Новости за 01.05.2017

The event will include hip-hop performances, food, live-painting and speakers, according to organizers, who plan to release the location of the event about 3:30 p.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Saying “convenience store food” may make people think of spinning hot dogs by the counter, but places like 7-Eleven are expanding their hot food offerings in hopes of stealing customers away from fast-food chains. The push by convenience stores into hot, fast, affordable foods is just one of the pressures facing […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian police have detained several gay rights activists in St. Petersburg during a protest against the reported abuse of homosexuals in Chechnya. An Associated Press photographer saw three women being detained during Monday’s protest. The Fontanka.ru news portal reported about 10 detentions in all on Nevsky Prospekt, the city’s central […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A wild coyote has decided to go where some other wild things are — the Detroit Zoo. The Detroit Free Press and WWJ-AM report the zoo in the suburb of Royal Oak temporarily closed Monday morning after workers discovered a coyote on the grounds. The gates reopened a short time […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities are dropping one misdemeanor count against a man charged with fatally shooting a Florida police officer. Prosecutors dropped a charge of resisting law enforcement officer without violence against Markeith Loyd on Friday. His case prompted a legal skirmish between the state attorney in Orlando and Florida’s governor. The charge stemmed […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The nation’s first offshore wind farm is powering more of Rhode Island. The Block Island Power Company says it shut down its diesel generators and transferred the island’s electrical grid Monday, a savings of nearly 1 million gallons of diesel fuel annually. Deepwater Wind’s five turbines began generating power for the […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have identified five new types of truffles. And while they aren’t the kind you’d want to sprinkle over pasta, scientists say they could contain important information about the health of New England’s forests. Two of the species have only been found in New Hampshire. […]

I learned a new phrase a few weeks ago which is a Greek saying called “Carpe diem.” It’s very strange; however, I like the meaning. Carpe diem means to seize the day and put little trust into tomorrow. When I think about the recent outcome a few weeks ago at the annual North of Falcon […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Showtime is presenting four hours of director Oliver Stone interviewing Russian president Vladimir Putin on four consecutive nights in June. The network announced Monday that “The Putin Interviews” will air first on June 12 at 9 p.m. Eastern, with three additional hour-long installments on the following nights. Showtime said Stone interviewed […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of a suspected gunman and three victims who died in a weekend attack at a Topeka home for people with special needs. Police on Monday identified the victims in Sunday’s attack as 29-year-old Larry Gueary, 20-year-old Soren Galvez and 64-year-old Jesus Galvez. They identified the suspected […]

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with killing a police officer in Tennessee has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 56 years. News outlets report Brian Keith Stalans entered the plea to premeditated murder and other charges Monday. He is charged with fatally shooting 32-year-old Maryville Police Officer […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Oystermen, pirates and police clashed violently more than a century ago over who could collect the Chesapeake Bay’s tasty and lucrative oysters. As the shellfish makes a comeback, a modern-day oyster war is brewing, this time between wealthy waterfront property owners and working-class fishermen. Over the past five years, oyster […]

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury has concluded no charges should be filed against an Ohio police officer who fatally shot a man authorities say was charging him with a butcher knife. Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser (MOH’-zur) said Monday that the grand jury considered evidence including witness accounts and the history of the […]

CHAMPION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a student at Michigan Technological University has died after suffering from symptoms of hypothermia while on a hiking trip in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Marquette County sheriff’s department says 19-year-old Marcus Antilla of Republic was among a group of six students from the school camping in the Rocking […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In a dimly lit university auditorium in the Colombian capital, not far from where the country’s largest rebel group once launched bomb attacks, Julian Conrado sings to eager-eyed students about the pain of war. “Instead of a rifle in my hands I’d like to carry a flower,” he croons, wearing wire-rimmed […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. economy on solid footing and unemployment at a near-decade low, the Federal Reserve remains in the midst of a campaign to gradually raise interest rates from ultra-lows. But this week, it’s all but sure to take a pause. The Fed is widely expected to keep its key short-term rate […]

WEST CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) — A plane operating under the regional branch of American Airlines has made an emergency landing at a suburban Chicago airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday morning that it is investigating SkyWest Flight 2936, operated by American Eagle. FAA officials say the flight departed […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — TNT has temporarily shut down production of its drama, “The Last Ship,” while star Eric Dane battles depression. Variety reports the series is going on production hiatus through Memorial Day. The publication reports a representative for Dane says the actor suffers from depression and asked for a few weeks of downtime. […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The New York Mets placed ace right-hander Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day disabled list on Monday after a MRI revealed a partial tear of his right lat muscle. The Mets said there is no timetable for Syndergaard’s return. Syndergaard left his start Sunday against Washington in pain, a development that came only […]

As a college student who has a deep reverence for our country’s breathtaking wilderness, I’m angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening national parks, monuments and oceans. Public lands and waters help define who we are as a nation. This order jeopardizes the long-standing American idea of safeguarding our natural and cultural wonders […]

BLUE POINT, N.Y. (AP) — A branch of an order of Roman Catholic nuns is putting its longtime U.S. headquarters on Long Island up for sale as its membership declines. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2qv2E2h ) the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk are selling their longtime headquarters in the Suffolk County hamlet of Blue Point, on Great South […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Workers and activists marked May Day around the world Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions. Police detained 70 people in Istanbul as they tried to march, garment workers in Cambodia defied a government ban to demand higher wages, and workers in Spain deplored the country’s 19 […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to initiate debate in parliament on revising the country’s U.S.-drafted constitution. The democratic and pacifist charter took effect 70 years ago on May 3. Abe, attending an annual rally on revising the constitution organized by ruling party lawmakers and other backers, said Monday the time […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a top-secret spy satellite for the U.S. government. The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Monday morning from its NASA-leased pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It hoisted a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Several minutes into the flight, the first stage booster — […]

WACO, Texas (AP) — HGTV star Chip Gaines is speaking out on Twitter about a lawsuit filed against him by his former business partners. Gaines is being sued in state court in Texas for $1 million by his former partners in a real estate company. They say he bought them out before telling them that […]