Новости за 15.06.2017

A mattress with chains is selling for $100, and fetish coffins are going for $35.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs was captured Wednesday while apparently living out of his pickup truck at a marina in southeast South Dakota following nearly a year on the run after his escape from home confinement in Utah pending trial on food stamp fraud charges. Authorities had been looking for Jeffs since June 18, 2016, when he escaped from home confinement in Salt Lake City pending trial on charges in an alleged multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme. South Dakota... Читать дальше...

The Jersey Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2seUWeQ ) Democratic Assemblywoman Angela McKnight proposed the legislation to allow parents who make up to $150,000 claim a tax credit for homeschooling expenses. Items included as homeschool expenses under the bill include textbooks, computer software and membership fees for libraries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump complained on social media about the wide-ranging investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. election as Robert Mueller appeared to widen his probe to include whether Trump tried to obstruct justice. The president expressed annoyance about news reports that the probe is now believed to include an examination of whether he obstructed justice by firing FBI Director James Comey, who had earlier led the Russia investigation. Gingrich told The Associated... Читать дальше...

Tessa Thompson, LaKeith Stanfield, and Steven Yeun are set to star in “Sorry to Bother You,” a drama from debuting director Boots Riley and Significants Productions, the studio behind Ryan Coogler’s debut feature film, “Fruitvale Station,”, a person close to the project told TheWrap. [...] as he rises, he discovers a dark secret behind his company’s M.O., forcing him to choose between holding on to his newfound gains or siding with his activist friends and speak truth to power. Prior to this film... Читать дальше...

The NCAA penalties against Louisville require the school to vacate records for any games "in which student-athletes competed while ineligible from December 2010 and July 2014." Postel says in a statement the NCAA penalties are "unfair to the U of L community and our current and former student-athletes, many of whom have already paid a heavy price for actions that did not involve them." The NCAA suspended Louisville coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games, placed the basketball program on four years' probation... Читать дальше...

UPS shooting victim Benson Louie was beloved volleyball coach The 50-year-old San Francisco resident was one of three people killed Wednesday when a fellow UPS driver opened fire at a company distribution center on Potrero Hill in San Francisco. The gunman, Jimmy Lam, 38, killed himself when confronted by police, authorities said. Larry Zhao, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., met Louie four years ago through the Chinese American Sports and Community Service Association, a nonprofit organization in... Читать дальше...

The Republican-led Senate unanimously approved a measure emphasizing the importance of NATO's mutual defense pact, a not-so-subtle dig at President Donald Trump. Graham, a South Carolina Republican who ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, says the unanimous vote "should reassure our allies and give notice to our enemies that America stands firmly in support of NATO and our Article 5 commitment." A frequently polarized Senate has found common ground as Republicans and Democrats... Читать дальше...

(AP) — School board members in a West Virginia county ravaged by the 2016 floods have voted to take legal action to contest the state board's rejection of a plan to consolidate five schools onto one campus. Federal Emergency Management Agency representative Steve Ward says FEMA cannot spend any money to rebuild schools on a floodplain.

An official with the company operating an advertising blimp at the U.S. Open says the pilot is "OK" after the craft crashed but that he is being taken to a hospital. Justin Maynard, a sales manager for Florida-based AirSign, says the company's operations team on the ground reported on the pilot's status. The U.S. Golf Association says an advertising blimp that crashed at the U.S. Open went down in an open field about half a mile from the Erin Hills golf course. The USGA statement says the pilot... Читать дальше...

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The R-rated bachelorette party misadventure imagines an alternate reality where Scarlett Johansson is the awkward nerdy friend, and a house full of college-educated adults have no idea how DNA evidence works. “Rough Night” demands maximum suspension of disbelief, and looks as if it was significantly more fun for the actors to make than for audiences to watch. [...] it does yield rewards, with heavy contributions from the makers of TV’s “Broad City,” and an incredibly deep comic cast. The groom (Paul W. Читать дальше...

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is lashing out at "sanctimonious" Republicans — including some in Congress — who are suggesting vitriolic political rhetoric from the left may be partially to blame for the shooting that wounded GOP Congressman Steve Scalise. The California Democrat notes that she herself is currently featured in millions of dollars of attack ads running in a Georgia House district where there's a hard-fought special election next week. Family members of Matt Mika say the Michigan... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The West Virginia Department of Education plans a series of public meetings starting next week as it develops a state replacement plan for the No Child Left Behind Act. States must submit their plans this year to the U.S. Department of Education on the Every Student Succeeds Act, which was signed into law in December 2015 and replaces No Child Left Behind.

