Новости за 13.05.2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Already faced with lines that snake through terminals out to the curb, fliers are bracing for long waits at security in the busy months of July and August. [...] the Transportation Security Administration and Congress cut the number screeners by 10 percent on expectations that an expedited screening program called PreCheck would speed up the lines. The TSA had been randomly placing passengers into the faster PreCheck lanes but that stopped in the fall after government auditors found lapses in security. Читать дальше...

Anne Lauvergeon questioned on her role in €1.8bn acquisition of African uranium mines in 2007

Anne Lauvergeon questioned on her role in €1.8bn acquisition of African uranium mines in 2007

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The polygamous family from TV's "Sister Wives" will take their fight to legalize polygamy to the U.S. Supreme Court, their lawyer said on Friday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The polygamous family from TV's "Sister Wives" will take their fight to legalize polygamy to the U.S. Supreme Court, their lawyer said on Friday.

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A new report estimates that legalizing marijuana could generate up to $28 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue.

That's about the same as the GDP of Hermit Kingdom North Korea. 

The report, from nonpartisan research group the Tax Foundation, arrived at the $28 billion number by combining a $23 per pound tax— the tax currently set on tobacco at the federal level — with a 10% sales tax on all marijuana products. 

The number also includes $7 billion in federal revenue... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 guests received coveted invitations to Friday night's White House state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 guests received coveted invitations to Friday night's White House state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 guests received coveted invitations to Friday night's White House state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway.

t Cannes is a wild good time. You're in the south of France! The weather is beautiful! You're stuffed full of croissants and baguettes and you've had an entire bottle of...

A new brand offers the famed French wine for 12 bucks a bottle

CHICAGO (AP) — The chef-owner of several restaurants in and around Chicago has been charged with intentionally underpaying state taxes by not reporting all his cash receipts.

Professor Laurie Bertram, along with 12 students and a team of library staff members, spent several weeks examining archives and digital databases from 1865 to 1915 to reveal the well-hidden history of sex work in Toronto

LOS ANGELES (AP) — America's trade deficit will rise Saturday, but it's a good thing: After 60 years, the Eurovision Song Contest finally is being imported for U.S. viewers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — America's trade deficit will rise Saturday, but it's a good thing: After 60 years, the Eurovision Song Contest finally is being imported for U.S. viewers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — America's trade deficit will rise Saturday, but it's a good thing: After 60 years, the Eurovision Song Contest finally is being imported for U.S. viewers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — America's trade deficit will rise Saturday, but it's a good thing: After 60 years, the Eurovision Song Contest finally is being imported for U.S. viewers.

Nothing to worry about here! After pictures of Selena Gomez and Orlando Bloom looking quite cozy in Las Vegas surfaced, Katy Perry is doing OK. The "Roar" songstress responded to...

Despite finishing 15 points behind Brighton, Wednesday was by far the better side in the first leg of their Championship Playoffs semifinal.

It's one of the best birthday presents one could ask for: A special Instagram shout out from Taylor Swift. Swift posted a sweet...

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) — The owner of a digital billboard company is blaming a hacker for posting a large, lewd photo on the company's roadside signs in Alabama.

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) — The owner of a digital billboard company is blaming a hacker for posting a large, lewd photo on the company's roadside signs in Alabama.

The Russian center for Syrian reconciliation at the Hmeimim airbase registered a total of eight violations of the ceasefire regime in Syria in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

US stocks fell on Friday as a decline in oil prices added to pressure from consumer companies after gloomy quarterly reports from Nordstrom and JC Penney overshadowed upbeat April retail sales data.

The cancellation bloodbath has begun (#RIP Nashville, The Grinder, and so many more!), and this list will continue to grow as networks solidify their fall 2016 schedules. Check back for updates…