Новости за 21.09.2016

Last season the Lakers signed Metta World Peace not for his stellar play — he only got on the court in 35 games for a 17-win team, although he’s convinced he could have contributed more — but to be a mentor to the team’s young players. In particular, he had a bond with Julius Randle. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing on launch a review of conditions at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King (all times local):

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing ceasefire and find a way "out of the carnage".

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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is holding her press conference following the two-day policy meeting in Washington. 

The Fed's statement, released earlier on Wednesday, showed that it kept rates unchanged, and thought that the case for a rate hike this year had strengthened. 

"Our decision does not reflect a lack of confidence in the economy," Yellen said. 

Yellen noted that consumers have supported the economy, helped by an improving job market and higher incomes. Читать дальше...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Police say an 11-year-old southeastern Tennessee boy is safe after driving his family’s truck to the next county. A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer told WTVC-TV (http://bit.ly/2cuhu4Z) that the boy drove the truck, which had a trailer attached, from his home in Marion County to the western edge of Chattanooga in nearby Hamilton

Fanatieke Back To The Future-fans is het een musthave: zelfstrikkende schoenen. De stappers, die 28 november in de winkel liggen, doen denken aan het hypermoderne schoeisel dat te zien was in deel twee van de populaire trilogie uit de jaren '80.

Liev Schreiber is mighty fine while posing for photographs at his TimesTalks panel for his upcoming Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses held at Merkin Concert Hall on Tuesday (September 20) in New York City. The 48-year-old actor was joined by his co-star Janet McTeer and reporter Michael Paulson. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics [...]

How do you solve a problem like Faye Dunaway? You don’t, because she’s a legend, goddamnit!

What may turn out to be the most important ninety minutes in America’s political history will unfold Monday night, at Hoftstra University, when Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State, and Donald J. Trump, the reality-show host and real-estate developer, meet for their first televised Presidential debate. The event has the potential to reduce an extended campaign to a few compressed, highly suspenseful moments of theatre. Few believe that any of the Clinton-Trump debates will rely heavily on substance; after all... Читать дальше...

These pictures are the best. End of story.

"Skinny arm. For. Days." —ginjah_ninjah

Instagram: @ginjah_ninjah

"My camp counselor took this pic of me dancing to “Oops… I Did It Again” when I was eight. I was OBSESSED with Britney Spears at the time and I still love the song to this day. I came out when I was 18 and it’s nice to know that I was just as fabulous at eight as I am now." —jordanj13

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Fantasy Football update: Starting quarterback Jay Cutler is likely to miss at least two games with a thumb injury, but the Chicago Bears plan to list him as day-to-day entering Sunday's game at Dallas.

At least in the Northern Hemisphere. (In the Southern? Happy first day of spring!)

At least in the Northern Hemisphere. (In the Southern? Happy first day of spring!)

It's OK to mess around during your 20s. But your 30s are the ideal time to cement the habits that will help you achieve personal and professional fulfillment for the rest of your life.

Finance minister’s supporters say his removal could delay IMF loans

Watch live: Janet Yellen explains the Fed's decision to hold rates steady

Three members from the hawkish Fed bloc dissented from the statement, marking an unusual split from Fed Chair Janet Yellen.

Another dreaded gangster Mahesh alias ‘Attack’, son of a former sarpanch of Jharsa village, was shot dead in sector 31 near Jharsa chowk on Wednesday night.

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a goal that’s even more ambitious than connecting the entire world to the internet: He and his wife want to help eradicate all disease by the end of this century. Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are committing $3 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate basic scientific

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This past Sunday, as most of Russia focused its attention on parliamentary elections, the country’s most popular daily, Kommersant, broke news of a story that, if true, could have consequences that last far beyond this latest round of Duma reshuffling.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Kommersant, is planning a major overhaul of the country’s security services. The Russian daily reported that the idea of the reforms is to merge the Foreign Intelligence Service... Читать дальше...

Nat Geo Sets First ‘Earth Week,’ Pegged to Presidential Election (Exclusive) Themed programming includes “Years of Living Dangerously” Season 2, plus Leonardo DiCaprio‘s climate change doc debut National Geographic Channel has set its first ever “Earth Week,” TheWrap has learned exclusively — and its timing with the presidential election is no coincidence. The week’s worth of programming will include the Season 2 premiere of “Years of Living Dangerously,” which will mark David Letterman‘s (pictured above) return to television... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Greenland is losing about 40 trillion pounds more ice a year than scientists had thought, according to a new study that used GPS to help estimate how much is melting. So instead of losing on average 550 trillion pounds of ice each year between 2003 and 2013, Greenland lost about 590 trillion pounds

"This is an effort to make the voter rolls cleaner ... before the elections in November," says J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, the group behind the suits.

A senior aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton fears debate moderators have lowered their expectations for her Republican rival. Donald Trump has released so few detailed policy proposals, Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri said Thursday, that he often gets “one-dimensional” questions from the media. The long-time Democratic strategist said she is worried that will spill […]