Новости за 08.06.2017

Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss President Trump's trip to Cincinnati promoting his plan to improve America's infrastructure, and what Mr. Trump will be doing when fired FBI Director James Comey testifies before Congress Thursday on the Russia investigation.

Actor Kevin Spacey has won two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe for "House of Cards," and a Tony Award for his performance in "Lost in Yonkers." In his latest role, Spacey stars in the one-man play, "Clarence Darrow." Spacey joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his new play and his upcoming gig to host the Tony Awards.

Andrea Constand, the woman at the center of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial, returns to court Wednesday to give more testimony. Constand said Tuesday she trusted the actor-comedian, and the alleged assault made her feel humiliated and confused. Cosby denies the charges. Jericka Duncan reports.

Prosecutors say 20-year-old Michelle Carter pressured a friend -- over texts and phone calls -- to take his own life because she wanted sympathy. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Conrad Roy. The defense told a very different story. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

AT&T and iHeartRadio teamed up to create and erect a massive, record-breaking inflatable pool toy in California.

Dairyland Power Cooperative saw profits fall about 13 percent in 2016, according to the La Crosse utility’s annual report.

While it’s too soon to know where to place Dustin Johnson’s epic finishing-hole birdie to cap off a turbulent 2016 final round, these time-tested U.S. Opens continue to resonate today.

There was a mild drama on Wednesday June 7 in Ohovbe Primary School, Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo state as cattle chased students out of their class

Finally, the Who’s greatest album as it was meant to be heard — with a classical symphony.

Connecticut lawmakers approved a third Indian casino Wednesday to fend off new competition in Massachusetts from MGM Resorts International.

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Carvana Co., up $3.13 to $12.66 The online used car seller reported better first-quarter results than Wall Street expected. AK Steel Holding Corp., up 7 cents to $5.97 The company said it will raise the spot market price of its carbon-rolled flat steel products

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Amnesty International's chairman in Turkey has been detained as part of a crackdown on people suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has been accused by Turkey of orchestrating last year's failed coup.

NASA/Robert Markowitz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, selecting seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation's next generation of spacecraft.

The astronaut class of 2017 includes doctors, scientists, engineers, pilots and military officers from Anchorage to Miami and points in between. They've worked in submarines, emergency rooms, university lecture halls, jet cockpits and battleships. They range in age from 29 to 42... Читать дальше...

With record-high amounts of student debt, questionable job prospects, and too much avocado toast in their bellies, many millennials already feel like they are getting the short end of the stick.

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Tehran has bragged for years that Islamic State could not deeply penetrate inside Iran, saying it kept a chokehold on any IS roots by arresting possible suspects and monitoring movements along its borders. But Wednesday's attacks, claimed by IS, on Iran's parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that left at least 12 people dead, exposed Iran's vulnerability, analysts say. It shows, too, that IS will follow through on its threats to terrorize Iran, which it sees as a battlefield enemy and religious persecutor. Читать дальше...

Line-X is a spray coating that claims to protect almost any object from the hardest impact and damage.  Read more...

Colombia will raise the salaries of public employees by 6.75 percent this year, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday, a move which may help end a more than three-week-long teachers strike. The deal with seven public employee unions, which will increase the wages of 1.2 million workers, including educators, doctors, judges and members of the police and military, comes amid the teachers strike and various other walkout actions by public workers. The increase is 1 percent above the 2016 inflation figure and will be retroactive... Читать дальше...

America isn’t being made great. It’s being made weak.

On Friday, January 6, FBI Director James Comey met with President-elect Donald Trump. His task was awkward; he needed to inform Trump that the FBI’s counterterrorism unit was investigating claims that Russia had embarrassing blackmail material on the billionaire real estate developer.

Something in Trump’s reaction disturbed Comey. “I felt compelled to document my first conversation with the President-Elect in a memo,” he recalls... Читать дальше...

US Marine Corps

After repeated urgings from Congress to move to a common rifle round with the Army, Marine Corps officials told lawmakers Tuesday that they’re getting close to being able to do so.

The Marine Corps continues to use M855 ammo for their M16A4 and M4 5.56mm service rifles, instead of the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round the Army uses for its rifles.

The problem, Marine officials have said, is that the newer round causes problems with the Marines’ M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle... Читать дальше...

New findings call into question American health officials’ recommendations on how much drinking is healthy.

Members of an independent federal oversight panel will hold a public hearing Wednesday in New Mexico on risks associated with ramping up plutonium work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where problems have resulted in safety concerns and costly fines.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday:

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: