Новости за 20.02.2016

The Secret Service was notified on Friday after a man walked into the office of the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper and filled out an obituary form for Hillary Clinton.

Jeb Bush is keeping mum on rumors that he plans to drop out of Republican presidential race if he doesn't have a strong showing in Saturday's South Carolina primary.

If there are any ties at a Nevada precinct Saturday during the Democratic caucuses, officials plan on breaking open a deck of cards to settle it. The Hill reports that instead of the much-discussed coin tosses that broke ties in the Iowa caucuses, "a game of chance will decide" whether Hillary Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders wins the precinct delegates in the event of a tie.

A top strategist for John Kasich believes that no matter how the Republican presidential candidate does in Saturday's South Carolina primary, it will be enough "to drive somebody else out of the race."

Over the years, President Obama has had no shortage of cute interactions with small children. White House photographer Pete Souza captured a gem Thursday during the White House's celebration of Black History Month:

Ahead of the Feb. 28 Oscars, black actors have spoken out against the Academy's selection of 20 white actors and actresses for 20 nomination spots. The New York Times took a look back at previous nominations for black actors, and they found some striking patterns.

It's no secret that Donald Trump, despite growing evidence to the contrary, believes torture is an effective tool. At a South Carolina rally Friday evening, the Republican presidential hopeful told an old story about U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing in the Philippine-American War:

Rev. Paul Scalia eulogized his late father, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, on Saturday at a funeral Mass in Washington, D.C.

The Chicago Tribune whipped out an archival photo of Bernie Sanders at age 21 on Saturday. The image, which shows the Democratic presidential hopeful's 1963 arrest, has been confirmed by Sanders himself.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.)'s administration has cost taxpayers more than $10 million in Bridgegate-related fees, The Star-Ledger reports.

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Harper Lee, who won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at 89. Lee had been in uncertain health for years and lived a famously reclusive life, declining to give interviews. More than 30 million copies of To Kill a Mockingbird are in print. Her second novel, Go Set a Watchman, was published last year.

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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton remain in fierce competition as they head in to the Nevada Democratic caucuses Saturday, with a recent CNN/ORC... Читать дальше...

South African health authorities confirmed the country's first case of Zika virus Saturday, Reuters reports. A Colombian business man visiting Johannesburg had a fever and rash, but fully recovered.

Italian author Umberto Eco died at his Milan home Friday, his American publisher confirmed to The Associated Press. He was 84.

Britain will hold a referendum June 23 on whether or not to stay in the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday. Cameron renegotiated the terms of the country's membership with EU leaders in Brussels, including restrictions on benefits for migrants and a guarantee Britain won't have to join the euro, CNN reports.

Where did Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders get his political philosophy? Here's everything you need to know:

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence (Signet, $6). This is a book all women should read, to find out how we became what we are in the modern world; ditto all English people. Lawrence is the great analyst of transformation and change and self-realization, and this novel — about three generations of an English family — leaves readers with the skills to continue that analysis in their own living of life.

In the market for a tiny security system? You're in luck, said Kellen Beck at Mashable. Sensor-1, made by San Francisco–based startup Metasensor, is a hexagonal tile about the size of a quarter that sticks to just about anything, whether it's your laptop, front door, or purse.

This week's question: A British entrepreneur has begun selling $115 jars of English countryside air to wealthy residents of smog-choked Chinese cities. His product is called Aethaer, a Greek word for pure fresh air. If authorities in a polluted Chinese city were to bottle their own air and export it to the West, what brand name could they put on the jar?

The president and first lady visited the Supreme Court's Great Hall Friday afternoon to honor the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Dressed in black, the couple stood quietly and bowed their heads in front of the casket, which was on public view.

Sen. Bernie Sanders meets a little fan, dressed as Sanders, during a rally at Bonanza High School in Las Vegas. | (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)