Новости за 31.10.2018

RICHMOND, Va. — It was lunchtime on Election Day and Gary McElyea, a councilman in a small town perched in Virginia’s sprawling westernmost county, was campaigning under a tent when the heart attack struck. “We were out at the polls, and he just hit the ground,” said fellow Pennington Gap councilwoman Jill Carson, who described

A wave of optimism reportedly swept the White House after the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, reports Vanity Fair. But that feeling was short lived. According to the magazine, insiders say Trump has been frustrated by the current news cycle. After a week in which one of his su...

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A top Saudi royal went after the U.S., Turkey and anyone who has attacked the Kingdom since the murder of Saudi-born journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a month ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could go as high as 15,000 as he draws a hard line on immigration in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

Terrelle Pryor is on to his second AFC East team this year after signing with the Bills and his first meeting with the media in Buffalo included a discussion of his time with the Jets. Pryor signed with the Jets in the offseason and was released on October 20 with his groin injury given as [more]

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto about the deadly shooting that took place at a local synagogue last weekend, President Trump's response and more.

President Trump says he was representing the country in his visit to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. How have U.S. presidents traditionally filled the role of consoler-in-chief after a national tragedy?

One year after the #MeToo movement took off, new NPR-Ipsos polls show the nation deeply divided on sexual assault and harassment, with fissures running more along party lines than gender.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, about midterm ad spending and what the numbers say about a possible election advantage.

California Republicans are pushing a ballot measure that would repeal a 2017 increase in the state's gas tax that funds transportation. The effort is widely seen as motivator for Republicans to vote.

NEIL JONES, who is a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing 2018 and husband of co-star Katya Jones, was pictured posing alongside a female who was dressed up as a sexy nurse for Halloween tonight at Shocktober Fest, as the pair put her Seann Walsh kiss behind them.

The designers of Ashe Leandro debut Ruemmler, a new line of seating, carpets, and more.

Earlier this week, BLDG Active announced that they are bringing on Taylor Steele as their creative director. Steele is widely recognized for his work on surf films Proximity (2017) and forthcoming Momentum Generation (HBO), as well as winning a Most Creative People in Business award from Fast Company in 2014. CEO of BLDG Active Justin

What began as a creative community for a group of women from The Gardens at Creekside senior living has become a community service. They’ve have found a calling in making … Click to Continue »

The 2018 US intelligence community budget saw its biggest increase in ten years and is now higher than it has ever been. President Trump’s backers often claim that he’s in Washington to fight the deep state, but it doesn’t get more “deep state” than the US intelligence community. How to explain this massive increase? Do […]

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D.C. United takes on the Columbus Crew tomorrow night in the MLS Playoffs; the regular season is over, and now it is a sprint towards MLS Cup. United finished 4th in the Eastern Conference and gets to host the Crew at Audi Field, at which the team has been almost unstoppable. Ben Olsen has chosen his preferred group of players down the stretch this season, but will they all be ready to go for the (first) most important game of the season so far?

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Call it collusion or a gentleman’s agreement, but three of Minnesota’s minor political parties are working together to climb back into relevance. In the two decades since professional wrestler-turned politician Jesse Ventura jolted Minnesota with a third-party upset win to become governor, Minnesota’s third parties have been relegated to the […]

Sturm, Ruger & Co. shares were down slightly in the extended session Wednesday after the gun maker's quarterly results fell well short of Wall Street estimates. Sturm Ruger shares, however, were only down 0.7% in recent after-hours activity, following a 3.1% decline to close the regular session at $59.39. The company reported third-quarter net income of $9.2 million, or 52 cents a share, compared with $9.4 million, or 53 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $114.9 million... Читать дальше...

The Browns quarterback admits that Mahomes probably should've been drafted by the Browns

From the first expected Muslim congresswomen to the first expected openly gay governor, here's who to look out for.

Hawthorn will head to the nations capital for the very first time in a Friday night blockbuster at UNSW Canberra Oval.