Новости за 03.01.2017

Theodore Melfi’s film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly about three women who worked at NASA and its precursor — and feels utterly fresh for our times. Rates 3 and one half stars out of 4.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday that he thinks Seattle's offer to receiver Golden Tate in 2014 didn't get communicated well and Tate didn't understand how much the team wanted to keep him.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a dog that attacked a Florida family who tried to put a sweater on it has been euthanized. Hillsborough County spokeswoman Kara Walker told the Tampa Bay Times (https://goo.gl/S3Bylo ) Tuesday that the pit bull mix named Scarface was put down because it posed a high risk to the […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says a new wildfire-fighting plan to protect a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West that supports cattle ranching and is home to an imperiled bird will likely continue after the Obama administration ends. Jewell spoke Tuesday after getting her last update at the National Interagency […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s newest execution method is either a legal approach to putting condemned killers to death or a process akin to burning inmates at the stake, according to arguments in the latest challenge to capital punishment in the state. A four-day trial that began Tuesday in federal court in Dayton focuses on […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres says that Kim Burrell isn’t going to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” as scheduled. DeGeneres’ statement Tuesday on Twitter came several days after Burrell refused to apologize for a sermon in which she referred to gays and lesbians as perverted. A tape of Burrell preaching at Houston’s Love […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney are headed from Broadway to the beach to co-host the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The organization made the announcement Tuesday. Kroll and Mulaney are co-starring in the production “Oh, Hello on Broadway” about two opinionated 70-something New Yorkers, Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland. […]

Washington’s new unemployment benefits website launched Tuesday morning, but was immediately beset with technical difficulties and overwhelmed phone lines.

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old Maryland boy who fatally shot a teenage girl and injured her mother in an attack inside their home has died. Howard County Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said Sean Crizer died Tuesday. Police say in a statement that Crizer and 16-year-old Charlotte Zaremba attended the same school […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Sam Hunt released a romantic new song apologizing to his longtime girlfriend, but she has accepted more than his apology. A representative for the “Break Up in a Small Town” singer confirmed Tuesday that Hunt and Hannah Lee Fowler are engaged. On Sunday, he released a new song called […]

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump pressed to fill senior posts in his administration on Tuesday even as new questions emerged about his priorities at home and abroad. His inauguration less than three weeks away, Trump tapped as U.S. trade representative a former Reagan official who has condemned Republicans’ commitment to free trade. The […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge says the Georgia university system must allow immigrants to pay in-state tuition if they’ve been granted temporary permission by the federal government to stay in the U.S. Georgia’s state colleges and universities require verification of “lawful presence” in the U.S. for in-state tuition. The Board of Regents had said students […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Attorneys of a condemned Virginia inmate are asking a federal judge to halt his scheduled execution so they can challenge the state’s plan to use drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys for Ricky Gray, who are seeking a temporary restraining order […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An experimental penny made of glass during World War II is about to be auctioned. Owner Roger Burdette says the coin is the only known unbroken glass penny in existence. During the war, copper was needed for ammunition. The U.S. Mint authorized tests that included making uncirculated pennies from other […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Chan Gailey is calling it a career, and Todd Bowles is shaking up his coaching staff. The New York Jets announced Tuesday that Gailey has retired after two years as Bowles’ offensive coordinator, and five assistant coaches will not return following a disappointing 5-11 season. Quarterbacks coach Kevin Patullo, running backs […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce is one of the headliners of the 2017 Coachella music festival — a first for the pop star. Festival producer Goldenvoice announced Tuesday that Beyonce, Radiohead and Kendrick Lamar will headline the two-weekend festival in April in Indio, California. Radiohead will perform on April 14 and 21; Beyonce on April […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The dean of Harvard Law School says she will step down to focus on teaching, scholarship and public engagement. Martha Minow announced Tuesday that she will leave her post at the end of the academic year but remain on the school’s faculty. She has been dean since 2009. In a statement, […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon on Tuesday buried its citizens who perished in the Istanbul nightclub massacre on New Year’s Eve amid an outpouring of grief that has for days dominated local TV channels and discussions among the country’s politicians. Lebanon — a Mediterranean nation of 5 million people — lost three nationals in the carnage […]

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Singer-songwriter Trey Songz says he was recently ejected from the MGM National Harbor. Media outlets report the 32-year-old Songz, whose given name is Tremaine Neverson, says in an expletive-laced post on Instagram that he was playing cards at the Maryland casino Dec. 23 when a man nearby started “talking crazy” […]

What are the healthiest meals on the major airlines? And where do Tom Douglas' Alaska Airlines meals fit in? One study breaks them down.

Donald Trump has singled out a number of companies individually before and after winning the U.S. presidential election. Here’s a quick rundown of the businesses he’s targeted and what he has said. Amazon “If @amazon ever had to pay fair taxes, its stock would crash and it would crumble like a paper bag. The @washingtonpost […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian economist poised to become the country’s female and Muslim prime minister has been offered a job as deputy premier. Liviu Dragnea, chairman of the Social Democratic Party which won the Dec. 11 election, said Tuesday that Sevil Shhaideh, the party’s first choice for premier, would serve as deputy premier […]

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A shuttered Pennsylvania museum that features wax figures of all 44 U.S. presidents and their first ladies will display the figures before they’re auctioned off in mid-January. The Hall of Presidents and First Ladies Museum in Gettysburg closed in November after visitors dwindled. It had been in business for about 60 […]

MADRID (AP) — Guards on the border of Ceuta, Spain’s enclave in North Africa, say they have recently detained one Moroccan suspected of attempting to smuggle migrants concealed in a suitcase and another suspected of hiding migrants in a car. Custom agents found a 19-year-old migrant from Gabon hidden in a suitcase pushed on a […]

Pedro Noguera, an education professor who has studied and written about race and equity in public schools, will speak at a sold-out event on Jan. 10 at the University of Washington.