Новости за 27.08.2015

England coach Stuart Lancaster insists centre has made the greatest strikes over past three months

Singing is difficult enough without this.

Most seasons of “Survivor” introduce fans to 20 brand new players, leaving viewers with little more than surface biographical information to go on when predicting who has a shot at taking home the million-dollar prize.

While a crowd stood by and gawked, a young spetsnaz soldier stepped in to save the life of a young girl in Kazan.

The Bangladesh police on Thursday arrested two suspected members of a banned Islamist group over the brutal killing of an atheist blogger, an official said.

Officials: Utah man dies from plague in country's fourth fatal case of the disease this year

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

The Germany international struck three times, Shinji Kagawa bagged a double, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Ilkay Gundogan were also on target for Thomas Tuchel's free-scoring side

GIFs have thrown down on your texts, your Facebook feed and your emails. As of Thursday, the little moving-images can now make a bigger impact on your party-planning abilities.

Former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kim Zolciak is reportedly joining ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" for Season 21. The reality star and mom of six, who's been battling plastic surgery rumors lately, is said to be the latest celebrity lacing up their dance shoes for a chance to win the coveted Mirror Ball trophy.

Four people are taken to hospital after a house fire in Cardiff.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man in his 70s has died after contracting the plague, bringing to four the number of deaths from the disease reported in the United States this year, health offici…

Democrats weigh emails, connection to voters

She addresses party meeting on Friday

Biden talks by phone with Democratic National Committee

In the latest pushback to the litigation finance industry, two U.S. senators are calling for more transparency and have sent a list of demands to three of the top finance companies for information.

A father has a tattoo of a cochlear implant on his head to support his daughter, who was fitted with one when she was nearly three-years-old.

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Singer Christina Milian has paid tribute to her baby nephew, who passed away hours after his birth on Wednesday.  The “Dip It Low” hitmaker’s stylist sister, Danielle, who stars alongside her on “Christina Milian Turned Up,” gave birth to son Richie on Wednesday, but only manged to cradle the newborn briefly before he passed away. During her pregnancy, doctors discovered the baby was suffering from a condition that causes organs to grow outside the body and advised her to terminate the pregnancy... Читать дальше...

NICK Kyrgios is so toxic that Rafael Nadal was reluctant to play with him at a major charity event.

Can bacteria-killing filter paper packaged in the form of a convenient book help people around the globe gain access to clean drinking water? That’s the hope of Theresa Dankovich, postdoctoral research associate in the civil and environmental engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University, who has developed “The Drinkable Book.”

As regional leaders met Thursday to tackle Europe's refugee crisis, a gruesome discovery unfolded a short drive from the Austrian capital: An abandoned truck was found with at least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — decomposing bodies of migrants piled inside.

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- "By the Sea" has been chosen as the opening-night movie for the American Film Institute's annual festival in November, organizers announced Thursday.

EMERSON, Manitoba (AP) — Mike Richards, an NHL free agent whose contract was terminated by the Los Angeles Kings, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would invest an additional $100 million in flood protection for lower Manhattan.

The question is, did anyone knock?

The City of Bridges is quickly sinking into a quagmire of its own making as its newly elected mayor stands accused of homophobia

Software company Autodesk Inc. on Thursday said it lost $235.5 million, or $1.04 a share, in the second quarter, versus earnings of 13 cents a share a year ago. Adjusted for one-time items, the company reported earnings of 19 cents a share in the quarter, compared with 35 cents a share a year ago. Revenue declined to $610 million, down 4% compared with a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected the company to report adjusted earnings of 17 cents a share on sales of $613 million. Software... Читать дальше...