Новости за 29.08.2016

President Obama has presided over some of the best years to invest of the last century, The New York Times reports. The stock market has risen 11.8 per­cent on an annualized basis since Obama took office, the third best performance during an American presidency since 1900. Market performance was only better under Calvin Coolidge (25.5 per­cent) and Bill Clinton (15.9 percent).

Former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke has recorded a robocall touting his candidacy for Senate in Louisiana, and in the recorded message he explicitly ties his campaign to Donald Trump's. Duke has been piggybacking on Trump's increasingly prominent campaign for months; this winter, Trump was forced to disavow Duke's endorsement several times after initially offering a muddled response.

Gene Wilder passed away at the age of 83, his family said Monday. Wilder was best known for playing Willy Wonka in the titular 1971 film, as well as for having roles in the Mel Brooks comedies The Producers and Young Frankenstein.

Children in Greensville, South Carolina, are claiming that a clown is trying to lure them into the forest, CBS News reports. "There has been several conversations and a lot of complaints to the office regarding a clown or person dressed in clown clothing … trying to lure children into the woods," the property manager of Fleetwood Manor wrote to residents in a letter, which requested that if the clown was spotted, residents immediately call the police.

Nobody exactly enjoys jury duty, but fulfilling one's civic duty is certainly a little better when you're doing it with Taylor Swift:

The numbers of tourists heading to Spain, Portugal, and other sunny European nations have increased up to 30 per­cent this year compared with 2015, CNN reports. Experts say travelers are eager to avoid destinations seen as potential terrorist targets. France, the world's top destination for international travelers, has seen visitor spending falling for the last year, perhaps due to the rash of terrorist attacks it experienced in recent months. Egypt has experienced a nearly 50 per­cent drop in visitors this year. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump on Monday commended Huma Abedin for choosing to leave her husband, former New York congressman Anthony Weiner. And given Abedin is a top aide to Hillary Clinton, Trump also used the opportunity to slam a longtime enemy.

The 2016 U.S. Open begins Monday with Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic as top seeds going into the tournament.

At the MTV VMAs on Sunday night, Beyoncé performed a lengthy, show-stopping medley of songs from her hit visual album, Lemonade. But somewhere between coordinating adorable mother-daughter outfits and unabashedly laying out the raw emotions of marital infidelity, the songstress also found time to thoroughly make Chance the Rapper's day:

More than 20,000 donors have contributed almost $350,000 to a Donald Trump super PAC that has spent $0 on Donald Trump, Politico reports. The PAC, operated by 25-year-old Ian Hawes, offers an opportunity to win "Dinner with Donald Trump" but the fine print clarifies that despite appearances, the website isn't run by the Trump campaign and the dinner is actually the PAC buying two tickets "at a Sponsor-selected fundraising evening event held with Donald Trump and other attendees." Donors are encouraged... Читать дальше...

Huma Abedin announced her separation from husband and former New York congressman Anthony Weiner on Monday, following a report by the New York Post that Weiner sent sexual texts and photos to another woman. "After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, said in a statement. "Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life."

You may have heard: Hillary Clinton is old, sick, shrill, bigoted, dishonest, murderous. But! Lest you run out of unflattering adjectives for the presidential hopeful, Donald Trump wants to throw one more on the pile: dumb.

Astronomers searching for life on other planets have picked up a "strong signal" that has the faintest chance of indicating an "extraterrestrial civilization," Ars Technica reports. The signal comes from the direction of a star about 95 light years from Earth, and has at least one nearby planet.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is defending herself before the nation's Senate on Monday during her impeachment trial, following accusations she illegally tinkered with the budget to hide the national deficit and, in doing so, hurt the economy. Rousseff has claimed the allegations are entirely false and are promoted by corrupt lawmakers.

Lightning killed reindeer in apocalyptic proportions during a thunderstorm in central Norway, the Norwegian Environment Agency reports. The shocking event left 323 of the animals dead, including 70 calves. "We have not heard about such number before," agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press.

Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner reportedly sent sexually explicit photos and texts to a woman on multiple occasions in the past 19 months, the New York Post reports. Weiner allegedly tried to get the woman to meet him, and sent her multiple images, including a photo of his crotch with his toddler visible on the bed beside him:

The manufacturer of the lifesaving allergy drug EpiPen said Monday that it will release a generic version of the medicine for a list price of $300 for two, following widespread criticism after the company, Mylan, dramatically increased the price from $100 for two to as much as $700 since 2007.

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Embattled drug maker Mylan announced Monday that it would launch a cheaper, generic alternative to its EpiPen emergency auto-injectors to treat severe allergic reactions. The company has faced heated criticism over recent attention to sharp hikes in its EpiPen prices, which have soared from about $57 per pen in 2007 to about $600 for a two-pack of the potentially life-saving devices. Mylan said the generic version would be identical to the branded EpiPen, and cost $300 per two-pack.

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Chinese police have arrested a 52-year-old man from Lanzhou who they believe murdered 11 people during a 14-year rampage. If confirmed, the arrest of Gao Chengyong could mark the end of a nearly three-decade-long hunt for China's "Jack the Ripper."

Donald Trump is getting a taste of his own medicine: While the Republican nominee has successfully branded his political enemies with nicknames like "Lyin' Ted Cruz" and "Crooked Hillary Clinton," Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough came up with a moniker of his own for Trump, and it appears to be sticking.

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Donald Trump said via Twitter on Sunday that he would give a "major speech" on illegal immigration Wednesday. Trump raised questions about his policies last week when he postponed the immigration speech and said he was considering "softening" his promised crack down on undocumented immigrants. The Republican presidential nominee said he still planned to build a wall on the Mexican border, but that he was open to sparing some of the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants from swift deportation... Читать дальше...

At 12:01 a.m. on Monday morning, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) officially ceased hostilities to honor the terms of a peace accord signed in Havana, Cuba, last week. FARC leader Rodrigo Londono, also called Timochenko, described the ceasefire as permanent. "Never again will parents be burying their sons and daughters killed in the war," he said Sunday from Havana. "All rivalries and grudges will remain in the past." Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has pledged that starting today... Читать дальше...

Five years ago, when I first moved from South Africa to Washington, D.C., I lived in a crummy basement room in Silver Spring, Maryland, and worked at an unpaid internship. I made a bit of cash tutoring organic chemistry on the side, but not nearly enough to prevent my pitiful bank balance from dwindling down like an action movie bomb timer on fast-forward.

Donald Trump is an expert in branding himself and his "ideas" for the millions of people who don't follow politics closely: Do it in the most blunt way possible. Even a rock could identify the Trump campaign by few things. First the red hat, with the slogan "Make America Great Again." Also his get-tough policy on immigration. "We're going to build a wall," he'd say at his rallies, "and whose going to pay for it?" "Mexico," they'd respond.

As wildfires continue to rage across the driest, hottest parts of the U.S. this summer, many Americans have been forced to flee their homes. Meanwhile, an elite group of firefighters called smokejumpers are parachuting into the heart of the blazing chaos.