Новости за 25.05.2017

When the House of Representatives recently passed a $1 trillion tax cut disguised as a health care bill, one Republican in Washington spoke up against what he saw as the real motivation behind the bill. “I think it’s to set up tax reform,” Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy said in remarks to the American Hospital […]

Beneath its heavy cloud cover, Jupiter has been able to keep its secrets from astronomers. Now, first results from NASA’s Juno mission are challenging researchers’ beliefs about the gas giant. The results were revealed during a media teleconference Thursday with NASA researchers and published in corresponding studies through the journal Science and Geophysical Research Letters. […]

Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi likely received some ISIS training by traveling to Syria in the months before the attack, according to information gathered in the preliminary investigation, a US official told CNN Thursday. The US believes ISIS, through that training, set the stage for the 22-year-old to carry out his deadly attack at the […]

A federal appeals court upheld Thursday an injunction against President Donald Trump’s travel ban against six Muslim-majority countries. The ruling upholds a lower court’s decision to halt core portions of the executive order indefinitely. The new ban was announced in March, but never got off the ground because federal courts blocked it just hours before […]

“Do you know how many times I’ve wanted to body-slam a reporter?” more than one House member asked Thursday as they reacted to the news that Montana House candidate Greg Gianforte had allegedly done just that to The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs. It was impossible to avoid the references — as lawmakers buzzed about their would-be […]

Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was injured in a letter bomb explosion while riding in a car in the country’s capital Thursday evening, according to Greek police. Papademos, who also once served as the country’s central bank governor, opened the booby-trapped envelope as his vehicle made its way through a central Athens intersection surrounded […]

General Motors is the latest automaker to be accused of designing a diesel engine that can cheat on emissions testing. A civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Michigan on Thursday claims the diesel versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups produce higher levels of nitrous oxide when they are being driven than […]

President Trump is angering US citrus farmers. He’s decided to allow lemons to be imported from Argentina — one of the biggest lemon producers in the world — for the first time in 16 years. The ban on Argentinian lemons lifts on Friday. It was put in place after US lemon growers and scientists pointed […]

Dale Fox has been recognized by Toastmasters International for Advanced Achievements by earning Bronze Status in both of Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Educational Tracks. “Dale’s accomplishments should not be understated”, said Cory Straub, long-time Toastmaster officer. “A small number of Toastmasters reach the levels that she has.” The Toastmasters Educational Program has two aims. To […]

He had become an icon, the violinist who played on as protesters and police clashed around him. But on Wednesday, the music stopped. Wuilly Arteaga says the National Guard took his violin from him and handed it back — in pieces. “I was playing in the middle of the protest when National Guard vehicles approached […]

English soccer giants Manchester United and Manchester City have come together to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to the emergency fund set up following Monday’s terror attack in the city. It’s now been confirmed that 22 people — including children — were killed in the bomb blast at an Ariana Grande concert and a further […]

The mother of murdered teenager Olivia Campbell has urged Manchester to come together and remain united in the wake of Monday night’s terrorist attack which killed 22 people. Charlotte Campbell’s 15-year-old daughter was attending the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena with her friend when the bomb was detonated. After the bombing Charlotte made a […]

Vice President Mike Pence’s attempt to peel away House Republicans to support the White House’s tax plan spurred a backlash among a critical bloc of conservative lawmakers Wednesday, Hill sources said. Pence pressed Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker to poll his members to see if they would split with House Speaker Paul Ryan and […]

The reporter who says Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte body-slammed him said Thursday: “I never touched or came close to Gianforte.” Gianforte was charged overnight with misdemeanor assault after a confrontation with Ben Jacobs, a reporter for The Guardian who had asked him a question about health care. The Gianforte campaign blamed Jacobs for “aggressive […]

Ariana Grande’s manager Scooter Braun has posted an emotional series of tweets reflecting on the deadly attack at the singer’s concert in Manchester. 22 people — including children and teenagers — were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives as the audience was leaving Grande’s show at Manchester Arena on Monday night. Braun urged his […]

HYDE — It took an outstanding relief pitching performance by Tommy Hazel, a pair of bases-loaded walks in the seventh inning to force extra frames and a small-ball run in the bottom of the 10th for Clearfield to finally get past District 9 playoff nemesis Punxsutawney 8-7 in a Class AAAA semifinal at the Bison […]

President Donald Trump arrived at NATO headquarters here Thursday facing renewed questions about the security of intelligence shared with the United States. Trump is due to face European leaders, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, for the first time since this week’s suicide attack in Manchester. British officials are fuming that information about the attack […]

China’s massive debt burden is back in focus. Credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded China this week, warning that the country’s financial health is suffering from rising debt and slowing economic growth. It’s the first time the agency has cut China’s rating in nearly three decades. Fears about debt levels in the world’s second-largest economy have […]

It’s a big day for oil. Energy ministers from OPEC and other major producers will decide whether to extend production cuts during a meeting in Vienna on Thursday. The group of top producers agreed to slash oil production in November in an attempt to reduce a global oil glut and boost prices. The gamble paid […]

He “unequivocally” wants to play professional golf again but Tiger Woods can’t even twist for another three months, let alone play the sport. The former world No. 1 is recovering from a fourth back operation and has not played since his long-term injury issues forced him to pull out of the Dubai Desert Classic in […]

Images of what is purported to be the explosive device used in Monday night’s deadly bombing of a pop concert in Manchester have been published in US media as UK officials slammed US leaks on the investigation into the attack as “irritating.” Britain’s National Police Chiefs’ Council warned Wednesday that leaks of potential evidence “undermine […]

Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in Montana’s special congressional election, has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he allegedly body slammed a reporter and broke his glasses on Wednesday night. The altercation took place at Gianforte’s campaign headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, the night before the state’s special election. Ben Jacobs, a political reporter for the […]

Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in Montana’s special congressional election, has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he allegedly body slammed a reporter and broke his glasses on Wednesday night. The altercation took place at Gianforte’s campaign headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, the night before the state’s special election. Ben Jacobs, a political reporter for the […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday will attend his first NATO summit alongside the 27 other members of the military alliance and join in the opening ceremony of the group’s new headquarters in Brussels. The day’s events are highly anticipated after his election last November shook members of the NATO military alliance, since as a candidate […]

There’s no secret about which of the two American presidents German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Thursday she likes the most. On a day of odd political coincidences, Merkel will sit down with one President she calls a friend and with whom she shares a political wavelength — Barack Obama, and another, with whom she […]