Новости за 22.05.2018

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is still gushing lava, weeks after violent eruptions first began.

On Tuesday, Kilauea sent an ash plume thousands of feet into the sky, creating more havoc on the Big Island. 

The volcanic eruptions have been escalating for about two weeks, severely damaging nearby residential neighborhoods. Hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes. 

Beyond the immediate fire danger from the lava, high levels... Читать дальше...

DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man hit his dog in the head with a baseball bat because he was angry the animal ate his Burger King Whopper sandwich. Gregory Ostiguy was held on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty Monday to animal cruelty. Officers responded to a Dartmouth street at around 7 p.m....

Shares of Container Store Group Inc. fell 13% late Tuesday after the retailer reported fiscal 2017 fourth-quarter adjusted per-share earnings that missed Wall Street expectations. Container Store said it lost $400,000, or 1 cent a share, in the quarter, versus a net income of $8.4 million, or 17 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Adjusted for one-time items, the retailer earned $8.4 million, or 18 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $8.7 million, or 18 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Читать дальше...

Stoke City have announced the appointment of Gary Rowett following the club's relegation from the Premier League. Rowett left Derby County to sign a three-year contract at the bet365 Stadium, replacing Paul Lambert in the dugout, having only agreed a deal that tied him to the Rams until 2021 in January. After his Derby side lost to Fulham in the Championship play-offs, Rowett will be tasked with leading the Potters back to the top-flight in 2018-19. "This has come around quite quickly, but I am... Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State University says the joke is on the comedian who sneaked into a line of soon-to-be graduates and participated in commencement, although he'd never been a student there. The Springfield News-Leader reports that university spokeswoman Suzanne Shaw says she didn't know who the "real winner was here," given that Jaron Myers had to sit there for two hours. Myers, who flunked out of another Springfield university, tweeted , "Hope my mom is proud" after... Читать дальше...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares ticked slightly higher in the extended session Tuesday after the company's quarterly results topped Wall Street targets. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares rose 0.5% after hours, following a 0.6% decline to close the regular session at $17.41. The company reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $778 million, or 49 cents a share, compared with a loss of $612 million, or 37 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings were 34 cents a share. Revenue... Читать дальше...

"Fortnite: Battle Royale" developer Epic Games announced this week that it will be putting $100 million towards prize pools for the game's upcoming competitive season — the largest single eSports prize pool to date. But while Epic's big prize package is sure to draw a lot of attention, it comes as eSports has become more lucrative overall.

"I'm sure the same way everybody else here in this room feels ... What the hell are you talking about?" Bryant said on Tuesday.

Chael Sonnen offers his own solution for fighters who constantly miss weight.

BURTON ON TRENT – England head to the World Cup with a youthful squad and lowered expectations from the public, but captain Harry Kane still believes the team is capable of returning from Russia as champions.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Danica Patrick drives her final race in the Indy 500 on Sunday, she'll certainly be the only competitor with a Lego statue in her image. While that won't help her win IndyCar's biggest race, it does speak to Patrick's popularity. Maybe she wasn't a rousing success behind the wheel in open wheels or NASCAR, but she has made an impact that reaches far beyond the ovals and road courses she raced. "I think that it is a really unique and cool memory to have. Does anyone else have a Lego portrait... Читать дальше...

Presque Isle State Park opens for the season this Memorial Day weekend, and that's happening as a new report is giving us a reminder to be extra safe while swimming in open water.

Michael Avenatti’s law firm, Eagan Avenatti, was slapped with a $10 million judgment for failing to abide by the terms of...

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The 'Anomalous Aerial Vehicle' was of unknown origin and represented technology not currently in the possession of the U.S. or any other nation.
It featured broadband RF stealth making the use of radar against it largely ineffective.
The craft manifested extreme performance but did not have lifting structures or control surfaces required for traditional flight.
It showed that it has some kind of advanced propulsion capability... Читать дальше...

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The good news for Charlie Puth is that after his house in the Whitley Heights ’hood in the foothills above Hollywood lingered unwanted on the market for almost two years at a variety of prices from almost $2.2 million to less than $2 million, it has finally sold. Unfortunately for 26-year-old singer-songwriter, whose early success came as a YouTube star, he purchased the property in late 2015 for $1.9 million, and the selling price was $1.8 million. Читать дальше...

In recent months, teachers in multiple states, including West Virginia, Kentucky, Arizona, and Oklahoma have gone on strike to protest low wages and insufficient resources in public schools. With many states cutting school funding, teachers are experiencing economic pressure inside and outside of the classroom and are voicing their need for change. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average annual salary of teachers in U.S. public elementary and secondary schools is $58,950. Читать дальше...

Drain the swamp… but fill that sinkhole first. A foot-long gap appeared on the White House lawn this week – and it’s growing. “This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the White House North Lawn, just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day,” Voice of America reporter Steve Herman tweeted Tuesday,...

The Orange Southwest School District says schools will be closed Tuesday “out of an abundance of caution.”

For the past year much has been made of the President's unwillingness to adhere to anything close to reasonable security when using his mobile phones. Whereas the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the National Security Agency usually work in concert providing state leaders with "hardened" devices that are heavily encrypted, routinely updated, and frequently swapped out, Trump has refused to use these more secure DMCC-S devices (effectively a Samsung Galaxy S4 device utilizing Samsung's... Читать дальше...

At this year's Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, researcher Chen Chen presented a cool project that vastly improves the quality of images captured in low-light conditions.

Poland President Andrzej Duda sampled a big Chinook (king) and lake trout out of Chicago Sunday, an indication of other Chicago visitor attractions.