Новости за 21.04.2016

They are the first to face criminal charges in a public health calamity that has gripped the nation. Will there be others? Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said charges Wednesday against two state officials and a Flint city administrator were “only the beginning.” “Nobody’s ruled out,” he said. From the start of Flint’s water woes, […]

All you need is a headset and smartphone to enter a virtual world of gaming, movies, travel — and now surgery. Health care company Medical Realities is using virtual reality to transport people directly into an operating room to watch surgeons as they operate. The first surgery of this kind took place last week at […]

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is in the midst of a stunning fall from grace.

A legal opioid now infiltrating North America’s drug scene is being called the deadliest trend in more than three decades.

There’s a lot more to Brontë than "Jane Eyre."

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are one step closer to marriage! The couple announced their engagement on social media in early April after three months of dating. "YES...

James Bond's got nothing on this golden eye. When GLAMSQUAD makeup artist Kelli Bartlett joined forces with e.l.f. cosmetics, this happened. And by "this" we mean...

Holy hot sauce and a side of beans! Today marks Taco Bell history, as the Beefy Crunch Burrito will return to menus across the nation. This glorious feat did not come without an epic battle,...

I'm Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today.

The seaside community of Venice is home to one of the largest concentrations of homeless people in the city of Los Angeles. An estimated 1,000 people without housing camp on its streets and sidewalks, leading to clashes with residents, merchants and police. The L.A. City Council recently adopted...

Good morning. It is Thursday, April 21. In honor of the Pink Moon, there will be a party Saturday night at the top of Mammoth Mountain. Revelers are encouraged to run, ski or bike to the top of the 11,053-foot mountain. Here's what else is happening in the Golden State:

Five years after signing off from daytime television, Oprah Winfrey is returning to the small screen in "Greenleaf," a scripted drama about an affluent African American family that presides over a Tennessee megachurch.

The California Environmental Quality Act is a valuable protector of this state's resources. It guides planning by forcing agencies to consider the environmental implications of proposed projects. CEQA is also a woefully blunt instrument that thwarts economic growth and, perversely, can actually...

Perhaps City Councilman Mitch Englander's sudden eagerness to delay a massive deal to buy 6,140 body cameras for Los Angeles police officers has nothing to do with the fact that he is in a tough race for county supervisor or the revelation that he received thousands of dollars in campaign donations...

Current estimates by climate scientists say the earth's temperature should not rise more than 2 degrees. If the temperatures were to rise higher, the earth would be uninhabitable. They favor changing human actions immediately to stop this temperature rise before…

Corvallis now has "boots on the ground" "in a joint (city-Oregon State University) livability crackdown."

Corvallis is blessed with an excellent candidate for superintendent! Assistant Superintendent Kevin Bogatin can quickly continue the current directions as the interim superintendent and provide new inspiring goals for the future.

Recently, President Obama visited Havana. I happened to be volunteering there the week before his arrival. The city was in a busy state of repair. That is, the areas where the officials planned to visit. Fresh concrete smoothed out sidewalks…

A massive explosion at an oil facility in southeastern Mexico killed at least three people and injured 136, sparking panic as it generated a huge plume of toxic smoke, officials said.

BALTIMORE - Under Armour Inc. (UA) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $19.2 million.

George Soros has warned that China's debt-fueled growth is bearing an "eerie resemblance" to the conditions leading up to the 2008 financial crash.

De vluchtelingen uit de Amsterdamse noodopvang in de Havenstraat zijn gestopt met hun hongerstaking nadat zij woensdagavond hoorden dat er een asielprocedure is gestart.

After serving what he thought was justice to a man for raping his daughter, man is facing years in jail In 2014, an aggrieved father meted out ‘justice’ to a 17-year-old boy who was caught molesting their 7-month-old baby, in India. The boy was reportedly caught in the act by the baby’s mother who reported […]

Around 100 billion euros, or $113 billion, is laundered in Germany every year, according to a report released by the Finance Ministry. These illegal, often cash, transactions take place on the housing market, the art market and elsewhere and represent more than double the 50 billion euro, or approximately $56.6 billion, in money laundering previously estimated by the German government, the Local reported Thursday.