Новости за 16.11.2017

The head of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the Department of Homeland Security has said in the past that the black community is responsible for turning cities into “slums” and argued that Islam’s only contribution to society was “oil and dead bodies,” a CNN KFile review of his time as a radio host reveals. Rev. […]

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein sent a letter Thursday requesting more information on President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner related to his security clearance and questions over whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election. The two senators specifically requested “transcripts from other committee interviews, […]

Once again, rumors are flying that Barnes & Noble is going private. Investors are loving it. Shares of the bookseller jumped 12% after The Wall Street Journal reported that an activist investor made a $650 million proposal to take the company private. Sandell Asset Management Corp, which bought a stake in Barnes & Noble in […]

For former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities are not inherently problematic. However, Blair says they must be promoted in a way that does not isolate the US from its global allies. “In one sense, why wouldn’t you put America first? We should put Britain first. I mean everyone […]

A woman said Thursday that Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken groped her and kissed her without her consent in 2006 while she was on a USO Tour overseas. Leeann Tweeden is now a morning news anchor on TalkRadio 790 KABC in Los Angeles and posted her story in a lengthy post on the station’s website. […]

After nearly 46 years in a Louisiana prison, Wilbert Jones became a free man Wednesday after a judge overturned his conviction in a 1971 rape case. You could call it a belated birthday gift. Jones turned 65 on November 1. “My life was taken away from me for something I didn’t do,” he told CNN […]

Walking through Webster City, Iowa is like stepping into a time capsule. So it might come as a surprise to see Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and Square, pop in and out of the small businesses that line the streets. “We have to be connected with who we serve,” Dorsey told CNN Tech’s Laurie […]

House Republicans on Thursday passed a bill along strict party lines that would revamp the U.S. tax code and affect every corner of the U.S. economy. The vote comes just two weeks after it was first unveiled by House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady. It also comes the same week that the Senate Finance […]

People are looking in shocked disgust at the defenders of Roy Moore. How can so many Alabamans throw their support behind Moore, the Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat there, who is accused of pursuing or sexually abusing teens — including a 14 year-old — back when he was in his 30s? Moore […]

Production on the seventh and final season of HBO’s “Veep” has been postponed as star Julia Louis-Dreyfus continues treatment for breast cancer. Executive producer Frank Rich confirmed the delay in an interview with Sirius XM’s The Press Pool. “The expectation is we will shoot again,” Rich said. “We have one more season we’re doing, which […]

A bipartisan group of US senators announced a bill Thursday to improve reporting in the instant background system called the “Fix NICS Act of 2017, in the wake of the Texas mass shooting perpetrated by a person whose violent criminal record should have prevented him from buying guns. Two Senate sources told CNN on Wednesday […]

It says something about the present state of the Republican Party that some of the leadership are likely breathing a sigh of relief that the horrific distraction du jour — e.g., “traditional values”-focused US Senate candidate Roy Moore facing accusations of sexually predatory behavior toward minors — is stealing the spotlight from its disastrous plan […]

Anyone who’s ever applied for a job knows how stressful it can be. And for some, the hardest part is the cover letter. It should be professional, but make you stand out. It should be short, but not too short. While a cover letter can seem like a formality, it’s an important first step in […]

Here is a look back at the events of 2017. Notable US Events: January 6 – A declassified report is released in which the US intelligence community concludes that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an “influence campaign” aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton and helping Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. January 6 – According […]

Toys “R” Us has asked the bankruptcy court for permission to pay $16 million in bonuses to its top executives if the company is able to hit some financial targets during the upcoming holiday shopping season. Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy in September, and now must get court approval for many of its basic […]

Many retailers are in a world of pain because of Amazon. Walmart is not one of them. It beat Wall Street forecasts for sales and profit on Thursday and improved its forecast for holiday shopping. The stock rose nearly 7% to an all-time high. What’s most impressive about this is that Walmart is doing it […]

Political turmoil and an apparent coup have pushed the price of Bitcoin as high as $13,000 on a digital currency exchange in Zimbabwe — nearly twice the going rate in global markets. Demand surged on Golix, which appears to be the only local Bitcoin exchange, after military leaders put 93-year-old leader Robert Mugabe under house […]

Just weeks before his death in May 1994, Ayrton Senna spoke to his sister about his plans to give back to Brazil. The 34-year-old, three-time Formula One world champion from Sao Paulo wanted to help those less fortunate than him and reduce the gap between rich and poor. His fatal crash at the San Marino […]

The success of “Wonder Woman” provided a golden ray of hope that Warner Bros. and DC had finally mastered this whole comic-book-movie thing. “Justice League,” by contrast, reflects the haste with which the parties rushed to create their cinematic universe and catch up with Marvel, leaping several intermediate steps in a single bound. In one […]

Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger’s courtship was a throwback to an earlier era and yet modern at the same time. Oswalt shared how the couple’s love story unfolded Wednesday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He said he and the comedic actress met online — but not via Tinder. “We met because we have a mutual […]

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted an invitation to leave Saudi Arabia and go to France, an Elysee Palace spokewoman told CNN on Thursday. It comes a day after Lebanon’s President accused Riyadh of holding Hariri “captive”. Hariri resigned in an address from Riyadh on November 4, saying his life was in danger. He […]

Russia is a step closer to facing a possible ban of its athletes from the Winter Olympics in South Korea after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) upheld its decision that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) remains non-compliant. WADA tweeted its ruling following a foundation board meeting in Seoul on Thursday, less than three months before […]

A food pantry volunteer, a waitress, a worker with autism, and an aspiring musician were killed over the span of a month in Tampa while they were walking alone at night. Residents and police in the historic Seminole Heights neighborhood fear that a serial killer may be responsible for the unsolved killings. A mural with […]

The decades-long grip on power of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe appeared to be over on Thursday as his main opposition rival returned to the country amid efforts to form a transitional government. Morgan Tsvangirai, who had been receiving cancer treatment abroad, returned to Harare after Wednesday’s military takeover, two sources with knowledge of his movements […]

The gunman who went on a rampage in Northern California was a “deranged and paranoid killer” who was out on bail after assaulting two neighbors this year, authorities say. Kevin Neal killed his wife Monday night on the eve of the shootings and stuffed her body under the floor in his home, according to police. […]