Новости за 16.05.2016

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a southeast Omaha shooting victim.

The league made the announcement Monday, giving the Wolves back-to-back honorees after forward Andrew Wiggins took the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy last season

"He’s got a great skill set. He’s fast. He’s strong. He’s competitive. He’s physical."

The plane's pilot and three passengers, who have not been identified, were killed in the crash.

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean parliamentary speaker said Monday that last year's agreement reached by Seoul and Tokyo on the wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women does not require approval from the National Assembly, but added that th

Berkshire Hathaway 's first-quarter results got some help from one of its favorite insurers, GEICO.

Authorities locked down Kabul as tens of thousands of ethnic Hazaras marched through the streets in a massive protest that reflected public dismay with the government of President Ashraf Ghani.

Community members from the Eastern Cape town of Nqgamakhwe arrested an 18-year-old young man for allegedly raping a schoolgirl.

Russia upset Norway 3-0 on Monday to win their sixth game of the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the killing of a senior journalist was an attack on him and that he will recommend a CBI probe if the grieving family insisted.

The Supreme Court on Monday dodged ruling on litigation brought by religious employers that objected to an Obama administration policy requiring contraception coverage in workers' insurance plans.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors have told a jury that a U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania took an illegal $1 million loan to prop up an ailing mayoral bid and used $200,000 on Election Day alone. Prosecutors said in opening statements at his corruption trial Monday that he was soon under pressure to pay back the loan to former Sallie Mae chief executive officer Al Lord.

The man’s name is Kenny Bailey. Back in 2014, he had a massive stroke. Since then he lives with only half of his head left after the surgery! Learn what the Department for Work and Pensions made him do. This person can function and do all he needs to take care of himself. He gets […]

There was an uproar on Monday, May 16, when members of the House of representatives denied Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum entry into the lower chambers. The minister was invited to brief the House of Representatives over the fuel hike from N86.5 to N145. The House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, moved a motion […]

After announcing the first successful penis transplant operation in the United States, officials at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston discussed the patient, Thomas Manning, and the surgery with the news media.

Ray McKinnon says he took time to consider Dundee United's offer before agreeing to manage the team he always supported.

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LOS ANGELES, May 16 (UPI) -- Laverne Cox will become the first transgender actress to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV on CBS series "Doubt," starring Katherine Heigl.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police fired tear gas on Monday to break up demonstrations urging electoral reforms ahead of general elections next year.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police fired tear gas on Monday to break up demonstrations urging electoral reforms ahead of general elections next year.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police fired tear gas on Monday to break up demonstrations urging electoral reforms ahead of general elections next year.

Since its creation in March, Libya's Government of National Accord has been working to establish authority throughout the war-ravaged country. With threats looming large, 20 nations are to meet in Vienna to discuss the security situation in Libya and what can be done to prevent more instability.

Facebook has denied the allegations and Zuckerberg has promised to investigate the matter.

Output interruptions from Canada and Nigeria are coinciding with strong demand from China and India, Goldman says, as it says the oil market has likely switched away from a glut.

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan will hold director-general-level talks this week to discuss a broad range of issues, including follow-up measures related to Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, Seoul's foreign ministry sa

Michael Jackson fans pay homage to their musical idol at a statue in central Munich. But the monument is actually of a different musician--Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso. Photo: Ellen Jervell/The Wall Street Journal