Новости за 26.09.2015

CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) — Sheila Bair, who was the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the 2008 financial crisis, has been inaugurated president of Maryland's Washington College, a private liberal arts school. Bair earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy at the University of Kansas in 1974 and a law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1978.

The question now is whether anyone can tame the House’s rabble-rousing faction, in the wake of Speaker John Boehner’s decision to resign rather than face a possible vote to depose him. The stakes are sky-high, given the critical deadlines looming to keep the government running and raise the nation’s borrowing limit. With the GOP presidential contest riding an anti-establishment wave, it’s almost mandatory for the candidates to denounce Republican congressional leaders at the first sign of any potential compromise with Democrats. Читать дальше...

Most guys in this game, when you’re done, you throw your last game jersey in the washer and take a shower and walk away. The fact that there was enough thought put in for these two guys to face each other at the end of the year like this, that sort of stuff happens only to guys who do things the right way -- you’re a great teammate, you do great things on the field. Like Zito, Hudson didn’t win a World Series ring until he left Oakland and became a Giant. “For Huddy, just watching him in Atlanta and early in his career (in Oakland)... Читать дальше...

Lt. Marc DeCoulode says police began investigating the case May 8, when a camera was discovered in a lower-level bathroom in the Unit 1 Residence Hall's central building. The central building offers students academic and administrative help, providing mail services and space for meetings and dorm events.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner's stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying its wishes will come at their peril. Religious activists forcefully conveyed this message Saturday: embrace our uncompromising stance against abortion rights and gay marriage, among other priorities, even if doing so risks a federal government shutdown. Hard-line conservatives were deeply disappointed with the last two Republican presidential nominees ... Читать дальше...

Can the 49ers bounce back from their crushing loss to the Steelers? Find out when they kick off at 1 PM on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

School renamed for man fatally injured in Afghanistan (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker and other officials have rededicated a western Massachusetts school to honor a National Guardsman fatally injured in Afghanistan. The Springfield Republican reports (http://bit.ly/1G983gQ) the former Chicopee High School, now a middle school, was renamed on Saturday for 1st Sgt. Kevin Dupont.

Suicide bombings, improvised explosive devices and combatants with little regard for the rules of war are making the work of nearly 125,000 U.N. peacekeepers look more and more like counterterrorism operations. [...] new allegations of sexual abuses by U.N. peacekeepers expose deep gaps in training and accountability. President Barack Obama takes on these issues next Monday when he chairs a U.N. meeting aimed at persuading European and other countries to send money, people and high-tech tools to... Читать дальше...

Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, and told reporters there would be discussions in the week ahead that could prove critical to resolving the conflicts. On Friday, the Obama administration's top Iran negotiator, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, said discussing Syria with Iranian officials would "make sense" in the context of current developments. U.S. officials say they are not certain... Читать дальше...

Francis settled a controversy in April over a three-year Vatican investigation into the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which the sisters are part of. The umbrella group for women's religious orders had been accused of straying from church teaching. Francis' progressive agenda parallels their views on helping the poor and immigrants, preserving life and ending the death penalty. Pope Francis has finished celebrating a Mass, stopping to bless children in wheelchairs before leaving the cathedral in downtown Philadelphia. Читать дальше...

Police say the gun the 15-year-old was handling inside a house discharged about 2 a.m. Saturday and the bullet penetrated a wall and struck the victim, who was in another room. The 15-year-old suspect is being held in a juvenile center on preliminary charges of reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter, criminal recklessness and possession of a handgun without a permit.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Aerial drones from a Texas university proved useful in the search for bodies and mapping debris-strewn terrain following deadly flash flooding along the Blanco River this spring, according to the head of the university's unmanned aircraft program. Experts have praised the drones that helped accurately map affected areas, some of which were impassable because of ground debris. Elizabeth Soltys, manager of the FAA's UAS test site program, said the challenge is finding... Читать дальше...

Greitens' entrance adds to a crowded Republican field vying to replace Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who is barred from seeking re-election because of term limits. The other GOP candidates are former Missouri House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and state Sen. Bob Dixon.

