Новости за 23.10.2015

JERUSALEM — A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed in a scuffle with Israeli soldiers who suspected he was a Palestinian attacker, police said Thursday, in a reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a spate of near-daily stabbings. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the shooting of the Israeli man in Jerusalem late Wednesday occurred after soldiers patrolling the area asked him to show ID as he got off a bus. A private security guard nearby shot the man, and one soldier also opened fire, police said. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft may still be suffering from lagging sales of personal computers, but the tech giant has taken some cues from rivals like Apple and Google — and it's now seeing substantial growth in more promising lines of business ranging from mobile apps and advertising to online games and cloud computing. Investors drove the company's stock price up more than 8 percent in late trading Thursday, after Microsoft issued an earnings report that showed evidence of that transition. Licensing... Читать дальше...

Troops sealed off parts of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan and removed two families from their apartments to allow the entry of Jews named by a court as the rightful owners. The evictions are part of a house-by-house battle waged by Jewish settler groups — at times with government support — to expand their presence in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem’s ancient heart, an area the Palestinians seek as the core of a future capital. “They want to change the character of the Palestinian neighborhoods... Читать дальше...

The doc is in and she’s suing Disney. Kiara Muhammad, the voice behind”Doc McStuffins.” (Photo by Todd Wawrychuk/Disney Junior via Getty Images) The teenage actress who voiced the children’s cartoon character “Doc McStuffins” has launched a breach of contract lawsuit against executives at Disney. Kiara Muhammad claims she has not been properly compensated as part of her merchandising deal with the company, and she is seeking an undetermined amount of money, according to Deadline.com. “Defendants... Читать дальше...

IRBIL, Iraq — Acting on word of an “imminent mass execution” by Islamic State militants, dozens of U.S. special operations troops and Iraqi forces raided a northern Iraqi compound Thursday, freeing approximately 70 Iraqi prisoners in an operation that saw the first American killed in combat in the country since the U.S. campaign against the extremists began in August 2014, officials said. The U.S. has worked closely with them in training and advising roles, but this was the first known instance... Читать дальше...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.— A black man who was a public housing inspector and part-time drummer was shot three times by a plainclothes police officer near his broken down vehicle on Interstate 95 and never fired his own gun, attorneys for his family said Thursday. Corey Jones had five wounds — some of them exit wounds — and one shot broke his arm and another entered through Jones’ side and lodged in his upper body, his lawyers said after meeting with the state attorney who is investigating the fatal shooting. Читать дальше...

Government investigators squarely blamed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for a 3 million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado gold mine, saying an EPA cleanup crew rushed its work and failed to consider the complex engineering involved, triggering the very blowout it hoped to avoid. The spill that fouled rivers in three states would have been avoided had the EPA team checked on water levels inside the Gold King Mine before digging into a collapsed and leaking mine entrance, Interior Department investigators concluded. Читать дальше...

JOHANNESBURG — Thousands of South African university students demonstrated outside the headquarters of the country’s ruling African National Congress party and a courthouse on Thursday, pressing a nationwide campaign against tuition increases that they say should be scrapped. A raucous crowd of thousands listened to speakers and chanted slogans outside the ANC’s offices in downtown Johannesburg before student leaders handed over a list of demands, including a freeze on tuition increases, to ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe. Читать дальше...

HONOLULU (AP) — A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden-age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum was returned Thursday to Alaska tribal members. Screen legend John Barrymore was traveling along the Alaska coast by yacht and directed crew members to take the totem pole from an unoccupied village in 1931, said University of Alaska Anchorage professor Steve Langdon, who has long researched the object. After Barrymore's death, actor Vincent Price, known for... Читать дальше...

An Albuquerque city councilor says the parents of a 4-year-old girl killed during a road-rage shooting are surrounded by family and friends. A man accused of the road rage killing of a 4-year-old girl on an Albuquerque freeway has had his initial court appearance. Tony Torrez appeared on a TV screen from jail Thursday afternoon, standing next to a public defender assigned to represent him. Authorities released new details Thursday about the road-rage killing of a 4-year-old girl who was shot to... Читать дальше...

If they back the Wisconsin Republican — which two-thirds of the caucus' roughly 40 lawmakers did in a closed-door vote late Wednesday — the group could improve frayed ties with their GOP congressional colleagues. Block Ryan, the party's 2012 vice presidential nominee, and the caucus could have become more isolated and disliked than ever by other House Republicans and the GOP establishment and faulted for wounding the party's brand in the run-up to next year's elections. With 247 House Republicans... Читать дальше...

