Новости за 23.08.2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday that California State University campuses cannot fully justify spending on management staff after recent audits have found systemic budgeting problems at state schools. Lawmakers made the remarks during a hearing on an audit of CSU staffing and budget oversight. The April audit found campuses increased management staff numbers and compensation at a higher rate than for other employee groups, including faculty. It also found... Читать дальше...

Jukin Media has built itself into a mini-media empire by connecting viral videos like “Chewbacca Mom” and “Pizza Rat” to millions of viewers around the world. Wednesday, the company took the next step in its evolution, announcing its plans to start construction on a 14,000 square foot studio to take its popular user-generated content to a more professional level. Jonathan Skogmo, Jukin’s founder and CEO, told TheWrap that while a studio has been in the company’s plans for a while, today’s content... Читать дальше...

Add baseball Hall of Famer Henry Aaron to the growing list of those who think Colin Kaepernick isn’t being dealt with fairly by the NFL. “I think he’s getting a raw deal,” said the former home run king in a interview with Roland Martin for AllThatTV and posted online at ESPN.com. “I’ve been watching football for a long time, and I think that if you look at all the quarterbacks in the league right now ... I don’t think anyone else in the league can do the things he can do. ... Читать дальше...

BOSTON — Ninety years ago Wednesday, Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston after one of the most notorious criminal cases of the 20th century. Today, their legacy lingers. Far from resolving the case, the deaths of Sacco and Vanzetti on Aug. 23, 1927, have become a touchstone for generations of activists, historians, and citizens still debating what lessons can be learned from their trial. The pair was executed amid fierce anti-immigrant sentiment.

The National Park Service said Wednesday that a controversial right-wing rally will be allowed to go forward Saturday at park-managed Crissy Field in San Francisco and advised the public to steer clear. Golden Gate National Recreation Area Acting General Superintendent Cicely Muldoon said the park service had no choice but to honor the free speech rights of event applicant Patriot Prayer, despite concern from city officials that the afternoon demonstration will draw far-right extremists... Читать дальше...

Coming Sept. 1: “Narcos” Season 3 The popular drug cartel drama “Narcos” is back the first week of September with its third season. “Season three is very different for the surviving characters involved,” said Pedro Pascal in a Netflix featurette. This season will tackle life after Pablo Escobar. Coming Sept. 1: “Final Fantasy XIV Dad of Light” Season 1  This is a retelling of a true story about how a father and son reconnect by playing “Final Fantasy” together. Coming Sept. 8: “Bojack Horseman”... Читать дальше...

WICHITA, Kan. — A conservative firebrand promoting President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud oversees a Kansas election system that threw out at least three times as many ballots as any similarly sized state did, fueling concerns about massive voter suppression should its practices become the national standard. Only six states — all among the top 10 in population — discarded more votes during the 2016 election than the 33rd-largest state of Kansas, according... Читать дальше...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white former police officer is headed for a fourth trial in the killing of his daughter's black boyfriend, but Shannon Kepler has recently added another racial element to the case: He now says prosecutors can't try him because he's a member of an American Indian tribe. Attorneys for Kepler also argue that the slaying happened on tribal land of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. If the court agrees, the case could be moved from state to federal court. The 57-year-old former Tulsa officer... Читать дальше...

The anime classic “Castle in the Sky” (1986) — the first official feature from Japan’s Studio Ghibli — returns to theaters Sunday-Monday, Aug. 27-28, and Wednesday, Aug. 30. Sunday and Wednesday screenings will feature the 1998 Disney dub; Monday screenings will be in the original Japanese version, with English subtitles. Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 visual fantasia follows Sheeta, a mysterious girl who falls from the sky and goes on a quest with a young miner’s son to find Laputa, a mystical floating island.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he and President Donald Trump are in regular contact about "shared goals" and working together to advance them. He says people suggesting otherwise are "clearly not part of the conversation." McConnell says priorities include tax overhaul, spending and other bills. The Kentucky Republican released the statement Wednesday during a rocky period between the two leaders. Trump has criticized McConnell for the Senate's rejection of the GOP... Читать дальше...

Take your runner’s high to a new level at this weekend’s 420 Games. Now in its fourth year at Golden Gate Park, the event has since toured nationally through six legal-marijuana states, challenging the lazy stoner stereotype by inviting cannabis users to compete in a 4.20-mile fun run. Legalization advocates of all athletic skill levels can join in by walking, jogging, skating or riding the course that pushes entrants slightly farther than a normal 5K run, just to... Читать дальше...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Animals and plants can be considered endangered even if they are not on the brink of extinction, a judge ruled in overturning the U.S. government's re-classification of a small population of grizzly bears living in the forests of Montana and Idaho near the Canada border. Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen said that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is prohibited from narrowing the definition an endangered species in its future decisions without explaining why it wants to make the policy change. Читать дальше...

