Новости за 02.10.2017

BARCELONA, Spain — Catalan separatists called for international mediation with the Spanish government as they pushed ahead Monday with plans to declare unilateral independence this week after a violent police crackdown scarred a disputed secession referendum. The referendum debacle only deepened Spain’s most serious political crisis since democratic rule was restored in 1978. The violence Sunday in the prosperous northeastern region left more than 890 civilians and 430 police officers... Читать дальше...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has helped Democrats win an improbable victory in Florida, taking a state Senate seat away from the Republicans who have dominated state politics for two decades. Trump was a focal point in last week's special election, which sends Annette Taddeo to Tallahassee as the first Latina Democrat in the Florida Senate. "Thank you for everything you did to help us flip this seat. This is your victory," she told supporters after beating Jose Felix "Pepi" Diaz by nearly 4 percentage points. Читать дальше...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a former police officer accused of murder (all times local): 12:05 p.m. An Oklahoma judge has ruled a white former police officer will face a fourth murder trial in the 2014 killing of his daughter's black boyfriend. A hearing Monday focused on former Tulsa officer Shannon Kepler's requests to dismiss the case. Defense attorneys argued to have the case dismissed on several grounds in the months since Kepler's third mistrial was declared. One motion says... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on reports of a shooting at University of Southern California (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Los Angeles police say they have found no evidence of a shooting at the University of Southern California. Officer Irma Mota says officers searched in and around a building on the campus near downtown Los Angeles and found no danger to the community. Mota says calls reporting a shooting near the north end of campus came in around 12:20 p.m. Monday. Police gave the all-clear less than an hour later. Читать дальше...

Airlines on Monday waived fees for travelers trying to delay and re-book trips to Las Vegas, as one of America’s most popular vacation spots reeled from a horrific mass shooting. The details varied from one airline to the next. United Airlines, for example, waived the flight-change fee for anyone scheduled to fly to or from Las Vegas from Monday, Oct. 2 through Friday, Oct. 6. The airline also will waive any difference in fares between the new flight and the one originally scheduled... Читать дальше...

Architect Robert Swatt adores hillsides. The principal at Swatt/Miers Architects looks at each incline and downslope as an opportunity to marry nature and design. His latest project in the Los Altos hills is an example of Silicon Valley grandeur on full display. Here, high-tech amenities and luxurious finishes abound within a gracious floor plan totaling around 10,000 square feet. It’s a prime example of Swatt designing a space that blur the lines between indoors and out. ... Читать дальше...

The eighth annual TheGrill kicked off with a look at China’s tenuous relationship with Hollywood and its increasing emphasis on domestic blockbusters. Stanley Rosen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California, has spent years studying China’s film industry. In conversation with TheWrap’s editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman, Rosen pointed to two factors that have made Chinese filmmakers focus on its domestic movie slate: politics and box office success. “Couple changes recently... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's largest school district has a permanent superintendent for the first time in more than a year. Guadalupe Guerrero began work Monday, looking to bolster a district that has been plagued by controversy. He comes to Portland from San Francisco, where he was that district's deputy superintendent of instruction, innovation and social justice. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://is.gd/KXnQ2c ) Guerrero spent part of his first morning at Cesar Chavez K-8 school, a North... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are increasingly picking sides in the U.S. Senate primary fight pitting a former Marine and Democrat who casts himself as a political outsider against a longtime elected official with deep ties to Gov. Scott Walker. Both candidates are also scrambling to show allegiance to President Donald Trump, but the race has not turned into a referendum on Trump or a battle over the ideological future of the party like last month's GOP runoff in Alabama. Neither Trump... Читать дальше...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's athletic board has authorized interim President Greg Postel to proceed with firing men's basketball coach Rick Pitino in the wake of a federal bribery investigation involving the program. The school's Athletics Association, a separate body of officials that oversees Louisville's sports program, unanimously approved a resolution to fire Pitino after meeting for more than two hours on Monday. Pitino was placed on unpaid administrative leave last week after law enforcement... Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A onetime challenger to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady has pleaded guilty to hiding a $90,000 payment from the powerful Philadelphia Democrat's campaign in exchange for dropping out of a 2012 primary. Jimmie Moore is a former city judge. He pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Philadelphia to a charge of filing a false campaign finance report. According to court documents, Moore met with Brady shortly before exiting the race. Investigators say the two discussed the arrangement and it was agreed that the payment would be disguised.

