Новости за 17.08.2020

In what could be a duel with Player of the Year implications, Scott Berliner and Justin Hearley are tied entering Tuesday's final round of the Northeastern New York PGA Stroke Play Championship at the Mohawk Golf Club in Niskayuna.

Houston

Tobe Nwigwe has spent five years as an independent rapper and singer on the Houston scene, building an audience — including fans like Erykah Badu and Michelle Obama — with weekly song drops that unfailingly arrive with a brand-new video. His plan has always been consistency, not virality. But sudden, unexpected fame arrived last month after he released a track that called attention to the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.

"I need you to," Nwigwe sings as the track opens. Читать дальше...

DEAR ABBY: My wife left me a little over two years ago, and I can't seem to get over it. All she said was that we had an "emotional disconnect." I don't believe she was unfaithful.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Three police officers were shot and a man remained barricaded inside a home with three of his family members in a suburb of Austin, Texas, authorities said.

BEIJING (AP) — Japanese stocks sank while other global markets and U.S. futures gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction amid the coronavirus pandemic.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's economy contracted at a 12.2% annual rate in the April-June quarter, its sharpest downturn since the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s.

Shannon Silver had planned to take her family on a trip from her home in Connecticut to visit relatives in Ohio just before the start of the school year for her two children.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election.

Greensboro, N.C.

Jim Herman rallied to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his third PGA Tour title and a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs, shooting a 7-under 63 for a one-shot win over Billy Horschel.

Herman overcame a four-stroke deficit in the final round. He overtook Horschel with a birdie on the 71st hole. Herman, 42, finished at 21-under 259.

Horschel closed with a 65. He had a final chance to tie on the 72nd hole, but his 8-foot birdie putt slid left of the cup. Читать дальше...

Ryan Reynolds could be Canada's voice of reason.

The "Voices" star took to Twitter Friday with a PSA voice message for Premier of British Columbia John Horgan, after the province's head of state requested he and fellow Canadian Seth Rogen tell people to avoid parties and help stop spreading coronavirus.

"I don't think 'people' want medical advice from guys like me," the 43-year-old "Deadpool" star said. "No sir. Unless it's plastic surgery, which, a lot of people don't know this but... Читать дальше...

Swiss Skydiver peers out of her stall at the Anex next to the Oklahoma Training Track Sunday morning, the day after she romped to an easy win in the Alabama at the Spa. The 3-year-old filly was bright-eyed and full of herself after running 11/4 miles in the Alabama and winning by 31/2 length. And she was licking her chops at the prospect of being able to run again on Sept. 4 in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

In 2012, after spending $250 million for the broadcast rights to the Premier League, NBC Sports realized it had a problem. No one was sure the U.S. audience understood enough about English soccer to justify the investment, so the network needed a cheeky way to let viewers know it was OK to be a little vague on the rules.