Новости за 24.01.2018

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A use-of-force investigation is underway after an 18-year-old woman was pulled off a Metro train and arrested Monday afternoon by an LAPD officer who she said confronted her for having her foot on a train seat. The incident was captured in a cellphone video that was shared on Facebook, earning over 6 million views. Brock Bryan, who recorded the 10 1/2-minute video, can be heard objecting to the teen’s treatment by the officer, alongside other witnesses. One of […]

Connor Ruebusch and Patrick Wyman look back at a weekend chock-full of meaningful fights, and dread the retribution of scorned UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.

With the recent birth of Kim Kardashian West’s third child, Chicago West, and the soon-to-be arrivals of Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner’s first babies, there is a lot of excitement happening in the Kardashian-Jenner family right now. And you can feel the love in their latest Calvin Klein campaign, in which all five sisters posed together, wearing signature cotton pieces from the Calvin Klein Underwear line, as well as Calvin Klein Denim and some new pieces from the Spring 2018 line. Here, Khloé... Читать дальше...

As of today, there’s a new company under the Alphabet banner: Google X announced a new spinoff focusing entirely on cybersecurity, dubbed Chronicle.

Leilani Wolfgramm got her start in music from an early age.  She comes from a musical family, and started writing when she was just a kid.  When speaking with the artist, she explained that her brothers had a reggae band they would let her join in when they were younger.  Then she moved to California as a solo act and immediately started touring.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Concerned about soaring health care costs, Idaho on Wednesday revealed a plan that will allow insurance companies to sell cheap policies that ditch key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. It's believed to be the first state to take formal steps without prior federal approval for creating policies that do not comply with the Obama-era health care law. Health care experts say the move is legally dubious, a concern supported by internal records obtained by The Associated Press. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON — Most U.S. voters want Democrats to recapture the House and Senate in November even as they cast a large amount of blame for the federal government shutdown on the party’s shoulders, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. More than 8 in 10 voters view the three-day shutdown as “mainly unnecessary,” and given a choice they blame Democrats in Congress (32 percent) just as much as President Trump (31 percent). Just 18 percent pointed to Republicans... Читать дальше...

Chris Ngige, Minister of Laboir and Employment on Wednesday confirmed that Federal Government has re-opened the financial portals. The portals were closed on the 31st December, 2017 in line with extant financial regulations by Federal Ministry of Finance, which prohibits release and utilization of funds appropriated to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) after the... View Article

Turkish forces were reported to have retaliated against Kurdish forces in Afrin on January 24, after officials said two rockets, allegedly fired from Syria, hit the center of the town earlier that evening, killing two and injuring 11. Reports citing the local governor said two people were killed – one Turkish and one Syrian – and six were injured when one of the rockets hit the Çalık Cami mosque during evening prayer. Another rocket landed nearby, injuring five, the governor said. This video was shot in central Kilis... Читать дальше...

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• The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alex Azar as health secretary. 
• Azar replaces Tom Price, who resigned from the position in September after his use of private jets was reported to have cost taxpayers more than $1 million.
• Azar had been criticized by Democrats who questioned his former role as a senior executive at Lilly during a time when the price of insulin steadily increased.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

This could be the biggest week of Luke Falk’s life. He is at the Senior Bowl, with a chance to impress NFL scouts and prove he has the potential to be a quarterback at the sport’s highest level. Falk spoke to the media Tuesday, but he wasn’t there to talk about his NFL future. He...

British actor Simon Shelton, best known for playing Tinky Winky in the “Teletubbies,” has died. He was 52. Shelton — who also went by the name Simon Barnes — starred in the cult BBC children’s show from 1997, taking over the role of the purple character from Dave Thompson. He played the purple character in 1999 when former Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell drew ridicule for his contention that Tinky Winky was a gay Teletubby. According to the actor’s son Henry, Shelton died on Jan. 17, BBC News reported. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on a Las Vegas shooting survivor (all times local): 1:20 p.m. An Arizona woman is smiling and talking three months after she was shot in the head during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Jovanna Calzadillas was accompanied by her husband and two doctors as she made short, prepared statements about how she was doing during a Wednesday news conference a day before her scheduled discharge from a Phoenix hospital. Calzadillas says a part of herself changed the night of the Oct. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on a Las Vegas shooting survivor (all times local): 1:20 p.m. An Arizona woman is smiling and talking three months after she was shot in the head during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Jovanna Calzadillas was accompanied by her husband and two doctors as she made short, prepared statements about how she was doing during a Wednesday news conference a day before her scheduled discharge from a Phoenix hospital. Calzadillas says a part of herself changed the night of the Oct. Читать дальше...

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting at a Kentucky high school (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Prosecutors won't yet seek attempted murder charges against the 15-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting spree at a Kentucky high school and will charge him with first-degree assault for now. Assistant Marshall County Attorney Jason Darnall told reporters Wednesday that the 15-year-old boy will face 12 counts of first-degree assault instead of attempted murder because they feel they have a better case for those charges right now. Читать дальше...

As House Intel Committee Republicans’ so-called #ReleaseTheMemo push becomes a full-on GOP obsession on Capitol Hill, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) signaled in a floor speech Wednesday that Senate Republicans have a Russia probe conspiracy memo of their own they’d like to release— this one centered on allegations that Christopher Steele, the British ex-spy behind the Trump-Russia dossier, misled federal authorities.

In a press conference hosted by Anderson Cooper at New York’s Gotham Hall and streamed on YouTube Wednesday, Elton John announced he will be retiring after his three-year, 300-date, international “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour, which kicks off Sept. 8 in Allentown, Pa. The reason for the legend’s retirement? Not health problems, as the U.K. tabloids erroneously reported — “If you’re going to do 300 shows, you’re not in ill health,” John pointed out — but because his “priorities have changed” since he became a father. Читать дальше...

In a press conference hosted by Anderson Cooper at New York’s Gotham Hall and streamed on YouTube Wednesday, Elton John announced he will be retiring after his three-year, 300-date, international “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour, which kicks off Sept. 8 in Allentown, Pa. The reason for the legend’s retirement? Not health problems, as the U.K. tabloids erroneously reported — “If you’re going to do 300 shows, you’re not in ill health,” John pointed out — but because his “priorities have changed” since he became a father. Читать дальше...

And it puts NATO's two largest militaries on opposite sides.

Ben Goessling and Andrew Krammer break down the Vikings' offseason to-do list, starting with questions at quarterback and offensive coordinator. (4:30) The Vikings have an attractive situation for a quarterback. (13:00) Who will be the next offensive play caller? (16:30) How do they improve the NFL's No. 1 defense from last year? (29:00) Who's staying? Who's going? Looking at possible retirements and free-agent exits. (40:30) Your Twitter questions on quarterbacks, Danielle Hunter and Mike Remmers.

The NYPD is in talks with the city’s Department of Health about opening up “safe injection sites” as a way to fight the opioid epidemic, the city’s top cop said Wednesday. “This is about the sanctity of human life, keeping people safe, making sure that people stay alive,” Police Commissioner James O’Neill said. “We had...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Saying the Olympic family had utterly failed to protect its own, the chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee announced an independent investigation Wednesday intended to determine how the sexual abuse attributed to former USA Gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar could have gone on as long as it did. In what he called an open letter to Team USA , Scott Blackmun said the third-party investigation will attempt to determine "who knew what and when" when it comes to Nassar... Читать дальше...