More trains running from NJ to Philadelphia for papal visit (AP) — Transit officials in southern New Jersey say they are running their Philadelphia-bound trains more often and with stops at all their open stations in response to lower-than-expected demand during the papal visit.

The army and its allied militias raped and murdered civilians and burned villages in that campaign, according to the U.N. Now the government controls most towns in the area and the rebels operate from the countryside. The rebels attacked Koch town twice this month, the government's deputy county commissioner William Malual told AP, speaking with a pickup truck full of young soldiers bristling with weapons behind him. Senior military commanders on both sides have met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to plan security arrangements... Читать дальше...

CLEVELAND (AP) — An independent assessment about how the Ohio Lottery can operate more efficiently will include a study of privatized lottery operations, but officials say there's no intent to pursue such a change. A state request for proposals issued Aug. 24 seeks a consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the lottery, Northeast Ohio Media Group reported (http://bit.ly/1L6vE9g).

PARIS (AP) — Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French newspaper whose staff was decimated in a January terror massacre, will soon see two of its surviving journalists leave. Luz drew the cover cartoon — a weeping Mohammed, saying "All is forgiven" — in the issue following the Jan. 7 attack by Islamic extremists on the paper, which left 12 people dead.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's annual wish list of projects needed to keep the state's aging drinking water infrastructure functioning totals about $400 million. Yet, the state is sitting on $11.5 million in unused federal grant funds that have accumulated over the last couple of years, figures from the Environmental Protection Agency show. The largest federal aid program for improving the nation's crumbling drinking water infrastructure has struggled to spend money in a timely fashion despite demand that far outpaces the amount available. Читать дальше...

BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former Texas sheriff's deputy charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of a woman on her porch in Bastrop County. According to testimony, Smith was unarmed but a dispatcher told Willis that someone inside had a loaded gun.

Cuomo eulogizes aide killed after shooting before NYC parade The 43-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer served as first deputy general counsel at the Empire State Development Corp.

BERLIN (AP) — Just one week ago Volkswagen was a company oozing confidence, the world's best-selling automaker with a global brand that appealed to car buyers seeking trustworthy German engineering at an affordable price. [...] the company's fortunes — and its share price — have crashed amid a scandal over rigged emissions tests. Researchers at West Virginia University, tipped off by an environmental group, conducted tests on several diesel vehicles and discovered that two Volkswagen models, a 2012 VW Jetta and a 2013 VW Passat... Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia on Saturday morning, coaxing a small smile from the severely disabled 10-year-old. Ordering the Fiat to stop, Francis got out and walked over to the boy, put his hand on his head and kissed him as his sobbing mother looked on. Francis later blessed several disabled children at a Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Sts.

[...] it will be the closest full moon of the year, about 30,000 miles closer than the average distance. NASA planetary scientist Noah Petro is hoping the celestial event will ignite more interest in the moon. Many stargazers, professional and amateur alike, dislike the term "supermoon," noting the visible difference between a moon and supermoon is slight to all but the most faithful observers. Observatories are marking the celestial event with public telescope viewing, although magnifying devices... Читать дальше...

Dave Righetti remembers Yogi Berra Dave Righetti was having breakfast with his parents at Capital Lanes in San Jose when his brother approached to say a call was made to the family home. Someone needed to speak with Righetti, and it was new Yankees manager Yogi Berra. “I’ll never forget it,” said Righetti, who was summoned by Berra and coaches Sammy Ellis and Jeff Torborg about making a career change, moving from starter to closer for the 1984 season, replacing Goose Gossage, who had left for the Padres. Читать дальше...

Stephen O'Brien told a side event on humanitarian financing at the U.N. summit that adopted new development goals for the next 15 years that humanitarian aid was originally supposed to be temporary — "a first aid box." The U.N. secretary-general has urged Iran's president to help pursue political solutions to the grinding conflicts in Syria and Yemen. A statement from Ban Ki-moon's spokesman Saturday says Ban encouraged President Hassan Rouhani to "contribute to a political settlement of the crises in the region... Читать дальше...