Новости за 08.03.2016

The governor of Virginia has signed a bill into law that permits fantasy sports websites to operate in the state provided they follow certain guidelines. The bill’s passage is a victory for fantasy sports operators, who are under fire for allegedly violating anti-gambling regulations in other states. The statute, which passed both houses of the […]

China’s exports contracted sharply last month, deepening worries over slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy. February exports shrank 20.6% from a year earlier to 821.8 billion yuan ($126 billion), according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs. That’s a steeper drop than the 6.6% contraction the previous month. China’s economy is now registering […]

It can be hard to dream big or put into words grand aspirations when most of us are simply trying to make it through the day. But that’s what this year’s Google doodle for International Women’s Day is all about. For International Women’s Day in 2016, the doodle team visited 13 countries and asked more […]

Nike is suspending its major endorsement deal with Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova after she admitted to failing a drug test at this year’s Australian Open. Sharapova, who has long been the world’s highest-paid female athlete, said Monday she’d been taking the drug meldonium since 2006 and didn’t realize it was declared a banned substance […]

A train car went off the rails and ended up in a creek in Northern California on Monday night, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. Nine people were hurt when the train struck a tree that had fallen in the middle of the tracks. Four of the injuries were described as “serious” but not […]

Atlanta Falcons assistant coach Marquand Manuel apologized Monday for asking an NFL prospect if he liked men during last month’s NFL Scouting Combine. “I take full responsibility for the inappropriate question I asked at the Combine. It was wrong, and I apologize to (Ohio State Buckeyes cornerback) Eli Apple, (Falcons owner) Mr. (Arthur) Blank, the […]

Is Bernie Sanders sexist? That’s the question coming out of Sunday night’s Democratic debate between Sanders and Hillary Clinton, during which the Vermont senator interrupted Clinton’s interruption of him by waving his finger and saying, “Excuse me, I’m talking.” That kind of statement happened more than once — there was also a “let me finish” […]

Facebook seriously wants to live-stream NFL games. The company is in the mix for the league’s “Thursday Night Football” package. Dan Rose, Facebook’s vice president of partnerships, essentially confirmed that the company is bidding for the package during an interview with Variety. “We’ll see” if Facebook succeeds in the bidding war, he told Variety. Amazon, […]

Two days before five states hold crucial primary elections, CNN and TV One will host a nationally televised prime-time Democratic town hall at Ohio State University in Columbus. The town hall will be hosted by CNN’s Jake Tapper and TV One’s Roland Martin. Questions will come from the moderators and also from Ohio voters. The […]

Two years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished from radar screens, investigators say they still believe the missing airliner will be found. The search operation to find the plane is expected to be completed later this year, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement Tuesday. “We remain hopeful that MH370 will be found […]

Abigail Kopf, the 14-year-old whose heart stopped when she was shot in a Cracker Barrel parking lot in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is improving and will leave the hospital for a rehab facility on Tuesday, according to a Go Fund Me page set up by a family friend. “Abbie is improving every day. Tomorrow she will be […]

These are dark days for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the reclusive polygamous sect led by imprisoned prophet Warren Jeffs. The U.S. Justice Department dealt a double blow to FLDS leadership on Monday: In Phoenix, a federal jury found that church leaders controlled the municipal governments of two cities that discriminated […]

The contentious Republican presidential primary is tearing the conservative movement apart. At a recent conference for conservative activists near Washington, D.C., CNN Politics asked attendees to choose from a list of hashtag slogans that best describe their feelings about the election. The reactions were, well, mixed. What hashtag would you use to describe the 2016 […]

Virginia firefighters James Kelly and Virgil Bloom did what they believed was in the best interest of a baby when they rushed her to a hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance to arrive. Did the decision go against protocol? Yes. Did it make the volunteer firefighters heroes in the eyes of the baby’s father? […]

Last October, Zainab Fatuma Naigaga, a female opposition party official in Uganda, was arrested along with her male colleagues while on their way to a political rally. The men in the group were ushered aside, while Naigaga, the only woman in the convoy, was manhandled by police and ended up stripped down in public to […]