five other nations. Nahavandian is an economist who was educated at George Washington University, and until recently he headed Iran’s Chamber of Commerce for Industries... Читать дальше...

Trying to catch up on Reddit this holiday weekend? Good luck.The "Ask Me Anything" subreddit and several other major portions of the site are inaccessible to the public and it's all because of the sudden apparent removal of Reddit's popular director of communications, Victoria Taylor.Read full article >>

Trying to catch up on Reddit this holiday weekend? Good luck.The "Ask Me Anything" subreddit and several other major portions of the site are inaccessible to the public and it's all because of the sudden apparent removal of Reddit's popular director of communications, Victoria Taylor.Read full article >>

The blockbuster $18.7 billion oil spill settlement unveiled Thursday between the U.S. government and oil company BP gave the Justice Department what it wanted: the biggest environmental fine ever levied against a corporation. It also gave BP what it needed: a sense of closure after years spent fighting costly and complex courtroom battles over its role in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.Read full article >>

The blockbuster $18.7 billion oil spill settlement unveiled Thursday between the U.S. government and oil company BP gave the Justice Department what it wanted: the biggest environmental fine ever levied against a corporation. It also gave BP what it needed: a sense of closure after years spent fighting costly and complex courtroom battles over its role in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.Read full article >>

How you vacation says a lot about you. Dash around like a crazed squirrel? Hole up in a hammock sloth-style? A new survey gives insights into how people travel for pleasure and business, showing how people from China travel differently than the French, how Thais are not like Germans, and how Americans look more like Italians and Indians.Read full article >>

This post has been updated:Gov. Chris Christie has hired a seasoned Republican strategist to manage his nascent presidential campaign and has recruited other veteran operatives to round out a senior staff that also will include the top advisers who charted his rise in New Jersey.Read full article >>

10,500.That’s the estimated number of people who were treated for firework-related injuries in hospital emergency rooms last year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Eleven people died.Read full article >>

The spy had vanished.He was the most successful and valued agent the United States had run inside the Soviet Union in two decades. His documents and drawings had unlocked the secrets of Soviet radars and weapons research years into the future. He had smuggled circuit boards and blueprints out of his military laboratory. His espionage put the United States in position to dominate the skies in aerial combat and confirmed the vulnerability of Soviet air defenses — showing that American cruise missiles... Читать дальше...

TBILISI, Georgia – In this fiercely pro-Western nation that fought a brief war with Russia in 2008, few thought the Kremlin could ever regain a toehold. But with the West backing away from Georgia’s path to E.U. and NATO membership after a year of conflict in Ukraine, pro-Russian sentiments are on the rise.Read full article >>

Shortly after Jeb Bush left the Florida governor’s office in 2007, he established his own firm, Jeb Bush & Associates, designed to maximize his earning potential as one of the country’s more prominent politicians.Read full article >>

Shortly after Jeb Bush left the Florida governor’s office in 2007, he established his own firm, Jeb Bush & Associates, designed to maximize his earning potential as one of the country’s more prominent politicians.Read full article >>

Former Virginia senator Jim Webb announced Thursday that he will run for president, setting himself on an uphill trek for the Democratic nomination with little national name recognition and scant financial support.Read full article >>