Новости за 09.02.2017

The US House of Representatives is considering a bill that will ease drilling regulations in America’s national parks, making it easier for companies to gain permission to extract oil and natural gas. The bill, proposed by Republican Paul Gosar of Arizona, is strenuously opposed by environmentalist groups.

Another member of the Kennedy family dynasty entered American politics Wednesday, as Christopher Kennedy announced his candidacy for governor of Illinois. The Kennedy heir is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, known by many Americans simply as RFK. The elder Kennedy was assassinated in 1968.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunting and fishing fees would not go up under the state budget Gov. Scott Walker is proposing.

That infamous phone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull notwithstanding, shareholders in Australian banks should be grateful for the US president's appreciation of their dividend checks.

A list of 818 active duty U.S. Air Force officers who have been selected for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major during the 2016C Colonel Line of the Air Force, Line of the Air Force Judge Advocate, Nurse Corps and Chaplain; Lieutenant Colonel Chaplain, Nurse Corps and Line of the Air Force Judge Advocate; and 2016D Major Line of the Air Force Judge Advocate and Nurse Corps central selection boards.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on the aftermath of a December fire that killed 36 party-goers at an Oakland warehouse (all times local): 1:55 p.m. The vice president of the Oakland firefighters union says the chief in charge when the “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire broke out has been on leave for weeks with acting chiefs

Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger and his media empire hasn’t been able to escape the challenges of a changing media landscape that continues to have a major impact on one of the company’s most prominent assets.

Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger and his media empire hasn’t been able to escape the challenges of a changing media landscape that continues to have a major impact on one of the company’s most prominent assets.

De Parijse metro is vanavond opgeschrikt door brand. Meerdere personen zijn daarbij gewond geraakt. Aanvankelijk werd op Twitter gesproken over 'een zware explosie', maar volgens een politiewoordvoerder was daar geen sprake van.

PITTSBURGH — An Eastern European man accused of being part of an international email phishing scheme that enabled $25 million to be stolen from banks and companies worldwide has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Thirty-one-year-old Andrey Ghinkul pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and damaging a computer. The Moldova resident, who was arrested in Cyprus last

CNN’s debate kicked off at 9 p.m. ET as news regarding President Trump’s executive order blocking travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries was unfolding on Fox News. Federal appeals court judges were expected to determine whether to restore the travel ban, but more age 25-54 viewers wanted to hear Sanders and Cruz argue about health care instead. Fox News won the night and the time period among total viewers, as the network has done on a monthly basis since passing CNN in the category back in 2002. Читать дальше...

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales is declaring a state of emergency to fight a plague of locusts that is decimating crops in the country’s agricultural heartland. Morales announced the decision Wednesday as part of a contingency plan. It includes $700,000 in additional funds for fumigation. Officials say the swarm of locusts first

On February 7, 2017 a tornado hit NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Employees shot video of the tornado and its aftermath.

Rex Tillerson will meet with Federica Mogherini on Thursday, the Department of State noted in a scheduling email.

Researchers have found the first known case of one animal, a boxer crab, stimulating another animal, a sea anemone, to reproduce asexually.

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New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, as expected, will return for the 2017 season.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump criticized Nordstrom, the latest company to be the focus of his Twitter attention, saying Wednesday that the department store chain that decided to stop selling his daughter's clothing and accessory line has treated…

Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker announced Wednesday that he plans to hold a town hall meeting next week to discuss “a range of topics.” He specifically mentioned one topic that’s been on the minds of Journal staffers: the paper’s reorganization plan known as WSJ 2020. But he didn’t mention another one that’s been the talk of the Journal’s newsroom: coverage of President Donald Trump.

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Five participants in unrest in the Aulnay-sous-Bois commune in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris (Seine-Saint-Denis department) triggered by recent police misconduct have received prison sentences, French media report.

State Department Confirms The Suspicions The Most Americans Have Had About The Refugee Program WND is reporting that a recently ...

Wells Fargo & Co.’s board is likely to eliminate annual bonuses for 2016 for some top executives following the bank’s sales-practices scandal, according to people familiar with the matter.