Новости за 14.12.2017

US regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape ...
Net neutrality is gone. Feel the freedom coursing through your veins.Washington Post
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Kentucky lawmaker killed himself after sexual assault allegations
CNN
(CNN) A Kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2013 killed himself Wednesday, officials say, a day after he denied the allegations. Republican state Rep. Dan Johnson, 57, was found dead of a single gunshot wound near Mount ...
Dan Johnson, Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself, claimed he raised woman from the deadNBCNews.com
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The FCC just voted to repeal its net neutrality rules, in a sweeping act of deregulation
Washington Post
Federal regulators voted Thursday to allow Internet providers to speed up service for some apps and websites — and block or slow down others — in a decision repealing landmark, Obama-era regulations for broadband companies such as AT&T and Verizon ...
FCC Repeals Net Neutrality RulesNew York Times
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Ryan could retire after 2018 midterms: report
The Hill
Politico reported Thursday that Ryan has told his “closest confidants” that his current term as Speaker will be his last. ADVERTISEMENT. According to Politico interviews with three dozen of Ryan's colleagues, aides, lobbyists and allies, “not a single ...
Ryan Eyes Entitlements Overhaul But Faces Questions About His FutureBloomberg
Paul Ryan Sees His Wild Washington Journey Coming to An EndPOLITICO Magazine
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Disney-Fox Deal Lands at Uncertain Time for Antitrust Enforcement
Variety
WASHINGTON — The rationale behind The Walt Disney Co.'s acquisition of Fox's major content assets is that it's necessary to bulk up in the new landscape, where competition is coming not just from Hollywood rivals but Silicon Valley. Yet in the eyes of ...
Disney Sets Deal To Acquire Most Of Fox, A Game-Changing Deal That Will Redraw Hollywood LandscapeDeadline
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Putin is Preparing for World War III-Is Trump?
Newsweek
FE_Russia_01_680802992 Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) in Moscow's Red Square after a Victory Day military parade marking the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War ...
Putin Suggests FBI Drugged Russian Olympic-Doping Whistle-BlowerBloomberg
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Kentucky Lawmaker Dies In Apparent Suicide Amid Accusations Of Sexual Assault
NPR
From his church on Tuesday, Kentucky state Rep. Dan Johnson defends himself against accusations that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in 2012. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption. toggle caption. Timothy D. Easley/AP. From his church on Tuesday ...
Kentucky Lawmaker Kills Himself Amid Sexual Assault Allegations, Officials SayNew York Times
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Kentucky lawmaker found dead from gunshot wound
CNN
(CNN) An embattled Kentucky state lawmaker facing sexual assault allegations died Wednesday from a probable suicide. State Rep. Dan Johnson's death came about 24 hours after he vigorously denied the sexual assault allegations detailed in a lengthy ...
Kentucky lawmaker who was accused of molesting a teenage girl likely killed himself, coroner saysWashington Post
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Kentucky lawmaker commits suicide after denying sexual misconduct allegations: report
The Hill
A Kentucky state representative accused of molesting a teenage girl has committed suicide, according to WDRB.com in Louisville. Rep. Dan Johnson, a Republican, reportedly shot and killed himself on a bridge in Mt. Washington, Ky. The gun was recovered ...
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For Trump, a Moment of Defeat but Maybe Not Recalibration
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Trump does not readily admit defeat. Knocked to the mat in Alabama with the stunning loss of a Senate seat, he got right back up on Wednesday and defiantly claimed that he had known his candidate would lose all along. He may ...
Alabama results remake 2018 election playbook for both partiesWashington Post
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In Alabama, Blacks Saw a Vote Against Moore as a Vote Against Turning Back the Clock.
New York Times
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The word traveled, urgently and insistently, along the informal networks of black friends, black family and black co-workers: Vote. Joanice Thompson, 68, a retired worker at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, scrolled Tuesday ...
'I would have won Alabama': Trump spreads blame for Moore's lossWashington Post
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Republicans' Tax Bill Nears the Finish Line
New York Times
... • Republican leaders reached an agreement on a final tax bill, setting up final votes next week. • Lawmakers are expected to be briefed on the consensus deal later on Wednesday, ahead of a final vote next week. • Senator Susan Collins, Republican ...
House GOP forges ahead with plan to include defense in spending billThe Hill
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