Новости за 22.07.2015

A 24-year-old gunman armed with a semiautomatic assault rifle and a handgun moved methodically through a Naval Reserve center last week in Chattanooga, Tenn., as he hunted for Marines and sailors to kill, a senior FBI official said Wednesday.Read full article >>

From Texas to Virginia to Arizona to Wisconsin, it keeps happening. Armed civilians are stepping in to stand watch outside military recruiting centers in an effort to protect the service members inside.Read full article >>

New dashcam video released yesterday shows the traffic stop that went south and ended with 28-year-old black woman Sandra Bland handcuffed and on her way to jail, where she would be found dead several days later. What starts out as an unremarkable encounter quickly deteriorates after officer Brian Encinia asks Bland to put out a cigarette.Read full article >>

LONDON --  For decades, an ancient relic from the Middle East was unknowingly tucked away in an unlikely place: A library in the British Midlands, thousands of miles from its origins.But when a PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham decided to take a closer look at the pages of parchment, written on sheep or goat skin, it was discovered that they were part of a manuscript of global significance.Read full article >>

The Florida postal worker who landed a gyrocopter at the U.S. Capitol to protest campaign finance laws appears headed for trial for his actions as prosecutors’ offer of a 10-month prison sentence is set to expire Wednesday, attorneys told a federal judge. Read full article >>

Welcome to Wedding Guest Wednesday, an occasional feature in which Solo-ish explores the joys and woes of attending other people’s weddings. Because it’s not all about the happy couple — it’s a big day for guests as well. Read full article >>

Amid the famous politicians, wealthy donors and top Democratic Party officials invited to New York last month to watch Hillary Rodham Clinton announce her presidential candidacy sat another VIP guest: a newcomer to politics, but a man whose presence at the event was sought by Clinton aides.Read full article >>

Amid the famous politicians, wealthy donors and top Democratic Party officials invited to New York last month to watch Hillary Rodham Clinton announce her candidacy for president sat another VIP guest — a newcomer to politics, but a man whose presence at the event was sought after by Clinton aides.Read full article >>

Making national news was the last thing we expected on our quiet summer getaway to Maine this week.One rainy morning, my husband, baby daughter and I went out for breakfast. We had stayed overnight in Portland, a place close to our hearts where my husband spent a lot of time in the Coast Guard. He suggested we grab breakfast at this diner he knew of. We figured it would have quick service and be family friendly.Read full article >>

The Washington Post appealed to the United Nations on Wednesday to help secure the release of jailed reporter Jason Rezaian, accusing the Iranian government of flagrant human rights violations in a year of “arbitrary and unlawful” detention of the veteran journalist, company officials said.Read full article >>

Pope Francis’s popularity among Americans — including Catholics — — has taken a nose dive since last year, a poll released Wednesday shows, largely driven by conservatives who often disagree with Francis on the causes of environmental and economic problems.Read full article >>

According to newly released police video, a Texas trooper threatened Sandra Bland with a Taser when he ordered her out of her vehicle during a traffic stop on July 10, three days before she was found dead in a county jail.Read full article >>

It appears to be sinking in with top Republicans that the upcoming GOP debate, featuring star performer Donald Trump, could prove to be a full-blown disaster. Politico has this amusing report: Trump’s presence at center stage — his reward if he maintains his lead in the polls — is likely to transform the first Republican debate into a major media event, bringing big ratings to Fox News, the debate sponsor. By the same token, however, it will likely turn the traditionally policy-focused event into a pageant of personality... Читать дальше...

Hillary Rodham Clinton would lose or tie for the presidency against three leading Republican hopefuls if the election were held today in three key swing states, according to a new poll.A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found that Clinton has strikingly negative favorability ratings among voters in Virginia, Iowa and Colorado, especially compared with where she stood in the spring.Read full article >>

KABUL — A suicide blast tore through a crowded market Wednesday in northwest Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people in an area where government forces have clashed recently with Taliban fighters.There was no assertion of responsibility, but the Taliban and other militant groups have carried out similar attacks in the past. Read full article >>

It was a driver’s worst nightmare.Andy Greenberg was speeding along a busy interstate in St. Louis recently when he suddenly lost control of his vehicle. The accelerator abruptly stopped working. The car crawled to a stop. As 18-wheelers whizzed by his stalled vehicle, Greenberg began to panic.Read full article >>

The assignment was to interview a “colorful person,” and the teenage E.L. Doctorow — back then, he was simply Edgar — had just the man.His name was Karl, and he was a dear old German-Jewish refugee who worked as a stage doorman at Carnegie Hall. Young Edgar’s report on the elderly man was replete with details both dramatic and intimate: How Karl was a great lover of music and was a favorite among the artists who frequented the famous concert hall. How every evening he would arrive at work with a brown bag lunch and a thermos full of tea... Читать дальше...

The weather in Washington, D.C., and  Berlin, Germany, has been pretty similar recently. There is one striking difference between the two capitals, though: Whereas many Americans would probably never consider living or working in buildings without air conditioning, many Germans think that life without climate control is far superior.Read full article >>

Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman” isn’t the only rediscovered manuscript getting some buzz recently. Another book, but one geared to a much younger audience, is also highly anticipated.A newly discovered Dr. Seuss book goes on sale this week, 25 years after the beloved author’s last work, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”Read full article >>

Lloyd Lee Welch, the 58-year-old former carnival worker charged with murder in the 1975 disappearance of two young Maryland sisters, told investigators that he believed the girls were “abducted, raped and burned up,” according to a police affidavit filed in Virginia Circuit Court.Read full article >>

PITTSBURGH — President Obama, facing growing criticism from conservatives and some veterans, ordered all American flags on federal grounds to be lowered to half-staff for the remainder of the week to honor the five service members killed at a naval reserve center in Chattanooga, Tenn.Read full article >>

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich joined the crowded 2016 GOP presidential race Tuesday, offering an optimistic message that blends fiscal conservatism with social welfare compassion that he hopes will shake up the Republican Party and vault him into contention for the nomination.Read full article >>

GOV. JOHN Kasich entered the presidential race on Tuesday as the most accomplished GOP candidate no one has heard of. Mr. Kasich boasts a strong record running one of the most sought-after swing states in the country, Ohio, and he has the solid approval ratings to prove it. Though he is running from the Midwest, he also served 18 years in Congress before returning to Ohio, so he knows the ropes in Washington. The question is whether his many qualities will stand out in a GOP field packed with people who will be louder and angrier. Читать дальше...

Months after the discovery of a massive breach of U.S. government personnel records, the Obama administration has decided against publicly blaming China for the intrusion in part out of reluctance to reveal the evidence that American investigators have assembled, U.S. officials said.Read full article >>

The sun was setting over Baltimore as three dozen men converged on a parking lot on the city’s east side, assembling before their leader, a small, muscular African American man, his fleeting smile revealing flashes of gold.Read full article >>