Новости за 27.05.2017

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott in announcing two new leaders at the Department of Environmental Conservation and a new state librarian at the Agency of Administration. Rebecca Ellis has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Neil Kamman has been promoted to the role of senior policy adviser in the commissioner's office. Scott also appointed Scott Murphy as state librarian. He'll lead a team of 19 staff members who provide services to government employees... Читать дальше...

RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) — A 39-year-old Utah woman has been arrested after she allegedly locked her two young children in her car's trunk while she went inside a Wal-Mart store to shop.

The once-catatonic corner of moviedom dedicated to merchandise has suddenly come alive as studios — walloped by vanishing DVD sales and determined to keep fans engaged between sequels — look at themed toys, clothes and home décor with renewed vigor. “To gain market share, it has to come from somewhere,” she said with a mischievous grin, padding in sparkly shoes past a “Hobbit”-themed pinball machine at Warner headquarters here. Revenue from licensed products — Wonder Woman action figures, Harry Potter iPhone cases... Читать дальше...

Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, has often struck a defiant tone when asked about the company’s dominance of the book industry. [...] Amazon is bringing its experimental, data-driven approach to physical retail to midtown Manhattan, the heart of the publishing industry. [...] it fits with Amazon’s continuing expansion into nearly every corner of the publishing industry. Since its founding more than 20 years ago, Amazon has become the dominant book retailer, and has created niches along the way. Читать дальше...

“120 Beats Per Minute,” “Visages, Villages” and the poodle from “The Meyerowitz Stories” are among the winners in various Cannes Film Festival Awards, which are handed out in the run-up to the big prizes that will be bestowed on Sunday at the conclusion of the festival. Robin Campillo’s “120 Beats Per Minute” won the FIPRESCI award for the main competition, while Kantemir Balagov’s “Closeness” (“Tesnota”) was the choice in the Un Certain Regard competition and Pedro Pinho’s “The Nothing Factory”... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A former substitute teacher who acknowledged having sex with a 17-year-old student in a car parked in a Pennsylvania cemetery has been ordered to serve more time behind bars. Fifty-year-old Kelly Aldinger of Pen Argyl was originally sentenced to three to 23 months in Northampton County jail after pleading guilty to institutional sexual assault.

Firefighters battled a blaze at a storage building in Fremont overnight, officials said Saturday. The fire, which was reported at around 8:30 p.m. Friday, hit a storage building on the 45200 block of Industrial Drive, said Richard Dickinson, a battalion chief with the Fremont Fire Department. Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers have voted to allow handgun permit holders to have guns in their parked cars outside schools.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Now out of the job longer than the time he served as chief executive, four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt sounds like he's still living in the Executive Mansion when pitching his agenda for the state's politicians. The Democrat pointed to education projects he championed like Smart Start and moving teacher salaries to the national average — a goal of his last gubernatorial term. After losing an epic and expensive U.S. Senate race to Republican icon Jesse Helms in 1984, Hunt... Читать дальше...

Singers depict the actions of the two main characters in words and music, a pair of dancers shadows them in sync, and the brilliantly robust new production by Opera Parallèle that enjoyed a four-performance run over the weekend adds a layer of video commentary as well. Paul and Elisabeth, two Parisian siblings, live together in a strange state of not-quite-incestuous closeness, indulging in shadowy “games” left over from their cloistered childhood and trying to fend off existential ennui. In this mesmerizing 90-minute display... Читать дальше...

Watch 7 A-List Stars Who Got Their Start on ‘Baywatch’ (Videos) On “Baywatch,” Sofia Vergara played a Bally Total Fitness spokesperson, which is to say, she played herself, as a rising star and host of various shows in Latin America.

The most prestigious prize on the international film-festival circuit, the Palme d’Or, is now in the hands of a nine-member jury headed by director Pedro Almodovar and also including actors Jessica Chastain and Will Smith, directors Maren Ade and Paolo Sorrentino and composer Gabriel Yared. Will Will Smith take his support of Netflix from the jury press conference to the deliberation room, and push for “Okja” or “The Meyerowitz Stories?” The first competition film to screen this year was Russian... Читать дальше...

