Новости за 13.12.2017

This is amazing.

LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball signed with a small Lithuanian club on Monday to start their professional basketball careers. To introduce them, a broadcast team from Lithuania sang a rendition of “Welcome to Lithuania” at the Vytautas game and it’s beautiful.

Please listen:

This LKL TV commentator felt like @Lavarbigballer, @MELOD1P and @LiAngeloBall needed a special welcome to Lithuania and burst into song at the beginning of the broadcast of today's Vytautas game. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN's Jim Acosta says he was warned by the White House press secretary Sarah Sanders not to ask a question during President Donald Trump's bill signing ceremony on Tuesday, further evidence of sour relations between the network and administration. Acosta said Sanders told him that if he asked Trump a question, "she could not promise that I would be allowed into a pool spray again." Sanders did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday. Acosta said he considered it a... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN's Jim Acosta says he was warned by the White House press secretary Sarah Sanders not to ask a question during President Donald Trump's bill signing ceremony on Tuesday, further evidence of sour relations between the network and administration. Acosta said Sanders told him that if he asked Trump a question, "she could not promise that I would be allowed into a pool spray again." Sanders did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday. Acosta said he considered it a... Читать дальше...

The United States does not believe Syrian President Bashar Assad will stay in power and remains committed to the Geneva process, Department of State spokesperson Heather Nauert said during a press briefing.

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of Facebook's former friends are starting to express some serious doubts about the social network they helped create. Facebook exploits a "vulnerability in human psychology" to addict its users, Sean Parker, the company's first president, said in a public forum last month. Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook vice president who joined the company in 2007, recently told an audience at Stanford that the company is "ripping apart the social fabric of how society works." And Roger McNamee... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of Facebook's former friends are starting to express some serious doubts about the social network they helped create. Facebook exploits a "vulnerability in human psychology" to addict its users, Sean Parker, the company's first president, said in a public forum last month. Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook vice president who joined the company in 2007, recently told an audience at Stanford that the company is "ripping apart the social fabric of how society works." And Roger McNamee... Читать дальше...

The Aviary, famed Chicago chef Grant Achatz’s first foray into New York, flew into town in a blaze of hype last month and spread its wings on the Mandarin Oriental Hotel’s 35th floor. “It soars in with stunning cocktails, views and food,” Gothamist gushed. “If we could’ve given it six stars, we would’ve,” Time Out...

DALLAS – Authorities say police in Dallas have captured a 35-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of three people in a Houston home. Jeffrey Noble was booked late Sunday into the Dallas County jail and is being held on a charge of capital murder. Online jail records don’t indicate whether he has an attorney. The Harris County sheriff’s office on Monday confirmed Noble’s arrest but didn’t offer details. Investigators say Noble was seen leaving the scene of Friday’s shooting. Authorities […]

The Yankees traded third baseman Chase Headley and pitcher Bryan Mitchell and $500,000 to San Diego on Tuesday, giving New York added payroll flexibility and room for infield prospects. New York received outfielder Jabari Blash, 28, who made his big-league debut in 2016 and has played in 99 big-league games over two seasons. A day after finalizing its acquisition of NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton from Miami, the Yankees dealt with their infield logjam and cut their payroll... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Authorities say a wildfire that destroyed six homes and damaged a dozen more last week in the exclusive Bel Air section of Los Angeles was sparked by an illegal cooking fire in a homeless encampment. City fire spokesman Erik Scott said Tuesday that investigators found the campsite in some brush near Sepulveda Boulevard where it passes under Interstate 405. No one was in the camp, and no arrests have been made. Scott... Читать дальше...

With the release of The Last Jedi on Friday, Lucasfilm marks a major milestone. Believe it or not, this is the 10th Star Wars movie released in theaters. 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lawrence Tech senior Hayley Walkowski added another honor to her resume this week when the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) selected her as its Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week. It's the first time this season that a player from the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) earned the national award. Walkowski was selected based on her performances from December 4–10, and was chosen out of a pool of conference group winners.

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will be aware that there is something of a controversy about new cycleways in central Auckland suburbs. I've sat down a couple of times to try and write a proper post about it, but there's been just too much noise, too many documents to link to, too much palaver to parse.
But let's have a go. I've noted here before the privileged position of Auckland's central suburbs with respect to new cycle infrastructure. We're getting the lot, while the south still waits for a single safe route into town. Читать дальше...

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College football bowl season is upon us, which means fans across the country are booking flights to unique destinations and grabbing tickets to see their favorite teams wrap up the season.

Bowl season sends teams to places that they will not normally go, from the amazing setting of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to the northern bowl outpost of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, to the relatively new Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl in Nassau. Читать дальше...

This happened. In 2017.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper described it as “a yes-or-no question” for Roy Moore, Alabama’s Republican Senate candidate: “Does he think that homosexual conduct should be illegal?”

Ted Crockett, a spokesperson for Moore, gave a simple answer: “Probably.”

Tapper asked what the punishment would be, but Crockett did not give an answer, instead calling the alleged crime “a sin.”

The views described in the Tuesday exchange aren’t new for Moore. As Alabama Supreme Court chief justice in 2002... Читать дальше...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Trades are the real lifeblood when it comes to A’s player acquisitions, but that doesn’t mean that the team will rule out the free-agent market when it comes to adding pieces. The team already did so in adding Yusmiero Petit to the bullpen, and there are a few left-handed relievers who might pique Oakland’s interest, particularly Tony Watson. Agent Scott Boras, who represents Watson, has been in touch with the A’s during the winter meetings this week. ... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles detectives said Tuesday they are investigating a woman's claim that Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski molested her in 1975, when she was 10 years old. But the allegations are so old that criminal charges couldn't be brought, even if proven. Although the statute of limitations has long expired, law enforcement officials may be able to use any evidence they collect to help prosecute other cases. Authorities are now probing the case because Los Angeles detectives "will... Читать дальше...

Ashley Barnes has scored in the 89th minute to earn Burnley a 1-0 win over Stoke that lifted the unheralded team into the top four in the English Premier League

Two sisters are launching a fashion company in Edmonton this Friday — and their wares will help women affected by poverty in Uganda.

In the year that Donald Trump's inauguration triggered nationwide women's protests and powerful men were toppled by a firestorm of sexual misconduct allegations, the leading US dictionary named "feminism" its word of 2017.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress holds an election this weekend to replace Jacob Zuma as party leader in a closely fought contest whose winner is likely to emerge as the nation's next president. The front-runners are Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, a former trade union leader and one of South Africa's richest people, and Zuma's preferred candidate, his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a former minister and chairwoman of the African Union Commission. In a race seen as too close to call... Читать дальше...