Новости за 21.05.2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. has conducted an airstrike targeting Taliban leader Mullah Mansour. One American official says the U.S. believes Mansour was killed in what was a drone strike authorized by President Barack Obama.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said Saturday that supporters for GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump aren't "a bunch of idiots" and should be respected, CNN reported.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama departed Saturday on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia, part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security cooperation.

President Obama said Saturday in his weekly address that the new overtime rule was "the single biggest step" he could take to raise salaries for families.

CAIRO (AP) — Smoke was detected in multiple places on EgyptAir flight 804 moments before it plummeted into the Mediterranean, but the cause of the crash that killed all 66 on board remains unclear, the French air accident investigation agency said on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump Grill at Trump Tower has one. So, too, does the Trump Buffet & Grill in the basement. Indeed the entire New York City skyscraper sports one for being "the ultimate residential building worldwide."

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit from two gay women who allege a police officer wrongfully arrested them after seeing them kissing in a grocery store.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders' campaign had less than $6 million at the start of May, a critical cash shortage as he makes an admittedly tough final play to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton.

White nationalists and neo-Nazis aren't the only group represented among Trump delegates. There are also ones being busted on child pornography, weapons and explosives charges. But white nationalists do seem to be the common theme. And here's yet another. Lori Gayne, a Trump delegate from Illinois whose twitter handle is "whitepride". Admittedly, in Gayne's case, "open racist" may be a more apt description.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a bill passed by the GOP legislature that would have effectively banned abortion in the state, her office announced Friday. The bill would have made it a felony for a physician to conduct the procedure. Their medical licenses would have also been revoked under the legislation.