CAIRO — An air strike by a Saudi-led coalition struck a hotel near Yemen’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 41 people as the alliance stepped up air strikes against the Houthi rebels and their allies in and around Sanaa. The escalation comes amid a standoff in Sanaa between the two main components of the rebel alliance, Shiite fighters from the north known as Houthis and loyalists of ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. There are mounting fears of street violence. ... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Faced with an angry backlash for defending white supremacists’ right to march in Charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties Union is confronting a feeling among some of its members that was once considered heresy: Maybe some speech isn’t worth defending. Cracks in the ACLU’s strict defense of the First Amendment no matter how offensive the speech opened from the moment a counterprotester was killed during the rally in Virginia. Some critics said the ACLU has blood on... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — U.S.-led coalition air strikes in the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria are killing hundreds of civilians each month, according to monitoring groups, deepening already grave concerns for thousands of families trapped inside the city. At least 725 civilians have been killed in coalition air strikes since the offensive to retake Raqqa began June 6, according to Airwars, a London-based monitoring organization that works with local activists, human rights groups and the Pentagon. Читать дальше...

UTRECHT, Netherlands — Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus. Despite taking more than a dozen pills and inhalers a day, the 53-year-old had to stop working and scale back doing the thing she loved best, horseback riding. Doctors saw no sense in trying an expensive new drug because it hasn’t been proved to work in people with the rare type of cystic fibrosis that van der Heijden had. Instead... Читать дальше...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A mail carrier, a utility worker and a children's librarian will be among the 12 people deciding the fate of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez when his corruption trial begins next month. Attorneys finished selecting a panel of 12 jurors and four alternates Wednesday out of a pool that initially numbered several hundred when questionnaires were mailed out two months ago. The racially mixed jury, divided equally between men and women, will return Sept. 6 for opening statements. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE — Wander into El Super, a sprawling grocery store in the same valley where fortune seekers on horseback laid claim nearly four centuries ago to one of Spain’s most remote possessions, and the resilience of the language they brought with them stands on display. Reggaeton, the musical genre born in Puerto Rico, blares from the speakers. Shoppers mull over bargains in the accents of northern Mexico. A carnicería offers meat, a panadería bread, a salchichonería cold cuts... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — In her most detailed public comments about what happened during the second presidential debate, Hillary Clinton said her “skin crawled” as Donald Trump loomed behind her on the stage in St. Louis last October. The comments are included in her new book, “What Happened,” which she called an attempt to “pull back the curtain” on her losing bid for the presidency. Some of the moments during the campaign, she said, “baffled” her. The book comes out Sept. 12... Читать дальше...

SEOUL — Some send up plastic leaflets that weigh less than a feather and flutter down from the clouds with calls for democracy or blurry cartoons ridiculing North Korea’s ruler. Some send flash drives loaded with South Korean soap operas, or mini-documentaries about the vast wealth of Southern corporations, or crisp new U.S. dollar bills. One occasionally sends his empty food wrappers, stained labels showing noodles slathered in meat sauce, so Northerners can see the good life they’d find in the South. Читать дальше...

Every now and then I find myself playing the "Recycle, Compost or Landfill?" game when deciding what to do with my trash.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — In a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian company and its Chinese partner are pushing ahead with an industrial wood plantation in a tropical forest and orangutan habitat, apparently flouting government regulations intended to prevent a repeat of disastrous fires in 2015. Photos and drone footage taken by activists in late July show an extensive drainage canal full of water, heavy earth-moving equipment on the land and planting of seedlings despite an order... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rod Stewart will perform a reworked version of his hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" remotely from Las Vegas at the MTV Video Music Awards, to be held in California. MTV announced Wednesday that Stewart will perform the 1978 song with pop band DNCE on Sunday. The network said Demi Lovato will also perform remotely from Vegas. The 2017 VMAs will take place at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Performers include Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Pink, Miley Cyrus, the Weeknd, Lorde, Shawn Mendes, Fifth Harmony and host Katy Perry. Читать дальше...

COPENHAGEN — Journalist Kim Wall had reported on conflicts, crises and natural disasters around the world. Earlier this month, she set out to sea from laid-back Copenhagen for a story about an eccentric Danish inventor and his home-made submarine. She never returned. On Wednesday, police confirmed that Wall’s headless torso had been found on a beach near the Danish capital. The inventor, Peter Madsen, has been arrested on suspicion of killing her. Wall, 30, was last seen alive on the evening of Aug. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Donald Trump, will give a series of lectures at Howard University. The historically black college in the nation's capital announced Wednesday that Comey will be the keynote speaker at the school's opening convocation Sept. 22 and will "lead and conduct" five lectures during the academic year. The university said Comey will donate his entire compensation of $100,000 to a Howard University scholarship fund The school's president, Wayne A.I. Frederick... Читать дальше...