Новости за 07.12.2016

Transport truck drivers who sat stranded outside a small Manitoba town after a storm closed part of the Trans-Canada say they didn't receive food, water or help from authorities for more than a day.

Democrats are calling for pressure to be piled on President-elect Donald Trump to ensure he keeps his promises about good jobs for all Americans, after a report said that federal contractors cheat workers of $2.5 billion in wages a year.
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Have you ever wanted a vinyl record that could also be played as a CD? What about a CD that could also deliver that rich, vinyl popping tone? I, for...

RALEIGH, N.C. — In a story Dec. 7 about Duke Energy weighing compensation for neighbors living near coal ash pits, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the compensation costs will be passed along to power consumers. Costs will be borne by shareholders. A headline reported erroneously that Duke Energy was negotiating compensation. The company is internally considering compensation offers.

INDIANAPOLIS — Peter Morrison didn’t even know what was happening throughout the first half of the Class 3A football state championship game.

Non-discriminatory algorithms, programmable biology, and virtual reality (VR) systems that will offer hallucinations akin to LSD are what's in store over the next ten years, according to a group of Microsoft researchers.
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The number of crashes involving US Marine Corps aircraft has increased over the years, but it is not symptomatic of a crisis, US Marine Corps Commandant Robert Neller said on Wednesday at a policy conference in Washington, DC.

The members of the Glencore consortium and Qatar investment fund received equal stakes in Rosneft as part of privatization of the Russian oil company, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said Wednesday.

Designs created by designers of African descent are on display at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum.

BEIRUT — With rebel defenses crumbling in eastern Aleppo, President Bashar Assad is on the brink of regaining full control of Syria’s largest city and one-time commercial center. Holding the city is seen as key to overall victory in the Syrian conflict, and a defeat in Aleppo would be a crushing blow to the rebels.

Hear the singer-songwriter play songs from her second solo album, In The Magic Hour, live onstage.

Clockwise from top left: “Persée et Andromède” at Manhattan School of Music; Taylor Mac in “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music”; Cincinnati Opera’s “Fellow Travelers”; Simon Halsey conducting the Berlin Radio Chorus in “human requiem” at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

For all of the recognition Doris “Dorie” Miller has earned, one honor is missing: Miller, who died in combat in 1943, never received the Medal of Honor. And for decades, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, has been fighting to change that.

CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Jimmy John’s sandwich chain has agreed to stop requiring low-level employees to sign agreements preventing them from seeking jobs with competitors.

As the cousin and close pal of Donald Glover’s Earn, Henry so fully inhabits the role of the rapping, usually high Paper Boi, he thoroughly deconstructs the usual pop culture stereotypes of what a hip-hop artist might be like. Hard when he has to be, Alfred — Paper Boi’s real name — is also a sensitive soul and a rigorous thinker. This was made most clear in the Oct. 11 episode “B.A.N.,” Glover’s showcase for Paper Boi as a guest on a Charlie Rose-style talk show, but Henry’s shrewd skills compelled... Читать дальше...

The launch of the Shariah Standard on Gold opens the physical gold market to potentially significant demand from the Muslim world.

OXON HILL, Md. — Wade Davis already had closed out a World Series. And that was part of his appeal for the Chicago Cubs.

Winter is coming, which means Christmas, Chanukah and Festivus are right around the corner. With just 18 days until we’re expected to swap gifts with friends and family, there’s a good chance you’re scrambling to buy gifts and get them wrapped and ready in time. In 2016, “Game of Thrones” was named the most viewed show on TV, and it’s popularity has only continued to rise since then. As such, there’s a good chance there’s at least one avid thronie on your holiday shopping list.