Новости за 05.07.2017

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel’s Labor Party prepares to choose its new leader, it already has taken a big step toward shedding its image as a bastion of liberal, upper-class Israelis of European descent. A party primary on Tuesday chose two candidates of Middle Eastern heritage as finalists for next week’s runoff, handily defeating a […]

PARIS (AP) — Color-blocking mixed with historic silken gowns — and a small dash of star-power — for the final day of Paris Couture. Here are some of Wednesday’s fall-winter highlights. PICCIOLI’S COUTURE The recently-solo designer of Valentino couture, Pierpaolo Piccioli, is going from strength to strength. The long, floor-sweeping organza gowns that evoke the […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran guard Nick Young is getting a new start with Golden State, agreeing to a $5.2 million, one-year contract Wednesday with the champion Warriors. Young’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, confirmed the deal in a message to The Associated Press. The 32-year-old Young last month declined the player option in his contract for […]

Lawyers for a naval officer who broadcasts “Taps” nightly from speakers outside his home in tribute to the military say they’ll take legal action if a Pennsylvania borough doesn’t stop trying to restrict the practice. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania tells the president of Glen Rock Borough Council in letter released Wednesday that […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has now spread to all 21 governorates and there have been 270,000 suspected cases and over 1,600 deaths from the disease since late April. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric says the World Health Organization and its partners received 400 tons of medical […]

DETROIT (AP) — Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is continuing efforts to get his public corruption sentence tossed aside. Kilpatrick has filed a motion asking a federal judge to vacate an order that he serve 28 years in prison. He was found guilty in 2013 after resigning in 2008 as mayor due to another scandal. Kilpatrick […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Filmmaker John Singleton remembered taking a ride through a section of a south Los Angeles neighborhood seeing security bars on every window and huge metal gates surrounding each home. The recent drive instantly reminded Singleton about when residents in the area first took cautioned measures to guard their house to prevent home […]

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in a Portland, Oregon, suburb released the identity Wednesday of a man who they say tried to steal a helicopter at gunpoint before being fatally shot by police. Holden Austin Gorka, 25, had no known address and no known mental health or drug abuse issues, the Hillsboro Police Department said […]

OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say five Pennsylvania men attacked lifeguards on a New Jersey shore beach on July Fourth. Ocean City police went to the beach Tuesday afternoon following reports that several intoxicated people were causing a disturbance. Responding officers found the men assaulting lifeguards, and authorities say the men soon became aggressive […]

A Seattle City Council committee has approved a proposed income tax on high-income households. A full council vote is scheduled for July 10.

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has told “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli (SHKREL’-ee) to keep his mouth shut at his securities fraud trial. Prosecutors had sought a gag order after an impromptu gaggle by Shkreli last week with news reporters covering his case. The judge got assurances on Wednesday from the lawyer of the former […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A player for the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team was pulled from Lake Tahoe in critical condition. Matheus Silva was swimming on the Fourth of July when he had to be rescued. He was resuscitated and taken to a nearby hospital. The 20-year-old was later flown to a hospital in Reno, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is figuring out when to start unloading much of its $4.5 trillion in bond holdings — a major turning point for an economy still healing from the 2008 financial crisis. Some Fed officials want to announce the beginning of the process “within a couple of months,” according to minutes […]

“The idea was to connect with people while they commute,” says Date While You Wait creator Thomas C. Knox. “To give people the opportunity to do something other than be on a mobile device and have great interactions.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez says criticism by Tampa Bay’s Logan Morrison for his Home Run Derby invitation is misplaced. Morrison told the Tampa Bay Times on Tuesday that Sanchez is a great player, but he shouldn’t be in the derby. Sanchez, who missed 21 games between April 8 and May 5 […]

Even with promising new electric cars, keeping promises to raise manufacturing jobs has gotten even harder. The auto industry is in a slowdown.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is returning to Switzerland for talks on reunifying Cyprus but cautions that “it would be dangerous” to make any predictions about a possible breakthrough. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Wednesday that Guterres feels his presence at the meeting Thursday would be “opportune.” He added […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police have given the all clear and allowed travelers to return to the baggage claim area of the airport in Austin after it was evacuated when a suspicious package was found. Austin police spokeswoman Lisa Cortinas says they were alerted to the suspicious package at about 10:40 a.m. and sent out […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An institute the late U.S. Sen. John Glenn helped envision for promoting professionalism, bipartisanship and civility among elected officials has been launched in his native Ohio. Its organizers said Wednesday that work began on the State of Ohio Leadership Institute before Glenn’s death in December and it was not a reaction […]

Stories about how ordinary people pay off debt quickly can be amazing, inspiring — and somewhat deceptive. These tales often mention the sacrifices debtors made but may gloss over the cost to their quality of life or the misguided choices they made. Becoming debt-free can be a worthy goal, but understanding the pitfalls can keep […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama say they’ve charged a suspect with murder after an unarmed man was fatally shot while trying to intervene in a dispute involving relatives and two on-duty city sanitation workers. Al.com reports that 42-year-old Larry Duncan was killed by gunfire Sunday morning in Birmingham. Police said shots were fired […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Japan have reached an “agreement in principle” on a free trade deal that will affect an overwhelming majority of commerce between the two economic giants and will be officially endorsed at a summit of their leaders Thursday. EU Council President Donald Tusk and Japanese Prime Minister Abe will […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday that he will hold talks on “very concrete issues” of security and economic cooperation with visiting U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump arrives in Warsaw Wednesday night and will hold meetings with Duda and other leaders from the region holding an economic summit. He will then […]

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Rescue crews in New Jersey have freed a skydiver who got stuck in a tree and was dangling 70 feet above the ground. Emergency crews in Gloucester County got a call around 5 p.m. Tuesday saying the skydiver had crashed into the trees. Authorities tell WPVI-TV (http://6abc.cm/2uJeLuQ) it took rescuers […]

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