Новости за 03.02.2018

How sports specialization could be hurting young kids, a chat with former NFL QB Jim Kelly, and where is my Nick Foles jersey.

U.S. Olympian John Daly gave up on skeleton, but decided to give the sport and its grueling training one more shot for the Pyeongchang Games.

When it comes to winter recreation, why limit yourself to the same-old, same-old? Here, four fresh versions of icy diversion

Militants killed a Russian pilot who ejected from his jet fighter after it was shot down in northwestern Syria, when he landed alive and resisted capture by an al Qaeda-linked group, Syrian monitors and a Syrian militant said.

A lone Italian gunman wounded six African immigrants in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree Saturday in a small Italian city where just days earlier a Nigerian man was arrested in the gruesome killing of a teenager, officials said.

Travel logistics for the Games are proving to be a headache for many foreign visitors—so much so that some are bailing on the event.

A legal battle starting Monday could set a new course for self-driving vehicles, as Uber defends itself against accusations that it stole technology secrets of Alphabet’s Google offshoot, Waymo.

When completed, the 500,000-square-foot office tower would be among the largest buildings with a structure made of modern engineered wood in the U.S., building experts said.

U.S. researchers spent nearly two decades to design and carry out a definitive study on the health effects of cellphone radiation. The final results, released Friday, are likely to fuel rather than dispel the debate.

Amazon’s accelerating growth wins favor over Google’s much bigger bottom line.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an heiress who bucked the expectations of her class and gender to create an important body of sculpture--now she’s finally getting a survey of her work.

Gordon Wood, the noted historian of early America, says Adams’s Federalists and Jefferson’s Republicans were far more divided than today’s political parties.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr. made his fortune partly by creating the clamshell packaging used for Big Macs and over his lifetime gave away what his family tallied as more than $1.5 billion to humanitarian causes, notably by making it his mission to find cures for cancer through genetics.

A Russian programmer who had been arrested in Spain in a high-profile case that pitted the U.S. against Russia pleaded not guilty to charges of running a vast network of computers for criminal purposes.

China, Russia and other countries are failing to rein in North Korea’s illicit financing and weapons proliferation activity, according to a new U.N. report that says time is running out for sanctions to prevent Pyongyang from developing a long-range nuclear weapon.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued his sternest warning yet about U.S. demands for changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying he is ready to “walk away” from negotiations.

It’s one small piece of the puzzle. Only disclosure can counter the leakfest.

Pope Francis’ recent moves to reset the Vatican’s ties with Beijing have drawn cries of betrayal from advocates of the country’s so-called underground Catholic Church, who see them as at odds with his engagement for the persecuted.

The week reminds us that equity prices can fall—sometimes a lot.

The House memo reveals disturbing facts about the misuse of FISA.

Prosecutors finally admit they had a weak corruption case.

A Russian programmer arrested in Spain at Washington’s request has been extradited to the U.S., a move likely to anger Kremlin officials who say Russian citizens are being hunted down.

U.S. researchers spent nearly two decades to design and carry out a definitive study on the health effects of cellphone radiation. The final results, released Friday, are likely to fuel rather than dispel the long-running debate.

California localities warn of disaster when suing oil companies. So how come they don’t tell investors?

Charlotte Groh helped a friend escape from East Germany. Only decades later could she leave too.