Новости за 12.10.2017

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler is pitching a 15-percent tuition hike for nonresident students for each of the next two years. Kaler told the Board of Regents on Thursday that the university now ranks second-to-last for nonresident tuition in the Big Ten, and the change would bring the school toward the middle. Under the plan, nonresident tuition and fees would be $28,730 next fall and $35,000 the following year. Regents will vote at a later date. Students from Wisconsin... Читать дальше...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Country star Jason Aldean is set to make an emotional return to the stage after cancelling tour dates following the mass shooting in Las Vegas. The singer was onstage Oct. 1 when a gunman sprayed bullets into the crowd at the outdoor Route 91 Harvest festival, killing 58 people and leaving nearly 500 injured. It iwas the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Aldean is set to resume his tour Thursday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He canceled shows in Los Angeles, San Diego and Anaheim... Читать дальше...

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Ophelia strengthens to a Category 2 hurricane far from land in eastern Atlantic.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says no charges will be filed against a policeman who shot and killed a fleeing 27-year-old Burlington resident. Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown concluded Thursday that the Oct. 1 shooting of Marquis Jones by Burlington officer Chris Chiprez was a justifiable homicide. Officers stopped Jones for a loud music violation, but he fled on foot. Brown says Jones had a gun in his hand when he struggled with Chiprez's partner before fleeing again. Brown says... Читать дальше...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been charged with killing a co-worker after he told investigators the person he shot was an unknown intruder who broke in his South Carolina home. Spartanburg Sheriff's Lt. Kevin Bobo said deputies don't know why 59-year-old Donald Partaka killed 34-year-old Laura Hood at Partaka's home in Campobello around 7 p.m. Thursday. Bobo says when deputies arrived, Partaka said he fired after someone he didn't know entered his home without permission. But... Читать дальше...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A jury Thursday recommended the death penalty for an Oklahoma man convicted of beheading a co-worker in 2014. Jurors convicted Alton Nolen, 33, on Sept. 29 of killing 54-year-old Colleen Hufford and trying to kill another co-worker at a food processing plant in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City. Jurors agreed on Oct. 2 that Nolen should serve three life sentences plus 130 years in prison on assault and battery charges stemming from his attack on the co-worker who survived. Jurors... Читать дальше...

EDISON, N.J. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday weighed in on the race to succeed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, criticizing a new campaign ad from Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno as the "return of Willie Horton" and casting the election as an opportunity to rebuke President Donald Trump. "What's going on right now is the new ad I just saw," Biden told a crowd in Edison while campaigning with Democrat Phil Murphy. "The return of Willie Horton," he said, referring to an explosive 1988 anti-Michael Dukakis ad . Читать дальше...

TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Thursday, October 12, 2017 _____ 998 FPUS54 KSHV 122045 ZFPSHV Zone Forecasts National Weather Service Shreveport LA 345 PM CDT Thu Oct 12 2017 TXZ096-131200- Red River- Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata 345 PM CDT Thu Oct 12 2017 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Some 65 firefighters and seven wildland fire engines from Washington's Department of Natural Resources are traveling to northern California to help in the effort to contain wildfires that have killed over two dozen people. The Seattle Times reports Washington Department of Natural Resources spokesman Joe Smillie said the dire situation in California prompted an offer of assistance from the agency Monday. Smillie says a 20-person crew based out of the Ahtanum State Forest in Yakima... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice found insufficient evidence to file a criminal case against a sheriff based on complaints that he destroyed public records and issued concealed handgun licenses to out-of-state residents. Residents filed 11 complaints about Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer that raised alarms about Palmer's association with leaders of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon's Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Director... Читать дальше...

Disney has begun laying off employees of its ABC Television Group. The cuts are primarily in non-content and operational sectors and will affect all divisions, including ABC Entertainment, ABC Studios, Freeform, Disney Channel, DisneyXD and Disney Junior. Disney is cutting annual costs, although it plans to eliminate less than the annual 10 percent reduction that had initially been reported. Also Read: Here's Why 'Designated Survivor' Has Had So Many Showrunners The moves come as the company is realigning resources around future growth... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Parker says he is disturbed that a former GOP state lawmaker has formed a political action committee to encourage Independent and Democratic voters to register as Republicans. In a prepared statement released Thursday, Parker said the Idaho Republican Party's decision to close the GOP primary so that only registered Republicans can participate has been reaffirmed in federal court. Last week, former GOP Rep. Kathy Skippen formed a PAC — called Moderates Are Taking Hold ... Читать дальше...

