Новости за 29.03.2017

“For Here or To Go?” follows a Silicon Valley veteran from India facing an uncertain future under an H-1B nonimmigrant visa. Rating: 2 stars out of 4.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six people working at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan have been fired for using or possessing illegal drugs. A senior State Department official says the firings followed an investigation into allegations of misconduct. The official says those who were embassy employees have been fired and others who were contractors for the embassy […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A woman is suing officials of a Louisiana city in federal court, claiming a police officer took her cellphone and deleted a picture from it — without a warrant or her consent. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the incident happened in January after Chelline Carter’s teenage son was arrested on a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The digital vendor for President Donald Trump’s political campaign has hired a new senior consultant: the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. The New Yorker, Eric Trump’s wife, will serve as a liaison for San Antonio, Texas-based Giles-Parscale to Trump’s ongoing campaign, based at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Giles-Parscale President Brad Parscale says she’s […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — The top Brexit official at the European Parliament thinks British political giants such as Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher would not look kindly on Prime Minister Theresa May turning over the hourglass on her country’s withdrawal from the European Union. Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt said Churchill, Britain’s leader for most of World […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Agriculture Department to ban its use of cyanide-ejecting devices aimed at killing coyotes after one went off near a boy and his dog earlier this month, killing the dog. The petition filed late Tuesday by the Western Watersheds Project and other groups starts a formal […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The collapse of the Republican health care overhaul was a sharp setback for anti-abortion leaders, whose hopes of halting federal funding to Planned Parenthood were derailed. But they continue to pursue that goal and also are pushing for a federal ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. David O’Steen, […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Part of music icon Bob Dylan’s once-secret 6,000-piece archive, including thousands of hours of studio sessions, film reels and caches of unpublished lyrics, has opened in Oklahoma. More than 1,000 pieces of the collection spanning Dylan’s six-decade career are available to scholars at the Gilcrease Museum’s Helmerich Center for American Research […]

ANCHORAGE, Ky. (AP) — Two people killed in an officer-involved shooting in a wealthy Kentucky suburb are suspects in the homicide of an elderly widower in another city 60 miles away. Investigators from three jurisdictions are still piecing together the series of events Tuesday night that left three dead, including a 74-year-old man stabbed to […]

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll talked about the futures of Trevone Boykin, DeShawn Shead, Earl Thomas, Tyler Lockett and more at the NFL league meetings Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran State Department employee has been arrested on charges that she made false statements to federal investigators. Candace Claiborne appeared in federal court in Washington on Wednesday, shortly after her arrest. Federal prosecutors are asking that Claiborne be placed on home confinement, and a decision on that request could come later […]

DALLAS (AP) — As a powerful storm system swept across Texas, storm chasers raced to record its fury and witness a tornado. But one such pursuit ended tragically when three men were killed as their vehicles collided at a rural crossroads. An SUV containing two storm chasers working under contract to The Weather Channel ran […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The collapse of the Republican health care overhaul was a sharp setback for anti-abortion leaders, whose hopes of halting federal funding to Planned Parenthood were derailed. But they continue to pursue that goal and also are pushing for a federal ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. David O’Steen, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — To believe or not to believe? That is the question, when it comes to President Donald Trump’s comments about what comes next on health care. Since the Republicans’ coverage bill died in the House last week, marking the defeat of Trump’s first major legislative initiative, the president has sent conflicting signals about […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three inmates on Louisiana’s death row say in a lawsuit they face inhumane isolation for 23 hours a day in cells “the size of an average of home bathroom.” A class action filed Wednesday claims prison officials are violating the constitutional rights of death row prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A physician who came to the U.S. from Pakistan will join the 2018 race for California lieutenant governor Wednesday, promising to run on his Muslim faith, immigrant past and career in medicine. Dr. Asif Mahmood plans to kick off his candidacy outside the headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in […]

CHICAGO (AP) — In an unrelated incident, the son of a man who was shot and wounded by federal immigration agents has pleaded not guilty in Chicago to a weapons charge. The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2njQKaw ) Felix Torres Jr. entered the plea Wednesday in Cook County court to a charge of aggravated unlawful use […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A friend of Dylann Roof’s is appealing the prison sentence of two years and three months he received for encouraging friends not to call the FBI and identify Roof after he fatally shot nine black parishioners at a church in South Carolina. Joey Meek’s lawyer filed a one-page notice of appeal […]

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A notorious 86-year-old jewel thief has pleaded guilty to a felony shoplifting charge. The charge stems from Doris Payne’s December arrest at a mall just outside Atlanta. Police said she put a $2,000 necklace in her back pocket and tried to leave a Von Maur department store. WXIA-TV reports (http://on.11alive.com/2mPI7YU ) […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PwC accountants won’t be allowed to have their cellphones backstage during future Oscar telecasts. Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs sent an email to academy members Wednesday detailing the new protocols for announcing Oscar winners developed after the best-picture flub at last month’s Academy Awards. The academy’s board of governors discussed […]

MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 73-year-old man has died after being shot by a police officer in Michigan. Manistee Public Safety Director Dave Bachman says the officer shot Lee Pat Milks after the man came out of a house with a gun Tuesday evening and told the officer to go away. Police say […]

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 440,000 vehicles in North America to fix problems that can cause engine fires and doors to open unexpectedly. The first recall covers over 230,000 Escape SUVs, Fiesta ST subcompacts, Fusion midsize cars and Transit Connect vans with 1.6-Liter turbocharged engines from 2013 through 2015. The company says […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A major update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 system will start reaching consumers and businesses on April 11, offering 3-D drawing tools, game-broadcasting capabilities and better ways to manage your web browsing. This “Creators Update” also aims to make future updates less disruptive. Microsoft said Wednesday that it will roll out the […]

CHELSMFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts school bus driver has been arrested after students about to depart on a field trip say they smelled marijuana smoke on the bus. Chelmsford police say 63-year-old Ali Mahfuz was charged Tuesday with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and reckless child endangerment. He was […]

It is a bizarre real-life whodunit involving an officer’s missing semi-automatic rifle and a two-time felon in Burien that adds up to a strange, unsolved tale.