Новости за 21.01.2016

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A suicide car bomber rammed the gates of a restaurant near a beach in Somalia's capital before gunmen fought their way into the building in an attack claimed by an Islamic extremist group that killed at least three people on Thursday, a police official said.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a nine-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) among Iowa Democrats, according to a poll released Thursday by the Emerson College Polling Society.

The FBI ran a large child pornography website for almost two weeks last year in order to catch users who were downloading photographs and videos of children, USA Today reported Thursday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former police officer convicted of raping and sexually victimizing women while on his beat in a low-income Oklahoma City neighborhood was ordered Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison.

A Pittsburgh chiropractor who passed away this weekend made one last request of his loved ones: “Do not vote for Donald Trump.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Thursday that both Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) would ruin the Republican Party's chances of winning the general election.

The White House responded Thursday to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) assertion that her son's domestic violence arrest was connected to his combat service in Iraq, and by extension to the Obama administration's treatment of veterans.

Businessman and real-estate mogul Donald Trump has a 10-point lead over rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in Iowa, according to an Emerson College Polling Society poll released Thursday.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) has grown so concerned about a 20-day standoff at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in her state she took her concerns straight to the top: President Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director James Comey.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are confronting an unsettling possibility: Sen. Ted Cruz, their least favorite colleague, stands within reach of becoming the party's presidential nominee and standard-bearer.

ESPN sent a memo to staffers on Wednesday urging its on-air talent (and some contract employees) to avoid being "influenced by political pressures" as the November election approaches.

Eric Cantor, the former House GOP leader who was unseated by a tea party challenger in a huge midterm upset, thinks Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won't make it through the primary season.

Real estate mogul Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are in a dead heat in the Iowa Republican caucuses, according to a Loras College poll released Thursday.

An Iowa parent accused Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina of using his four-year-old son as a prop Wednesday at a Des Moines anti-abortion rally.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A flight attendant from Arizona accused of fabricating a bomb threat story that prompted an emergency landing in North Dakota is now accused in a similar incident in Virginia.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A day after doctors reported high levels of lead in Flint children, Gov. Rick Snyder's top aide told him the "real responsibility" for the city's water issues rested with local government officials, emails show.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has eked out a two-point lead over former reality TV star Donald Trump in Iowa, according to a Monmouth/KBUR poll released Thursday.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) positioned his presidential rival Donald Trump as a puppet of the “Washington establishment” while talking to reporters in New Hampshire Wednesday, Politico reported.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday dismissed a new report that she sent "a high level of classified material" over the private email server she used exclusively during her tenure as secretary of state.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) presidential campaign released a wordless TV ad in Iowa and New Hampshire on Thursday set to Simon and Garfunkel's "America."

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a nine-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) among Iowa Democrats, according to a Monmouth/KBUR poll released Thursday.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The NFL has its first full-time female coach.

Jeb Bush said Wednesday that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was actually "scared" of his candidacy.

Bill Ballenger, a prominent conservative pundit and former Republican lawmaker in Michigan, told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Thursday morning that the coverage of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is "exaggerated."