Новости за 18.06.2016

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is a grandmother for the second time with the birth of Aiden Clinton Mezvinsky, whose arrival former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton announced on Twitter Saturday.

Bangladesh arrested 11,600 people less than a week after announcing a new initiative against Islamic extremism within its borders. But only 2 percent of those detained — just 177 people — are actually accused of dangerous radicalism, and none are considered high-ranking terrorist operatives.

Donald Trump likes to boast that his likely general election rival, Hillary Clinton, came to his wedding to third wife Melania at his command. "Hillary Clinton, I said be at my wedding, and she came to my wedding," he said at one GOP primary debate. "She had no choice because I gave to a foundation."

The First Family landed in Yosemite National Park Friday evening, making President Obama the fifth sitting president to visit the park and the first to do so since John F. Kennedy's trip in 1962.

In the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, congressional Democrats and party leaders including Hillary Clinton and President Obama — as well as presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump — have pushed for new gun control measures, including a gun ownership ban for those on the government's terrorist watch list.

"If the White House phone rings at 3 a.m., could his little hands even pick up the receiver?"

Completing Britain's first trip to the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Tim Peake has landed back on Earth.

After Canada's supreme court struck down a ban on assisted suicide, the nation's parliament passed controversial legislation Friday to permit the terminally ill to end their lives with medical assistance.

The man charged with fatally shooting and stabbing British lawmaker Jo Cox said in court Saturday his name is "death to traitors, freedom for Britain." His actual name is Thomas Mair, and he reportedly has ties to neo-Nazi and white supremacist organizations in the United States.

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President Obama reiterated his support for a ban on assault weapons in his weekly address to the nation Saturday. "Being tough on terrorism, particularly the sorts of homegrown terrorism that we’ve seen now in Orlando and San Bernardino," Obama said, "means making it harder for people who want to kill Americans to get their hands on assault weapons that are capable of killing dozens of innocents as quickly as possible." Though an "assault weapon" has no legal definition under current federal law... Читать дальше...

Fantasy sports should legalized, taxed, and regulated, the New York State Assembly decided Friday in a 91 to 22 vote. The bill, which has yet to pass the state senate, is expected to undergo debate in the upper chamber Monday, after which it will proceed to the governor's desk for signature. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not stated whether he intends to sign or veto.

President Obama reiterated his support for a ban on assault weapons in his weekly address to the nation Saturday, arguing it is a necessary piece of the war on terror.

"For every problem, someone is trying to sell a solution," said Marc Bain at Quartz. Enter FoldiMate, a robot "whose primary purpose is to fold your freshly laundered shirts and pants twice as fast as you could do it yourself."

South Beach. This two-bedroom loft apartment in the historic Clock Tower building features timber beams, arched windows set in an exposed brick wall, and light-colored hardwood floors.

Chantal Adair has found a way to combine a trio of passions — photography, fashion, and dogs — into an endearingly quirky series that shows the unique and unbreakable bond between dog and human.

The U.S. government is considering declassifying a controversial 28-page section of a congressional report on 9/11. Here's everything you need to know:

Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial advice, gathered from around the web:

Both Spain and Italy won their second-week matches in the UEFA Euro 2016, allowing both teams to advance to the next round of the tournament. Italy's star striker Eder booted in a goal in the 88th minute of the match against Sweden to send the Italians to the knockout stages, while Spain thoroughly dominated opponent Turkey in a 3-0 victory, cementing their status as tournament favorites. Also Friday, a match between Croatia and the Czech Republic ended in a 2-2 draw after Czech Republic rallied back from a two-goal deficit. Читать дальше...

This week's question: Dozens of gravediggers recently battled to prove they were the best in the burial business at Hungary's first grave-digging competition. If a TV network were to make a game show in which celebrities competed to dig the fastest, neatest grave, what title could they give the program?