Новости за 02.01.2018

City officials on Tuesday said they’re taking the first step to shuttering Rikers Island by closing a facility that houses 600 men at the jail site this summer. Detainees and staff at the George Motchan Detention Center will be transferred to other sites in a move that the Department of Correction said wouldn’t result in...

More amateur video clips posted on social media on January 2 appear to show protests continuing in Iran after days of unrest. Demonstrations were reportedly taking place in dozens of towns and cities including the capital, Tehran. RFE/RL cannot independently confirm the authenticity of each video clip.

Aaron Cadman was caught on CCTV footage evading police officers after allegedly assaulting one in Hertford, England, about 30 miles north of London. He likely would have escaped if not for an unidentified woman, who tripped Cadman as he attempted to run past her.

This year's dark-horse favorite on the NFL coaching carousel is Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo.

NBC News named Hoda Kotb as Samantha Guthrie's permanent co-anchor on 'Today,' and Kathie Lee Gifford is "so happy."

A young man who joined President Donald Trump for a round of golf at the commander in chief’s West Palm Beach course on New Year’s Day told CNN the president was “fully in the moment” during the game — and freed himself of any distractions.

• Tug of war between Khawaja, Sindh govt

Responding to the Sindh government's latest bid to remove Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) A. D. Khawaja, the civil society organisations through their counsel have sent a legal notice to the provincial government asking it to withdraw the letter sent to the federal government in this regard.

Alabama newspaper publisher H. Brandt Ayers has apologized for spanking female employees while he was publisher of The Anniston Star newspaper in the 1970s.

2018 has arrived and we're already excited about all things new and exciting that are starting to come together for our Spring Golf Season. But while we patiently wait for the white of the ice and snow to melt into Sauble summer blues and greens, we are busy serving our other seasonal sport: snowmobiling. AAgain this year Bogey's Pub & Eatery is on the trail and a great destination for all of our local and visiting "sledders". The Christmas Holiday Season brought us snow and snow-lovers and gave

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The Raptors started 2018 at 0-0, but have a whole host of history behind them. Ergo: the Power Rankings are here to sort it all out.

The city is doubling down on protective traffic bollards in Times Square after the deadly ISIS-inspired terror attack on a Lower Manhattan bike path, law-enforcement sources say. Mayor de Blasio was expected to announce Tuesday that the city will double its $7.5 million budget for installing the structures at the Crossroads of the World —...

President Nicos Anastasiades pledged on Tuesday that if re-elected he would continue with sound fiscal policies at home and building strategic alliances abroad. Presenting his five-year governance programme for 2018-2023, the incumbent said a second term in office would see his administration pushing through unfinished business, such as legislation reforming local administration, creating under-ministries for […]

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Anthologies are all the rage these days, from Ryan Murphy’s ever-expanding empire of mini-series to Joe Swanberg’s collection of romance shorts. Yet no program has taken advantage of the elasticity of anthology storytelling quite like Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, trading pet themes, genres, creative personnel, and tones from one episode to the next.

A newfangled, potentially disastrous technology pops up in each installment, giving the series a healthy sense of cohesion... Читать дальше...

Le transport aérien mondial n'aura jamais été aussi sécuritaire qu'en 2017, affirment deux agences spécialisées dans ce type de statistiques dans leur bilan annuel. Selon le site Aviation Safety Network (ASN) et l'agence néerlandaise To70, aucun avion de ligne commercial à réaction ne s'est écrasé au cours de l'année.

ON JANUARY 2nd, at 8pm local time, a strange vessel weighed anchor and sailed out of the Port of Durban, in South Africa, heading east. Her hull was orange. Her superstructure bristled with antennas—some long and pointy, some sleek, white and domed. Her stern sported a crane and also a strange gantry, known to her crew as the “stinger”. Her bow looked so huge and ungainly as to be on the point of tipping her, nose first, into the depths. And below deck, invisible to the casual observer, she carried eight autonomous submarines called HUGINs... Читать дальше...

Vice Media has suspended Andrew Creighton and Mike Germano, president and chief digital officer respectively, amid continuing fallout over a New York Times investigation into sexual misconduct at the company.

In 1968, the Foreign Policy Association gathered experts together to predict what life would be like in the year 2018 -- and issued their forecast in the book Toward the Year 2018.

Cyborg finally had a game opponent in Holly Holm, and she was up to the task. Khabib Nurmagomedov also made his case for a shot at Conor McGregor.

Pakistan today challenged Donald Trump's claim that the US has given it more than USD 33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, saying verification by an audit firm would prove the US president wrong. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in a tweet said that Trump could hire a US-based audit firm "on our expense" to verify the USD 33 billion aid figure and "let the world know who is lying and deceiving". "Pres Trump quoted figure of $33 billion given to PAK over last 15 yrs, he can hire a US based... Читать дальше...

The storm expected to sweep through the Bay Area this week will be the first of several throughout California in January that could bring the state close to normal rainfall levels for the new year. But it won’t be enough to make up for an unusually dry end of the year, forecasters said Monday. The first storm of 2018 will make landfall in San Francisco by late Wednesday morning before moving through the rest of the Bay Area in the afternoon, said Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Читать дальше...

His end-of-the-year list centers on class, race, and gender in America.

Hosmer is one of the top remaining free agents on the market.

The St. Louis Cardinals are still in pursuit of free agent Eric Hosmer, according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network.

The Cardinals have been rumored to be in the mix for Hosmer for weeks, but nothing has escalated as the free agent market remains relatively untapped.

Matt Carpenter is a solid corner infielder in St. Louis, but his ability to play multiple positions could make room for Hosmer should the Cardinals sign him. Читать дальше...