Новости за 13.01.2017

As of midnight tonight, Michael Scuse, who's been serving as acting deputy secretary, will become the acting secretary.

INDIANAPOLIS — Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly says he’ll push President-elect Donald Trump to follow through on his campaign pledges and take action to retain American manufacturing jobs. Donnelly was joined at a Friday news conference by workers from three Indiana plants where jobs are set to be shipped out of the country, including the

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal prosecutors won’t charge a deputy who was recorded tossing a student out of a desk at a South Carolina high school after she refused to give up her cellphone. The U.S. Justice Department pursues civil rights charges when someone with authority intentionally violates civil rights, not when they use poor judgment

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The US oil rig count fell this week for the first time in 11 weeks, according to Baker Hughes. 

The number of active oil rigs fell by seven to a total of 522. One gas rig was added, taking that total to 136. The additional miscellaneous rig put the combined count at 659, down by six on net. 

The tally of oil rigs rose last week to the highest level in one year, as demand for oilfield-services equipment increased with oil prices.  

The renewed confidence... Читать дальше...

Capital program expected to help results

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power is urging the Trump administration not to cut funding to the United Nations, warning it would be "extremely detrimental" to U.S. interests and only benefit countries like China and Russia.

By Park Boram SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- United States Amb. to South Korea Mark Lippert bid farewell to the country he dedicated more than two years of his foreign service to on Friday, saying he will carry a special impression of South Korea for the

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The director of the U.S. Agriculture Department Rural Development for Nebraska has announced she's leaving her post.

PERKASIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania high school is apologizing after students were given a math homework assignment that asked which family member had sexually assaulted a girl.

The driver of a FedEx big rig had a white-knuckled ride on Interstate 80 in the Sierra Thursday morning when his brakes froze up and caused his double trailers to skid and jackknife down a snow covered pass, officials said. A video posted on Facebook shows the tractor-trailer skidding, uncontrollably at times, as California Highway Patrol officers in Truckee shut down the freeway and followed closely behind. Within 20 minutes, the driver was able to bring the rig to a stop at the at the bottom... Читать дальше...

"He told me just to enjoy myself," Pogba said. "That is it."

Medics did not see any changes in the organism of Norwegian mass shooter Anders Breivik, according to Bjorn Draugedalen from the Skien prison.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is making clear Pope Francis supports letting divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion under certain conditions by publishing a set of new guidelines in the pope’s own newspaper that go beyond even what he has said. The Catholic Church in Malta issued the guidelines Friday on applying the divisive

A school district apologized for a math assignment that involved trying to figure out which family member sexually assaulted a young girl.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said he regretted not giving enough time to his school-going daughter Divija due to his hectic schedule.

TRENTON, N.J. — The medical examiner on Friday overturned a ruling that a hospital president found dead along with his wife killed himself, the first step in their children’s quest to prove that their parents were slain by someone other than their father. Medical Examiner Andrew Falzon said the injuries that 72-year-old John Sheridan suffered

Strategist Joseph Mezrich makes the case for a comeback in an actively management investment strategy.

Fusion correspondent Kimberly Brooks, a former assistant at The Oprah Winfrey Show, accompanied Winfrey on a trip to the academy in South Africa, and now reunites with her “sisters” a decade later to talk about how their lives have changed as a result of OWLAG.

Fusion correspondent Kimberly Brooks, a former assistant at The Oprah Winfrey Show, accompanied Winfrey on a trip to the academy in South Africa, and now reunites with her “sisters” a decade later to talk about how their lives have changed as a result of OWLAG.

Been there.

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- "Game of Thrones" alum Jason Momoa explained why he's grateful to play Aquaman in "Justice League" and other DC Comics movies.