Новости за 15.11.2016

WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama held a call with sad, frustrated Democrats Monday, telling them it was fine to be upset ― but not for too long.

BEIJING — The brightest moon in almost 69 years is lighting up the sky in a treat for star watchers around the globe. Across the international dateline in New Zealand, it was to reach its brightest after midnight Tuesday local time. NASA says its closest approach occurred at 3:21 a.m. PST Monday when the moon came within 221,523 miles. Astronomers call it a “perigean moon,” but nearly 40 years ago an astrologer in Tempe, Ariz., Richard Nolle dubbed it a “supermoon,” and the term stuck.

Keith Ellison is officially a candidate for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.

David Cameron's ex-press chief Sir Craig Oliver defends the decision to call the EU referendum.

A company tied to Erdogan's government hired retired general Michael Flynn's lobbying firm.

The US dollar climbed against other major currencies as President-elect Donald Trump's potential economic policies boosted market expectation for further interest-rate increases.

Officials suspect some cases of arson. In Alabama, the governor is offering an award for information about anyone who purposely set fires. A severe drought has increased the risk posed by blazes.

The leaders discussed trade and combating terrorism, with the Russian president saying he hoped for “noninterference in the other’s internal affairs.”

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We just got a better picture of how much money government agencies are spending on prescription drugs.

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which covers roughly 100 million Americans, reported on the drugs it spent the most money on in 2015, as well as how many people are using them. The intent of the report is to "to provide a better sense of the frequency and pervasiveness of these increases," the agency noted.

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Assange’s version of events, and a possible DNA sample, will shape Swedish prosecutors’ decision on whether to charge him. The questioning was being led by an Ecuadoran prosecutor in the presence of Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren and a Swedish police investigator. Swedish officials are seeking information related to allegations of sexual misconduct made by two Swedish women Assange met in 2010. The sex crime allegations were made shortly after Assange and WikiLeaks became well known worldwide... Читать дальше...

The Arsenal and Bayern Munich stars have both recovered fronm injury and are set to line up for Chile in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier

Donald Trump has said he will turn management of his business interests over to family members. An adviser says the president-elect should consider removing himself completely from running his firms.

Articles on this blog often reiterate the fact that you should never speak to the police without your lawyer present. Even so, many people misinterpret that common legal advice offered by practically all criminal attorneys in San Diego to mean that they should not talk to the police if they are being investigated for a […]

The long-stalled plan to stash radioactive waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is set to be revived with the arrival of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington and the departure of the project’s most ardent Senate opponent, Harry Reid. Two people familiar with Trump’s transition planning say the issue is actively being discussed by ...

Top-ranked analyst Pete Skibitski of Drexel Hamilton says Flir Systems could emerge as a winner of Trump's rhetoric on border security.

Two Democratic members of the Electoral College urged colleagues Monday to block the election of Donald Trump as president and throw the election into the House of Representatives as millions of Americans signed a petition encouraging electors to switch their votes to Hillary Clinton. Bret Chiafolo of Washington state and Michael Baca of Colorado said all it would take is for 37 electors to withhold their votes from Trump to leave the decision to the House. A third elector, Robert Satiacum of Washington state, also said he supports the idea.

It remains to be seen whether the anti-Trump marches around the country will become a movement

Steven K. Bannon, center, at Donald J. Trump’s final campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 7.

WASHINGTON — The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, will leave office at the end of the Obama administration, the agency said Monday.

In game entertainment at NBA games has a formula that is fairly similar arena to arena — half-court shot by a fan, a virtual race of some kind on the scoreboard, of course the team dancers, and so on. Cleveland broke the mold Sunday with a good one: life-sized Hungry Hungry Hippos. Not with a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets second baseman Neil Walker and Philadelphia pitcher Jeremy Hellickson have accepted $17.2 million qualifying offers, giving up free agency to stay with their teams.

"When your team loses, everybody gets deflated, and it's hard and it's challenging," the president said. "I think it's a healthy thing for the Democratic Party to go through some reflection."