Новости за 06.05.2016

A manhunt was underway Friday after authorities said they were looking into whether three fatal shootings in the Washington area were connected.

It seems like a match made in fandom heaven.

"Con Man," the fan-driven show loosely based on Alan Tudyk’s and Nathan Fillion’s experiences starring in "Firefly" and "Serenity," is going to launch its second season exclusively on Comic-Con HQ, a new subscription video-on-demand service.

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Disappointing job gains in April were an unwelcome sign after anemic first-quarter economic growth, but analysts said it's not time to panic yet. The 160,000 net new jobs added last month were the fewest since September, the Labor Department said Friday. And though the unemployment rate held steady...

Prakash Rathod's family is living in a makeshift shed of sticks barely 4 feet high, with torn clothes serving as a canopy. They hail from a village more than 300 miles west of Mumbai, in a farming region where some 350 farmers have committed suicide this year due to the impact of one of the worst...

When Floyd Mayweather Jr. last weekend referred to a comeback fight for “nine figures,” was he referring to a date with Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor?

Willie Mays, who turned 85 on Friday, is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. He is 11th all-time in hits, fifth in home runs and was a Gold Glove center fielder.

A week after Illma Gore, the Los Angeles artist who became an Internet sensation after painting an image of a nude Donald Trump, was allegedly assaulted by a Trump supporter, there are no leads on who the culprits may have been. "This is what we term a whodunit," said an LAPD public information...

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan: Follow all the action from Las Vegas May 6 2016, 11:11 AM Canelo Alvarez will defend his World Boxing Council middleweight boxing title Saturday against Amir Khan at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Follow all the updates leading up to Saturday's round-by-round...

Trump and Speaker Ryan exchange jabs as the GOP splinters May 6 2016, 11:11 AM House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is not ready to support Donald Trump, but Trump says he's not ready to support Ryan's agenda. The exchange shows the growing divide in the Republican Party. It's harder to vote in 17 states...

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan: Follow all the action from Las Vegas May 6 2016, 11:11 AM Canelo Alvarez will defend his World Boxing Council middleweight boxing title Saturday against Amir Khan at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Follow all the updates leading up to Saturday's round-by-round...

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan: Follow all the action from Las Vegas May 6 2016, 11:11 AM Canelo Alvarez will defend his World Boxing Council middleweight boxing title Saturday against Amir Khan at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Follow all the updates leading up to Saturday's round-by-round...

Tragedy struck the "American Idol" family Friday, as KOCO-TV out of Oklahoma City reported "Idol" contestant Rickey Smith was killed in a wrong-way collision in the early morning hours.  Smith finished eighth in the second season of Fox's landmark reality singing competition in 2003. Smith advanced...

Shares of Square Inc. took a beating after the financial services company announced its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, plunging 19% Friday morning to $10.48.

More than two years ago UCLA’s Nicholas Scarvelis received a Facebook message written in Greek.

Trump and Speaker Ryan exchange jabs as the GOP splinters May 6 2016, 11:11 AM House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is not ready to support Donald Trump, but Trump says he's not ready to support Ryan's agenda. The exchange shows the growing divide in the Republican Party. It's harder to vote in 17 states...

 Paul Reddam is an owner who knows a thing or two about horse racing. He helped call the shots in I'll Have Another's improbable run to Kentucky Derby and Preakness wins four years ago. He also helps manage a successful pinhooking operation, which is thoroughbred shorthand for buying stock low...

California politics updates: Issa endorses Trump, podcast examines new tobacco laws May 6 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching: Rep. Darrel Issa (R-Vista) endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid on Thursday...

Two Southern California doctors were found guilty this week of falsely certifying their patients were terminally ill as part of a larger scheme to bilk Medicare and Medi-Cal out of $8.8 million in hospice-related services, according to federal prosecutors.

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Semifinals,. May 17, 3 p.m. at hiseeds

#4 Valley Academy (0-5-1) at #1 Palisades (15-4)

#3 Birmingham (9-6) at #2 Los Angeles Hamilton (7-5)

Note: Final, May 20, 7 p.m. at Birmingham

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Semifinals, May 17, 3 p.m. at hiseeds

#4 Valley Academy (2-7) at...

What constitutes a "normal" night's sleep?

That all depends, says Danny Forger, a biological mathematician at the University of Michigan and an expert in circadian clocks.

"People set guidelines all the time -- you need eight hours, you need seven hours -- but we've found that 'normal' sleep varies...

Director Rodrigo García is not a religious man, nor was his father, the Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez. So why he felt compelled to tell a story about Jesus' 40 doubt-ridden days in the desert is a riddle he's still trying to solve.

Romeo Puyat, antihero and scourge of Louise Erdrich's new novel "LaRose," is a cursed man. Addicted to prescription drugs and anything else he can get his hands on, he lives in the shadows. Decades of ridicule and abuse run through his veins and fuel the rage that drives this story to its stunning...

Trump and Speaker Ryan exchange jabs as the GOP splinters May 6 2016, 11:11 AM House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is not ready to support Donald Trump, but Trump says he's not ready to support Ryan's agenda. The exchange shows the growing divide in the Republican Party. It's harder to vote in 17 states...

Interested in a new Lexus SUV? Don't do what I did. Don't drive the best one first.

The Santa Monica Museum of Art, long known to its fans as SMMoA, will have some different letters in its new name.