Новости за 29.04.2016

It literally was a whale of a job. Crews on Friday finished removing the 60,000-ton carcass of a rotting whale from a Southern California beach. A contractor working for the state parks department spent two days using an excavator to cut up the 40-foot whale, which was hauled off to ...

Several hundred protesters opposing Donald Trump gathered Friday outside the hotel where he was scheduled to speak to Republicans, and some broke through a steel barricade and approached the venue's entrance. Police in riot gear stood shoulder-to-shoulder to keep demonstrators back ...

The Rebels will have two more chances to earn TV bonus money against their two main rivals, it was announced today. The Mountain West released the remainder of its ...

Allison Janney played a White House press secretary on "The West Wing." She got a chance to do the real thing on Friday. Janney won four Emmy Awards playing C.J. Cregg and now stars on "Mom," for which she also won an Emmy. She took the podium normally reserved for spokesman Josh Earnest and told reporters she ...

The nearly 100 celebrity chefs here for the 10th annual Vegas Uncork’d by Bon Appetit celebrate with tonight’s Grand Tasting at Garden of the Gods pool oasis at Caesars Palace.

A Confederate monument capped with a statue of Jefferson Davis will be removed from a spot near the University of Louisville campus where it has stood since 1895. The stone monument honoring Kentuckians who died for the Confederacy in the Civil War will be moved to another location, University President James Ramsey and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said during a surprise announcement Friday. "It's time for us to move this monument ...

When Hillary Clinton tries to vanquish Bernie Sanders in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary next month, she'll also have to watch out for Keith Judd. That should be no sweat, right? After all, Judd is a political nobody and a felon, who barely scraped together the $2,500 needed to get his name ...

A friend of the white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year pleaded guilty Friday to lying to federal authorities during their investigation. He also revealed that the suspect told him he planned to kill himself after ...

A man pronounced dead after a head-on crash Tuesday on State Route 160 has been identified as Richard Caffejian, 77, of Pahrump, according to ...

A concert musician who was not allowed to board a flight with her violin says she hopes the incident will raise awareness of regulations that permit violins and other small instruments as carry-on luggage. Rachel Barton Pine was told by a flight attendant and captain of an American Eagle flight that she could not bring her 18th century violin on board the plane Thursday from Chicago to Albuquerque, New Mexico. They offered ...

Federal officials say a Reno-area physician is among nine people, including several employees of a local auto dealership, accused of running in an illegal prescription drug "pill mill" distribution business. A statement from the FBI and U.S. attorney's office in Nevada said ...

At least one Las Vegas water district official is no longer on the payroll, and federal authorities are investigating allegations that a purchasing agent made $4 million worth ...

With one day remaining until legendary entertainer Billy Joel takes the stage to perform his greatest hits at T-Mobile Arena, his producers wanted to share the Top 10 reasons why we all love the six-time Grammy Award winner and “Piano Man.”

Metro Police say they are looking for a man in a floppy hat who waited patiently in line at a bank, handed a teller a note demanding money and then took off empty-handed. The incident happened about ...

An oil-rig helicopter crashed Friday on an island off the coast of western Norway, killing 11 people and leaving two others missing, a rescue official said. The Airbus EC-225 helicopter was carrying 11 Norwegians, one Briton and one Italian from the Gullfaks B oil field in the North Sea to Bergen, 120 kilometers (74 miles) away on ...

Saying cancer is a scourge with no boundaries, Vice President Joe Biden came to the Vatican on Friday to call for a global commitment to fund cancer research that ...

Several Utah police officials are joining in calls to change Brigham Young University's practice of investigating students who have reported being sexually assaulted for violations of the school's strict code of behavior. Provo's police chief said Thursday that he's pleased the Mormon-owned school based in ...

The University of New Hampshire now acknowledges that spending $17,000 on a custom-made chef's table with LED lights for the campus dining hall was a mistake. Initially, university officials thought the light-up table would allow the dining staff to

A New Jersey marijuana advocate dubbed NJ Weedman says authorities "exaggerated big-time" in charging him with distributing pot from his restaurant and cannabis church. Ed Forchion also said his arrest has drawn attention to ...

A U.S. gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process errors and equipment failures and that none of the crew knew they were ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is giving Ted Cruz a big boost in his push to stop Donald Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination. Pence will endorse Cruz on Friday afternoon, for the state's primary Tuesday. That's according to a Republican official with ...

San Bernardino, California, police say no officers were hit in an exchange of gunfire and three people are in custody after officers were ambushed. Lt. Rich Lawhead tells The Sun newspaper the officers were in an unmarked car in ...

Whole Foods is prepping for the launch of its hipster new grocery chain. But shoppers won't be able to get a tattoo with their cheese just yet. The company says its "365" chain will have a minimalist layout, affordable prices and third-party vendors who set up shop inside the stores. That generated fanfare earlier this year when ...

During opening night of their new production “Jukebox” at the Venetian’s Sands Showroom, the guys from Human Nature ask the audience to call out some of their favorite songs. At one point, the affable foursome ...

There comes a uniquely emotional moment for American Hispanics who register for a freshman year of college: Is it a good idea to sign up for the formal study …