Новости за 20.11.2017

He played a suicidal bum in "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," but Nick Nolte was crowned king of Hollywood on Monday with a star on the iconic Walk of Fame.

Breakthru Beverage Group and Republic National Distributing Co. announced Monday plans to merge, forming a $12 billion beer and liquor distributor.

One of Lena Dunham’s writers blasted her in a Twitter post on Sunday announcing her resignation from Dunham’s newsletter, dubbing her a “hipster racist” and calling on women of color to “divest from Lena Dunham.”

Oli Shaw salvaged a point for Hibs Under-20s in the SPFL Development League as they drew 2-2 away at Dundee United.

No other mass murderer or cult figure in American history has earned as much fascination within Hollywood and popular culture as Charles Manson. He and his “family” have been the subject of movies, parodies, and he even landed a Rolling Stone cover. Today, “American Horror Story” has an actor portraying Manson this season, and Quentin Tarantino plans to dig up the past for his own movie about the Manson Family murders. Here’s some actors who have dared to play the notorious figure. Steve Railsback ... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland opened an investigation Monday to determine if statements expressed during a march by far-right nationalists in Warsaw this month violated laws against propagating racism. The march held on Nov. 11, Poland's Independence Day, drew an estimated 60,000 participants. Many marchers carried Poland's national flags, while some had flags with Celtic crosses, a white supremacist symbol, or banners with slogans like "White Europe of brotherly nations." Warsaw prosecutors... Читать дальше...

After finding out that their parents are supervillains in disguise, six Los Angeles teens run away to discover their own powers in 'Marvel's Runaways.'

CES 2018, the world's largest consumer electronics show, is just around the corner.

President Trump, who has sharply criticized CNN’s coverage as biased against his administration, on Monday saw his Justice Department sue to stop the $85 billion sale of all-news cable network’s parent, Time Warner, to AT&T. The long-anticipated lawsuit claims the combined company, with its CNN and HBO content units and its AT&T and DirecTV distribution...

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College football’s 2017 coaching carousel got off to a hot start, with a Power 5 head coaching job — Ole Miss — opening before the season even began. Three more FBS gigs opened before Halloween, and plenty more are surely on the way.

Below, we’ll keep track of the basics you need to know. Rather than chasing down every single rumor and ending up with a humongous list of soon-to-be-outdated info, these will be curated lists of the stuff that seems most important at the time. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice will file a lawsuit aimed at blocking AT&T’s $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier, struck a deal in October 2016 to buy Time Warner, which owns the premium channel HBO, movie...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Organizers of a ballot drive to legalize the use of marijuana for recreational purposes in Michigan submitted 365,000 signatures to the state Monday, which appears to be more than enough to qualify the initiative for a statewide vote in 2018. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol said the prohibition against recreational marijuana is "a massive failure." Michigan has allowed medical marijuana use for nearly a decade. If the new proposal were to make the ballot and win voter approval... Читать дальше...

Major League Baseball released the 2018 Spring Training schedule and will begin on Feb. 21.

Amnesty International and 34 other humanitarian groups on Monday called for the UN Human Rights Council to hold a special session on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.

Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world soccer are spilling out. The millions of dollars in “inducements” to secure contracts to televise matches. The bribes sought by FIFA executives with the power to determine World Cup hosts. The death threats for cooperating with investigators. It took the intervention...

The image was meant to equate Rabin to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who wore a keffiyah regularly

Une faible diversité génétique, jumelée à la chasse intensive des humains, aurait précipité l'extinction en quelques dizaines d'années seulement de la tourte voyageuse (pigeon voyageur), une espèce qui comptait pourtant de 3 à 5 milliards d'individus en Amérique du Nord.

Sunday’s less than tropical weather conditions put paid to some of AEHC’s scheduled cup matches and junior tournaments but the club still fielded nearly 20 teams over the weekend with pleasing results. The AEHC’s Mens and Women 1st XIIs both faced opposition from Wakefield in their respective North Premier League fixtures this weekend. A mid-week strategy meeting for the Ladies paid dividends as they posted a resounding 5-0 win over Wakefield 2s to retain third place in the league. Edge were slow... Читать дальше...

Police are warning South Side residents of two recent home burglaries reported on the same block in the Douglas neighborhood.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to pay a working visit to the US next week, during which he will hold meetings with US Congress committees.

Time Warner Inc. shares fell Monday following reports that the Department of Justice is going to announce an antitrust suit regarding the media company's merger with AT&T Inc. Time Warner shares, which earlier in the session had touched an intraday high of $88.85, fell 1.3% to $87.54 following reports the announcement was imminent. AT&T shares, which had reached an intraday high of $34.90, were up 0.5% at $34.68. Bloomberg News reported that the Justice Department planned to announce... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump is back to clashing with sports figures after his trip to Asia.
• Trump lashed out at the bombastic LaVar Ball and NFL running back Marshawn Lynch this weekend.
• The feuds developed as 18 NCAA championship teams visited Trump's White House.

President Donald Trump returned to a familiar pastime this weekend after returning from a lengthy trip to Asia: clashing with some of the biggest names in the sports world. Читать дальше...

Single ladies are relishing their solo status. Women are generally happier with being single than men are, according to a new study from UK research firm Mintel. When they didn’t have a partner, 61 percent of single women in the UK reported feeling content on their own, versus 49 percent of single men who felt...