Новости за 02.02.2018

From Paul Dickson at The National Pastime Museum on February 2, 2018:

The story of the heroic integration of Major League Baseball will be recalled again and again during Black History Month in 2018. It is a story worth retelling if for no other reason than such men as Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, and Roy Campanella became the spark for a larger civil rights movement. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, Jackie Robinson was “a pilgrim that walked in the lonesome byways toward the high road of Freedom. Читать дальше...

A measure of Wall Street volatility on Friday rose sharply, hitting its highest level in more than a year as equity benchmarks tumbled and as the 10-year Treasury notes extended its 5-day climb above 2.8%--its highest level in more than four years. The CBOE Volatility Index was up at 17.60, up more than 30%, a level that puts the volatility gauge at its loftiest level since Nov. 4, 2016, according to FactSet data. For the week, the so-called fear index was on track for a weekly rise of about 59%... Читать дальше...

Get a quick recap of the biggest spenders in the Premier League during the January transfer window. Relive the most cringe-worthy bloopers from the month of January in the Premier League. Tottenham's assault on a top four place continues with a huge game at Liverpool on Sunday. Mauricio Pochettino's men are just two points off Liverpool in fourth following a fine 2-0 win over Manchester United. Can Jose Mourinho's men bounce back at home to Huddersfield ... a team they've already lost to this season? Читать дальше...

The White Sox begin the 2018 Cactus League season on Feb. 23 as the visiting team against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch.

Eli Manning addressed his future with the team, saying: 'All indications are that I will be back and playing quarterback for the New York Giants.'

ESPN FC's Mark Donaldson and Shaka Hislop square off in predicting all the Premier League fixtures during week 26. Certain games have greater resonance than others. Liverpool's clash with Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield has bigger significance than the usual Premier League match. It is a landmark moment for both clubs. The reverse fixture at Wembley in October exposed the flaws in Jurgen Klopp's side. The 4-1 Spurs victory fed a belief that Mauricio Pochettino's team could challenge Manchester City for the title. Читать дальше...

A man released from prison in December after serving nearly 20 years for a double-murder, only to land in an immigration detention facility, went free on bond Friday. Gabriel Solache and his co-defendant, Arturo Reyes, had their convictions for the 1998 killings tossed after a judge ruled their confessions to the crime had likely been […]

Republican legislators released Friday a highly contentious memo alleging that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice abused their powers to spy on President Donald Trump's election campaign.

Redditor favorite_hoodie's eight-year-old brother was so excited to have his friends over he planned an entire sleepover, complete with a hot tub, full breakfast menu, and board game hour.  

The administration of President Donald Trump wants to revamp the U.S. nuclear arsenal and develop new low-yield atomic weapons, mainly in response to Russian actions in recent years, according to a policy statement released February 2.

The country is perfecting a vast network of digital espionage as a means of social control—with implications for democracies worldwide.

Jacob Heilbrunn

Security, Americas

Rather than striking a decisive blow, the Nunes memo indicates that the battle over the Trump probe is far from over.

The real question about the now-declassified Nunes memo is this: Why did the Democrats make such a fuss about it? They would have been wiser to avoid a battle over its release rather than acting as though it constitutes some kind of devastating betrayal of American intelligence agencies. Apart from the fact that the intelligence... Читать дальше...

Dennis Edwards, the lead singer of The Temptations between 1968 and 1984, has died at the age of 74.

James Ivory didn’t see “Call Me By Your Name” with an audience until the week before he was nominated for its screenplay. He caught it at a New York theater with a good audience, he says, that applauded at the end. It was his first tangible taste of the adulation for the film he wrote, about first love in Northern Italy, since it began its celebrated run at last year’s Sundance Film Festival.  “I’ve just been thinking: What is it about the film that people respond to so much?” Ivory says in a recent... Читать дальше...

Use nylon pantyhose to make flowers

Once you get a run in your pantyhose, you might feel like you have to throw them away. This is not true since there are some amazing ways of reusing pantyhose around the house. If you have pantyhose that are either white or colourful, you can put them to great use by making your own artificial flowers! It will take a bit of time but they really do look amazing!

• Pantyhose in any colour other than beige or brown (even black works... Читать дальше...

ESPN FC's Stevie Nicol assesses whether or not Liverpool are in need of striking reinforcements now that Daniel Sturridge has left on loan. Craig Burley examines Tottenham's FA Cup draw at Newport County, which adds a replay to an already-challenging stretch of matches for Spurs. Liverpool once played a title decider against a London club. It wasn't Tottenham. They contested epic Champions League semi-finals against another representative of England's biggest city. That wasn't Tottenham either. Читать дальше...

Rights groups and relatives of victims asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Friday to rule against a pardon for former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori who was jailed for human rights abuses.

Filed under: Entertainment, Celebrity, Deaths

When news broke that Robert Wagner is officially a “person of interest” in the 1981 death of Natalie Wood and that her cause of death is now deemed “suspicious,” actor Christopher Walken — one of the last people to see Wood alive — didn’t make a statement. But don’t expect him to say much on the topic — ever.

• Lisa Marie Presley turns 50, but she’s been famous since day one
• Woody Allen defender Diane Keaton’s history with the... Читать дальше...

Two transfer windows that could have seen the Algerian international exit the East Midlands have gone, and the Foxes only have themselves to blame

On November 29, 1981, Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina Island near Los Angeles. She had been partying hard on a yacht with her husband Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken. The only other person on the boat was its captain. Wood's death was initially ruled an accident but in 2011, Los Angeles County police reopened the case. Now, stories from witnesses "portray a new sequence of events on the boat that night" according to police. From the Associated Press:

If football is not merely to be the propaganda wing of petro-inflated billionaires, Tottenham must be the model – yet they face Liverpool on Sunday with their position precariousThere is an awkwardness to the situation in which Tottenham find themselves, a hollowness that should reverberate around all of modern football. Over the past three seasons they have probably been the best side in the Premier League. They have improved each year under Mauricio Pochettino. Their squad is perhaps better than ever before... Читать дальше...

Am Sonntag wollen sie fertig werden - eigentlich. In der entscheidenden Runde der GroKo-Verhandlungen müssen aber noch wichtige Streitpunkte vom Tisch.Berlin (dpa) - Viele Einigungen, aber auch neue Konflikte: Die Chefs von CDU, SPD und CSU rechnen mit harten Verhandlungen auf der Zielgeraden zu einer neuen großen Koalition. Es gebe noch «eine ganze Reihe sehr ernster Dissenspunkte», sagte Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) am Freitag zum Start in die entscheidenden Marathonverhandlungen. «Wir sind guten Willens... Читать дальше...

Afghanistan's government is in advanced stages of negotiations with several U.S. companies interested in becoming involved with the country's coal industry, a first step toward wider American investment in Afghanistan's potentially lucrative industrial mining sector. The negotiations - confirmed to VOA by a senior Afghan diplomat and the owners of two consulting firms that specialize in the extractive industries, all of whom are involved in the talks - are in line with a push by President Donald... Читать дальше...