Новости за 17.04.2018

Dear YouTube Creators,

At the beginning of the year, I wrote a letter to you outlining five key priorities for YouTube in 2018. Among those priorities was to communicate more frequently with all of you, and in that spirit, I plan to share updates with the creator community every quarter.

As you can imagine, the last two weeks have been incredibly difficult for the people who work at YouTube, myself included. As challenging as the experience has been for our YouTube family, the outpouring... Читать дальше...

PRETORIA- The South African government is doing all it can to address the huge housing backlog across the country, which often sparks violent service delivery protests, Human Settlements Minister Nomaindia Mfeketo said on Tuesday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates and a critic of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he will resign from Congress in May, after announcing last year he would not seek re-election. Dent's announcement sets up the potential for a special election as early as mid-summer to serve the remaining months in his term while candidates campaign for a full two-year term in the November election. It would be the... Читать дальше...

• The Air Force has been warning about its growing pilot shortage for some time.
• But a government report has found that the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy all have significant shortfalls.
• The service branches' stop-gap approaches have created additional problems for pilots, hurting quality of life and affecting retention, the report warns.

Air Force officials have been warning about the force's dire pilot shortage, and a recent Government Accountability... Читать дальше...

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• Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were married from 2006 to 2012.
• They weren't intimate with each other, according to a former member of Cruise's security team within the Church of Scientology.
• After Nicole Kidman divorced Cruise in 2001, the Church reportedly tried to find him another wife.
• During his relationship with Holmes, Cruise spent little time with her or his three children, according to the former security official. Читать дальше...

After an offseason in which some tried to link him to a trade, the running back said the Bears assured his agent that he won't be dealt.

PARLIAMENT - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) continues to lose paying customers by the millions, MPs heard on Tuesday.

Parents of two children who were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School have filed lawsuits against right-wing radio host Alex Jones.

The Sacramento Police Department on Monday released hours of additional video footage and 911 calls from a fatal police-involved shooting of an unarmed black man last month that sparked days of protests. The department released video from 23 dash cameras, 28 body cameras and a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department helicopter. The department also released two 911 calls. Monday’s release comes a little less than a month after the department released footage from the body cameras of the two officers... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON – President Trump’s Trade Representative is spending nearly $1 million on new furniture — and blaming the Obama Administration. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer spent more than $917,000 to furnish the two trade offices near the White House, according to contracts reviewed by The Post. That’s a significant increase compared to the last two...

Jan. 20, 1989: President George H.W. Bush takes the oath of office.

The Massachusetts native served as our 41st president.

Casio is introducing a new smartwatch for the outdoors today that runs Google’s Wear OS, but it doesn’t look all that different from some of Casio’s older Wear OS watches. In fact, it looks exactly the same and appears to have all the same specs and features, except for one: it costs $100 less.

Brie Bella is both sad and relieved that her twin sister Nikki Bella called off her engagement to John Cena.

Ezequiel Barco came off the bench to make his MLS debut, and David Villa scored career goal No. 399 as Atlanta and NYCFC split the points. New York City FC's on-loan midfielder Yangel Herrera has said he is "ready for Europe," suggesting he could soon leave MLS. The Venezuela international joined NYCFC from its affiliate Manchester City in February 2017 on a loan that reportedly runs until December. Man City rejected overtures from Lyon for Herrera last summer, but the 20-year-old said he's eager to make a move. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government's system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments. The plan from the Food and Drug Administration includes few immediate changes, but lists a number of ideas and proposals with the goal of improving safeguards on pacemakers, artificial joints, medical scanners and other devices. Among other measures, the FDA... Читать дальше...

The first fatality resulting from a commercial airline failure in nine years occurred today when one of the engines on a Southwest Airlines jet exploded en route from New York City’s LaGuardia International Airport to Dallas Love Field. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed the fatality during a press briefing in the last hour, but did …

Tuesday links!

With April 13th now firmly in the rear-view mirror, the ability for a player with zero current MLB service time to get in a full year in 2018 has come and gone. In the complicated world of MLB service clock jargon, it’s easy to get a bit fumbled with the details, but with top Cincinnati Reds prospect Nick Senzel currently on the cusp of his first big league call-up, wading through the specifics becomes a bit more pertinent.

For players to accrue a full year of MLB service time... Читать дальше...

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, who’s under investigation for ethical failures over his extravagant spending of taxpayer money, upgraded his official vehicle last year to one with bullet-resistant seat covers, a report on Tuesday said. Pruitt rejected the Chevy Tahoe other EPA directors have used for a larger, newer and more high-end Chevy Suburban...

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• The Golden Ratio judges a person's attractiveness based on the symmetry of their face.
• A plastic surgeon ranked the royals based on their "accuracy" to the Golden Ratio.
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had the highest scores in their respective categories.

The Golden Ratio, represented by the number 1.618 and the Greek letter Phi (Φ), judges a person's attractiveness based on the symmetry of their face.

Dr. Julian De Silva... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a torrent of mud crashed through Mari Mitchel's bedroom in Southern California three months ago, it carried away everything from massive pieces of antique family furniture to a tiny pouch that held her wedding and engagement rings and a beloved pendant. As the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months, Mitchel had nearly lost all hope she would ever see her most treasured jewelry again. But on April 3, the 65-year-old Mitchel got what she calls her "tiny miracle." The... Читать дальше...