Новости за 16.07.2016

CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials of the NAACP opened their annual convention in Cincinnati, just two days ahead of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Alexander Skarsgard poses for photos at a photo call for The Legend of Tarzan on Friday (July 15) at the Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In a new interview, a host told the 39-year-old actor that he was having trouble with his loincloth and needed advice on how to wear one. “We have [...]

Donald Trump and Mike Pence pulled out of their potentially X-rated new logo.

In many ways, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is the antithesis of Donald Trump — a deeply religious man who prides himself on not running TV attack ads while regularly proclaiming, "I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it."

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Since graduating from college in 2009, Jessica Elberfeld has paid $104,182.42 of her student loans.

In November, she'll have paid her full balance — over $113,000 — and will be loan-free.

How does she do it? Elberfeld spoke with Business Insider to share her budget and her best advice.

She said she had always made her loan payments a priority, but didn't create her budget until 2015, when she exported as much transaction data as she could... Читать дальше...

We've made some incredible space discoveries in the last few years, like gravitational waves and liquid water on Mars. 

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Billionaire Mark Cuban doesn't mince words.

When Entrepreneur asked him on the set of "Shark Tank" for his best advice to make money investing, he replied: "Don't." 

"The market could go up for years, and you could think you're well off," he told Entrepreneur, "and then, in a millisecond with high-frequency trading, a flash crash can take it all away. That's why you want to have that money in the mattress, that savings, so you're protected in case something... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump said Saturday that his running mate’s original endorsement of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during the GOP primaries was actually, in fact, more of an endorsement for him.

High school flood damage totals 70 percent of building value Kanawha schools Superintendent Ron Duerring said the roughly 800 Hoover students will start the school year on Aug. 8 by sharing the Elkview Middle School building.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan tells The Associated Press that the attempted coup in Turkey has had no impact on the U.S.-led campaign to support Afghanistan in its war against the Taliban. Gen. John Nicholson, commander of the international coalition that he said includes more than 500 Turkish soldiers, said in

Laxmi Hebbalkar, KPCC women’s unit president said she will urge CM Siddaramaiah and home minister G Parameshwar to conduct inquiry into release of audio tape by city crime investigation bureau (CCIB) sub-inspector, Uddappa Kattikar on Saturday to media.

Finnish customs officials say over 100 mostly vintage Soviet cars abandoned by migrants crossing the Nordic country's border with Russia have been sold in a two-day auction that drew some 1,300 car aficionados to the Arctic.

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NICE, France — French investigators are still trying to piece together the motives behind the gruesome truck attack on the Nice seafront that killed 84 people last week, even as ISIS passively took credit for the attack with a tepid statement that experts suspect reflects a new strategy by the group to win publicity from attacks committed by people with no known ties to it.

On Saturday, an ISIS source told Amaq, a news service closely associated with the group’s leadership... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump introduced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate on Saturday, calling him "my partner in this campaign" and his first and best choice to join him on a winning Republican presidential ticket.

Bernie Sanders may have conceded the Democratic nomination and endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, but he is still fighting on at least one front: Superdelegates. Since it became evident that Senator Sanders did not have enough support to win the Democratic nomination, in either delegates or direct votes, he has been using his party influence to push Mrs. Clinton’s platform to the left, securing her support on a $15 national minimum wage, tougher regulations on fracking, and a public option in Obamacare. Читать дальше...

Athletes and those around them talk about their power to drive discussions about social change. “We say what we do is more than sport, and this is a great example of that,” coach Cheryl Reeve said. “We’ve got broad shoulders. I’m really proud they’re able to do both.”

Qandeel Baloch, 26, was murdered by her younger brother Daniyal "Wasim" Jugnnoo for posting controversial pictures, videos and messages on social media, according to authorities.

Akin Ozturk, who is an alleged leader of the military coup attempt in Turkey and the former commander of the country's air force, has been detained in Turkey, Sabah newspaper reported.

Key regional powers Iran and Israel, which have both had strained relationships with Erdogan's government, condemned the putsch that began late on Friday.

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After more than a year, stocks are finally at all-time highs again.

They were on track to hit this record right before UK voters chose to leave the EU in June.

That decision was a surprise to investors, so when Britain voted to leave, stocks sold off.

But just three weeks later, the benchmark S&P 500 index aced its closing and intraday highs.

In a note on Tuesday, Alan Ruskin, global head of G10 FX strategy at Deutsche Bank, wrote that... Читать дальше...