The Chicago FBI office warns residents about fraud via e-mail after a retired couple lost several thousand dollars. According to the FBI representative Garrett Wheel, the couple received e-mail message supposedly from the FBI. The letter said that they are accused of money laundering and financial terrorism. «The FBI» gave retirees 24 hours to resolve the issue, otherwise they threatened to lay charges. Instead contact the police, an elderly Chicago…

Recently the city Council of new York adopted an agreement on the closure of the prison complex on Rikers Island. Of course, this question is not days and not even months, but prison will somehow close down. However, not all new Yorkers that the city is still a dark island, which is also controlled by the Department of corrections. Just 25 kilometers North-East from Manhattan raspored HART island (Hart Island)…

The famous statue of the leader of world proletariat of Vladimir Lenin, which was dismantled last year, appeared again in new York — now on the roof of the building 178 Norfolk St. Recall, the statue since 1994, stood on the roof of the residential complex «Red square» in the heart of the East village on East Houston Street. The owner of the house, millionaire Michael Rosen, at the time,…

Without a doubt, all the new Yorkers, anyway, I heard about such sights like Central Park, the Public library or the Bronx Zoo. But only few know the secrets of these places. We have collected only a small fraction of the city’s secrets, as the city with such a history, there are still many mysteries waiting to be solved. Fact # 1: the lions at the Public library of new…

No sooner had the Londoners recover from the recent attacks, the British capital was overtaken by a new problem — large-scale fire in a multistorey residential complex. 24-story skyscraper Grenfell Tower in North Kensington erupted in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday around 1:15. At the scene arrived 20 ambulances and 200 firefighters 40 cars. Despite the desperate efforts of the latter, the flames spread rapidly and soon engulfed the…

According to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan, published in the Journal of Food Protection, the use of hot water and antimicrobial soap when washing hands has no special meaning. «Literature on hand washing, although extensive, often contains inconsistent data and key variables continue to be studied or not studied,» — the authors explained the motivation for their research. «Guidelines for handwashing do not have…

Officials said that this year, for the third time in a row, the city’s beaches and pools will work for a week more than usual. Visitors will be able to splash in some water and bask in the sun up until 10 September. It is a week later than labor Day, which traditionally closes the season. Mayor bill de Blasio announced in a press release that such decision was taken,…

The Museum of memory of victims of the September 11 attacks (The 9/11 Tribute Museum) has moved a little further from the world trade center, but now it takes much more space, with two floors, on the area of 36 thousand square feet, writes ABC7. A new arrangement of the room was worth about $ 8.7 million. Donations to him came from private and public foundations and from American Express,…

A police officer from Chicago saved a dog that was the cause of the accident with four cars on North Lake Shore Drive. Writes the Chicago Suntimes, the dog suddenly jumped out of the car — that on the road collided with a Toyota Camry, GMC Terrain, Chevrolet and Dodge Durango. The dog also for some strange reason decided to jump into lake Michigan, and get back to shore she…

Soon the students of Junior and middle classes the new York schools can breathe a sigh of relief — they no longer have to spend so much time with the exams. The duration of the standard tests in mathematics and English language will be reduced from three to two days for each subject. This decision was announced on Monday on the Board of Trustees of the Department of education of…