Новости за 16.10.2016

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait's ruler dissolved parliament by royal decree Sunday over unspecified security concerns as low oil prices squeeze government coffers, setting the stage for early elections in the tiny, oil-rich country. [...] the rise of the Islamic State group and the drop in global oil prices has caused growing concerns in this major OPEC member. Kuwait's state-run television station and its news agency announced the parliament dissolving on Sunday afternoon, just a few hours after government officials held an emergency meeting.

(AP) — The nation's CIA director says the U.S. now faces an "unprecedented range of threats" in the digital domain. The Cyber Georgia conference, which brings together government, academic and industry experts to exchange ideas, is in its third year at Augusta University.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta theater community is joining theaters around the nation in producing not one, but 75 short plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. WABE Radio reports (http://bit.ly/2egUKDy) that the project's title — "Every 28 Hours" — comes from the widely shared and contested statistic that a black person is killed by police every 28 hours.

Paul Bradbury, airport director, said it's both good for the environment and good business sense to recover the de-icing fluid so it can be reused. The old facility that opened in Portland six years ago has collected nearly 6 million gallons of used aircraft de-icing fluid and processed it to remove the glycol and other contaminants.

(AP) — Daliyah Marie Arana's face breaks into a smile when asked why she loves to read. The 4-year-old recently completed the Georgia 1,000 Books B4 Kindergarten Program, which challenges children to read 1,000 books before their first day of kindergarten. Daliyah said she likes learning about dinosaurs and reading books about adventure. Recently, Daliyah expressed to her parents a desire to be a librarian — not when she grows up, but as soon as possible. The family is hoping to partner with... Читать дальше...

The ministry did not say how many projects would be involved but said they include exploration and production in oil and gas fields, with the bidding process opening on Monday. With production exceeding 3.5 million barrels of crude per day, the OPEC producer hopes to attract more than $150 billion in technology-intensive foreign investment in its oil, gas and petrochemical industry by 2020.

(AP) — The Rev. Jennifer Sanders, an openly lesbian community minister, has been elected as the new pastor of Beloved Community Church in Avondale. Beloved is affiliated with the United Church of Christ, one of the more liberal mainline denominations. Gay rights are one aspect of social activism that the church embraces. Sanders, 47, has a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Rice University and graduated from UAB in 1998 with a master's degree in occupational therapy. Sander's... Читать дальше...

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro have arrested 20 Serbs suspecting of planning politically motivated armed attacks amid a parliamentary election Sunday that could determine whether the small Balkan state continues on its Western course or turns back to traditional ally Russia. Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic is facing the toughest challenge yet to his quarter-century rule and pre-election polls have predicted the closest race since Montenegro gained independence from neighboring Serbia a decade ago. Читать дальше...

The long-awaited (for some 49ers fans) day is here: Colin Kaepernick is starting again for the Niners. Join us for analysis, stats and chatting throughout the Bills game. Coverage starts at 9:30; kickoff is at 10 a.m.

(AP) — Aya Tal-mason's excitement as she describes her research on cancer-fighting drugs rivals her schoolmate Paige Fries' audible enthusiasm about her recently published science-fiction novel. Fellow student Hannah Herbst recently visited President Barack Obama to explain the inexpensive generator she designed that uses plastic spoons and the hydropower of streams to charge cellphones, giving remote villagers a link to the outside world. The teens attend Florida Atlantic University High School... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's founding father and theologian Roger Williams is the inspiration behind a new statewide education initiative. The group is also awarding up to $240,000 in college scholarships.

(AP) — For the first time since Rolling Stone magazine's shocking story about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia hit shelves two years ago, the public may hear from the young woman at the center of the now discredited article "A Rape on Campus." After it was published, Eramo, who then served as associate dean of students, received hundreds of emails and letters calling her a "wretched rape apologist" and "disgusting, worthless piece of trash." An investigation by Charlottesville police... Читать дальше...

Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon‘s satire of the presidential election continued on this week with a parody of Sunday’s town hall debate, featuring Trump antics, Clinton zingers, and of course, Ken Bone. Watch 'SNL' Mock The 'Second And Worst Ever' Presidential Debate (Video) Republican nominee Donald Trump and — can we say this yet? — President Hillary Clinton Saturday’s Melania Moment was titled “The Housemaid,” and saw Strong‘s Melania facing a new sort of existential crisis as she noticed... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A lawsuit by a former Penn State coach whose testimony helped convict fellow assistant Jerry Sandusky of being a sexually violent predator goes to trial Monday over allegations that the university defamed him and wrongly refused to renew his contract. [...] he became best known as the assistant who went to Paterno in 2001 to report seeing Sandusky, then a retiree with gym privileges, sexually molesting a boy in the team shower. The lawsuit says Spanier's statement and comments he made... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Despite being the first woman allowed to wear a Muslim headscarf beneath her military uniform at the nation's oldest private military college, Sana Hamze says she doesn't feel like a pioneer. Hamze said that she has been subject to hostile stares and comments while wearing her hijab in public, but never at Norwich, where she is not the first Muslim to attend the school, or in Vermont. Norwich was quick to agree to make the accommodation, which will also apply to Jewish men who wish to wear a yarmulke along with their uniforms. Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — A 20-kilogram (44-pound) minute hand has fallen off a clock on a Hamburg church tower, plunging 40 meters (130 feet) onto the sidewalk below. Hamburg's fire service said Sunday that the hand fell off the city's St. Katharinen church overnight from Friday to Saturday, news agency dpa reported. No one was hurt. Fire officials checked the remaining hour hand and determined that it was firmly in place. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the roughly 2-meter (6 ½-foot) hand to crash off the clock in the city in northern Germany.

Here to help save Republican Sen. Pat Toomey — and, more broadly, the party's control of the Senate — are employees and volunteers for Americans for Prosperity, the best-known group financed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch. Yet the Koch activists interacting with millions of people who could be Trump's most crucial voters aren't supposed to utter a word about him or Hillary Clinton, a Democrat they'd been preparing for years to attack. The brothers and many of their wealthy... Читать дальше...

[...] as of Tuesday, the prosecutor's office had yet to hear about any drugs being turned in to any local law enforcement agency in the county. "The tangible drug is just the surface, and with no available access to treatment you're essentially yelling to a drowning person 'Just keep swimming!' without actually throwing a life preserver," said Steve Lesnikoski, 31, the first to go through a pioneering heroin treatment program in Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Just to be 100 percent clear, we don't... Читать дальше...

Just because the vegetables and fruits of summer are long gone, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy a whole new crop of fall and winter veggies grown at home.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police have arrested a leader of university student protests for free education that have swept many campuses since last month, forcing some to suspend classes. The student council of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg said on Twitter that police detained Mcebo Dlamini, a former council president, in his room at a student residence early Sunday.

LAS VEGAS — Earlier in his career, when he was one of the NBA’s premier rim protectors with Washington and Denver, JaVale McGee didn’t listen when coaches told him to get set defensively sooner. “I was averaging like 2.8 blocks per game,” said McGee, referencing his penchant for trailing shooters to the hoop. [...] after absentminded follies and a slow-healing leg injury limited him to only 62 games over three seasons, McGee received no guaranteed contract offers this past summer. Golden State brought him to training camp because... Читать дальше...

Bios of Michigan Supreme Court candidates Law degree, 1977, Valparaiso University law school; master's degree, 1976, University of Detroit Mercy; bachelor's degree, 1973, Western Michigan University. Wayne County judge since 1995; private law practice, 1984-94; assistant general counsel, Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority, 1983-86. Law degree, 1996, University of Michigan law school; bachelor's degree, 1994, Hillsdale College. Michigan Supreme Court justice since 2013; Macomb County judge, 2007-13; private law practice. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Before Boris Johnson embraced Britain's "leave" campaign and then became the country's foreign minister, he wrote an unpublished newspaper column arguing the case for keeping the U.K. inside the European Union. The Sunday Times published Johnson's pro-EU column, which outlines his fears about the economic shock that leaving the EU would cause and the value of keeping access to the EU's single market of 500 million people.

WHL scoring leaders following Saturday's games: PlayerGAPtSteel, Reg71017Glass, Por61117Lindgren, Let7815Stransky, PA6915Butcher, MH41115Hughes, Por41014Morrison, PG41014Burke, Let21214Rasmussen, TC10313Zaharichuk, Let6713Yamamoto, Spo6713Leschyshyn, Reg5813Shaw, MH4913Halbgewachs, MJ8412McKenzie, Por7512Steenbergen, SC7512Bethune, PG5712Bajkov, Evt4812Wotherspoon, TC21012Bondra, Van7411

(AP) — Firefighters in Nevada were hoping to stop a wind-driven wildfire, which has already destroyed 22 homes north of Carson City, from jumping any major roads. Other resources that have been added in the last day include seven air tankers and 155 engines, according to the Sierra Front Interagency Fire Dispatch Center. The mandatory evacuation orders will remain in effect throughout the night because heavy rain and high winds were impeding hazard clean up, according to Sgt. Tasha Thompson with the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.