Administrators worry about the college prospects of students separated by large differences in class rank despite small differences in their GPAs, and view rankings as obsolete in an era of high expectations for every student, association spokesman Bob Farrace said. Graduating Lancaster senior Connor Carrow, 17, has pressed for the switch to Latin honors since his sophomore year, well before landing just out of the top 10, at No. 14, while serving as student union president and playing varsity lacrosse and hockey. Читать дальше...

Blimp Crashes at US Open Golf Championship, Pilot Injured (Video) The blimp was not affiliated with the Open tournament or Fox Sports, which owns the TV rights for the golf major. [...] Read: 'The Grand Tour' Host Richard Hammond Injured in 'Serious' Car Accident While Filming [...] Read: 'Carpool Karaoke': That Time Ed Sheeran Hit Bieber in the Face With a Golf Club (Video) Read original story Blimp Crashes at US Open Golf Championship, Pilot Injured (Video) At TheWrap

Rebel Wilson was in a thankful mood on Thursday, after prevailing in a defamation lawsuit she’d filed against Australian publisher Bauer Media. Wilson filed suit against Bauer, publisher of Australian magazines such as Women’s Weekly, Woman’s Day and OK!, over a series of articles that she alleged portrayed her as a serial liar. Sydney native Wilson said that her reputation had been damaged by articles printed in 2015, which accused the actress of using a fake name and lying about her age and upbringing in Australia.

Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President Steve Sweeney — both Democrats — are pressing their recently unveiled proposal with Christie, whose spokesman said Thursday the governor would consider the plan. The issue comes after Christie failed to meet a self-imposed 100-day deadline to get a deal together on how the state funds education, which it supports through payments to its more than 600 school districts, and as a June 30 budget deadline approaches. Out of 40 legislative districts... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — The multi-state lottery association overseeing Powerball and Mega Millions games will dump Illinois by the end of June if the state doesn't end its budget impasse. Illinois Lottery Acting Director Greg Smith said Thursday that the lack of a budget will result in players being "denied the opportunity" to participate in popular games.

(AP) — The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation. The governing body also handed down other penalties Thursday, including placing the basketball program on four years' probation, vacating wins in which ineligible players participated and issuing a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director Andre McGee. The NCAA's release included statements by the panel on its decision, saying... Читать дальше...

You didn't think Draymond was going to let LeBron James's T-shirt slight go unanswered, did you?

(AP) — More newly hired teachers and other school workers would be steered into a 401(k)-style retirement plan instead of one that includes a traditional pension under a contentious bill that passed a critical test in Michigan's Republican-led Legislature on Thursday. Republicans said the legislation would fix the Public School Employees Retirement System by keeping debt in check and giving new hires a more generous and portable retirement savings account with no risk to future taxpayers. The Senate bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A frequently polarized Senate found common ground Thursday as Republicans and Democrats joined forces to approve a sweeping sanctions bill that punishes longtime adversaries Iran and Russia with an array of financial penalties. Lawmakers have long sought to hit Iran with more sanctions in order to check its ballistic missile program and rebuke Tehran's continued support for terrorist groups. The Senate bill imposes mandatory sanctions on people involved in Iran's ballistic missile... Читать дальше...

The real estate firm owned by the family of Jared Kushner has withdrawn a request for a big tax break for one its building projects in Jersey City, New Jersey, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said Wednesday. The company had sought a 30-year break from city taxes for the planned building, called One Journal Square, a proposed two-tower complex in a struggling section of the city. The 79-story One Journal Square project gained attention last month after Jared Kushner's sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer... Читать дальше...

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Danielle Brooks Talks Taystee’s ‘Mental Breakdowns’ (Video) "Most of all you see her fighting," actress tells TheWrap of her character in Season 5 of Netflix hit Taystee, who at the end of Season 4 had just landed a job as Director of Human Activities Joe Caputo’s (Nick Sandow) secretary, has dealt with several losses in her life, from her parents to her dear friend and fellow inmate Poussey Washington (Samira Wiley). [...] you see her trying to fight the anger, you see her fighting the anger... Читать дальше...