Новости за 21.01.2017

A British man was told he would now need a visa

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were: 5-0-0 (five, zero, zero)

Here are some companies making big moves or big headlines in the markets this week.

In America's capital and in cities across the globe, millions take to the streets in solidarity against the new Trump administration

Clearly indebted to the memory of “Brokeback Mountain” and its cautious handling of gay male love amidst sheep and lonely landscape, Francis Lee’s debut feature “God’s Own Country” is set on a Yorkshire farm much like the one he himself grew up on, and the camerawork seems in thrall to nature here above all else. The editing and pacing in this first section of “God’s Own Country” is promisingly fast and intuitive, and the sex scene between Johnny and the blond boy has a very erotic furtive feeling. Читать дальше...

[...] it demonstrates the uncomfortable reality Trump faces if he is serious about his promises to "drain the swamp" of those who use their ties to public officials to make "a fortune." The Trump campaign was far smaller and newer to politics than most, meaning those who have not gone into the administration are in hot demand by companies and industry groups hoping to make inroads with the new president. Scott Mason, who was Trump's chief liaison to the House through the campaign and transition... Читать дальше...

Ghana danced its way into the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal thanks to a hard-fought win over Mali in the coastal city of Port-Gentil. After heartbreak at the end of an epic penalty shootout against Ivory Coast two years ago, the Black Stars will now have their sights set on ending a 35-year barren run […]

There were mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, husbands, fathers, brothers and sons; their ages ranged from those in strollers to people with walkers and they were united in a message of solidarity with women around the world. On Saturday, thousands demonstrated in London, marching from the US embassy on Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square, to send […]

The long list of participants also included leaders from the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Bahá'í faiths and opened with a Navajo blessing.

Deputies charged 24-year-old Zapporah Sutton with unlawful neglect of a child, saying she told family members if she wasn't arrested, she would kill the baby and her two other children. Sutton's family says they think she is suffering from postpartum depression and needs mental help.

NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died.

Growing up in Park Ridge, New Jersey, eldest sister Maggie formed a duo with middle sister Terre, and while touring, they caught the attention of Paul Simon, who brought them in as backup singers for his hit 1973 album, "There Goes Rhymin' Simon." The voices of this threesome blended majestically, with Maggie's rich contralto balanced by Terre's soprano and Suzzy filling in the mid-range. With "We," the first song of that debut album, they charmingly introduced themselves, with acoustic guitar backup... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died.

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Those who look upon his proposals with dismay and revulsion should take action now

Those who look upon his proposals with dismay and revulsion should take action now, writes Simon Schama

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two people are dead at a home in Ingham County. Meridian Township police say the bodies were found around 1 a.m. Saturday, north of Lansing. Investigators are considering it a double homicide. Anyone with information can call (517) 853-4800.

The Marines are moving to four major forward areas of operation over the next decade — Japan, Guam, Hawaii and Australia — as part of a “distributed laydown” that seeks to deter growing threats in the vast Asia-Pacific region, particularly from from China and North Korea.

PITTSBURGH — The numbers are staggering. Over 182,000 yards passing (more than 103 miles worth), nearly 1,300 touchdowns and seven championships, with an eighth guaranteed for whoever parties in the confetti in Houston next month. Yet the numbers that might define Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan as much as any other

Donald Trump’s inauguration as president prompted a series of protests in cities around the world, called in defense of the equality and diversity seen by organizers as under threat in the era of the new U.S. administration.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Less than a year after taking leadership of the 17-campus University of North Carolina system, Margaret Spellings has a plan for making the state's public colleges more welcoming to rural and minority students, more affordable and more involved in their communities. The budget and policy priorities seek "a more productive, data-driven, and accountable system of higher education," according to the spending outline approved by the university system's Board of Governors this month. Читать дальше...

“I plan to speak soon with President Trump about how to counter the threat of the Iranian regime, which calls for Israel's destruction.”

Boartfield says he will run on a platform of criminal justice reform, a decision he said was fueled by a recent profile of Gretna and its Police Department in the online publication Fusion. Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown's fatal shooting by police in 2014 prompted protests, riots and national scrutiny of the local Police Department and its dependence on fees and fines, took in $2.46 million in municipal court fines and fees, or about $117 for every resident. Deputy Police Chief Anthony... Читать дальше...