Новости за 16.08.2016

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees have promoted right-hander Chad Green from Triple-A to start Monday night against the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees have promoted right-hander Chad Green from Triple-A to start Monday night against the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays.

Speculation that a production deal is on the horizon ramped up after the Saudi energy minister’s comments about stabilizing oil markets

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Morgan Stanley may be about to get the activist-investor treatment.

ValueAct, the activist hedge fund run by Jeff Ubben, disclosed a chunky position in the stock in the fund's 13F filing.

The fund bought 38 million shares in the second quarter, according to the filing. The stake is valued at over $1.1 billion at Morgan Stanley's current share price.

ValueAct is an activist fund, meaning that it takes stakes in companies and lobbies for changes ... Читать дальше...

The Blues beat their London rivals to kick off a new era at Stamford Bridge, and the man who opened the scoring vowed to improve on a wretched 2015-16

Hospice patients paid $10,000 for their names to be put on brokerage accounts

Essential Politics: Ban on the release of body camera video showing officer's death clears Senate, actors may keep their age a secret on job websites Aug. 15, 2016, 4:41 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. Here's what we're watching: A...

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s statements on women and minorities do not belong to the modern world as they create unrest across the globe, Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende said.

RIO DE JANEIRO — The IAAF is exploring tightening the rules that allow athletes to switch the country they represent in track and field. Sebastian Coe’s IAAF leadership has discussed the issue during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and “transfer of allegiance” is on the agenda for Saturday’s council meeting, the sport’s governing body revealed

Justin Bieber has a new furry friend. The Canadian pop singer took to Instagram to share his cute "new little fluff ball Todd" with...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department wants a chance to review notes and other materials from the FBI's probe of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's email use before any documents are provided to Congress, a spokeswoman said Monday. FBI Director James Comey subsequently criticized Clinton's use of a homebrew email server to handle sensitive work-related emails as "extremely careless," but said his agency's yearlong investigation found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz... Читать дальше...

It’s way too early to draw any reliable conclusions based on the preseason. But since that isn’t stopping anyone when it comes to player performance, why should it prevent the spotting of other trends? Case in point: Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com has crunched the numbers through NFL.com and determined that 29 percent of all kickoffs…

An Egyptian athlete who refused to shake his Israeli opponent’s hand after their judo bout has been reprimanded and sent home from the Rio Olympics, officials said Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The IAAF is exploring tightening the rules that allow athletes to switch the country they represent in track and field.

RENTON, Wash. — What Pete Carroll saw beginning to develop in the first two weeks of training camp showed when the Seattle Seahawks finally got on the field. In critical areas like the offensive line, backup quarterback and Seattle’s stable of running backs, that development was far more important than the 17-16 victory over Kansas

When Chau Johnson first met her husband, she was wearing a black-and-white cotton dress. Printed flowers popped against the fabric. She'd stitched it herself.

Praxair Inc. is in discussions to combine with Germany’s Linde AG, people familiar with the matter said, in a major deal that would create the world’s largest industrial-gas supplier and continue a wave of consolidation in the industry.

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In case you haven’t heard, the beautiful Ayesha Curry is currently filming her very own show for Food Network called Ayesha's Homemade.

Caption: "Can't wait for #ayeshashomemade on @foodnetwork !!! Details coming soon. #staytuned"

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IMDb lists eight acting credits for Ayesha, most of them very random. Nonetheless, they’re amazing and we need to talk about them.

A 66-year-old U.S. man staying at a hotel in the town of Yanque was among the four confirmed casualties, according to Indeci.

Election delays and deadly clashes threaten to plunge this resource-rich country the size of Western Europe back into civil war, but have also given rise to peaceful activism in the country’s most violent region.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — What Pete Carroll saw beginning to develop in the first two weeks of training camp showed when the Seattle Seahawks finally got on the field.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — What Pete Carroll saw beginning to develop in the first two weeks of training camp showed when the Seattle Seahawks finally got on the field.

Several schools around the county are getting an upgrade thanks to the penny tax, something many taxpayers are coming around to.