Новости за 17.05.2016

The 2016 presidential campaign has been dominated by themes of anger and popular dissatisfaction, with the Republican establishment taking a shocking defeat at the hands of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders mounting a stronger-than-expected challenge to dominant frontrunner Hillary Clinton. This has led to a lot of takes about hard times in the economy driving political anger.

If it's rewriting history, it's Fox News.

Brit Hume is rolled onto the stage to talk about the economy and starts off with the Roger Ailes standard that the Trump and Sanders campaigns are exactly the same and appeal to exactly the same voter. Note how many times they get the word "socialist" in there, too.

But what amazes me about this clip is the turnaround that Fox News is currently experiencing. After almost eight years of insisting that history started on January 20, 2009... Читать дальше...

Celebrate the film's upcoming 30th birthday by seeing it (again) on the big screen.

Celebration Theatre has landed a coup with the West Coast premiere of  “The Boy From Oz,” and what a festive party it's throwing.

One man has been airlifted to hospital following a serious collision between a ca and a van this evening.

Texas Supreme Court justices ruled the school funding system constitutional, and they aren't requiring any legislative changes. But they also said the state's 5 million schoolchildren deserve better.

At one New York restaurant, it's a race to finish a massive meal in record time. Clinton Hall's burger challenge calls for competitors to devour a three-patty burger (with all the toppings), a pound's worth of fries and a pint of beer in 25 minutes or under.

At one New York restaurant, it's a race to finish a massive meal in record time. Clinton Hall's burger challenge calls for competitors to devour a three-patty burger (with all the toppings), a pound's worth of fries and a pint of beer in 25 minutes or under.

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Even as he remains under an Olympic ban because of his doping history, South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan said Tuesday he is hopeful the situation will change for the better. "I believe things will work out fine, and I am

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MANILA, May 17 (UPI) -- A new landing dock vessel for the Philippine Navy from an Indonesian shipbuilder, to be christened the Tarlac, has arrived in the country.

Netflix's stock has been a dog this year, even as momentum darlings Facebook and Amazon continue to head higher. But the company's main problem isn't competition or subscriber growth. The stock is just priced for perfection.

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The Latest on Arizona's special election Tuesday (all times local):

The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site and without asking for permission from relevant authorities, an American heritage organization and a top Syrian archaeologist said on Tuesday.

Helmondse kinderen hebben afgelopen weekeinde hun Eerste Communie gedaan in een beveiligde Sint Jozefkerk. Omdat kerkgangers zich vorig jaar onbeschoft hebben gedragen heeft pastoor Erik Seidel een beveiliger ingehuurd voor de communie-vieringen.

Zangeres Céline Dion vertelde haar jongste kinderen over het overlijden van hun vader, René Angélil, met behulp van de Disney-film Up. ,,Ik wilde hen niet bang maken en zijn dood niet in verband brengen met artsen'', legt de Canadese uit over het overbrengen van het verdrietige nieuws.

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A new ship-to-shore amphibious craft is coming soon...

The Navy is nearing completion of its first two new, high-tech ship-to-shore connectors for amphibious operations designed to transport large numbers of Marines, equipment and weapons to shore from beyond-the-horizon, senior Navy officials said.

The service plans to build 73 Ship-to-Shore Connectors, or SSCs, to replace the existing fleet of 72 Landing Craft Air Cushions, or LCACs, Maj. Читать дальше...

In the mid-'80s, a big-haired then-Senator’s wife named Tipper Gore was taking a stroll near her 11-year-old daughter’s room. Without warning, she caught an earful of her tween’s tape deck (or turntable), as someone sang about "masturbating with a magazine" and how "…my body will never be the same." Sex talk. Tipper…

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Jo Young-nam, a legendary South Korean singer from the 1970s who is also known to be a prolific painter, may have taken credit for hundreds of paintings that were actually created by his assistant, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Jimelle Levon is an 18-year-old designer from Columbus, Ohio. This year for prom, instead of coming up with some elaborate “promposal” to impress his date, he did the next best thing: He made her a dress.

Blac Chyna is defending her baby bump. Rob Kardashian's fiancée stood up for herself after people began critiquing recent paparazzi photos of her wearing no...

While people across Europe are fighting tooth and nail against the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), which would make them - and their governments - defenseless against the greed of global, mostly US corporations, a much more toxic deal has been quietly negotiated between the European Commission and Canada.

A pipeline company said Tuesday it has been indicted in connection with a massive oil spill last year in Santa Barbara County.

But was it personnel or tactics?