Новости за 24.05.2016

MINNEAPOLIS — When Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas collided while chasing a foul ball Sunday in Chicago, the Kansas City Royals gasped at the prospects of losing two All-Stars on one play.

Penalties for a host of minor offenses will be eased under a sweeping package of criminal justice legislation.

Dr. Robert Stern, above, is director of clinical research for Boston University’s C.T.E. Center, a leader in the budding research of the disease.

The Who was forced to postpone a big chunk of the band's 2015 tour, but the culprit wasn't one of the stereotypical rock 'n' roll reasons such as rehab, run-ins with the law or internal drama. 

Stocks ended a quiet day slightly lower Monday as investors sat on the sidelines waiting for more clues about whether the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates next month. Energy stocks fell along with the price of crude oil.

Nathan P. Myhrvold, a former chief technologist at Microsoft and compiler of a six-volume compendium of cooking knowledge, with a meteorite. He has questioned NASA’s analysis of asteroids using heat emissions.

The death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour could accelerate the breakup of a movement that ruled Afghanistan and gave sanctuary to al Qaeda before a U.S.-led invasion drove it from power in 2001, according to Afghans who track the group.

Here is a rough recent accounting of the relationship between Donald Trump and the Republican Party. The last G.O.P. nominee for President, Mitt Romney, delivered a speech calling Trump “a phony, a fraud,” and warned that his economic policies would lead the country into a “prolonged recession.” The previous nominee, John McCain, called Trump “uninformed and indeed dangerous.” The Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, took the extraordinary step of staging a public speech to announce that he was “not ready” to support Trump... Читать дальше...

International trade of rhino horns is still banned, though illicit trade continues. South Africa has the world's largest rhino population; more than 1,000 were killed by poachers last year.

Charlie Warzel of BuzzFeed News tried cardless living for a month, by using a payment microchip insert in his hand.

Westpac, the country's biggest lender to landlords, is lowering the size of deposits it will require from property investors, partially reversing last year's crackdown.

A third person has died in as many days, and two more people are missing at Mount Everest.

It’s a good time to be Into. It Over It. Last month, the Chicago band wrapped a North American headlining tour in support of its excellent 2016...

The United Nations has no information on the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan, UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday.

Armed with a career-high ranking, record pay day and maiden grand slam second round berth, Australian wildcard Jordan Thompson now has the opportunity to right some wrongs for his tennis idol.

Tshwane Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa on Monday night expressed sadness at the violence that accompanied the eviction of illegal squatters in Hammanskraal‚ north of the city‚ in which two people were brutally killed.

Some things in life are a given. The sun will rise in the east and set in the west, and your Starbucks barista will likely screw up your name. 

When Sumner Redstone split Viacom and CBS into separate companies in 2005, the appraisal was clear: CBS would be slow growing "old media" while "new media" Viacom would be in the fast lane. But CBS is thriving while Viacom struggles.

being black feels like a lot right now.

they shot a man then they shot

the people mourning the man.

they shot a man while he was

a. handcuffed

b. walking away

c. already dead

the terrorists i fear played balled with the cops

or they is the cops. i ain’t got much left to give

these poems, black folks of every kind

of body are dying, & yes at our own

hands too & before you start

pointing fingers wash yo bloody

bloody hands. Читать дальше...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Help is on the way to address long lines and long wait times for travelers at Newark Liberty Airport on the brink of the summer travel season.

A Western Michigan man who tried to kidnap a 16-year-old girl in his van may be linked with two years-old unsolved cases.

Amazon has been beaten to it. According to the claims of a former con, a commercially viable drone-delivery parcel service is up and running - of all places, at England's biggest jail.

It's been six years, but VH1's Hip Hop Honors is returning to celebrate pioneers of the genre, and this time it's ladies first. Eminem,...