Новости за 21.12.2017

Bad Honnef (dpa) - Zwerg-Weihnachtsbäume für das Auto oder den Schreibtisch werden bei deutschen Verbrauchern nach Beobachtungen des Verbands der deutschen Holzindustrie immer beliebter. Die oft als «Nebenbaum» gekauften Winzlinge seien jedoch keine echte Konkurrenz zum großen Tannenbaum, berichtete eine Sprecherin in Bad Honnef. Im Angebot seinen etwa komplett geschmückte Bäumchen mit batteriegetriebener LED-Lichterkette.Mit voraussichtlich rund 29,5 Millionen verkauften Weihnachtsbäumen sei der Absatz 2017 stabil geblieben... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — A 5-year-old boy who was struck in the face last year by a stray bullet fired during a drive-by shooting accidentally shot himself in the hand this week with a gun his father had obtained illegally, Chicago police said Wednesday. Kavan Collins found the loaded, uncased gun under a mattress in an upstairs bedroom and shot himself Tuesday evening in the finger, police said. The boy's father, Kevin Collins, was arrested late Wednesday on several felony gun charges and six misdemeanor counts of child endangerment. Читать дальше...

Russian investigative journalist Yelena Milashina, who broke this year's major story about gay abuse in Chechnya as a reporter at Novaya Gazeta newspaper, has been selected to receive a Harvard University award for integrity in journalism.

The Detroit Red Wings are showing off some more festive goalie masks.

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman has sued the rapper Nelly, claiming he sexually assaulted her on his tour bus and later damaged her reputation by refuting her account. The Seattle Times reported Wednesday that Monique Greene's lawsuit against Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., seeks unspecified damages. The rapper was arrested on his tour bus in a suburban Seattle Walmart parking lot in October. Prosecutors said last week they weren't charging him because the woman wasn't cooperating with the case. Читать дальше...

Floyd Mayweather doesn’t actually want to fight in the UFC, and Conor McGregor has one word for him.

Argentinian giants Independiente will face another test against Brazilian opposition after being drawn against Sao Paulo side Corinthians in the group stage of the 2018 Copa Libertadores here Wednesday.

L'ONU et la Commission interaméricaine des droits de l'homme (CIDH) ont uni leurs voix pour dénoncer la situation actuelle au Honduras. Depuis la réélection controversée du président Juan Orlando Hernandez, le 26 novembre, le pays est aux prises avec de nombreuses manifestations qui ont fait 12 morts et mené à l'arrestation de centaines de personnes.

He scored 24 in the second quarter!

James Harden has been flat out unstoppable this season and the Lakers certainly weren’t stopping him on Wednesday night. He lit them up for 30 points in the first half and scored 24 of those 30 in the second quarter.

This has become somewhat of a normal occurrence for Harden — he’s got three 30-point scoring halves this season. But this one was especially impressive because of the way he did it.

Let’s break it down.

He only made... Читать дальше...

CA Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, December 20, 2017 _____ 325 FPUS56 KLOX 210234 ZFPLOX Zone Forecasts for Southwestern California...Updated National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 630 PM PST Wed Dec 20 2017 CAZ041-211230- Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles- Including Malibu, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and Long Beach 630 PM PST Wed Dec 20 2017 Updated ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...Mostly... Читать дальше...

Mark Warner said that if President Donald Trump fires Robert Mueller, it "has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis."

HOUSTON — Police said a thief has stolen from a Bentonville family that were in Houston preparing for their daughter’s bone marrow transplant. Savannah Simmons was diagnosed with leukemia during September. She and her mother were in Houston to prepare for Savannah’s upcoming bone marrow transplant. The surgery is set to happen within upcoming weeks, CBS affilate KHOU reported. She and her mother went out for lunch and that’s when the rental car they were in was broken into.  The […]

The Senate approved Trump’s tax bill 51-48 in a midnight showdown. Wednesday, the tax cuts created an avalanche of industry optimism and prosperity with companies announcing special bonuses and an increase in capital spending. James Woods took a swipe at Obama’s failed socialist policies while boasting of Trump’s tax bill. As TGP’s Joe Hoft reported, […]

Firefighters in California on Wednesday said the massive Thomas wildfire -- about the size of sprawling Los Angeles -- was about 60 percent contained but they warned strong winds were still forecast. Firefighters took advantage of weaker winds on Monday and Tuesday to battle the voracious blaze, which has already destroyed more than 1,300 structures. After the brief respite heavy winds are expected to return Wednesday to the California area plagued by a massive fire, potentially hindering the... Читать дальше...

Steve Kerr’s top objective for the Warriors’ upcoming seven-game home stand is simple: Get players healthy. Five rotation players — Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle), Zaza Pachulia (left shoulder soreness), Shaun Livingston (sore right knee), Draymond Green (right shoulder soreness) and Andre Iguodala (flu-like symptoms) — have been ruled out of Wednesday night’s game against Memphis. Curry will be re-evaluated in a week, but the other four players could be back even sooner. Читать дальше...

This family squabble is totally Looney Tunes. A 36-year-old Staten Island man who claims to have had a lifelong phobia of the Tasmanian Devil cartoon is accusing his wealthy father-in-law of making his life hell by menacing him with a bushy toupee that looks like the manic children’s character. The situation has gotten so bad,...

OXNARD, Calif. – Five people were arrested after allegedly burglarizing vehicles of residents who stayed in Oxnard after leaving their homes during the Thomas Fire, police said. The incidents occurred sometime during the night of Dec. 5 as the massive Thomas Fire raged through Ventura County, according to KTLA. Oxnard police said two black Suburbans parked in the 3700 block Dunkirk Drive were broken into and personal belongings were stolen. The victims included a family who drove to the location... Читать дальше...

It’s time to preview the second week of bowl games, from FIU-Temple to Belk Belk Belk.

To date the investigation into the Fusion GPS-manufactured collusion scandal has focused largely on the firm itself, its allies in the press, as well as contacts in the Department of Justice and FBI. However, if a sitting president used the instruments of state, including the intelligence community, to disseminate and legitimize a piece of paid opposition research in order to first obtain warrants to spy on the other party’s campaign, and then to de-legitimize the results of an election once the other party’s candidate won... Читать дальше...

As the off-season launches in earnest, USA TODAY Sports examines the top free agents available.

Maybe this is the start. Maybe it was just going to take time for the new players to jell with the holdovers. Maybe Manhattan is as good as its lofty preseason MAAC ranking, despite all those ugly early-season losses. It looked it Wednesday evening, going to Long Island and knocking off previously hot Hofstra, 63-61...

Südkoreanische Soldaten haben nach Militärangaben an der schwer bewachten Landesgrenze Warnschüsse auf Soldaten aus Nordkorea abgegeben.

Two Forge Wine Cellars Rieslings received an impressive score of 92 on a 100-point scale in 2017.

A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Thursday across the heavily-guarded Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's defence ministry said, only a month after a comrade did the same under a hail of bullets from his own side.