Новости за 15.07.2016

Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, a sign that the volatile New York business mogul hopes to stabilize his campaign as he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for president next week at the party’s convention in Cleveland. 

Here’s how you know you’ve made it in Major League Soccer: Someone asks you to do a commercial with a cheeky soccer-related tie-in.

College football fans can expect more interruptions for targeting penalties this season. The NCAA rules committee improved a change that allows the replay booth to review a potential targeting penalty that was missed by officials on the field.

It was supposed to be a dream European vacation for the Texas family: Spain, with stops in Pamplona and Barcelona for flamenco dancing, then east to France, where they would finish the trip in Nice.

A special anti-terrorism unit was spearheading the investigation of what is being called France’s latest terror attack — a truck rampage on a crowded seaside promenade that left a trail of crumpled bodies, bloodstained shoes and the detritus of what had been a joyous holiday celebration.

Donald Trump names Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate July 15, 2016, 10:13 a.m. Donald Trump reveals his choice after a day of frenzied speculation.Trump appears to have made a choice that will provide stability to his campaignAn anti-Trump faction is swatted down ahead of the Republican...

Donald Trump names Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate July 15, 2016, 10:13 a.m. Donald Trump reveals his choice after a day of frenzied speculation.Trump appears to have made a choice that will provide stability to his campaignAn anti-Trump faction is swatted down ahead of the Republican...

The older of my two daughters has lived in France for well over two decades. She lived in Paris most of those years, and she didn’t drive a car, sparing a fretful father half a world away the most common of parental concerns — about traffic accidents on busy highways. I’d also spent enough time...

Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk is disputing reports that a Model X’s autopilot feature was involved in a nonfatal crash in Pennsylvania this month.

Britney Spears is back, and doing things much differently.

Ever since her emergence at the tail end of the ‘90s, Spears has launched each new project with a massive banger. “Oops! … I Did It Again,” “I’m a Slave 4 U,” “Me Against the Music,” “Gimmie More,” “Womanizer,” “Hold It Against Me,” “Work...

The conversation about restaurants in Los Angeles is most often about food, and rightfully so, but the experience of dining in restaurants is also about something else. The lighting, the music, the thrill of being remembered on a return visit – this is the domain of the front of house, a brigade...

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Young folks’ favorite athletes are feted at “Kids’ Choice Sports 2016.” Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson returns as host. 8 and 10 p.m. Nickelodeon

Home is where the horror is for a new bride in the new thriller “The Inherited.” Jenn Liu and Annabella Sciorra star. 9 p.m. Lifetime

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Tim White, the standout receiver and punt/kickoff returner at Arizona State, didn't have the grades to attend college after graduating from Hart High. But he went to College of the Canyons, blossomed in a structured environment and is now one of the Pac-12's best offensive players.

The Leventhal residence, a lower Bel-Air home named for longtime residents Kenneth and Elaine Leventhal, has come on the market for the first time in more than half a century.

The last two years have been a landmark for the visibility of transgender people on screens large and small -- including “Orange Is the New Black” actress Laverne Cox, Eddie Redmayne’s character in “The Danish Girl” and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner and her reality show “I Am Cait.”

Those familiar timpani drums and blaring horns — the opening lines to “Bugler’s Dream” — will have to make room for another sort of Olympic anthem.

The autopsy of the gunman who massacred 49 people in a Florida nightclub attack last month revealed he was HIV-negative and likely a long-term user of steroids, two U.S. law enforcement officials said.

Looking for the ultimate long shot at the 2016 Summer Games?

Try Brian Baker, a 31-year-old tennis player who, at No. 546 in the world, was named to the U.S. team on Friday.

Not only is Baker a relative unknown, he has spent much of the last seven years undergoing 11 surgeries on his knees, back,...

Donald Trump names Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate July 15, 2016, 10:13 a.m. Donald Trump reveals his choice after a day of frenzied speculation.Trump appears to have made a choice that will provide stability to his campaignAn anti-Trump faction is swatted down ahead of the Republican...

Viacom Inc.’s plan to sell a stake in its historic Hollywood movie studio, Paramount Pictures, suffered another setback Friday when the Redstone family publicly reaffirmed its opposition.

Bill Curtis, the former chief executive and current vice chairman of Robb Report, has listed a Malibu home befitting the luxury lifestyle authority for sale at $15 million.

The “Pokemon Go” fever has taken over the U.S. and parts of the world. Now the mayor of Rio de Janeiro wants some of it.

Donald Trump names Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate July 15, 2016, 10:13 a.m. Donald Trump reveals his choice after a day of frenzied speculation.Trump appears to have made a choice that will provide stability to his campaignAn anti-Trump faction is swatted down ahead of the Republican...

A terrorist attack involving a large truck — similar to the assault that killed at least 84 in Nice, France, Thursday — has been a scenario law enforcement officials in California and beyond have long analyzed. 

The open ocean around San Diego, Hawaii and Peru generates at least $17-billion worth of resources each year, according to a study by San Diego researchers.