Новости за 14.02.2018

Emanuel stopped by the home about 10:15 after meeting with command staff at Chicago Police Department headquarters.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday proposed that his agency approve a SpaceX application to provide broadband services in the U.S. and globally using satellite technologies. The aerospace company, owned by Tesla Inc. Chief Executive and founder Elon Musk, is planning to launch a rocket over the weekend to test plans to offer satellite-based broadband internet. "To bridge America's digital divide, we'll have to use innovative technologies," Chairman Pai said in a statement. Читать дальше...

Stocks were mixed Wednesday after data showing January consumer price inflation stronger than expected.

Facebook is bringing its Messenger Kids chat app to Android today after first rolling it out on iOS in December. Messenger Kids is designed for younger children (ages six to 12) as a way to safely communicate with friends and family. Parents are able to strictly control who their kids are able to connect with over the app. It includes features like video chat (complete with playful selfie “masks”), stickers, drawing tools, and more. Messenger Kids expanded to Amazon’s app store in January to add compatibility with Fire tablets. Читать дальше...

With the Israeli police recommending that he be indicted, the prime minister is entering a major battle for political survival.

2018 Winter Olympics: Shani Davis seems utterly determined to be unhappy and to feel like everything is against him.

It’s officially #ComebackSZN for Johnny Manziel. The former Browns quarterback will participate in the forthcoming Spring League, a developmental football program for emerging players to showcase their skill sets to NFL scouts and general managers, CEO Brian Woods announced Wednesday. “We’re excited to have such a dynamic player in Johnny Manziel taking part in The...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit over efforts to shut down a Southern California homeless encampment (all times local): 8:30 a.m. A federal judge has been touring a Southern California homeless encampment that officials are working to shut down. Judge David O. Carter took a brisk walk at dawn Wednesday past scores of tents surrounded by trash. He was followed by an entourage of three dozen lawyers, Orange County workers, nonprofit staff and local officials. Carter grilled officials... Читать дальше...

The biggest success of the new Marvel film isn’t representation, but its contemplation of identity, responsibility, and the future of a diaspora in an interconnected world.

Food poverty has become synonymous with fuel poverty in Britain; whether to eat or to heat a home is an everyday decision people trapped in poverty are forced to make, meanwhile basic hygiene products are fast becoming luxury items.

Office 365 subscribers always have the latest version of Microsoft Office — currently Office 2016. They also get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office 2016 without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches and bug fixes. But it can be hard to keep track of the changes in each update and know when they’re available. We’re doing for you, so you don’t have to.

Berlin (dpa) - Migranten sind zu selten in der Politik vertreten, findet die scheidende SPD-Integrationsbeauftragte Aydan Özoguz. Womöglich zögerten Parteien, Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in die vorderste Reihe der Politik zu holen, um keine Angriffsfläche zu bieten, sagte sie dem «Tagesspiegel» (Mittwoch). Dies gelte etwa für Fälle, in denen Menschen muslimischen Glaubens nicht in politische Ämter berufen würden, um islamfeindlicher Propaganda aus dem Weg zu gehen. «Das sehe ich mit Unbehagen... Читать дальше...

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• Taking to Instagram, Olympic diver Tom Daley revealed that he and his husband, screenwriter and director Dustin Lance Black, are expecting a baby. 
• Daley posted a photo of the couple holding the sonogram image, along with a sweet caption.
• Daley and Black got engaged in 2015 and tied the knot in May 2017. 
• Daley won bronze medals at the Rio and London Olympics, and Black is an award-winning screenwriter and director. 

THE best thing that can be said about a new Republican-drawn congressional map for Pennsylvania is that none of the districts resembles a cartoon character. But erasing the lines of a comically gerrymandered district dubbed “Goofy kicking Donald Duck” was not enough to satisfy an order from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, said Tom Wolf, the state’s Democratic governor, on February 13th. 

Shares of medical device company Motus GI Holdings fell about 8% in their trading debut Wednesday, after the company priced its initial public offering at the low end of its $5 to $7 range. The Israeli company sold 3.5 million shares to raise $18.5 million. The company was originally planning to offer 4.3 million shares but reduced the size of the deal ahead of pricing. Few companies have braved the IPO market this week, given the recent volatility and a traditional seasonal lull as financials are updated. Читать дальше...

Registration is now open for the 2018 Spring Soccer Season and will continue through Sunday, April 8. Please continue reading for general information about the league, how to register a child to play, and start and end dates for the spring season. Please also considering signing up to be a volunteer coach. The league can only field a team if there are enough volunteer coaches.

Registration is now open for the 2018 Spring Soccer Season. Thanks to all JP Children’s Soccer families for your patience as the web site has undergone some renovations. Please continue reading for general information about the league, how to register a child to play, and start and end dates for the spring season. Please also considering signing up to be a volunteer coach, especially for the Wednesday session. The league can only field a team if there are enough volunteer coaches.

Médecins sans frontières (MSF) rapporte qu'au moins 24 cas de harcèlement et d'agression sexuelle ont été rapportés dans ses rangs en 2017.

Why "is God real?" is the most boring question you can ask.

Alain de Botton is an author, philosopher, and founder of the School of Life, a London-based institute “devoted to developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture.”

De Botton, the author of several best-sellers, including How Proust Can Change your Life and Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believers Guide to the Uses of Religion, has made a career of concretizing big ideas for general audiences. His books and lectures... Читать дальше...

TAMPA, Fla. — It is like something out of a science-fiction movie — a brain-eating parasitic tapeworm living in your eye. Unfortunately for Sam Cordero, it wasn’t a movie and the race was on to surgically remove it from his eye, WFTS reports. Taenia Solium, more commonly called a pork tapeworm, passes to humans from consuming raw pork or through contact with fecal matter. Properly cooked pork, and good hygiene when handling food, kill the parasite. In some extremely rare cases the worm […]

Fertitta, a Galveston native, had dreamed of purchasing the Rockets for years.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal watchdog's investigation has found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money to cover his wife's airfare for an 11-day European trip.

The report also questions Shulkin's decision to direct agency staff on official time to arrange his personal sightseeing activities during the July trip to England and Denmark.

The inspector general's audit... Читать дальше...

An Irish lecturer was reportedly arrested after cannabis was allegedly seized at his Dublin home.  According to The Mail, Gardaí allegedly seized €25K worth of drugs as well as €5000 cash on January 29th 2018.  The man, in his 40s, was arrested for questioning and later released without charge.  A source told the paper:  "Gardai received a tip off that the individual may have been linked to the sale and supply of drugs on the college campus."  "The individual arrested may have been supplying and... Читать дальше...