Новости за 17.03.2016

President Barack Obama was two hours into a round of golf on one of the toughest courses in the world when he learned his final months in office were about to take a dramatic turn. When an aide interrupted Obama’s game on the PGA West Stadium Course outside Palm Springs to inform him Supreme Court […]

As the encryption debate rages on — with Apple at the center of it all — CEO Tim Cook says he feels like he’s in a nightmare. “The government should always be the one defending civil liberties. And there’s a role reversal here,” Cook told Time in a new interview published Thursday. “I mean I […]

The auto industry just went a long way toward making car crashes less common. On Thursday, 20 automakers struck a deal with the federal government to make automatic emergency braking a standard feature in all cars by 2022. The agreement is an attempt to make vehicle fatalities obsolete. The most recent statistics show that someone […]

Posing naked for Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit edition last month has clearly had an effect on ski star Lindsey Vonn. “Right now, I am working on my beach bod and that’s about it,” joked Vonn in an interview with CNN as she reflected on the early end to her season after fracturing her leg in […]

Kalamazoo killing spree suspect Jason Dalton isn’t actually suing Uber for $10 million, Kalamazoo County undersheriff Paul G. Matyas said Thursday. The handwritten complaint was filed in a federal court in Michigan on Tuesday and entered in its public database the following day. It accuses Uber of causing Dalton “psychological damage.” CNNMoney reported on the […]

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday he’d be willing to meet with Judge Merrick Garland, but firmly rejected the idea of considering his nomination to the Supreme Court even in a lame-duck session of Congress. Grassley, an Iowa Republican facing reelection, said a meeting with Garland wouldn’t change his mind that President Barack Obama’s […]

Conservatives at a meeting in Washington Thursday had “absolute consensus” on trying to stop Republican front-runner Donald Trump from getting enough delegates to clinch the party’s presidential nomination, according to a source familiar with the discussion. Conservative leader Bob Fischer gathered more than a dozen activists and Republican lawmakers to discuss how to stop Trump […]

A Brazilian federal judge has moved to block the controversial swearing-in of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to President Dilma Rousseff, in the latest twist in the country’s deepening political crisis. “Lula,” as the two-time former president is known, was sworn into the Cabinet post earlier Thursday amid heated […]

Nina ran away from home at 14. She met a woman who put her up in a hotel room and brought “clients” to her. For the next 13 years, Nina had 20 different pimps who advertised her for sex on the internet and abused her verbally and physically. By the time Nina — whose real […]

Millions of refugees from Syria have flooded into Turkey, straining its economy and draining resources. Turkey has been drawn into its neighbor’s 5-year-long war, spawning discord with Russia. Its leaders have pushed to join the European Union while fending off criticism of cracking down on opponents and journalists. On top of all this, Turkey is […]

Adele, Beyonce and Springsteen are planning tours this summer. Now you can add another pricey attention-grabber to the list: The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. America’s newest and most technologically sophisticated fighter jet kicks off a tour of airshows in the West, Midwest, South and Northeastern United States in April alongside 20th century war […]

As countless revelers will prove on St. Patrick’s Day, drinking and being merry go hand in hand. Now, a poll is backing up that truism. The Harris survey found that Americans who are 21 and older more often choose to drink alcohol during good times instead of when facing a challenging day. Drinkers of legal […]

Former first lady Laura Bush declined to say if she would vote for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s presidential bid should he win the nomination and warned Americans against embracing isolationism and xenophobia, in an interview published Thursday. Bush at first said she wouldn’t answer if she would support Trump as the GOP nominee — […]

A Kurdish rebel group has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in the Turkish capital city that killed at least 35 people. The bombing in Ankara on Sunday was the work of a female suicide car bomber, Seher Cagla Demir, who was identified in a statement posted Thursday on the website of the Kurdish […]

The suited stuntman is at it again — daredevil Alex Thomson has released a video of his latest vertigo-inducing trick. First he chases his yacht upwind on a kiteboard before hooking himself by rope to the top of his 60-foot racing boat’s mast. Using its speed to propel himself, the British around-the-world sailor soars 280 […]

The Kurdish Freedom Falcons, or TAK, an offshoot of the separatist group PKK, claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in the Turkish capital city that claimed the lives of at least 35 people. The bombing in Ankara on Sunday was the work of a female suicide car bomber. Before the claim of responsibility was […]

As countless revelers will prove on St. Patrick’s Day, drinking and being merry go hand in hand. Now a poll is backing up that truism. The Harris survey found that Americans who are 21 and older more often choose to drink alcohol during good times instead of when facing a challenging day. Drinkers of legal […]

The killer whales currently in SeaWorld’s care will be the last generation of the mammals enclosed at the water parks, according to a company announcement posted on its website. “Why the big news? SeaWorld has been listening and we’re changing. Society is changing and we’re changing with it,” the company said. “SeaWorld is finding new […]

It’s a mystery that has evaded the best minds in archeology for decades: the unknown fate of a beautiful queen who ruled over ancient Egypt at the height of its power. But Nefertiti may be hiding in plain sight, according to a recent theory that’s set the Egyptology world buzzing. Adding credence to that theory, […]

A top Air Force general warned Wednesday that the U.S. faces a shortage of hundreds of fighter pilots and drone operators. In Capitol Hill testimony, Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle said that the Air Force needed 511 fighter jet pilots and approximately 200 more drone pilots in order to adequately carry out current missions. Citing an […]

The alleged masterminds behind the massive Maria Duval psychic con aren’t shaping up to be the people you might expect. Instead, what we’ve found is truly bizarre. To catch you up: Our search began with Duval herself, who is the face of a multimillion dollar mail fraud scam currently being investigated by U.S. authorities and […]

Voluntary blood testing will begin Thursday for Newark public school students, a day after officials announced that lead levels in the district’s water have been elevated since at least 2012. The Newark Public School system’s early childhood programs will be the first to receive testing, Newark Public Schools Spokeswoman Dreena Whitford told CNN. Overall, 17,000 […]

Traditional Reuben taste-but without the bread. Sauerkraut fans will love this hearty, layered casserole shared by Agnes Golian of Garfield Heights, Ohio. TIP: Round out this meal for two with dinner rolls and a light fruit dessert. View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

For months, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted China on the campaign trail, pledging to put tariffs on goods produced overseas and bring things like iPhone production back to the United States. Trump has even used a broken-English accent at a campaign rally to mock the negotiating style of Chinese businessmen. Beijing had previously […]

Ted Cruz is girding for an admittedly long, narrow path to clinching the GOP nomination before the GOP convention in July, a tightrope walk that has no margin for error if he is to dethrone Donald Trump at the ballot box. Gone are the projections that the GOP race would be practically finished by the […]