Новости за 19.06.2015

BOSTON (AP) — Two men pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiring to support the Islamic State group in a plot to kill a conservative blogger who has angered Muslims. Both were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization by plotting with Boston terror suspect Usaamah Rahim, 26, to behead blogger Pamela Geller. In the phone conversation, authorities say, Rahim told Wright he had changed his mind about killing Geller and now wanted to kill police officers.

For about 40 years Bryan and his wife, Mary Jon Bryan, amassed more Old West artifacts than they could squeeze into their homes in River Oaks, West Texas and Colorado — rare documents, weapons, saddles and spurs, uniforms, fine art, religious art and books. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1J6nvQDZ ) reports the new Bryan Museum, which opened Friday, holds that vast array of 70,000 objects. Reputed to be the largest and most significant of its kind, the collection traces the development of... Читать дальше...

The government’s attempt to refashion an energy-dependent economy by creating a more-favorable business climate for private investors is running into some opposition at home.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his long-shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to Las Vegas on Friday, echoing front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton as he called for an expansion of President Obama's executive actions to shield some immigrants from deportation. Like Clinton, he said that the response to more gridlock should be presidential action to exempt from deportation parents of U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents and people brought to the U.S. illegally as young children... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities are investigating the killing of a journalist in the southeastern state of Tabasco. The Tabasco prosecutor's office says Ismael Diaz Lopez was stabbed to death Thursday in Teapa, south of the state capital of Villahermosa.

Predicting when rate-reset preferred shares will rebound is a mug’s game, but you may be able to achieve higher returns – and better diversification – elsewhere

Incentive programs where dealers buy new vehicles through their own companies and resell them as used are not illegal, but critics say they distort the market

Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson still tied for lead, and scheduled to tee off in the afternoon

Ralph Roberts, who transformed a tiny Mississippi cable company into what eventually grew into industry giant Comcast, has died at 95.

Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting trial were wrapping up their case Friday against James Holmes after eight weeks of testimony in which they sought to show that the former neuroscience student meticulously planned and carried out the 2012 massacre. The five-member prosecution team has relied on Holmes’ own videotaped statements to a state-appointed psychiatrist to undermine Holmes’ claim that he was so mentally ill he didn’t know right from wrong during the attack. Weapons dealers and... Читать дальше...

Or will they select works founded in an unfamiliar artistic philosophy? What she offered here was an inventive, fast-moving quintet. There’s perhaps a bit too much floor work for this taste; dancers spread supine cease to be interesting after a while, but Foley possesses a flair for phrasing that boasts both shape and contrast. Lopes informs us that the piece is inspired by the mathematical concept of the Markov chain and that algorithm has dictated part of the composition. What the untutored... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK - Shares of Fogo de Chao Inc. surged in their first day of trading after the Brazilian steakhouse chain priced its IPO above the expected range.

The man credited as the father of minimalism is celebrating a big birthday Wednesday. And his influence reaches well beyond classical music.

One of convicted Ponzi-scheme operator Bernard Madoff’s former investors will receive at least $58 million under a new settlement.

(AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting trial rested Friday, concluding their argument that James Holmes methodically planned and executed the 2012 massacre in a case that relied heavily — over defense objections — on victims' recollections of the carnage he inflicted inside the darkened cinema. Over the past eight weeks, prosecutors weaved the testimony of experts and psychiatrists with the personal stories of survivors to try to convince jurors that Holmes was sane when he opened fire... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Fogo de Chao Inc. surged in their first day of trading after the Brazilian steakhouse chain priced its IPO above the expected range.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Fogo de Chao Inc. surged in their first day of trading after the Brazilian steakhouse chain priced its IPO above the expected range.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Fogo de Chao Inc. surged in their first day of trading after the Brazilian steakhouse chain priced its IPO above the expected range. The shares jumped $5.75, or 28.8 percent, to close at $25.75 in their market debut on the Nasdaq. A table medallion is used to signal whether a patron wants the roving chefs to continue offering meat through a simple color system of red or green.

Selena Gomez revealed the cover artwork for her upcoming single ‘Good For You’ featuring A$AP Rocky earlier today (June 19). The 22-year-old singer and actress has been teasing her upcoming single all month on her Instagram, posting outtakes from the photo shoot and a short video of her recording the track. “So excited to finally [...]

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said Friday that in his view, the time to raise short-term interest rates is getting “closer and closer,” adding that if the Fed raises rates sooner rather than later, “we can do it gradually.” Based on his forecast, he would envision two increases of one-quarter percentage point each in the federal funds rate this year, emphasizing that the Fed’s actual course will “depend on the data.” Williams is one of 10 voting members of the Fed’s rate-setting Open Market Committee this year. Читать дальше...

Many expressed forgiveness for Dylann Roof, 21, who was welcomed to Bible study with 12 parishioners before opening fire.