Новости за 18.05.2016

OKC is coming together under Billy Donovan at the right time.

Gang violence has turned the small South American country of El Salvador, roughly 1,500 miles south of the United States border, into the murder capital of the world.

Stocks stayed in moderately negative territory through most of Tuesday's trading session before dropping in the afternoon hours.

Dave Majumdar

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Moscow and Beijing seem to have jumped ahead in certain key technological areas on the battlefield. What will Washington do about it? 

The United States has fallen behind potential adversaries in certain key technological areas such as integrated battle networks according to senior U.S. Navy officials. Indeed, as one U.S. Navy admiral told an audience at the Navy League’s Sea, Air and Space symposium that the term “near-peer” is a misnomer—in some... Читать дальше...

The United States could provide the Libyan government with small arms, anti-tank guns and other defensive weapons to help Tripoli in its fight against extremists, former US Under Secretary of Defense Dov Zakheim told Sputnik.

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Last year, we covered a story coming out of Texas in which the state government was planning to institute a state-controlled "gold depository" that would allow individuals to store their gold in a presumably safe place outside the United States banking system.

This proposition was met with emotionally-charged denunciations from Americans in far away northeastern American states where it was claimed this measure was contrary to the "supremacy clause" and just... Читать дальше...

HIV-infected cancer patients are much less likely to receive treatment for tumors than people who don't have the virus, a large U.S. study suggests.

Doug G. Ware
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into allegations of state-sanctioned doping involving pro athletes in Russia, sources reportedly said Tuesday.

(AP) — A California mother filed an emergency appeal on Tuesday in an effort to keep her toddler on life support after a lower court's order expires on Friday. Mueller rejected ordering Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Roseville to keep 2-year-old Israel Stinson on life support, but she gave the family time to appeal. Fonseca's federal lawsuit argues that state law doesn't allow patients to bring in their own doctors to challenge the finding of death, and that ban violates due-process rights... Читать дальше...

Oil prices will go higher in the long run but in the short term, it's just a guessing game, says John Buckingham from Al Frank Asset Management.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said he intends to release a detailed economic policy platform in two weeks that would dismantle nearly all of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, he said in an interview Tuesday with Reuters.

Jodie Foster happily waves to photographers as she attends the photo call for her latest film Money Monster held at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski on Tuesday (May 17) in Berlin, Germany. The 53-year-old actress-director was joined at the event by the star of her flick Jack O’Connell. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jodie [...]

Bernie Sanders clashed with Democratic party leaders Tuesday over violence that erupted over the weekend at the Nevada Democratic convention, which party official blamed on a disgruntled group of Sanders supporters.

Rep. Robb Kahl, D-Monona, announced he wouldn't run for the seat after another Democrat announced a challenge.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling on state and national Democratic Party leaders to respect the will of millions of his supporters by opening the doors to people “prepared to fight for real economic and social change.” But there’s growing concern that Sanders supporters who have shown up at rallies for Republican presumptive candidate Donald Trump might redirect their anger to the Democratic establishment during this summer’s party convention — especially if Sanders' rival, Hillary Clinton, is the party's nominee.

Wednesday's papers look ahead to the Queen's speech and report on the emotional unveiling of a memorial to fallen soldiers.

The Senate confirmed the long-stalled nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary, making him the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service.

After a down session for markets Tuesday, "Fast Money" traders debated whether some recently weak stocks have fallen too far.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new federal report says Nebraska's uninsured rate for adults younger than 65 declined over a two-year period.

Anyone waiting for an Oasis reunion show might have to cough up £20 million. That's what Noel Gallagher has said it would cost to...

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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas teenager who tried to use an "affluenza" defense for killing four people while driving drunk was moved on Tuesday out of a maximum security jail where he was held mostly in isolation and into a less restrictive facility, a county sheriff said.

Ethan Couch was moved as a result of a judge this month upholding a sentence of nearly two years in jail for him, Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said, adding that the move was done because... Читать дальше...

A federal judge in Washington halted enforcement of a portion of the city’s strict gun law Tuesday.

State regulators have fined Southern California Gas Co. $2.25 million for failing to promptly fix corrosion control systems used on its underground natural gas pipelines.