Новости за 16.08.2023

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who is among 18 people indicted with Donald Trump Monday on charges involving trying to overturn the 2020 election result, is seeking to move his case from Georgia to federal court.

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After three months of walking the picket lines, striking Hollywood writers expressed optimism on Wednesday about the reopening of contract talks with major studios and the possibility they could be back at work in weeks. Details of the latest proposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the trade group representing Walt Disney, Netflix and other major studios and streamers, remain shrouded in secrecy. Still, members... Читать дальше...

The prosecutor in Marion County has withdrawn the search warrant executed at a small-town Kansas newspaper that police raided Friday, the paper’s lawyer said Wednesday, which the Kansas Bureau of Investigation soon confirmed. All electronic devices seized by police will be returned to the Marion County Record, said Bernie Rhodes, a Kansas City-based attorney for the Record who also represents The Star. “We have stopped the hemorrhaging,” Rhodes told The Star. “But it does nothing about taking... Читать дальше...

Supporters of Donald Trump's have been finding ways to attack the members of the Georgia grand jury that passed down an indictment against their candidate, according to a report.

It’s not just a Barbie world but a Barbie record, now that Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has overtaken “The Dark Knight” as Warner Bros. highest-grossing domestic film. The news comes just after the pink-as-can-be Margot Robbie vehicle surpassed $537.5 million at the U.S. box office, less than a month after hitting theaters July 21, Variety reports. The Oscar-winning Batman flick, released on the same weekend in July 2008, raked in $536 million in domestic box office receipts. This isn’t the first record... Читать дальше...

Fans of “The View” will get another chance to take a little time and enjoy it once again — just as it is. Amid the ongoing Writers Guild and Screen Actors strikes, the daytime talk show juggernaut has confirmed it will keep its same cast of characters when it returns for its 27th season on Sept. 5. Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro still all have seats at the table co-created by Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie in 1997. And keeping the politically... Читать дальше...

By Michael Martina and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Close to half of American adults support a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that also asked questions about national security concerns and China. TikTok, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance and used by tens of millions of Americans, has faced calls from U.S. lawmakers for a nationwide ban over concerns about possible Chinese government influence. Some 47% of respondents to the two-day poll... Читать дальше...

In the wake of Rudy Giuliani's Fulton County indictment alongside Donald Trump regarding efforts to overturn the 2020 election result, New York City's mobsters are reportedly rejoicing.

DETROIT — The juror at the center of misconduct allegations that threatened to derail last year's trial of two men accused of orchestrating a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ended up staying on the jury and served as its foreman, according to a Wednesday court filing. The revelation was included in an appeal brief filed in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday by former Potterville resident Adam Fox, the convicted ringleader of the kidnapping plot who is serving a 16-year sentence... Читать дальше...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday issued a request to set former President Donald Trump’s trial date for March 4, 2024, CNN’s Kaitlyn Collins reports on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.

John from Staten Island called into NYC podcaster Michael Signorile's SiriusXM show on Monday, but things didn't work out the way he seemed to have anticipated.

A Brazilian man wanted for killing 11 people in 2015 has been arrested in New Hampshire, federal authorities said Wednesday. Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 29, was wanted on an Interpol Red Notice. He was convicted in Brazil two months ago for the massacre of 11 people in the city of Fortaleza. Vidal was detained Monday in Rye, N.H. without incident, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE officers picked him up because he was in the U.S. illegally. “We are proud to have taken this notorious criminal... Читать дальше...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a double-launch deal with NASA to deliver the Agency’s climate change research-focused mission, PREFIRE, to low Earth orbit in 2024. The two dedicated missions on Electron will deploy one small satellite each to a 525km circular orbit from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from May 2024. The PREFIRE mission has specific LTAN (Local Time... Читать дальше...

An aide to Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) who reportedly impersonated House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s former chief of staff was charged with wire fraud and identity theft in a federal indictment that was unsealed Wednesday.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has sent a letter to the chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, asking for the former owner of the Washington Commanders to be referred to the Department of Justice, The Washington Post reported.

New questions have emerged about the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry in North Philadelphia this week after the Police Department changed its narrative of the events leading up to his death. At the scene of the shooting Monday, police first said Irizarry emerged from his car after a traffic stop with a knife in his hand and “lunged” at police, before an officer shot him multiple times, killing him. But on Tuesday night, the department offered a new and different account of the shooting... Читать дальше...

One month after President Donald Trump took office in 2017, Republican Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) purchased up to $15,000 in stock in an agrochemical corporation — Monsanto — that no longer exists as an independent company.

By Jorge Garcia and Sandra Stojanovic LAHAINA, Hawaii (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Hawaii next week to survey the devastation left in the wake of the deadly wildfires that ravaged the Maui resort town of Lahaina last week, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden on Monday will meet with first responders and survivors, as well as with federal, state and local officials, the White House said in a statement. "I remain committed to delivering everything... Читать дальше...

An adolescent acolyte of the late QAnon cult leader Michael Protzman has seemingly taken over as leader of the apocalyptic group which is waiting for John F. Kennedy and his son to make themselves known.

Mark Meadows is accused of offering financial assistance to state investigators doing signature matching if they moved faster as to finish by Jan. 6, the indictment reads.

With a deadline of noon on Aug. 25, all 19 defendants in the Georgia election fraud case must surrender to Fulton County – but Donald Trump might be looking for a way to make it work for him.

US surgeons who transplanted a genetically-modified pig kidney into a brain dead patient said Wednesday it was still working well after a record 32 days -- a significant step in the quest to close the organ donation gap.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who earlier this month suffered a brutal political setback when his effort to raise the threshold for ballot initiatives in his state crashed and burned, has reportedly fired his press secretary over old tweets that were critical of former President Donald Trump.

In the wake of Donald Trump and 18 of his alleged co-conspirators being indicted in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election's results in Georgia, some are wondering if Trump could face the same charges in Nevada.

Fifth-place Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is ramping up her rhetoric ahead of next week's first GOP presidential debate, sharpening her spear to target Democrats and President Joe Biden with charges of communism, just as top Trump supporter U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been doing.