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who admitted to forcing women into prostitution will spend 10 years in prison. NJ.com reports 47-year-old Marcus Tukes was sentenced Wednesday in Mays Landing after pleading guilty to human trafficking. Other charges, including cocaine possession, were dropped as part of a plea agreement. The Bridgeton man was arrested last year at the Knight's Inn motel in Absecon, just outside Atlantic City. The arrest followed a probe by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force. Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The union representing corrections officers says inmate attacks on state employees have increased 51 percent since 2015. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 said Thursday that assaults increased from 541 in the 2015 calendar year to a projected 819. AFSCME says the Illinois Department of Corrections is reclassifying violent inmates to lower security levels to save money. Those inmates are transferred to medium-security prisons which are less costly to run. Читать дальше...

Michael Pace woke up Monday morning and quickly grasped the scope of the disaster that had set Wine Country ablaze. “I could see the fires burning,” said Pace, whose home is in Napa and works in San Francisco as the the west coast area general manager for the company that owns the Clift hotel. He decided to hold available rooms at the Clift for people affected by the fires, and offered a $99 rate — including free breakfast and parking — to evacuees. Those who lost their homes could stay free for a few weeks. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dozens of fellow "yellow shirt" security guards were among the hundreds of people mourning a Las Vegas man who died helping people escape the deadly Las Vegas concert shooting. At the funeral Thursday morning for Erick Silva, 21, loved ones and dignitaries hailed him as a hero for helping people climb over a barricade at an outdoor country music festival as the gunman perched high in a casino-hotel tower unleashed more than 1,000 bullets into the crowd. "Without him and people like him... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — President Trump introduced his pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security Thursday, formally nominating White House staffer and cybersecurity expert Kristjen Nielsen. “I share president’s profound commitment to security of our country,” she said at a brief White House ceremony. “Truly there is nothing more valuable than to feel secure in your homeland.” Nielsen was the favorite of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, and her nomination is another... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A new NASA satellite has found another thing to blame on El Niño: A recent record high increase of carbon dioxide in the air. The super-sized El Niño a couple of years ago led to an increase of 3 billion tons of carbon in the air, most from tropical land areas. The El Niño made it more difficult for plants to suck up man-made carbon emissions and sparked fires that released more carbon into the atmosphere. The effect was so large that it was the main... Читать дальше...

Most employers have effective programs for accommodating workers with disabilities, but they often overlook recruiting and training practices that could expand employment opportunities, according to a national survey released this week. Two-thirds of respondents to the poll of supervising employees said their organizations have policies and procedures to provide requested accommodations to workers with disabilities, and nearly all of them rated those processes as effective. But when it came to specific practices... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has voted to boost the protection of federal whistleblowers from retaliation, part of a bid to uncover bad behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies. The House easily cleared the bill, 420-0. It now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, having previously passed the Senate in May. The measure would extend whistleblower protections to federal employees who are in probationary periods and provide training to ensure workers know their rights. Читать дальше...

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough Address: 2322 Mar East St., Tiburon Asking price: $2.995 million Description: Views of Raccoon Strait and Angel Island await at this waterfront two-bedroom that includes a detached guest house. Low-maintenance landscaping surrounds the home built on a downslope... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria blitzed the nation, most Americans think weather disasters are getting more severe and see global warming’s fingerprints. A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 68 percent of Americans think weather disasters seem to be worsening, compared to 28 percent who think they are staying the same and only 4 percent who say they are less severe. And 46 percent of those who... Читать дальше...

The story was explosive if true: Google planned to buy Apple for $9 billion, according to a Dow Jones Newswire headline this week. The prospect, of course, is absurd not only because Apple is worth more than $800 billion but also because the story said “Google Chief Executive Larry Page had secret talks with the now-deceased Steve Jobs in 2010 to firm up the deal.” Dow Jones deleted the story after just a few minutes, explaining that it was accidentally published as part of a technology test. Читать дальше...

Around 5 a.m. Monday morning, the emergency alarms at Spring Lake Village, one of Santa Rosa’s largest senior living communities, began blaring: “This is not a drill.” For the next two hours, as the Tubbs Fire to the north turned the early morning skies red, 500 seniors — about 400 living independently, and 100 dependent on medical care — loaded their coats and prescription medications, dogs and cats into cars, or were helped into ambulances, and headed south to an evacuation center at the Sonoma County fairgrounds. Читать дальше...

After starting for two years, including being a captain as a junior, Darius Allensworth lost his cornerback job this season. Instead of pouting and feeling sorry for himself, the 6-foot, 195-pound senior kept fighting, returned a fumble 37 yards for a touchdown last week in Washington and moved back to the top of the depth chart this week. “He could have easily gone in the tank and become a cancer,” Cal defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter said. “… He has responded... Читать дальше...