Новости за 20.11.2016

Thanksgiving turkeys are fairly universal in America, but favorite side dishes vary a lot by region, FiveThirtyEight poll results reveal. The Northeast and Midwest opt for vegetables — squash and green beans, respectively — while the Southeast, the Great Lakes area, and Texas and its neighbors reach for various carbs.

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus addressed in an interview Sunday confusion over whether President-elect Donald Trump is serious about creating a national registry of Muslims (or perhaps just Muslim immigrants) as he proposed on the campaign trail.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will formally announce on Sunday her decision to run for a fourth term in office. She indicated her intentions at a smaller meeting of leaders from her conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

President-elect Donald Trump indicated on Twitter Sunday morning that retired Marine Gen. James Mattis is a leading option for the Defense Department. Referencing this weekend's array of meetings with possible Cabinet nominees, Trump called Mattis "very impressive."

Saturday Night Live skewered vacuous TV news shows with a clever parody of HBO's epic robot drama Westworld. The skit begins normally enough on the set of Anderson Cooper 360, where Cooper and a variety of talking heads settle into a too-familiar routine. As Cooper announces a breaking news item about President-elect Donald Trump, his panelists weigh in:

A new round of Russian and Syrian airstrikes this week that closed all hospitals, killed nearly 300 people, and injured almost 1,000 more in the besieged, rebel-held area of eastern Aleppo, Syria, is believed to have included a chlorine gas attack.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence declined Sunday to join President-elect Donald Trump in his demand for an apology from the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton, whose audience booed and cast admonished Vice President-elect Mike Pence when he attended a performance Friday night.

Pope Francis on Saturday spoke out against polarization, nationalism, and demonization of minorities in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica in which he ordained 17 new cardinals, including 13 who are younger than 80 and therefore eligible to be his successor.

NASA successfully launched a new generation of weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday night, hailing a new era in weather forecasting. "This is a quantum leap," said Sandra Cauffman, deputy director of Earth Sciences at NASA. "It will truly revolutionize weather forecasting."

President Obama continued his international farewell tour in Peru on Saturday, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, and leaders of nine other nations. Obama sought to calm concerns about the incoming Donald Trump administration, encouraging Latin Americans not to assume the worst.

President-elect Donald Trump is spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, meeting with potential cabinet nominees. "We're seeing tremendous talent," Trump enthused on Twitter Saturday. "People that, like I say, we will 'Make America Great Again.'"

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President-elect Donald Trump is spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, meeting with potential cabinet nominees. On Saturday, he spoke with Mitt Romney, who described the encounter as "a far-reaching conversation with regards to the various theaters in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance." The former governor and GOP nominee did not address whether he was under consideration for a specific cabinet role. On Sunday, Trump's... Читать дальше...

President-elect Donald Trump was up and tweeting early Sunday morning with a fresh attack on the Broadway musical Hamilton, whose audience booed and cast admonished Vice President-elect Mike Pence when he attended a performance Friday night. Trump reiterated his demand for a cast apology in Sunday's post, his third straight tweet on the subject.

Alec Baldwin reprised his role as Saturday Night Live's Donald Trump for the first time since the election in a sketch imagining Trump realizing he is in waaaay over his head with this whole president thing.

Key Largo. This four-bedroom house overlooks Tarpon Basin. Built in 2015, the home has a gym, oversize balconies, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a gourmet kitchen with custom cabinets.

Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial advice, gathered from around the web:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Harper, $16).