Новости за 18.05.2016

Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett is on the list of 11 potential high court justices the presumptive Republican nominee plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he's elected to the White House. The Republican Willett has a reputation as a strong conservative with an ironic sense of humor, and his Twitter presence is so pronounced that Texas' Legislature last year named him honorary "Tweeter Laureate." Last summer, Willett used his Twitter account, @JusticeWillett, to take a swipe at Trump's conservatism... Читать дальше...

The company he worked for, Ahern, was fined following five separate workplace accidents dating back to 2008, according to Cal OSHA records. An investigation in 2011 was prompted by a complaint and turned up nine safety violations. In 2008, a painter and employee of the company was pinned between the corner of a tractor trailer bed and a wall, putting him in the hospital for five days to treat a severe laceration to his leg. The incident Friday happened amid construction for the Moscone Center’s expansion project... Читать дальше...

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A 33-year-old bicyclist was in critical condition after a taxi hit ran him over in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said. A cab going north on Mason Street around 6:15 p.m. hit the man while he was riding west in a crosswalk at the intersection of North Point Street. The bicyclist suffered abrasions on his elbow, face, shoulders and back as he went underneath the car on impact, authorities said.

BOSTON — Nearly six decades after 46 people died when the Andrea Doria sank to the sea floor following a violent collision with another ocean liner south of Nantucket, Mass., explorers are preparing to do what 16 people have lost their lives attempting: get a good look at the wreckage. Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate will use its five-man submersible Cyclops I next month to get high-definition video and 3-D sonar images of the shipwreck, technology never before used to study one of the nation's most famous maritime disasters. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson touted the modernization of the Coast Guard fleet Wednesday in a speech to graduating cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Coast Guard's plans include eight new National Security Cutters, 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters and 58 Fast Response Cutters to replace 90 aging vessels.

CALAIS, France — Outside the train station in Rome, teen refugees sell drugs from school backpacks and trade sex for cash or clothes. From makeshift camps along the northern French coast, they try to hop at night onto the backs of moving trucks headed to Britain. The fact that accurate numbers are so hard to come by reflects the shortcomings of the bloc's 28 member states in implementing laws and guidelines that are supposed to protect asylum seekers in general and unaccompanied minors in particular. Читать дальше...

Former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann says a priority of her presidency of Indiana's community college system will be to match its training programs with the needs of employers. Ivy Tech board Chairwoman Paula Hughes says Ellspermann brings the right mix of government and education experience to the position. Ellspermann has a doctorate in industrial engineering and was the founding director of the Center for Applied Research and Economic Development at the University of Southern Indiana. Ivy Tech Community... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON— More pay could become a reality for millions of U.S. workers who now toil long hours without overtime under a new rule issued Wednesday by the Obama administration. In the fast-food and retail industries in particular, many employees are deemed managers and work long hours but are paid a flat salary that barely exceeds the income of the hourly workers they supervise who receive overtime pay. Under the new rules, released in draft form last summer, the annual salary threshold at which... Читать дальше...

Year-old Filipino restaurant Pampalasa to close at end of summerPampalasa shortly after opening last May. Photo: Sarah Fritsche Related Links Pampalasa: The story behind San Francisco's first "kamayan-optional" Filipino restaurant The Bay Area’s Filipino Food Movement sparks a national conversation For the past year, Jennifer Villamin has watched her longtime dream of operating a restaurant that would represent her Filipino culture become a reality. Pampalasa, which opened last May, has gone on to draw crowds for its kamayan feasts... Читать дальше...

The eight-page letter conveys Columbus’ marvel at the fertile islands he found, “full of the greatest variety of trees reaching to the stars,” and the timid natives who Columbus believed were ripe for conquest by Spain and conversion to Christianity. The letter had been stolen from Florence’s Riccardiana library and replaced with a forgery that no one noticed until Italian authorities in 2012 launched a broad investigation across Italy into plundered rare books following some high-profile thefts.

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that there was a low-to-moderate risk of the mosquito-born Zika virus spreading to Europe in the spring and summer, as the group’s general director warned that researchers were increasingly concerned about the threat posed by the disease. An assessment by the global health organization’s European office found that the likelihood of a breakout varied widely among countries, and it identified three areas that are most vulnerable: parts of Georgia... Читать дальше...

LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother — the first of the Chibok girls to be freed since the mass abduction. The young woman told her mother that some of the Chibok girls have died in captivity and the others still are held by Boko Haram, according to family’s doctor, Idriss Danladi, who spoke after a conversation with the mother. “This... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is raising money for the Democratic Party at an event in the District of Columbia. Obama's participation comes as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders continue to campaign against each other for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Josh Rouse suffers midlife crisis with plenty of charm Josh Rouse’s melancholy streak goes next level on his latest album, “The Embers of Time,” which finds the veteran singer-songwriter coming face to face with his midlife crisis. [...] even as he opens up about his struggles with depression and therapy, it makes for another winning collection of songs from a musician who is never short of wit — or a knockout melody. Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market St., S.F. www.swedishamericanhall.com

The extent of damage from the second quake was not immediately clear, though President Rafael Correa announced on Twitter some areas along the coast had lost power and said schools would be canceled nationwide as a precaution. The U.S. Geological Survey said the second quake hit at 11:46 a.m. (9:46 a.m. PDT) and was centered along the coast below land about 14 miles northwest of the city of Rosa Zarate in the province of Esmeraldas. Security Coordination Minister Cesar Navas said one person was... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Republican introduced an election-year resolution Wednesday censuring the IRS chief, marking the latest step in the GOP's war against the agency over its treatment of conservative organizations. The four-page resolution calls for the resignation or firing of John Koskinen, claiming the commissioner has failed to cooperate with a congressional investigation of the agency. Democrats have derided multiple congressional GOP investigations of the agency as ungrounded partisan... Читать дальше...

In one memo, the embassy warns that breaking Novartis’ patent for the leukemia drug Gleevec could hurt U.S. support for Colombia’s bid to join the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade zone and even jeopardize $450 million in U.S. assistance for a peace deal with leftist rebels. The memos followed meetings between Colombian diplomats and officials from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and a Republican staffer on the Senate Finance Committee whose chairman, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, has close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Читать дальше...

Time Warner, the largest cable provider in New York and Los Angeles, among other markets, was just bought by Charter Communications Inc., which has mostly operated in the Midwest. Charter will continue trying to boost Internet speeds and won't have usage-based billing or caps on how much data customers can use. Costs for cable companies are still rising because they pay high prices for the rights to carry channels on cable lineups, and those increases get passed on to consumers. From rising bills... Читать дальше...

CAIRO — A leading international rights group on Wednesday released a report documenting atrocities by Libya’s Islamic State affiliate — including instances of “crucifixions” and shooting a man to death for “cursing God” — in the coastal city of Sirte, a stronghold of the militants. Human Rights Watch recounts “scenes of horror” that followed the city’s seizure by Islamic State militants in February 2015, with beheadings of dozens of residents accused of being spies or sorcerers. Men were flogged for acts such as smoking or listening to music... Читать дальше...

Trump just 76 delegates short of clinching GOP nomination WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is within 76 delegates of clinching the Republican nomination for president with his win in the Oregon primary.

(AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a proposal to expand the state law that requires forfeiture of pensions for school and government employees convicted of job-related crimes. The proposal also imposes pension forfeiture on those with any felony convictions related to their jobs.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell says Donald Trump's past comments on women will likely come back to haunt him because Rendell says "there are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women." Rendell says Trump's comments might gain him some working-class Democratic voters, but will cost him Republican women because he says "people take that stuff personally."

Henderson Alvarez, who had shoulder surgery last summer, had an MRI on the shoulder Tuesday but the results were inconclusive, manager Bob Melvin said. Melvin said Alvarez will continue to receive treatment for his shoulder discomfort and there is no timetable for his return. Alvarez, a 2014 All-Star with the Marlins, left his final scheduled rehab start an inning early on Sunday with shoulder soreness. [...] baseman Jed Lowrie ran for the second day in a row and he said he believes he’ll get... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — How do you teach the history of the world in California schools, where nearly two-thirds of students are Latino or Asian, many from newly immigrated families? Debate about the plan over the past decade has been painstaking and emotional, peppered with testimony from ethnic groups that want something different in the way their people are presented in textbooks and discussed in classrooms. Other groups simply want more about what their people endured such as the killing of an... Читать дальше...