Новости за 08.07.2015

A mandatory delay by United Airlines that lasted for almost two hours Wednesday morning affected 4,900 flights worldwide, causing thousands of passengers to miss connecting flights and snarling air travel.Read full article >>

The New York Stock Exchange unexpectedly halted trading on all stocks Wednesday morning after experiencing a major technical glitch. “NYSE/NYSE MKT has temporarily suspended trading in all symbols,” the NYSE said on its market status page. “All open orders will be cancelled. Additional information will follow as soon as possible.”Read full article >>

The Islamic State terror group is increasingly using encrypted communications to recruit troubled Americans and urge them to carry out attacks, FBI Director James Comey is expected to tell Congress on Wednesday.Read full article >>

The Washington Redskins lost their biggest legal and public relations battle yet in the war over their name after a federal judge in Northern Virginia on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the NFL team’s federal trademark registrations, which have been opposed for decades by many Native Americans who feel the moniker disparages their race.Read full article >>

The case of a killing on San Francisco’s Pier 14 last week has turned into a national debate about the merit’s of the city’s sanctuary city policy. But the criminal case against the man accused of shooting 32-year old Kate Steinle took an unexpected turn Tuesday.Read full article >>

Really, now — nobody could have predicted that if Republicans failed to pass immigration reform when they had the chance in 2013 and 2014,  it would become a major issue in the 2016 race, in ways that are alarming GOP strategists. Yet, shockingly, here we are.Read full article >>

ATHENS — Greece asked European partners Wednesday for a new three-year bailout, pledging to make reforms but leaving blank how far it was willing to go to meet cost-cutting demands as the country flirts with bankruptcy.Read full article >>

CHICAGO -- When the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968, it barred the outright racial discrimination that was then routine. It also required the government to go one step further — to actively dismantle segregation and foster integration in its place — a mandate that for decades has been largely forgotten, neglected and unenforced.Read full article >>

A man without qualities. A Forrest Gump who goes wherever the day takes him. A Walter Mitty who dreams only of eating Subway sandwiches with no mayonnaise.There is no shortage of literary and cinematic archetypes that seem a lot like Jared Fogle — until yesterday’s FBI raid at his home, Subway’s brand-making, drama-free, regular-guy spokesman. Even after the raid — believed to be related to the arrest of a former employee of Fogle’s foundation on child pornography charges — Fogle, who was not arrested or charged with a crime... Читать дальше...

Three people were killed and one wounded late Tuesday in a shooting a few blocks from the Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland, according to a Baltimore law enforcement source.In the incident, campus police said, two vans pulled to the side of the road. One person got out of each of the vans, and opened fire at a group of people on the corner. Read full article >>

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) on Tuesday issued an executive order asserting that clergy and religious organizations cannot be penalized by the state for refusing to recognize or provide services for a same-sex marriage.Read full article >>

When President Obama and Sen. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) flew to Las Vegas in November to tout the president’s plan to block the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, Reid took the opportunity to broach an unrelated subject, one that tied together his childhood love of Nevada’s desert with his political legacy.Read full article >>

In late November, while a cascade of accusers publicly portrayed Bill Cosby as a serial, decades-long rapist, the ­Grammy-winning R&B star Jill Scott took to social media to defend him.“u know Bill Cosby?” Scott said on Twitter. “I do child and this is insane. Proof. Period.”Read full article >>

A major collapse at a popular ice cave in western Washington state rained debris on visitors below, killing one and injuring five, according to officials.A 34-year-old woman died in the collapse at Big Four Ice Caves and it took authorities nearly a full day to remove her body from under the debris, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities have not yet released her name.Read full article >>

The hallmark of public libraries — the printed book, bound by covers and centuries of page-turning — is being shoved aside by digital doppelgängers.Around the country, libraries are slashing their print collections in favor of e-books, prompting battles between library systems and print purists, including not only the pre-pixel generation but digital natives who represent a sizable portion of the 1.5 billion library visits a year and prefer print for serious reading.Read full article >>

The Greek financial nightmare is a reminder of why countries benefit from having their own currencies. In the old days, a flexible drachma could have been devalued to boost exports and economic growth. But today’s euro trades at a single exchange rate that may suit some of its member nations but not others. For Greece, it has become the equivalent of a straitjacket. Read full article >>

Jasper Spires boarded the Red Line Metro train at Rhode Island Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday, joining passengers from the District and elsewhere headed to various Fourth of July festivities, among them the Foo Fighters concert at RFK Stadium. Read full article >>

IN MAY 2014, President Obama promised a new U.S. effort to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces. The next month, the administration asked Congress for $500 million to fund the effort, with the aim of deploying 5,000 U.S.-backed fighters a year for three years. Numerous analysts quickly pointed out two big flaws in the plan: The new force was too small to make a significant difference on Syria’s multi-sided battlefield, and the administration was hamstringing it by insisting that it target... Читать дальше...

ATHENS — An emergency summit of European leaders called to salvage Greece’s financial rescue broke up acrimoniously late Tuesday night, with officials saying the country now has just five days to avoid bankruptcy.Read full article >>

In the District, Ben’s Chili Bowl and Bill Cosby have long been linked.A mural featuring him adorns the side of the historic U Street greasy spoon. A sign behind the counter says the legendary actor eats for free. And for decades, major events at Ben’s have been announced by the actor as emcee. When Ben’s opened its first outpost in Virginia last year, Cosby helped cut the ribbon.Read full article >>

Celebrity chef Paula Deen fired her social media manager following a tweet Tuesday morning from her account showing a picture of her son in brown makeup as “I Love Lucy” character Ricky Ricardo, a Deen spokesman said.Read full article >>

The sandwich chain Subway announced it had “mutually agreed” to suspend its relationship with long-time spokesman Jared Fogle, hours after investigators raided his Indiana home Tuesday morning.Fogle, who for more than a decade starred in television commercials for the company, was not arrested or charged with any crime, his attorney said. Earlier in the day, as media reports showed authorities interviewing Fogle and removing electronic equipment from his home in Zionsville, Subway said it was “shocked... Читать дальше...

Two people were killed Tuesday morning when an Air Force fighter jet and a small civilian plane collided in the air over South Carolina, according to federal authorities.Emergency responders rushed to a region north of Charleston, S.C., shortly after 11 a.m., as word emerged of the rare midair collision that sent debris raining down on the area below.Read full article >>