Elementary school teachers discuss learning retention method (AP) — Teachers at Linden Elementary School in Fremont met with a former superintendent of a California public school district Wednesday to discuss his learning retention teaching method. Developed by Lee Jenkins, the L-to-J system method focuses on giving kindergarten and elementary students weekly quizzes in a variety of subjects that include information they already know, information they're currently learning and information they have yet to learn. Читать дальше...

Thursday’s report indicated that the Mountain View company is making significant strides in the mobile market, with its earnings surging 45 percent to nearly $4 billion ($5.73 per share). Alphabet, which replaced Google as a publicly traded stock this month, won extra credit by announcing plans to spend nearly $5.1 billion buying its own shares over an unspecified period. The gains also reflected the financial discipline that has been imposed by Google’s recently hired chief financial officer, Ruth Porat... Читать дальше...

The median price paid for a new or existing home or condo in the nine-county Bay Area rose to $650,000 last month, which was up 1.2 percent from August and up 8.3 percent from September 2014, according to CoreLogic. The total number of homes sold in the region last month was 7,816, which was down 3.4 percent from August

The e-commerce powerhouse reported a surprise third-quarter profit, driven by a boost in revenue from its Prime Day promotion and continued strong growth in its cloud-computing offerings. Amazon's strategy has long been to invest the money it makes back into its businesses, particularly by expanding offerings in its $99-a-year Prime loyalty program and its cloud-computing business, called Amazon Web Services. Revenue jumped 23 percent during the quarter, helped by strong sales of electronics and general merchandise... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that the agency used its aircraft above Ferguson, Missouri, last year at the request of local law enforcement to help keep track of unrest on the ground. [...] in response to questioning, he said the FBI uses airplanes during investigations of specific suspects in criminal, terrorism and espionage investigations and when local police request help during a "developing situation" or emergencies such as riots. Law enforcement officials said... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than half a century after a group of beavers parachuted into the Idaho backcountry, officials have uncovered footage of the quirky wildlife management moment. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game was struggling with an overpopulation of beavers in some regions in the 1940s when wildlife managers settled on a novel idea. The agency now moves beavers to the Owyhee desert, in the state's southwest corner, to help restore vegetation stripped away by years of watershed use.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan's in: Congressman declares candidacy for Speaker after getting unified backing from GOP.

WASHINGTON — The Senate is set to pass a bill aimed at improving cybersecurity — possibly at the expense of privacy — by encouraging the sharing of threat information among companies and the U.S. government. A procedural vote of 83-14 on Thursday represented a healthy endorsement of a bill opposed by companies such as Apple and Dropbox, who said it lacks key privacy protections and may result in personal information ending up in the government’s hands. Under provisions of the bill, companies would... Читать дальше...

Comedian and event organizer George Chen talked to KALW’s Jen Chien about how he came to make laughs for a living, what’s unique to the San Francisco scene, and his recipe for making culturally relevant humor.

Jacquelline Fuller, managing director of Google.org, the tech giant’s philanthropic arm, said that question is behind the Google Impact Challenge grants, which provide cash and tech support to nonprofits with transformational projects. Google announced the prize winners Wednesday night with a twist: The winners are: 826 Valencia, which is building a creative writing center for kids in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood; Bayview/Hunters Point Community Legal, which provides affordable legal assistance; City Year... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — People whose cars have been recalled to fix air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. should get the repairs done as soon as possible or face the risk of death or injury, U.S. safety regulators said Thursday. Speaking at a public meeting on Thursday, officials of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said eight people have died and 98 more have been hurt by inflators that can explode with too much force, spewing shrapnel into drivers and passengers. About 23.4 million Takata... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google received an A'' from investors for its third-quarter report that ushered the Internet search leader into a new era under Alphabet, its recently formed parent company. Google's operating expenses in the third quarter rose at slightly slower pace than net revenue, helping to fatten profit margins. In January, Alphabet will report Google's financial numbers separately from a group of peripheral businesses that experiment with self-driving cars, invest in startups, make... Читать дальше...

At this point there's nothing else to do but watch and re-watch footage from those goosebumps-inducing trailers on a loop, over and over again until December 18.

(AP) — Washington State University faculty have been told the Board of Regents will keep the search for a new president confidential. Worthy says the decision to not release the names of candidates, even at the finalist level, was made to attract quality candidates without placing their careers at risk.