Новости за 01.09.2016

Finally, a first-rate origins story that doesn't involve anyone getting bitten by a radioactive spider, learning one is a mutant or landing on Earth from a faraway planet.

In a 4 to 4 ruling, the Supreme Court Wednesday refused an emergency request from North Carolina Republicans to reinstate a controversial voting law.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are looking into whether sun glare was a factor in an accident in which a ferry departing a pier slammed into a group of kayakers, critically injuring one and knocking some into the Hudson River.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Rougned Odor followed his game-ending shot Tuesday night with two more homers Wednesday, and the Texas Rangers completed a sweep of the Seattle Mariners. New teammate Carlos Gomez had the blast that mattered most in finishing off the three-game set — a grand slam off Felix Hernandez that sent the Rangers on

Nigerian singer Ayo Jay invites the ladies to flaunt their best moves in the video for his smash hit "Your Number." The infectious...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas quarterback competition dominating camp has lacked a particular ingredient: There’s no juice. Or more specifically, there’s no Jerrod Heard. Less than a year ago, Heard was a budding star as the quarterback breaking Vince Young’s school record for most total yards in a game. Coach Charlie Strong said the kid

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SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed Wednesday, re-establishing regular air service severed at the height of the Cold War. The JetBlue flight 387 included airline executives, U.S. government officials and journalists, with a sprinkling of Cuban-American families and U.S. travelers. The arrival opens a new era of U.S.-Cuba travel with about 300 flights a week connecting the U.S. with an island cut off from most... Читать дальше...

International revelers gathered Wednesday in the tiny Valencian town of Buñol on the east coast of Spain to play in tomato juice. La Tomatina, the world’s largest tomato-throwing festival, turned 71 this year.

Business on the top, party secreted away in the middle.

Pssst... hey, check out this girl's cool AF hidden-rainbow hair.

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It's the work of Carla Rinaldi, a master technician at Not Another Salon in East London.

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Rinaldi and her fellow master technician Harriet Stokes have both completed the heavenly hair look. "We work in... Читать дальше...

The Belgium international has become the Black Cats' eighth summer signing after agreeing to move to the Stadium of Light on a temporary basis from Manchester City

DOTHAN, Ala. — Alabama police say they’ve arrested a teenager who allegedly set fire to a live turtle during a live video stream on social media. Dothan police say 19-year-old James Terrance Allen is charged with animal cruelty following the incident Wednesday. They say officers arrested Allen after numerous social media users called police. A

Generous cop helps a man buy a new pair of shoes after he had been robbed.

Her fellow prison inmates are rubbing salt on her wounds.

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Back in June, a very curious piece of news cropped up. Mel Gibson has been out of the public eye as a filmmaker for a while, but he’s returning to the fray with this fall’s World War II drama "Hacksaw Ridge." After that, however, it appears that Gibson may be returning to more overtly religious territory with, yes, a follow-up film to "The Passion of the Christ." 

In June, Oscar-nominated "Braveheart" screenwriter Randall Wallace revealed that he was working on a script... Читать дальше...

The news follows last week’s ratification by the Turkish parliament of the Sino-Turkish Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

When it comes to smartwatches, I normally maintain that simpler is better. By that logic, I should hate Samsung's new Gear S3. It's huge, bloated, and crammed with far more tech and radios than anyone should reasonably have attached to their wrists.

HOUSTON — Astros manager A.J. Hinch joked that his team’s improbable 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday was premeditated. “We had it all mapped out that way,” Hinch said. “We were going to get multiple triples and a wild pitch strikeout. Exactly how we drew it up for the sweep.” Evan Gattis hit

Donald Trump is a comedic and political pinata in Mexico -- and not just figuratively. Associated Press reporter Mark Stevenson joins to discuss.

This furry pal takes a bold stand against the tyranny of out-of-control modern technology.

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In Palo Alto, a small town of about 67,000 souls, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about an hour south of San Francisco, in the middle of Silicon Valley, and part of the 9 million people in the vast Bay Area, the median home value in July, according to Zillow, fell to $2.486 million.

That’s still up 103% from July 2011. These are not palaces. Median price means 50% cost more, 50% cost less. These are modest homes, in theory where the median household can settle down. Читать дальше...

McDonald's says the president of its U.S. business is retiring, the latest executive change as the company tries to reinvent itself.

The Center for Excellence in Higher Education is suing the Department of Education after its request to be considered a non-profit was rejected.