Новости за 13.07.2016

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — MGM Resorts International's purchase of Boyd Gaming's 50 percent stake in Atlantic City's top casino has received regulatory approval in New Jersey.

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A retired lieutenant general rumored to be under consideration to serve as Donald Trump's vice president thinks that the Manhattan billionaire is smart to keep his plans for defeating ISIS to himself.

Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency who spent years fighting terrorist groups in Iraq and Afghanistan, told Business Insider that the US shouldn't show its cards unnecessarily.

Flynn said:

"What we are talking about here is options. Читать дальше...

Egypt is the last stop before Solar Impulse 2 finishes its round-the-world journey in the United Arab Emirates. The team is aiming to raise awareness about clean energy.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Like many other white southerners, Justin Hough used to consider the Confederate flag part of his regional heritage, not a symbol of hate. That changed when a white man who posed with the flag was charged…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Like many other white southerners, Justin Hough used to consider the Confederate flag part of his regional heritage, not a symbol of hate. The AP reached out to writers of these emails and letters after Gov. Nikki Haley's office released 10,000 pages of documents last week in response to requests for public records from last summer's flag debate. In his letter, Hough said he was a graduate of The Citadel military academy who once loved "the Confederate flag, singing Dixie... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- Heavy metal band Slipknot shared a video clip from a recent concert showing frontman Corey Taylor slapping a cellphone from the hands of an inattentive fan.

Scott Disick has returned to the Holy Land! The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is currently in Israel where he's visiting some famous Jewish sites. Earlier today, Kourtney...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Latest on a home burglary suspect who died after police used a stun gun on him (all times local): 2 p.m. Authorities have identified a home burglary suspect who died after police used a stun gun on the man. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said Wednesday that 36-year-old Danny

If you looked at the Timberwolves’ roster and saw enough players whose best position is center — Karl-Anthony Towns, Gorgui Dieng, Kevin Garnett and Nikola Pekovic — you’re not Tom Thibodeau. First, Minnesota signed Cole Aldrich. Now, Jordan Hill joins. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports Free agent center Jordan Hill has agreed to a two-year, $8M […]

The title of "Zero Days," Alex Gibney's chillingly astute glimpse into the shadowy world of global cyber warfare, refers to what is known as a zero-day vulnerability -- a security gap in a piece of software or hardware that, once exploited for the purposes of an attack, leaves the defender no time to respond. But the term also carries a less technical, more intuitive meaning. The future is now, Gibney's documentary persuasively argues, and what it holds for all of us is as scary to contemplate as it may be impossible to ward off.

Theresa May became the U.K.'s new prime minister on Wednesday. Following a day of ceremony she spoke to the press and to address the political challenges facing the nation that voted last month to leave the European Union. Photo: Getty

In Jay Z's latest song, released last week after the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, no amount of wealth or prestige allows him to forget that he is a black man, under threat.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal biologist Jay Orr never knows what's going to come up in nets lowered to the ocean floor off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands, which separate the Bering Sea from the rest of the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes it's stuff he has to name.

LONDON (AP) — A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples from the past two Summer Games.

LONDON (AP) — A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples from the past two Summer Games.

LONDON (AP) — A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples from the past two Summer Games.

LONDON (AP) — A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples from the past two Summer Games.

LONDON (AP) — A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples from the past two Summer Games.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on a home burglary suspect who died after police used a stun gun on him (all times local):

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal biologist Jay Orr never knows what's going to come up in nets lowered to the ocean floor off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands, which separate the Bering Sea from the rest of the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal biologist Jay Orr never knows what's going to come up in nets lowered to the ocean floor off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands, which separate the Bering Sea from the rest of the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes…

A rogue group of Republican Party delegates are aiming to replace the 60-page party platform approved Tuesday with a two-page statement of principles that avoids hot-button issues like gay marriage and doesn’t include language that echoes presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump’s positions on trade and immigration.