Новости за 16.07.2015

Kindergartners who share, cooperate and are helpful are more likely to have a college degree and a job 20 years later than children who lack those social skills, according to a new study.Kids who get along well with others also are less likely to have substance-abuse problems and run-ins with the law.Read full article >>

Say her name. #SandraBland pic.twitter.com/Ybfvr9ewvSAt about 7 a.m. Monday, Sandra Bland got her breakfast in the Waller County Jail in Texas. The 28-year-old woman was being held there after a routine traffic stop the previous Friday led to a charge of assault on a public servant.Read full article >>

After a television season celebrated for diversity and exciting newcomers, the 2015 Emmy Award nominations… look a lot like last year. And the year before that.While several brand-new shows made a splash and offered more surprises than usual for Hollywood’s most predictable award show, it was lots of standard fare for the Television Academy. HBO’s hugely popular fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” racked up 24 nominations, the most of any show. FX’s perennial hit “American Horror Story: Freak Show” landed close behind with 19 nods. Читать дальше...

ATHENS — The acute economic crisis that has gripped Greece for weeks eased markedly Thursday as European officials dismantled key obstacles to desperately needed loans and the country’s banks prepared to reopen on Monday, three weeks after locking their doors.Read full article >>

The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan rewrite of No Child Left Behind, the main federal education law, that would shrink the federal role in the nation’s 100,000 public schools and yield greater power to states to judge student achievement and school performance.Read full article >>

BERLIN — A divided Germany rose from the ashes of the Nazi defeat in World War II, weathering the Cold War to transform into one of the good guys. Modern Germany quickly molded itself into the standard-bearer of global pacifism, a hotbed of youth culture and the tree-hugging Lorax of nations in the fight against climate change.Read full article >>

Though the Emmy Awards have a reputation for being a bit of a snoozefest, this year actually promises to be pretty exciting. With “Breaking Bad” and “True Detective” out of the way, the drama series categories are due for a well-deserved shake-up. And with new comedies “Jane the Virgin,” “Transparent” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” in the mix, maybe something will finally snap the infinite “Modern Family” winning streak (okay, maybe not, but we can dream).Read full article >>

A South Carolina judge set a July 11, 2016, trial date for Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old accused of gunning down nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month.Roof faces nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in the shocking June 17 shooting spree at the historic black church.Read full article >>

Authorities in Tennessee were investigating a reported shooting in Chattanooga, prompting road closures and lockdowns throughout the area.One police officer was “down” due to the shooting, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said during a news conference, but he did not add additional details regarding the extent of the officer’s injuries.Read full article >>

Nearly two months after a molestation scandal prompted TLC to pull reruns of the popular reality program “19 Kids and Counting” from the air and online, the network announced that it has officially canceled the program.Read full article >>

BERLIN — A divided Germany rose from the ashes of the Nazi defeat, weathering the Cold War to transform into one of the good guys. Modern Germany quickly molded itself into the standard-bearer of global pacifism, a hotbed of youth culture and the tree-hugging Lorax of nations in the fight against climate change.Read full article >>

I have just endured one of the largest trolling attacks in history. And I have just been blessed with the most astonishing human responses to that attack.What happened to me while head of the popular online forum Reddit for the past eight months is important to consider as we confront the ways in which the Internet is evolving. Here’s why:Read full article >>

ATHENS — Greece braced for a political shake-up Thursday after lawmakers approved a new era of austerity, a bitter turnabout that split the ruling party and spelled fresh economic pain for many in this struggling nation.Read full article >>

It was a glorious day for golf on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland…for most golfers not named Tiger Woods.Woods was struggling mightily again with his game and, apparently, with his pesky wrist in the first round of the British Open on Thursday. Woods jarred the wrist when he hit a tree root back in April at the Masters and memorably explained how “there’s a little joint that popped out, and I was able to somehow put it back in.” It appeared to act up a bit again Thursday.Read full article... Читать дальше...

As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump travels the country issuing strong condemnations of illegal immigrants and the government of Mexico, Hispanic voters are listening — and they don’t like what they are hearing, according to a new survey.Read full article >>

When a lone terrorist slaughtered 38 tourists at a Tunisian resort on June 26, the Islamic State turned to one of America’s leading social-media companies to claim responsibility and warn of more attacks on the world’s nonbelievers.Read full article >>

The Internal Revenue Service hung up on customers calling for help 8.8 million times this year, showing just how low service sank during tax filing season.The new low in “courtesy disconnects,” a euphemism for an overloaded system hanging up on a caller when there’s no one to answer the phone, was just one grim statistic in a new report to Congress from National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson.Read full article >>

The man, called only “WO” by his physicians, woke up on the morning of March 14, 2005, at his military post in Germany. He headed to the gym, where he played a 45-minute round of volleyball, then returned to his office to answer a backlog of e-mails. In the afternoon he went to his dentist for a routine root canal treatment. He clambered into the reclining chair, donned a pair of tinted glasses, felt his mouth go numb as the dentist inserted local anesthetic.Read full article >>

Radiant in a white dress at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday, Caitlyn Jenner seemed a woman on top of the world. She was receiving the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage — one of the most prestigious awards in sports — not just for her athletic achievements, but for her very public struggle to come out as transgender.Read full article >>

SAN FRANCISCO — Out on the campaign trail, Jeb Bush wears an Apple Watch. He’s invested in tech companies working on driverless cars. His son and former business partner say they are “nerdy tech guys” who like buying and trying out new gadgets.Read full article >>

In her first major appearance since coming out as transgender, Caitlyn Jenner took the stage at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles to a standing ovation. And in front of some of the world’s biggest athletes and celebrities, she told the world what the transgender community needs.Read full article >>

A small cadre of super-wealthy Americans is dominating the fundraising for the 2016 Republican presidential nominating contest, doling out huge sums to independent groups that overwhelm total contributions to the candidates.Read full article >>

This story has been updated.Former president George H.W. Bush fell at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Wednesday, but is in stable condition, his spokesman said.Jim McGrath, the 41st president's longtime spokesman, announced on Twitter:Read full article >>

Former president George H.W. Bush fell at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Wednesday, but is in stable condition, his spokesman said.Jim McGrath, the 41st president's longtime spokesman, announced on Twitter:Read full article >>

The annual ESPY awards, where sports fans vote on categories to determine their favorites, are taking place July 15 at 8 p.m. on ABC, hosted by Joel McHale. Keep up with the good, the bad and the memorable here.Read full article >>