Новости за 17.04.2018

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A group of Yale University students have been arrested for trespassing following a protest at the school's financial aid office. Students refused to leave the financial aid office as they demanded Yale stop requiring students on financial aid to make a mandatory contribution totaling thousands of dollars. The New Haven Register reports the requirement consists of a student job contributing from $2,800 to $3,350, and for upperclassmen to pay close to $6,000 a year. Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two sisters have been accused of kidnapping a woman and assaulting her during an exorcism attempt. Columbia police spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said in a news release Monday that 29-year-old Brittany Jones has been charged with kidnapping and first-degree assault. Her sister, 26-year-old Tiara Jones, is wanted on the same charges. Police said...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby's sexual-assault retrial (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Jurors are getting a sense of Bill Cosby's view of consent from lurid deposition testimony in which the comedian described reaching an area "somewhere between permission and rejection" during what he claims was a prior sexual encounter with his chief accuser. Cosby testified a dozen years ago as part of a civil lawsuit that Andrea Constand filed against him. A prosecutor and detective are reading... Читать дальше...

It’s not easy to convince a federal judge to view the law enforcement process as biased and illegitimate from the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel said Tuesday that it was as surprised as anyone to learn that Sean Hannity shared a lawyer with President Donald Trump but that its popular prime-time host "continues to have our full support." Hannity is a hot topic for journalism ethics experts and comedians alike after his relationship with attorney Michael Cohen was reluctantly revealed in a court hearing Monday on material seized from Cohen as part of the probe on Trump's Russian contacts. Fox said Tuesday that... Читать дальше...

Inter made light work of Cagliari as Luciano Spalletti's side moved up into third place with a Mauro Icardi-inspired 4-0 win on Tuesday.

US airlines have begun diverting flights away from Russian airspace just hours before a deadline to renegotiate access agreements is to expire, the State Department said Tuesday.

Heiko Herrlich's Bayer Leverkusen were no match for Thomas Muller and Bayern Munich, who cruised into the DFB-Pokal final in style.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. and North Korea are holding direct talks at "extremely high levels" in preparation for a potential summit with dictator Kim Jong Un. At Mar-a-Lago with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump also confirmed that North and South Korea are negotiating an end to hostilities before next week's meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The meeting will be the third inter-Korean summit since the Koreas' 1945 division. Читать дальше...

Despite 2017 being a banner year for conservative media and conservative journalism, you’ll notice one major pattern with the announcement of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes: conservatives need not apply. Nearly every category was won by a far leftist news source or far left individual. Nearly all organizations that won, The New York Times and Washington Post […]

The American Petroleum Institute reported Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies fell by roughly 1 million barrels for the week ended April 13, according to sources. The API data also showed a decline of nearly 2.5 million barrels in gasoline stockpiles, while inventories of distillates fell by 854,000 barrels, sources said. Supply data from the Energy Information Administration will be released Wednesday morning. Analysts polled by S&P Global Platts expect the EIA to report on Wednesday a rise of 625,000 barrels in crude supplies. Читать дальше...

Shares of United Continental Holdings Inc. rose nearly 3% late Tuesday after the company reported first-quarter earnings and sales above Wall Street expectations. The parent company of United Airlines said it earned $147 million, or 52 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $99 million, or 32 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding one-time items, United Continental earned $143 million, or 50 cents a share, compared with 42 cents a share a year ago. Revenue rose to $9.03 billion... Читать дальше...

Khloe, one of the ex-contestants from reality show Big Brother Naija has shared her thoughts on some of the housemates still in the show. She revealed why she became friends with Cee-C, and why she doesn’t hate Alex.

J. Berkshire Miller, Irina Angelescu

Security, Asia

Shinzo Abe will clearly be doing damage control during his U.S. visit, careful to make sure that Japan is not sidelined again.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe will visit the United States on April 17–20 for a critical summit meeting with President Donald Trump. During the summit with Trump, Abe will primarily look to coordinate positions on North Korea, especially in light of last month’s sudden announcement that Trump... Читать дальше...

RUSSELLVILLE (KFSM) — The owner of a longtime car dealership in Russellville and his wife were found dead in a home on Shiloh Road on Tuesday. The Pope County Sheriff’s Office, Russellville Police Department and Arkansas State Police were all on the scene Tuesday in the 1300 block of Shiloh Road, where two bodies were found inside the home, according to our CBS affiliate THV11. The bodies were identified as 55-year-old Keith Cogswell and Leanna Cogswell, 39. Police said the […]

Liverpool midfielder Emre Can will decide in the next “few days” whether to sign for Bayern Munich or Juventus, according to the Gazzetta Dello Sport. The Italian newspaper reports that Juve have offered the player €5million a season (£83,000 a week) to make the move to Turin, but the Bundesliga champions are complicating things. Bayern have already signed one promising young German player on a free transfer in Leon Goretzka, and they are now said to be keen on getting Can as well. Читать дальше...

The EU on Tuesday criticised Turkey's efforts to win membership of the bloc, saying recent spats with European states were "not conducive to good neighbourly relations".

Philadelphia police released the 9-1-1 call and officer transmissions related to an incident with the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks on April 12 that has drawn national attention. A viral video showed two men being arrested after the store’s manager called police as they were sitting waiting for a third man without ordering anything. The store has been the scene of protests since the video surfaced. The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations is examining reports of other incidents at the same Starbucks, a news report said. Читать дальше...

Republicans are using the Congressional Review Act to roll back a five-year-old CFPB guidance on car loan discrimination — and that’s just the beginning.

What we want — and should expect — from the first branch.

In an earlier post, I suggested that the best way to improve Congress is not to yearn for the “good ol’ days” but to to imagine the legislature we want and then develop a realistic road map to improvement. This post takes the next step: sketching in broad strokes what we want — and should expect — from the first branch.

1) Pass laws that address the nation’s problems

Agenda setting

Let’s start with the obvious... Читать дальше...

Republicans are using the Congressional Review Act to roll back a five-year-old CFPB guidance on car loan discrimination — and that’s just the beginning.

President Donald Trump will host Japan's Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago this week amid growing strain between the two countries over a planned meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and a push for new tariffs.

Andrew Harnik)/Associated Press

• President Donald Trump confirmed that the US and North Korea are already conducting talks.
• Trump said the talks are happening at "extremely high levels."
• The talks come ahead of a potential meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US has already started speaking directly with North Korea ahead of a proposed meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year. Читать дальше...