Новости за 21.07.2016

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed No. 1 overall draft pick Auston Matthews to a three-year, entry-level contract.

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed No. 1 overall draft pick Auston Matthews to a three-year, entry-level contract.

With fears of violent protests, Cleveland prepared itself with thousands of police officers. You could not walk through the city without seeing officers and secret service within sight. After a while, people warmed up to the enhanced security and began talking and taking pictures with them.

Health service is relying on ‘a range of short-term measures to manage its budgetary position’

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett and several other prominent business leaders have released a group of recommendations for improving corporate governance. The list of best practices includes recommendations to choose board members from diverse backgrounds who are independent of a company’s management. The group also suggests public companies should avoid the common practice of

A big knock on Brandon Ingram entering the draft: How could such a good shooter make just 116-of-170 (68%) of his free throws? Ingram made 41% of his 3-pointers at Duke, but college free-throw shooting has been a historically good indicator of outside NBA shooting. That raises questions about how Ingram’s shooting will translate, though the […]

Matt Purple

Politics, United States

The Republican Party fights aren't just about personalities. There's a major factional civil war coming.

Ted Cruz’s address to the Republican National Convention was an act of betrayal, a cynical résumé enhancer aimed at winning the election in 2020 rather than the immediate matter of dispatching Hillary Clinton. Cruz, once a giant in the conservative firmament, will now be remembered as the American Michael Gove, stabbing his party’s... Читать дальше...

The Nevada delegation gathered late this morning outside Cleveland for a luncheon featuring Donald Trump adviser ...

Brooks Hays
CARDIFF, Wales, July 21 (UPI) -- With just sunlight and the help of a cheap catalyst, researchers at Cardiff University have found a way to derive hydrogen gas from fescue grass.

Though Kobe Bryant's last season in the NBA was largely forgettable, he did go out with a bang.

Daniel Uria
MYSTIC, Conn., July 21 (UPI) -- A Connecticut aquarium teamed up with a 3D printing company and a local middle school to give an injured penguin a special walking boot.

The event Thursday afternoon starting at Hope Memorial Bridge was one of two rallies opposing the Republican presidential candidate scheduled for the day. Numerous police officers were present including some who positioned themselves between the marchers and a few conservative religious counter-protesters Police say 23 people have been arrested this week, including 18 during a melee near the convention hall Wednesday that started when a protester tried to burn an American flag. Bar and restaurant... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH — A judge wants a Pennsylvania woman accused of drowning her two young sons in a bathtub to be forcibly medicated at a state hospital for 60 days. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2acCHjM ) reports Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning issued the order Thursday after hearing from the psychiatrist treating 42-year-old Laurel Schlemmer. The McCandless

“Hermione Granger and her sister, Hermitwo.”

This incredible twist on one of Dumbledore's best lines.

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This realization that Bill and Percy were directly followed by Fred and George.

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THIS.

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This showcase of extraordinary self-control on the part of the wizarding world. Читать дальше...

Update: 4:00 p.m. EDT — The local police union said that the North Miami police officer involved in the shooting of Charles Kinsey was actually aiming at Kinsey's autistic patient, thinking the behavioral therapist was in danger, according to multiple reports.  The officer is reportedly sorry and wishes Kinsey, who was shot in the leg, a speedy recovery.

Brad Pitt is escorted out of his hotel by his security unit on Thursday morning (July 21) in New York City. As soon as the 52-year-old actor made his way out of his hotel, he was met with some autograph seekers asking for his signature! PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Brad Pitt Brad [...]

The employees of Hope Haven, a nonprofit organization in Burlington, Iowa, provide services to some five hundred people with intellectual and physical disabilities, often in their clients’ homes. Depending on the day, they can be called upon to work as companions, cleaners, readers, personal shoppers, cooks, or bathers. “We have situations where we support people twenty-four hours a day,” Bob Bartles, Hope Haven’s executive director, told me. His staff members perform intimate labors of compassion... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest stop on Dave Eggers' long-running fictional tour: Alaska.

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest stop on Dave Eggers' long-running fictional tour: Alaska.

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest stop on Dave Eggers' long-running fictional tour: Alaska.

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest stop on Dave Eggers' long-running fictional tour: Alaska.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to pay $475,000 to a New Mexico woman who accused agents of forcing her to undergo body cavity probes and then got charged for the exams, civil liberties advocates said Thursday.

City police have registered a complaint against an SI and his subordinate officers from Mandya for allegedly assaulting a jewellery shop owner in Mysuru.