Новости за 02.06.2015

PARIS — The French government is expecting the Vatican to decide within days whether to approve the nomination of a respected diplomat who is said to be gay as French ambassador to the Holy See. The French government is awaiting a response via Vatican diplomatic channels within a week to 10 days, a French official said. Gay rights groups have accused the Vatican of delaying a decision because of Stefanini’s sexual orientation. The Vatican traditionally doesn’t approve ambassadors in “nontraditional” family situations... Читать дальше...

When a teenage boy starts imagining adulthood, the ideal vision is something like “Entourage”: living in a big house with all your friends, hanging out and having adventures. Ultimately, the vision matures and the goals change, but the memory lingers on, and that’s the appeal of “Entourage” and its irresistible depiction of an immature person’s paradise. Four years after its eight seasons as an HBO series, “Entourage” is back as a feature film, and the first thing that needs to be said is that... Читать дальше...

Sepp Blatter, arguably the most reviled man in sports, resigned as boss of FIFA earlier today. Thank you cards can be sent to the US Dept of Justice for kicking off prosecutions last week against some of the alleged villains involved in FIFA’s lucrative ‘dirty laundry’ — a global scheme of graft and bribes. With

We already knew the rent was too damn high, even before we published a report this February showing not only that the median for a one bedroom apartment in the city had jumped to $3,460, but that even formerly cheaper neighborhoods were now among the pricey. (To check out a map of the city’s crazy

President Obama’s Department of Justice is happy to spend years investigating a foreign soccer organization for corruption and former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert for allegedly paying off a blackmailer — but not the alleged blackmailer — yet ignores big concerns. The feds have done next to nothing about the IRS targeting conservative political groups, other than to defend IRS official Lois Lerner’s creative use of the Fifth Amendment when she refused to answer questions from House investigators. Читать дальше...

Sculptor Ron Holthuysen may never top his giant Giants baseball glove at AT&T Park, but a 17-foot concrete crocodile comes pretty close. There will be a coiled Burmese python with snaky skin, two bronze bats hanging by their feet, a snarling Tasmanian devil, a hammerhead shark with teeth so sharp they can rip flesh, and a whale snout with a polyurethane eye that can look right through you. “The money for the playground and sculpture garden was raised and committed long before the tragic accident of Kabibe... Читать дальше...

Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman for the opener of a three-game series between Pittsburgh and the Giants at China Basin: Tonight’s pitching matchup features one of the National League’s best pitchers of this season, the Pirates’ Gerrit Cole (7-2, 2.11 ERA), and one of the NL’s best pitchers of May, the Giants’ Ryan Voglesong, who went 4-0 with a 1.14 ERA last month. Moments before the above photo was taken, Giants manager Bruce Bochy talked about what makes Cole, a 24-year-old right-hander... Читать дальше...