Новости за 01.03.2018

An arrest has been made in connection to an explosion that killed an elderly Queens landlord last summer, sources said Wednesday. Police and FBI agents stormed the man’s home in East Flatbush, Brooklyn Wednesday morning. His name has not yet been released. The blast killed 73-year-old George Wray when he opened a package that had...

Sebastian Guerrero’s family and friends stood under a North Toledo billboard Wednesday and sang “Happy Birthday.”

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Wednesday, ending the negative month of February on a down note as concerns over inflation and interest rates continued to drive trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 388 points, or 1.5%, to 25,024. The S&P 500 slid 31 points, or 1.1%, to 2,714. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 57 points, or 0.8%, to 7,273. The day's trading was volatile, with all three major indexes erasing early gains and ending near their lows of the session. For the month... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress reserved one of the nation's greatest distinctions for the Rev. Billy Graham, selecting him to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. America's most famous evangelist died last week at his home in North Carolina at age 99. The Rotunda has long been considered the most suitable place for the nation to pay final tribute to its most eminent citizens. Among those who have lain in state or in honor in the Rotunda are 11 former presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and John F. Читать дальше...

• Music streaming service Spotify outlined its main sources of competition in paperwork for a direct public offering filed Wednesday. 
• Spotify is worried about the added visibility given to rival music services in hardware that comes pre-loaded with other music apps, which would include devices like the iPhone, Google Pixel, Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod, and Google Home.
• "Apple, Amazon, and Google, have developed, and are continuing to develop, devices for which their music streaming service is preloaded... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump hosted a bipartisan group of 17 lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday.
• It was a freewheeling, open discussion with members of both parties passionately speaking about what they could do on gun control.
• Trump chastised fellow Republicans for being "afraid" of the National Rifle Association.

President Donald Trump held a freewheeling White House meeting on Wednesday to discuss various gun-control measures... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said on Wednesday that Michael Crabtree “is in our plans” for next season, despite speculation that the team could part ways with the receiver. Crabtree’s base salary of $7 million for 2018 is not guaranteed, and the 30-year-old is coming off a down season in which he had 58 catches for 618 yards. Crabtree was suspended for one game for fighting and was hardly used in the Raiders’ final two games. As the NFL Combine got underway Wednesday... Читать дальше...

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Ryan Shazier said recently he plans on returning to the football field and play at a level that gets him into the Hall of Fame, but his comeback won’t begin this year.

Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert told media at the NFL Scouting Combine on Wednesday that Shazier will not play in 2018, but that he will have a role with the team.

“He knows that and we know that,” Colbert said.

Shazier suffered a neck injury in the first half... Читать дальше...

A woman has miraculously regained the use of her hand after it was completely severed by a coconut chopping machine. Santha, 58, was working in a coconut oil factory when her left arm slipped into the machine and was chopped clean off. Her quick-thinking colleagues rushed the woman — and her hand — to the hospital...

Maybe Keith Richards should consider having his vocal cords snipped.

Rolling Stones guitarist Richards has issued an apology after declaring that his bandmate, Stones frontman Mick Jagger, should have a vasectomy.

In a Twitter mea culpa Wednesday, the guitarist said that his comments were “completely out of line.”

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Richards also said that he had apologized to Jagger personally.

“I deeply regret... Читать дальше...

Brazilian superstar Neymar will undergo surgery on his fractured foot in Brazil at the end of this week, ruling the world's most expensive footballer out of Paris Saint-Germain's do-or-die Champions League clash with Real Madrid.

Get the scoop on the Fight Pass prelims of UFC 222, including a bantamweight contest between Bryan Caraway and Cody Stamann, as well as Mike Pyle’s retirement fight.

Deontay Wilder sees himself as the biggest threat to Anthony Joshua or anyone else.

It sounds like Miesha Tate isn’t even mad, she’s just disappointed.

Following Jon Jones’s hearing in Anaheim, Calif., on Tuesday, in which the UFC star received a $205,000 fine and had his license revoked by the California State Athletic Commission, Tate was asked for her thoughts on Jones during an appearance on MMA on Sirius XM.

The recently retired fighter and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion explained that she’s essentially through with supporting and even talking about Jones. Читать дальше...

The "your age in bonds" rule doesn't work very well once you're in retirement.