Новости за 18.05.2016

If the tax authorities had got their pound of flesh, Shakespeare might have remained a dodgy merchant in wool, the booming commodity of the day, argues Mark Archer.

Roughly 40 percent of young adults with autism spectrum disorder aren't finding jobs. But some employers are now recruiting adults on the spectrum as an untapped talent pool of focused workers.

Trampled by Turtles' third annual festival at Canterbury Park will expand with a third all-local stage.

‘A Bigger Splash’ a powerful domestic drama “A Bigger Splash” takes four characters with strong needs, drops them into a single location and invites us to watch what happens. With nothing to hold the audience but the question of how these characters will get along and what they will feel, director Luca Guadagnini keeps audience attention glued to the screen for the full two-hour running time. Harry is an irrepressible extrovert, talking constantly, full of warmth, enthusiasm and ebullience, so if I tell you he’s played by Ralph Fiennes... Читать дальше...

Earth's heat is stuck on high.

Robin Wright reveals she had recently demanded to be paid as much as her "House of Cards" co-star Kevin Spacey or she would go public. She got the raise.

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WASINGTON, D.C., May 18 (UPI) -- Blac Chyna shot back at online body shamers who took to Instagram to question the model's body shape after announcing her pregnancy with Rob Kardashian.

Big sister Kim is coming around!

As you’ve probably heard, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are engaged and expecting!

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The rest of the Kardashian Klan hasn't really commented on the pregnancy, but when Entertainment Tonight caught up with Kim at Cannes, she had nothing but nice things to say.

Kim seemed super enthusiastic about the pregnancy saying, “It’s so exciting. Читать дальше...

Tom Petty and his Mudcrutch band mates will get a head start on their upcoming U.S. reunion tour with a pair of shows next week in Northridge benefiting L.A.’s century-old Midnight Mission. Mudcrutch predates the Heartbreakers, dating from the early 1970s when all were playing bars and clubs in...

California politics updates: Gov. Brown talks taxes in Sacramento, John Chiang announces bid for governor May 18, 2016, 9:31 a.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching: Gov. Jerry Brown told a group of business leaders...

If we can increase productivity, there is a decent hope that the next generation will have a better standard of living. If not, we'll have more than an economic problem to solve

CNN is betting millions on its online outlet "Great Big Story," which focuses on making social media-optimized videos.

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Children with sickle cell disease may breathe easier when they're given hydroxyurea -- an effective, but underused, drug for the disease, new research suggests.

The Malaysian government won't push to extend the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, or MH370, if Australia decides to stop looking by the summer. Or, at least, that's according to deputy transport minister Ab Aziz Kaprawi. "If we have completed searching in the determined area, we will agree with Australia which is heading the search and the advice of experts to cease the mission," Bernama reported he told reporters Wednesday.

If you’ve ever finished reading an article on a website and wondered who clicks on those stories clustered near the bottom, the ones that are about dogs with three heads or promise the secret to rock-hard abs, we have an answer for you:  A LOT of people.

The Target Alpena economic development organization, which is the current owner of the building, believes removing the mural is important because of its history. The newspaper says Klarich is in the process of promoting the riverside Alpena Power building property to potential developers.

For newborn babies, skin-to-skin contact impacts everything from feeding, to bonding, to brain and immune development, but many people are not aware of these important benefits.

Here is a snapshot of key events since the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from the remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria two years ago.

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial authorities are planning to ask prosecutors to investigate the chief of the finance-to-electronics conglomerate Dongbu Group over his alleged unfair trading of stocks of group affiliates in late 2014, i

Turns out it has become pretty irrelevant.

"The BFG" - Red Carpet Arrivals - The 69th Annual Cannes Film FestivalCANNES, FRANCE – MAY 14: Blake Lively attends “The BFG (Le Bon Gros Geant – Le BGG)” premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images) BLAKE LIVELY has been criticized for an Instagram post that’s been deemed racially insensitive. The 28-year-old actress is currently wowing fans with some incredible ensembles at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Читать дальше...

Thanks to a combination of global warming and an El Nino, the planet shattered monthly heat records for an unprecedented 12th straight month, as April smashed the old record by half a degree, according to federal scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's monthly climate calculation said Earth's average temperature in April was 56.7 degrees (13.7 degrees Celsius). The Southern Hemisphere led the way, with Africa, South America and Asia all having their warmest Aprils on record... Читать дальше...

Former guard charged for alleged sexual contact with inmate (AP) — A former officer at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility has been charged with having sexual contact with an inmate in the prison's medium-security unit.