Новости за 15.06.2017

The clash of the titans pits two outspoken champions in a 12-round boxing match at 154 pounds to be held at T-Mobile Arena in Sin City. [...] UFC star McGregor, 28, last fought against Eddie Alvarez as part of UFC 205 in November in Las Vegas, where he won the UFC Lightweight Championship by second-round technical knockout, making him the first fighter to hold titles in two divisions (lightweight and featherweight) simultaneously. McGregor’s Featherweight Championship belt was stripped later in... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. The increase in the Fed’s short-term rate by a quarter-point to a still-low range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent could lead to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses and slightly better returns for savers. The Fed’s decision to raise rates, announced in a statement after its latest policy meeting, was approved on an 8-1 vote with Neel Kashkari... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — President Trump told Republican senators Tuesday that the House-passed health care bill he helped revive is “mean” and urged them to craft a version that is “more generous,” congressional sources said. The president’s criticism, at a White House lunch with 15 GOP senators, also came as Senate Republican leaders’ attempts to write their own health care package have been slowed by disagreements between their party’s conservatives and moderates. Trump’s characterizations seemed to undercut... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign has met with the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee in an effort to ensure their investigations don't conflict. [...] Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley said his panel will investigate the removal of former FBI Director James Comey and "any alleged improper partisan interference in law enforcement investigations." Grassley said Comey's dismissal and Comey's... Читать дальше...

Georgetown had an overall record of 33-27 with WNIT appearances in each of Howard's two seasons as an associate head coach. Howard came to Georgetown from Bethune-Cookman, where he spent four seasons as the associate head coach.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen posing as military forces were holding an unknown number of hostages inside a popular restaurant in Somalia’s capital in an attack that began when a car bomb exploded at the gate, police and a witness said Wednesday night, while the extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. Two of the gunmen were shot dead and 10 hostages were rescued but five other attackers were thought to remain inside, cutting off electricity to complicate security forces’ efforts to end the siege, Capt. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Madison police believe a fight involving several people that took place in front of bars on University Avenue early played a role in the shooting death of a man in a parking lot about 90 minutes later. The State Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2stPUy8) that the fight took place around 2 a.m. Saturday in front of bars and nightclubs on University Avenue between Lake Street and Frances Street.

CHICAGO — Several leading community groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the city of Chicago Wednesday in a bid to bypass or even scuttle a draft agreement between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice that seeks to reform the nation’s second-largest police force without federal court oversight. The more than 100-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago argues that an overhaul of Chicago’s 12,000-officer force in the wake of a damning civil rights report in January can’t... Читать дальше...

Actress tells TheWrap about wearing "a very tight dress" for the Netflix comedy “Her character and my character dressed each other for an episode, and I got to wear long, glam, straight hair and tons of makeup and a very tight dress,” Kane told TheWrap. “Singing with Tituss, that was fun for me because I don’t generally get to sing, and because he has the voice of an angel,” the actress said. [...] I get to have a duet with him, and a duet with Fred Armisen.

[...] HBO’s biggest Emmy heavyweight, “Game of Thrones,” isn’t in the running in 2017; despite back-to-back wins at the last two Emmys, the show delayed its seventh season until July, pushing it into next year’s eligibility period. The HBO newcomers that weren’t around last year and have a chance to land a program nomination to replace the one that “Game of Thrones” would have gotten are “Westworld” in drama and “Divorce,” “Vice Principals,” “High Maintenance” and “Insecure” in comedy. The comedy... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation moving through the House would let North Carolina voters decide whether to limit the leadership terms of the General Assembly's two most powerful members. A bill advanced Wednesday by a House judiciary committee would put a constitutional amendment on the November 2018 ballot that asks voters whether the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore should be restricted to four consecutive two-year terms.

The Alaska inmate who died after an apparent suicide attempt was a key witness in the trials of the so-called Fairbanks Four. Alaska corrections officials say 40-year-old Arlo Olson was found unresponsive in his Fairbanks cell Saturday night and died Tuesday. The Department of Corrections says 40-year-old Arlo Olson was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on Saturday after an apparent suicide attempt. A corrections officer found Olson unresponsive in his cell and officers and medical staff attempted life-saving measures.

