Новости за 09.03.2019

Alex Berezow, Leaps Mag
In May 2015, Pope Francis issued an encyclical with the subtitle On Care for Our Common Home. The letter addressed various environmental issues, such as pollution and climate change, and it reminded all of us that we are to steward the Earth, not plunder it.

Amy Thompson, Smithsonian
Over the course of the last week, SpaceX took a giant leap toward launching humans from Cape Canaveral for the first time since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011.

CLEARFIELD – A State College woman has been accused of driving under the influence of a controlled substance with her child in her vehicle. Dawn N. Irey, 27, has been charged by Lawrence Township police with misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of children, DUI/controlled substance, marijuana/small amount personal use and use/possession of drug paraphernalia, […]

Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar was touched by the Men-in-Blue's tribute for Pulwama martyrs ahead of third ODI, as they dedicated the match fees and donned army caps to honour the Armed forces.

The US premiere of “Manhunt” gives American TV viewers the chance to see one of the biggest true-crime dramas in British TV history. The three-episode series, starring Martin Clunes (“Doc Martin”) — and now streaming on Acorn TV — is based on the memoirs of Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton (Clunes), who methodically hunted down...

In the United States, the percentage of children and adolescents with obesity has more than tripled since 1970. Today, approximately one in five school-aged children (ages 6 to 19) is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and that figure doesn’t include children who are considered merely overweight and not obese. According to […]

The Labor Department has released their statistics for February. The most shocking statistic was that only 20,000 jobs were created in the month (not even coming close to the 180,000 that were expected). Equally perplexing was that the unemployment rate fell by 0.02 points in spite of the extremely weak ...

A SHOCK claim has brought into doubt some of the washed-up debris believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

What’s better than one Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife livestream? Two, of course. The Game Commission has launched its second livestream of the season – video and audio captured – at a Monroe County black-bear den and streamed in real time to viewers at www.pgc.pa.gov. There’s much to be learned about the bears in the den. The […]

Adam Henrique scored twice, rookie Troy Terry had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks interrupted Carey Price's pursuit of the Canadiens' career wins record with an 8-2 … Click to Continue »

Ryan Mandelbaum, Gizmodo
Concussion research is usually the domain of medical science, but a group of physicists in France decided to tackle the subject in a very... tactile way. They banged a beaker full of water with a hammer, hoping to better understand the forces and motions involved in head trauma.

After Atlantis came Oceana, and then Faces – but after almost two decades as a popular nightclub venue, the dancing has come to an end.

Zurich, April 9, 1917: 32 Russian emigrants are at the train station, waiting to depart. But they're not the only ones there. Shouts of "traitors, scoundrels, pigs" ring out at the travelers. Supporters of the group are also there, singing "The Internationale." The tracks are blocked for a short while, then train moves off.

This is the preview of the second part of an article which originally appeared on: Russian Faith, a new website with news about the Christian renaissance in Russia. For an Intro video to Russian Faith, see the end of the article.

Pep Guardiola insists his legacy at Manchester City will not be impacted by allegations of Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches and the subsequent UEFA investigation.

The Black Country was on show at Crufts as some of the hardest working jobs showed off their skills.

A plan to transform an eyesore former Jobcentre in Stafford into 51 apartments has been knocked back by planning bosses.

As soon as the poster of Madhuri Dixit’s character in Kalank called Bahaar Begum was out, comparisons were drawn with Chandramukhi from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas.

Point of order, Mr Chairman, but who exactly is Chris Hills?
Is he a distant cousin of James Childs, and the Tompkins family?
Have we bought another player? Surely that will put us over the salary cap.

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Tributes have been paid to a Walsall FC fan who died from cancer.

A serial criminal who robbed an elderly dementia sufferer after deliberately targeting the man has been jailed for four years.