Новости за 30.12.2015

JERUSALEM — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who claimed to be on the cusp of a historic peace deal with the Palestinians just a few years ago, now is set to become the first Israeli leader to go to prison after the Supreme Court upheld a bribery conviction against him Tuesday. The decision capped a seven-year legal saga that severely undermined the last serious round of peace talks and propelled hard-line Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power. The five-judge panel dismissed the most serious... Читать дальше...

David Lowery, the leader of the rock bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, and an outspoken advocate for musicians’ rights in the digital age, filed the suit Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Lowery’s suit contends that Spotify copies and distributes versions of his songs on its service, which streams music to some 75 million people around the world, 20 million of whom pay for monthly subscriptions. In his suit, Lowery applied for class-action status, arguing that Spotify has failed... Читать дальше...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Bill Busch has been hired as Rutgers' defensive backs coach. New coach Chris Ash announced the hiring Tuesday. He said Busch will focus on coaching the safeties. Busch has spent more than a decade as an assistant in the Big Ten Conference. He spent last year as a quality control coach on defense for Ohio State, where Ash served as defensive coordinator. Before joining the Buckeyes, Busch worked for two seasons as the safeties coach at Wisconsin. He's also coached at Nebraska... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is reviving memories of Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern and his turbulent interactions with black voters during South Carolina's 2008 primary as the ex-president campaigns for his wife in New Hampshire. In taking on Bill Clinton, Trump is drawing upon two longstanding Republican critiques against the former president that have received scant attention thus far: the ex-president's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky during the 1990s and his... Читать дальше...

LONDON — People who use repeated threats, humiliation and intimidation to control their intimate partners or family members could face prosecution in England and Wales under a law that became effective on Tuesday. Central government guidance for police enforcement published earlier in December says it closes a gap in existing laws, and quotes a 2007 report suggesting that coercive control is the most common and dangerous way in which women are abused. Authorities say stopping someone from socializing... Читать дальше...

The Beloit Daily News reported Monday (http://bit.ly/1OwJl31 ) that Sen. Mary Lazich and Rep. Ken Skowronski have drafted a bill that would create a pilot program to record incidents in one urban school district, one suburban district and one rural school. The newspaper also reported that Rep. John Jagler has proposed a bill that would require public high schools and private high schools participating in the state's voucher program to collect statistics on crimes and safety incidents on school property... Читать дальше...

Curious deal for Las Vegas newspaper [...] a few weeks ago, Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul and Republican party benefactor, was better known for suing newspapers than owning them. Adelson, the chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., has sued the Daily Mail, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and a columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for defamation. Subsequently, a small Connecticut paper owned by Schroeder, the New Britain Herald, published a critical article about the... Читать дальше...

Guinea free of Ebola, World Health Organization says The West African country is where Ebola emerged two years ago, later spreading to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. “This is the first time that all three countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — have stopped the original chains of transmission that were responsible for starting this devastating outbreak two years ago,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa. On Tuesday, about 50 Ebola survivors, journalists, and... Читать дальше...

Tablets designed just for kids are getting more sophisticated as they face increased competition from regular tablets. [...] some of those companies are looking to take back some of the sales to older kids that they’ve lost over the years, offering premium products — most with prices of over $100 — that look and perform less like toys and more like the ones adults use. The use of Android and Windows software, in place of the more basic, custom-made systems used in toy tablets, allows for more sophisticated... Читать дальше...

Prescription drug prices, always a hot-button issue, reached the boiling point this year after several small pharmaceutical companies bought the rights to established lifesaving drugs and jacked up prices by huge margins. The man who exemplified pharmaceutical greed, Martin Shkreli, captured the nation’s attention as a calculating, grinning villain who acquired the rights to Daraprim, a half-century-old drug that treats patients suffering from deadly parasites, and raised the price overnight by about 5,000 percent. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — With the nation still jittery over shooting massacres in California and Paris, New York City officials sought to assure revelers Tuesday that the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will be the safest place in the world — heavily secured by thousands of New York Police Department officers, including a new specialized counterterrorism unit. Partygoers trying to get close enough to see and hear the musical acts that perform throughout the evening will be screened with hand-held metal detectors twice ... Читать дальше...

In discussions earlier this month before the state Board of Education, officials said some people couldn't use the money after approval because they couldn't find private schools to accept special education students. The money awarded to Lanna covers most of her tuition at New Summit School in Jackson, where her mother says Lanna receives instruction better tailored to help her overcome trouble processing and recalling information.

Filmmaker sues college, alleging race, gender discrimination PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A black filmmaker is suing the Community College of Philadelphia, alleging it discriminated against him because of his race and gender. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/1TnIlfG) Dowdell says he made it through initial hiring interviews for full-time positions in 2005 and 2015 but was stopped both times.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a government office in a northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 45 in an attack claimed by a breakaway Taliban group. The bombing took place in the city of Mardan, outside the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority, or NADRA, which issues identity cards, according to senior police Officer Saeed Khan Wazir. Shortly after the attack, a spokesman for the militant Jamaat-ul-Ahrar... Читать дальше...

The Derrick newspaper (http://bit.ly/1SldS3w ) reports Oil City police determined 36-year-old Matthew James Wilson created "an imaginary, fictitious brain tumor." Police say one couple at the church lent Wilson $400 and then he borrowed their new $450 electric generator and returned it "broken and unusable."

In a series of raids on Sunday and Monday around Brussels, the surrounding Flemish-speaking region of Brabant, and the city of Liège, authorities found Islamic State propaganda and military-style hardware and computer equipment in the homes of the two suspects. Investigators say they believe the two suspects “were possibly planning” and “had the intention to carry out” terrorist attacks on Brussels’ city center “in the same style” as the coordinated series of attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office said. Читать дальше...

Glaucoma has blurred vision in one of his eyes. Manzi says he plans to do nothing but he has two children and five grandchildren to keep him occupied.

BEIRUT — Syrian forces have retaken a key southern military base after heavy fighting with rebels and an al Qaeda affiliate, and seized mountain villages after driving out Islamic State fighters, the government and opposition activists said Tuesday. Daraa was the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad, which began with mostly peaceful protests but escalated into a civil war after a harsh crackdown on dissent. Government troops were bolstered by Iranian officers, pro-government... Читать дальше...

Actor Ryan Phillippe (L) and actress Paulina Slagter attend the PEOPLE Magazine Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 18, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Actor RYAN PHILLIPPE is reportedly engaged to wed Stanford Law School student Paulina Slagter. Sources tell Page Six the 41-year-old Cruel Intentions star proposed to 25-year-old Paulina, who he has been dating for more than four years, over the Christmas holidays. Ryan was previously married to actress Reese Witherspoon ... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is welcoming 1,123 new officers — and for three of them the job is all in the family. Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) saluted all the cadets for joining the nation's biggest police department.

Ship traffic, December 30 Ship traffic APL Tourmaline Cabo San Lucas, Mexico SFO Hyundai Tokyo Cap Portland Port Unknown Eastern Asia Port Unknown Puerto Vallarta, Mexico SFO Busan, South Korea New Horizon Source: San Francisco Marine Exchange

Taylor Swift. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) The high school crush who became the subject of TAYLOR SWIFT’s 2006 song TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR has been arrested for child abuse in Tennessee. Andrew Hardwick was taken into custody alongside his wife, Joni, in Hendersonville on Saturday amid allegations he had hit two young girls who had been in the couple’s care. One of the kids, a three-year-old, had to be airlifted to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital for a concussion, while... Читать дальше...