The post reports that former baseball star would appear on a variety of ABC News platforms, including “Good Morning America” “Nightline” and “World News Tonight.”  Citing a “network insider,” the Post reported that A-Rod and ABC News have been in talks for the retired slugger to “contributor for sports, family and even financial segments.” Rodriguez is considered one of the greatest hitters in the history of Major League Baseball, but his career was often derailed by a variety of scandals related to performance enhancing drugs.

‘The Simpsons’ Skewers Trump With Visit from Richard Nixon’s Ghost (Video) Courtesy of “The Simpsons,” the ghost of Richard Nixon has offered up a little advice for President Trump: “If you have tapes, burn ‘em.” “The Simpsons” put out a similar video last month for the 100th day of Trump’s presidency, packed with jokes as it delved into the White House, evoking the famous “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween episodes.

(AP) — A man who police say fatally stabbed two people who tried to stop him from yelling anti-Islamic slurs on a Portland light-rail train spent time in prison for robbery and kidnapping charges years ago, according to court records and a defense attorney. Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, was being held in the Multnomah County Jail on Saturday on suspicion of aggravated murder, attempted murder, intimidation and being a felon in possession of a weapon. Two people died Friday night and another was... Читать дальше...

A fire broke mid-April at the lab in section where the plutonium cores of nuclear weapons are produce. According to the report, the board and its president are unsure if the lab is fit to continue to operate and handle increasing quantities of plutonium in coming years.

Mohammed Rasoulof’s “Lerd” (“A Man of Integrity”)  has been named the best film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, a jury headed by Uma Thurman announced on Saturday in an awards ceremony at the Salle Debussy. Michel Franco won the Jury Prize, essentially the second-place award, for “April’s Daughter.” In addition to Thurman, the jury also included Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, Belgian director Joachim Lafosse, French actor Reda Kateb and Karlovy Vary Film Festival director Karel Och. Читать дальше...

In a tweet and a speech before leaving for home Saturday, he said that thanks to him, money is "starting to pour into NATO," which it isn't. Besides going light on provocative tweets, Trump held no news conferences and gave no extended interviews abroad. Even a more scripted Trump, though, does not always tell it straight, and the release of his proposed budget stirred a fresh round of questionable rhetoric from his stateside aides. [...] no money is pouring in and countries do not pay the U.S. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Authorities have identified two men who died when their single-engine plane crashed in a farm field in Sheboygan County. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating with the sheriff's department.

(AP) — The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says it has stocked 24 bodies of water across Connecticut with one of the most sought after freshwater game fish species in the country: the Channel Catfish. DEEP says stocking the larger fish provides an immediate opportunity to catch the popular fish, while stocking the smaller fish provides a cost-effective investment in future catfish fishing.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were: 01-02-03-04-05-06-12-15-20-21-23-24 (one, two, three, four, five, six, twelve, fifteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-four)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — All the candidates running to replace New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie agree that addressing the state's high property taxes is a priority, although any fixes will be closely linked to K-12 education in the state. Republican candidates in the race have gone after each other over their plans for addressing property taxes, while the Democrats are in agreement that the formula that's supposed to be used to fund schools should be followed. Decisions made by the governor about education affect not only kids in the classroom... Читать дальше...

The regulator cited WG Construction for four violations in 2016, saying the company didn't notify regulators of its startup date, didn't submit emission test results, didn't submit annual production reports and didn't keep records of when pressure dropped in the plant. The agency says WG Construction has since submitted the required records and proved the plant is complying with emission limits.

Las Vegas police arrest 2 more in killing of security guard LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police have announced two more arrests in the April 2016 killing of a security guard who was patrolling an apartment building construction site where televisions were stolen.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Travolta has donated his personal vintage Boeing 707 airplane to a restoration group in Australia. The craft, which the society hopes to keep in the air, was originally in the Qantas fleet, delivered in 1964 and later converted to private use.