Новости за 15.12.2016

Fat Joe is the latest person to spot Hillary Clinton following her painful defeat against Donald Trump last month. The rapper ran into the former Democratic presidential nominee and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, at Rao’s in New York City, an Italian restaurant that is known to be one of the Big Apple’s most […]

The White House escalated its post-election criticism of Donald Trump Thursday, insisting it was plainly obvious to the Republican’s team that Russia was meddling in the US election to bolster their chances of victory. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the President-elect’s response as unserious, and encouraged Trump to answer questions about the hacking […]

Under President Donald Trump, the United States could drastically scale back efforts to fight global warming. But a task force wants to help companies sidestep the public sector and fight their own battles against climate change — and improve their bottom lines in the process. The group, led by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg […]

It will be some time before Donald Trump announces a nominee to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia, according to transition insiders. But two names continue to emerge to the top of the president elect’s list of potential Supreme Court justices. Judges Diane Sykes and William Pryor are among the top contenders, according to […]

Officials in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday said a chemical used in asphalt may have contaminated the city’s water supply, prompting an advisory against using tap water for everything from drinking to bathing. A news release from the city stated the chemical is Indulin AA-86, an asphalt emulsifier. Three to 24 gallons of the chemical […]

Major League Baseball knows — and ignores — how Cuban players are preyed upon by a violent criminal underworld that smuggles them to professional teams, according to several lawyers who have investigated this black market. “There are too many times, too many instances where they’ve looked the other way,” former prosecutor Ben Daniel told CNNMoney. […]

Most viewers don’t believe that “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. Here’s why they are wrong.

A woman says she screamed for help when she was attacked on a New Jersey Transit bus but other passengers and even the driver would not call police.

Texas grocery chain H-E-B is recalling bulk and packaged raw shelled pistachios for potential salmonella contamination. Recalled products include prepackaged shelled pistachios and Central Market shelled pistachios. The recall also extends to Women’s Vitality Mix, pistachio meats and dark chocolate pistachios. The products were mostly sold in H-E-B and Central Market stores across Texas. About […]

Labor Secretary Tom Perez, a Democrat with close ties to the Obama administration’s political infrastructure, announced a bid for chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, posting an open letter to his new website. Perez cast himself as someone ready and willing to listen to the concerns people have with the beleaguered DNC, an […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin met one-on-one with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for almost 90 minutes Thursday night at the start of Putin’s first official visit to the country in 11 years. Economic and security issues were at the forefront of talks between the two leaders, as Japan looks to shore up a weak economy […]

Donald Trump promises that his tax cuts will prompt U.S. companies to bring home the trillions of profits they have stashed overseas — and then invest the money in American jobs and plants. “Some people say there are $2 trillion dollars overseas, I think it’s $5 trillion,” he said during the campaign. “By taxing it […]

She’s arguably the most photographed woman in Trump Tower. Yet no one knows her name. Known as “elevator girl” or “Trump Tower girl,” Madeleine Westerhout has appeared in the background of countless images and video from the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump’s offices, escorting the transition’s VIPs from the door and up the elevators. The […]

Evacuations began for hundreds of civilians from Syria’s eastern Aleppo on Thursday, but for many, fleeing their homes means leaving one warzone for another. Most of the civilians will be taken to rebel-controlled area in the neighboring province of Idlib, one of the few remaining footholds rebel groups still have in the country — and […]

It’s so close, you can almost taste it. The U.S. dollar has been powering higher since Donald Trump won the presidential election and the euro has been weakening, putting the two currencies on a collision course. The dollar’s 9% move since Election Day means it’s now worth €0.96. That’s its highest level since 2003. The […]

Amid the last month’s exhausting drama around Cabinet picks and presidential tweetstorms, one date stands out — December 19, the day the Electoral College picks our next president. As hope from Jill Stein’s recount fades for Hillary Clinton’s supporters, another Hail Mary chance to thwart Donald Trump’s presidency has taken its place: that enough members […]

Ivanka Trump is poised to play an active role in her father’s administration, assuming some of the duties normally assigned to the first lady. Trump transition aides are already planning for an “Office of the First Family,” in the East Wing where the current office of the first lady is located, sources familiar with the […]

“Flip or Flop” star Tarek El Moussa says it’s been “a crazy few days.” El Moussa and his costar wife Christina went public this week with their split and on Wednesday he posted a photo of him with their six-year-old daughter Taylor. “Me and the #love of my life #crushing it!!! It’s been a #crazy […]

“This might be the last day you will hear my voice and see me,” says 10-year-old Yasmeen Qanouz, one of dozens of orphaned children still trapped in eastern Aleppo. “Please get us out,” pleads the little girl, surrounded by almost 50 other children in a heartbreaking video from the city’s underground Moumayazoun Orphanage. “We want […]

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, alongside Republican Sen. John Boozman, met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday and invited him to the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. “He expressed very strong interest. He’ll get back to us on a specific commitment but it seemed nearly certain that he would come,” Coons told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on […]

Civilians desperately hoping to flee besieged areas of eastern Aleppo found their convoy under fire as a planned evacuation of rebel-held areas appeared under threat, activists in the Syrian city claimed. The alleged attack happened during a tenuous ceasefire that had been announced. Rebels said the new ceasefire agreement was reached overnight after a previous […]

Yahoo has announced another huge security breach, leaving its users fretting once again about their personal information. The latest data theft affected more than one billion accounts, Yahoo says. That’s roughly double the number involved in the cybersecurity incident it announced in September, which is believed to be separate. “Yahoo has now won the gold […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the home town of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday afternoon, local time, his first official visit to the country in 11 years. Economic and security issues will be at the forefront of talks between the two leaders, as Japan looks to shore up a weak economy […]

Doris Payne says she does it for the thrill. In a 2013 documentary, “The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne,” the unrepentant jewel thief boasted of stealing at least $2 million in bling around the world, from the US to Paris, Monaco and Tokyo. “I don’t have any regrets about stealing jewelry,” she says in […]

San Diego homicide detectives are investigating what police say are “suspicious circumstances” surrounding the death of CorePower Yoga founder Trevor Tice. Forty-eight-year-old Tice was found dead inside a multimillion-dollar home in the Sunset Cliffs neighborhood near downtown San Diego on Monday. “Due to the suspicious circumstances related to the death … San Diego Police Homicide […]