Wander the hills of Marin County to discover a four-bedroom oasis on a cul-de-sac in San Anselmo. Located at 1 Freda Lane, this hillside residence enjoys abundant natural light, a shimmering pool, a cabana and views of Mount Tamalpais. For a couple of years, it’s been Gabriella Ascione’s refuge. Now the San Franciscan is moving on and putting the luxury retreat on the market. Saying goodbye is never easy, and Ascione will miss the early evenings most of all. “It’s... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — A man accused of setting off a pressure cooker bomb in New York City last year that injured 30 people was a “soldier in a holy war” bent on carrying out a murderous plot with maximum carnage, federal prosecutors said Monday at the start of his trial. Ahmad Khan Rahimi researched online, bought ingredients and assembled bombs after watching how-to videos, they said. Rahimi planted a pipe bomb at a charity race in Seaside Park, N.J., that exploded but didn’t injure anyone, prosecutors said. Читать дальше...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — A southeastern Kansas police officer is still hospitalized but is expected to recover after being set on fire when he responded to a reported assault. The Wichita Eagle reports that Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves on Monday said Baxter Springs officer Jimmy Hamilton is at a Springfield hospital and was in good spirits when the two spoke Sunday. A man threw fuel on Hamilton, another officer and a woman at her Baxter Springs home Saturday, setting all three on fire. Читать дальше...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma jury has recommended multiple life sentences on assault and battery charges for a man who beheaded a co-worker in 2014, though he still faces the death penalty for his murder conviction. Alton Nolen was convicted Friday for killing one co-worker and trying to kill another at a food processing plant in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City. KWTV reports jurors agreed Monday that Nolen should serve three life sentences plus 130 years in prison on charges... Читать дальше...

BOONTON, N.J. (AP) — The Republican candidate to succeed Chris Christie in this year's election says the part of GOP President Donald Trump's tax overhaul plan that eliminates property tax deductions would be "disaster" for New Jersey. Guadagno said Monday at a news conference in Boonton that she's already begun to lobby the state's congressional delegation to oppose that part of the plan. New Jersey has the highest average property taxes in the country. The Trump administration's plan calls for... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's transportation chief says state officials need to locate new sources of road-building revenues as gas-powered vehicles get more fuel-efficient, electric car sales increase and autonomous vehicles aren't just fantasy anymore. Transportation Secretary Jim Trodgon told a legislative committee Monday the state's gasoline tax could dwindle during the next decade as gas-mileage standards increase and electric vehicles become commonplace. The state also relies on Division... Читать дальше...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian prime minister traveled Monday to the Gaza Strip to launch an ambitious reconciliation effort with the rival Hamas militant group, receiving a hero’s welcome from thousands of people as the sides moved to end a bitter 10-year rift. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, representing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, was joined by dozens of top officials, aides and security men on the trip from the West Bank through Israel and into Gaza to meet with the Hamas officials. Читать дальше...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in northern Virginia say a man killed his uncle in his home, fled to Vietnam and took his own life. Fairfax County police said in a statement Monday that 53-year-old Phuong Thanh Nguyen killed his uncle, 77-year-old Cong Huu Nguyen. Authorities say Cong Huu Nguyen's body was found April 20 in his home in a retirement community in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Investigators say the Virginia medical examiner determined that he died from upper body trauma and the death was a homicide. Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who authorities say killed his cousin and dumped his body in a city garbage bin has been sentenced to life in prison. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin says 23-year-old Marco Hernandez was sentenced Monday in Providence in the death of 42-year-old Agustin Jaiman on June 25, 2014. The Providence resident pleaded no contest in July to second-degree murder and other offenses. Prosecutors say Jaiman was the head of a drug operation that involved Hernandez and... Читать дальше...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lawyers for an Arkansas man scheduled to be executed next month say his life should be spared because he suffered sexual abuse as a child and comes from a family with a long history of mental illness. The Arkansas Parole Board will hold a hearing Wednesday for Jack Greene, who is scheduled to die Nov. 9 for the 1991 killing of Sidney Jethro Burnett after Burnett and his wife accused Greene of arson. In papers filed Monday, Greene's lawyers say he is mentally ill and that... Читать дальше...

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A man convicted of the repeated sexual assaults of a 7-year-old girl has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Santiago Gonzalez-Ruiz will also have to register as a sex offender under the sentence imposed Friday and will be on lifetime parole supervision. A Monmouth County jury has convicted the 59-year-old Lake Como man in April on aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment charges. Prosecutors say the assaults occurred during a six-month period in 2014. They say Gonzalez-Ruiz... Читать дальше...

FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — A high-tech marketing company is planning to spend $3.7 million for a new headquarters in suburban Indianapolis. Leaders of the year-old company named Fuzic announced their plans Monday during an event with Gov. Eric Holcomb and Fishers city officials. The company says the project will triple the size of its current Fishers office. The company now has about 35 employees and says it plans to add about 250 workers by 2020. The company develops software allowing restaurants, gyms... Читать дальше...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the Kansas Supreme Court's ruling on public school funding (all times local): 2:45 p.m. An attorney representing four Kansas school districts that sued the state over education funding says a state Supreme Court ruling is bittersweet. Attorney Alan Rupe said the decision Monday by the Supreme Court confirms that public schools in Kansas are significantly underfunded. He said the Dodge City, Hutchinson, Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas, districts proved that during a lower-court trial four years ago. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are responding to reports of a shooting at the University of Southern California. Officer Irma Mota says calls came in around 12:20 p.m. Monday near the north end of campus, which is near downtown Los Angeles. She says officers found no immediate evidence of gunfire. They are searching a building. She didn't have any additional information. USC sent out campus-wide alerts announcing police activity near Fertitta Hall. Students and faculty are being urged to avoid the area or shelter in place. Читать дальше...