The storied New York City concert hall is the venue Wednesday evening for a performance by the Dallas Street Choir, all singers recruited from urban streets and homeless shelters that has been performing since 2015. Dallas Street Choir conductor Jonathan Palant has also brought in some world-class luminaries for the performance: mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, soprano Harolyn Blackwell, composer Jake Heggie and composer Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the Broadway hits Godspell, ''Pippin and Wicked. Читать дальше...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — After months of at-times bitter entrenchment, Alaska legislators faced growing pressure to resolve their differences, with days left in the special session and the threat of a government shutdown looming. Friday marks the end of the special session called by Gov. Bill Walker to address the budget and a plan for Alaska's multibillion-dollar deficit. Alaska, which has long relied on oil revenue, is in its fifth straight year of substantial budget deficits, despite four years of steady cuts... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The Appalachian Regional Commission says additional funding of nearly $16 million will help diversify economies in coal-mining communities in seven states. The funding comes from a job-creation organization involving multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Commerce and Labor departments and the commission.

The survey conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that more than 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Two-thirds of Americans, or 65 percent, think Trump doesn't have much respect for the country's democratic institutions and traditions, or has none at all.

The Metropolitan Police Department said in a brief statement that Sinan Narin had been arrested in Virginia on an aggravated assault charge. Public defender David Holman sought home confinement, arguing that Yildirim wasn't a flight risk and had never been convicted of anything before. The U.S. official, who was not authorized to speak publicly to the matter and demanded anonymity, said DC police had identified 34 of 42 people who were involved in the fight, and are seeking their arrests. The... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Corporation Commission has voted to review the rates, operations and finances of a San Tan Valley water utility company connected with an alleged bribery scheme. According to the indictment, Gary Pierce was given $31,000 to approve higher rates.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation to downsize a vast new national monument in Utah created optimism among opponents of 26 other monuments under review around the country and fear among conservation groups that worry he will propose shrinking or rescinding other sites in his final report due in late August. Conservation groups that were stung by the recommendation are trying to rally public support to fully preserve the monuments but expect they will have to resort... Читать дальше...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's ruling party withdrew political support for Premier Sorin Grindeanu and his Cabinet on Wednesday after the party's leader said he had lost confidence in the government, throwing the country into a political crisis. The prime minister said he would step down in the future when President Klaus Iohannis nominates a premier from the Social Democratic Party. Calin Popescu Tariceanu, the leader of a junior party in the governing coalition, said his Alliance of Liberals... Читать дальше...

A House judiciary committee passed a bill Wednesday that would make it illegal for someone to block the steady flow of traffic by cruising in the passing lane. Rutherford County Republican Rep. David Rogers opposed the measure, saying it wouldn't seem fair to punish drivers travelling the speed limit who don't move over if a speeding car approaches.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs warned Wednesday it was unexpectedly running out of money for a program that offers veterans private-sector health care, forcing it to hold back on some services that lawmakers worry could cause delays in medical treatment. The department began instructing VA medical centers late last week to limit the number of veterans it sent to private doctors so it can slow spending in the Choice account. Some veterans were being sent to Defense Department hospitals... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia’s economy and individuals who carried out cyberattacks. Senators on Wednesday passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2, underscoring broad support among Republicans and Democrats for rebuking Russia after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the presidential campaign. Читать дальше...

For almost a decade, Ban spearheaded negotiations to combat climate change that eventually led to the pledge of keeping global temperatures from rising another degree Celsius by 2100. Among the signatories were former Chilean President and former U.N. envoy for climate change Ricardo Lagos, Nobel Peace winner and former East Timor leader Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who also headed the U.N.'s development agency. Ban also referred to the situation in... Читать дальше...

[...] this time, it was President Donald Trump who was called upon to speak words of comfort in such a troubled moment, one fraught with the overtones of gun politics and the heated rhetoric of a nation sharply divided along party lines. Trump's measured response to Wednesday's shooting at a congressional baseball practice stood in stark contrast to his inflammatory reactions to some previous acts of violence. The White House press office quickly put out a brief statement noting that Trump was deeply saddened by the tragedy... Читать дальше...