Новости за 14.12.2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — Militants from the Islamic State group got control of military equipment and weapons, possibly including air defense equipment, when they recaptured the Syrian town of Palmyra, the top U.S. general leading the fight against IS told reporters on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- An online holiday-themed apparel retailer is offering a crystal-studded "ugly Christmas sweater" for the season.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels: Deal to evacuate fighters, civilians from eastern Aleppo is back on, implementation to begin within hours.

Employees spied on ex-partners and celebrities, a former Uber worker said..

BOSTON (AP) — A human rights group is hoping to persuade travelers from Boston and other cities to avoid flying on Qatar (GUH'-tur) Airways when going to the Middle East.

Ho ho ho, what a cutie! Baby Luna, meet Santa Claus. On Wednesday, less than two weeks before Christmas, Chrissy Teigen shared on her Twitter page the first photo...

The coming-out musical “Fun Home” is at its best in the nonmusical moments.

Most subways are closed systems — they don't connect to other train networks, so cars can't just be driven along tracks until they hit the subway. Here's how new cars for the NYC subway system get loaded onto the tracks.

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the RT broadcaster, repeated on Wednesday that she was waiting for former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to send a pilot episode of his own show on RT.

Love is all about the little things: back rubs on the couch after a long day at work, or a big bear hug when life is tough.  

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It's no secret that Silicon Valley's tech leaders were not exactly thrilled about the idea of a Donald Trump presidency.

And to judge by the lugubrious miens exhibited in this photo, the tech moguls who visited Trump Tower on Wednesday for a sit-down with the president elect look pretty uncomfortable. 

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, on the left, looks like he just heard some very bad news, while Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appears to be biting her lip. Larry Page, the CEO of Google-parent company Alphabet... Читать дальше...

A Rikers correction officer accused of beating an inmate to death was so “proud of what he did” that he kept a trophy, a prosecutor said.

The Anti-Defamation League has called out Lupe Fiasco for certain lyrics in his recent freestyle "N.E.R.D." The organization'...

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I recently came across a Pantene ad that went viral in June.

Besides highlighting the flawless and beautiful hair of the actresses, it features multiple situations where women unnecessarily say “sorry” — a verbal tic that, for many women, has become entrenched in everyday conversation.

In scene after scene of the ad, women are shown apologizing for a series of silly reasons.

It becomes clear the women should not be remorseful. Yet as I was watching, I had this horrifying epiphany — I do this. Читать дальше...

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Russia prevented the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday from thanking outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon specifically for promoting gay rights during his decade in office, diplomats said.

The 15-member council met to pay tribute to Ban, who will step down later this month. Being gay is a crime in at least 73 countries, the U.N. has said, and the issue of gay rights consistently sparks heated debate at the United Nations.

The United States and... Читать дальше...

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to allow his children to mix business with his pending presidency runs the risk of creating “princelings” like the offspring of leaders who serve as middlemen … Click to Continue »

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 132 points, with about 6 minutes left in the regular session, putting it on track to suffer its first triple-digit loss, and only the fourth-decline, since before the election. Of the Dow's 30 components, 21 are selling off, led by the 2.4% drop in Caterpillar Inc.'s stock and the 2.1% slide in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s shares . The biggest gainer was Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s stock, which rose 0.5%. The Dow was still up 1,447 points, or 7.9%, since the election. Читать дальше...

Tim Kirksey has been hired as the football coach at Westlake.

Kirksey is a former Westlake player and former assistant coach.

He has coached with former Westlake Coach Jim Benkert at Oaks Christian.

"He's a real good guy," Benkert said. "He knows the program."

There are now former Benkert assistants...

SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday a 2.16 trillion won (US$1.8 billion) order to build an offshore facility has been canceled, but there are no losses for the shipbuilder. In a regulatory filing, the world's big

By Cade Metz for WIRED.

Microsoft is joining Google and Amazon in the race for your home. This week, at an event in China, the venerable tech giant trumpeted the arrival of Project Evo, a sweeping plan to build hardware devices that work a lot like Google Home or the Amazon Echo.

A meme is currently circulating on Twitter in which people post two contrasting photos: one is “me at the beginning of 2016”; the other is “me at the end of 2016.” Popular entries have included a duckling holding a butter knife vs. a raven holding a serrated blade, a young Leonardo DiCaprio in “Titanic” vs. a frozen DiCaprio in “The Revenant,” and the Statue of Liberty as it stands currently vs. the decaying, beached Statue of Liberty from “Planet of the Apes.” Like all meme jokes, it stops being funny when you write it down. Читать дальше...

Before Leonardo DiCaprio was Leonardo DiCaprio, he was a child actor who scored a recurring role on the beloved TV sitcom “Growing Pains.” He played Luke Brower, a homeless teen who was taken under the wing of the Seaver family in the show’s final season. 

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons coach Dan Quinn updated star receiver Julio Jones’ injury as a sprained toe instead of turf toe on Wednesday, putting a more optimistic outlook on the injury.