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2017

Новости за 21.09.2017

The Economist 

California sues Donald Trump over his border wall plan

OF THE many unrealistic promises Donald Trump made during his campaign—restoring lost manufacturing jobs, immediately deportating 2m to 3m undocumented immigrants—building a wall that entirely divides America from Mexico was always among the least plausible.

The Economist 

California sues Donald Trump over his border wall plan

OF THE many unrealistic promises Donald Trump made during his campaign—restoring lost manufacturing jobs, immediately deportating  2m to 3m undocumented immigrants—building a wall that entirely divides America from Mexico was always among the least plausible. First there is the question of cost, which the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a university, estimates could be anywhere between $27bn and $40bn depending on the structure’s height, length and depth under the ground. There is the issue of geography. Читать дальше...

News.com.au 

Jet catches fire at Ataturk airport

A small private jet with four people on board ran off a runway while landing at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport and caught fire.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

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Voice of America 

Feeling Crabby: Plant-eating Dinosaurs Snacked on Crustaceans

Some plant-eating dinosaurs apparently liked a side order of crabs to go with their usual salad. Scientists said Thursday that fossilized dung thought to have come from herbivorous duck-billed dinosaurs that inhabited southern Utah 75 million years ago contained pieces of crustacean shells along with vestiges of vegetation. The discovery provides the strongest evidence to date that some large herbivorous dinosaurs sometimes strayed from a purely vegetarian diet, said University of Colorado paleontologist Karen Chin... Читать дальше...

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Ex-Gov. McCrory on the air, isn't closing door to 2020 run

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Almost nine months after leaving office following a narrow defeat, former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he's keeping himself busy with work, buying a new home and recently weighing in on the news of the day as a pundit on a Charlotte radio station. In an interview this week with The Associated Press, the Republican ex-governor hasn't closed the door to considering another bid for the state's chief executive in 2020. Any decision would come after the 2018 elections, McCrory said. Читать дальше...

New York Post 

Passenger spots beer can in plane’s cockpit

A passenger aboard a recent Jet2 flight from Spain to England saw something no traveler ever wants to see on a plane: a beer in the cockpit. Steve Lewis, of Northamptonshire, England, says he was “shocked” upon landing at Birmingham airport and seeing a can of Stella Artois sitting between the pilots. “The plane had...

TheRepublic.com 

The Latest: Facebook to make political ads more transparent

NEW YORK — The Latest on Facebook and the Russia investigation (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will make political advertising more transparent. “When someone buys political ads on TV or other media, they’re required by law to disclose who paid for them. But you still don’t know if you’re seeing the

BusinessInsider.com 

Oklahoma City police fatally shot a man as his neighbors yelled that he was deaf

Associated Press/Sue Ogrocki

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police officers who opened fire on a man in front of his home as he approached them holding a metal pipe didn't hear witnesses yelling that he was deaf, a department official said Wednesday.

Magdiel Sanchez, 35, wasn't obeying the officers' commands before one shot him with a gun and the other with a Taser on Tuesday night, police Capt. Bo Mathews said at a news conference. He said witnesses were yelling "he can't hear you" before the officers fired... Читать дальше...