Новости за 21.09.2017

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday said she has not heard from “half her family” in Puerto Rico, where Hurricane Maria has knocked out power after striking the island territory. The justice said she and her family “are exceedingly concerned,” while speaking with CNN’s Nia-Malika Henderson on a panel at the Democracy at a […]

Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL star who took his life while serving a murder sentence in prison, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — commonly known as CTE — attorney Jose Baez said Thursday. Baez cited study results compiled by the Boston University CTE Center, which examined Hernandez’s brain for the neurodegenerative brain disease. Hernandez played for […]

[Breaking news update, posted at 4:18 p.m. ET] All children have been accounted for in a Mexican elementary school that was the target of search and rescue efforts, Mexico’s sub-secretary of Navy said Thursday. Angel Enrique Sarmiento said that there are possible indications that a person may still be alive inside Colegio Enrique Rebsamen. “We […]

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has once again reached 40%, while earning high marks for his handling of the government’s response to recent hurricanes, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. A broad 64% of Americans say they approve of how Trump’s government reacted to the recent storms, including two in three independents […]

When Iowa reporters asked Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday about the attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, his answer was remarkable and revealing. “You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn’t be considered,” the Iowa Republican said. “But Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to […]

Facebook will share the content and related information of the more than 3,000 ads it sold to Russian-linked accounts with the House and Senate intelligence committees, the company said Thursday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a Facebook Live event announced on short notice Thursday afternoon to discuss the decision. Facebook has already handed over copies […]

Just because you’re bankrupt doesn’t mean you don’t need a hand during the holiday season. Toys R Us, which filed for bankruptcy on Monday night, announced Thursday that it is looking to fill at least 13,000 positions nationwide for the upcoming holiday season. The toy retailer didn’t give the total number of seasonal workers it […]

The devastation brought about by this hurricane season creates a new set of headaches for President Donald Trump and an already overwhelmed Congress — and underscores the urgent need to resolve the financial crisis that had battered Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands before the recent storms and floods arrived. The President and Congress […]

There’s a new firearm on the market with an attached silencer that is not covered by federal gun control laws because it’s not considered a gun and it’s not considered a silencer. The Maxim 50 from SilencerCo, a silencer manufacturer in Utah, is a .50-caliber muzzleloader, a modern version of the single-shot muskets used in […]

The Gatorade Company will no longer be able to make disparaging comments about water, according to a settlement announced Thursday by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The settlement stems from the company’s free and award-winning mobile game “Bolt!” which came out in 2012 but is no longer listed in the iTunes store. In the game, […]

Theresa May does have a propensity for picking a pretty backdrop for her big Brexit pronouncements. Along with dozens of diplomats, ambassadors and a neat line of docile British government ministers, I sat in the dazzling Louis XIV style splendor of Lancaster House in January, taking in not just her long-awaited Brexit vision, but a […]

Actors Gina Torres and Laurence Fishburne have gone public with their breakup. The couple split quietly last year, according to a statement from Torres. “With heavy hearts, Laurence and I quietly separated and began the dissolution of our marriage in the early fall of last year,” the statement said. “There are no bad guys here. […]

Just when we thought that the Senate was ready to move on to a bipartisan effort to stabilize health insurance markets, Senate Republicans have decided to take one more run at passing a strictly partisan measure to repeal and replace Obamacare over Democratic opposition. Considering the vast affect it would have, the Graham-Cassidy bill has […]

With his controversial stint as White House press secretary in the rear-view mirror, Sean Spicer is on an informal re-branding tour — trying to show that the Melissa McCarthy impersonation of him isn’t really who he is. It’s, um, not going so well. The latest hiccup came this morning when Axios’ Mike Allen reported on […]

President Donald Trump announced an expansion of sanctions on North Korea Thursday and praised China for taking action to limit financial transactions with the isolated communist nation. The effort to project forward momentum in his bid to isolate Pyongyang came at the end of Trump’s four-day visit to the United Nations General Assembly, where the […]

As one of the best cornerbacks in the history of the Chicago Bears, former NFL star Charles “Peanut” Tillman, spent many years doing agility drills, tackling training and footwork practice. Now, the two-time Pro Bowl player is working on firearms training, interrogation skills and investigative techniques. Tillman is training to become an FBI agent, according […]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos uses her own private plane for work trips and pays for it herself, her office said Thursday. Her office told CNN she has never requested the use of any government aircraft. The Associated Press first reported the arrangement. DeVos is extremely wealthy; Forbes has estimated her worth at upwards of $1 […]

Equifax CEO Richard Smith will face questions from a Congressional oversight committee next month about a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of millions of customers. The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs said Thursday they will hold a hearing with Smith on October 4. The session will be open to […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a rallying cry Thursday for the fight against climate change and an implicit rebuke to President Donald Trump, who has announced his intention to pull the US from the Paris agreement to slow global warming. “There is no country on the planet that can walk away from the challenge […]

Hurricane Maria picked up steam Thursday afternoon, turning streets into raging rivers as it continues its deadly tear across the Caribbean. The storm has now killed at least 15 people on the island of Dominica, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit posted on Facebook. Skerrit’s own home was demolished in the storm. But Maria’s wrath is far […]

Move over, pumpkin spice. It’s all about maple this fall. Starbucks announced the debut of its new Maple Pecan Latte on Thursday, bolstering a seasonal lineup that already includes the immensely popular Pumpkin Spice Latte. The drink will be available to customers in the U.S. and Canada starting Friday. A tall latte with 2% milk […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan joined a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers Thursday to help remove debris at a in Friendswood, Texas home damaged by Hurricane Harvey and vowed that Congress will take up legislation next month to get help to those impacted by recent natural disasters. The Wisconsin Republican said the purpose of his visit was […]

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday that he doesn’t believe that governors will weaken insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions — though the Graham-Cassidy health care bill currently being pushed by Republicans in Congress allows governors to do just that. “In reality, is any governor, is any state legislature, […]

President Donald Trump routinely threatens to tear up trade ties with Mexico. So Mexico is building backup plans this year. It’s doubling down on free trade and turning toward allies in Latin America, who are also changing their own tune on trade. This year, for the first time, 94% of goods moved tax-free across borders […]

Debbie Baker was looking forward to October. She would finally be done paying off her student loans — or so she thought. She had borrowed money to go back to school for her teaching degree at the University of Tulsa in 1999 and landed a job as a music teacher at a public school. But […]