Новости за 08.11.2017

DALLAS (AP) — Voters have decided to close a government school bus agency in Dallas that's been beset by deep financial troubles and questionable business dealings. A majority of voters Tuesday opted to have Dallas County Schools cease operations. The agency is responsible for the transportation of approximately 75,000 students in North Texas, but DCS will continue bus services for the rest of the academic year before school districts turn to other options. State Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, has... Читать дальше...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's fired vice president says he left country after threats and will return to lead: Statement.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis has elected a black transgender woman to its city council in what advocacy groups say is a national first. Andrea Jenkins easily won the race for a south Minneapolis seat Tuesday with roughly 73 percent of the vote. Jenkins spent years as a policy aide to two previous council members in the same ward. Victory Fund, a group that advocates for LGBT candidates, called Jenkins the first openly transgender woman elected to the city council of a major U.S. city. She won... Читать дальше...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Just about every space inside the University at Buffalo's newly constructed medical school is built to encourage contact among students and staff. From the glass-walled offices and conference rooms stacked around a central atrium, lounge furniture grouped in sunny spaces and lecture hall desks that morph into conference tables, UB officials say the design reflects the higher education trend toward "active learning." Instead of trying to absorb information from lectures alone... Читать дальше...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine prosecutor is formally declaring for the first time that the man probing the country's biggest terror attack was murdered rather than possibly committing suicide. A member of the prosecution team said Wednesday it's up to a judge whether to accept the opinion by Eduardo Taiano, who is also seeking testimony by a former aide to the slain Alberto Nisman. The source spoke on condition of anonymity due to the agency's rules. Computer specialist Diego Lagomarsino... Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia (all times local): 10 a.m. President Donald Trump says his welcome to Beijing was "unforgettable." Trump thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) on Twitter on Wednesday. He said: "THANK YOU for an unforgettable afternoon and evening at the Forbidden City in Beijing." Trump added: "We are looking forward to rejoining you tomorrow morning!" Trump is on a two-day visit to China. He hopes to press the rising Asian power on trade and North Korea. Читать дальше...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has asked Congress to fund a fourth missile defense silo field at Fort Greely in Alaska. Trump wrote a letter to Congress on Monday requesting $200 million to build the silo field, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported . Fort Greely is home to most of the United States' ground-based midcourse missile interceptors, which are designed to protect the United States by intercepting long range missiles as they fly outside the atmosphere. Читать дальше...

GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a murder suspect was arrested after a wild police chase that stretched more than 100 miles across Southern California. Police in San Bernardino County say the pursuit began Wednesday after the suspect was spotted driving near where a woman was shot to death in Upland. The suspect sped through red lights and led police and then California Highway Patrol officers on a chase on surface streets and freeways. It ended in northern Los Angeles County when CHP officers struck his car, causing it to spin out. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says about a third of doctors are not checking the state's opioid tracking system when they write prescriptions, despite a new law mandating them to do so. The Boston Herald reports that in the first six months of 2017, 6,200 of the 18,700 doctors who wrote prescriptions didn't search the prescription tracking system, known as MassPAT. A 2016 law requires Massachusetts doctors to check the system to combat doctor-shopping and the opioid epidemic. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles say they are investigating a sexual assault report filed against former "Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick days after an actress accused him of raping her. LAPD spokesman Off. Michael Lopez tells The Associated Press that the report was filed Tuesday and the British actor is listed as a suspect. In a Facebook post on Monday, actress Kristina Cohen said that Westwick sexually assaulted her three years ago. The Hollywood Reporter says it has obtained a copy of the... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Officials have closed two security checkpoints Wednesday morning at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airport says on its Twitter account that two checkpoints in terminal four were closed. Passengers can continue using the two remaining checkpoints in the terminal. The cause of the closure is unknown. An email sent to the airport seeking an explanation on the closure wasn't immediately returned Wednesday morning.

Lena Waithe officially arrived in September, when she made history as the first African American woman to be nominated — and then win — an Emmy in the comedy writing category for Netflix’s “Master of None.” Now the victor is busy getting the spoils. Waithe tops this year’s Out 100 List, the publication’s annual rank of LGBTQ+ actors, politicians, musicians, activists and community members. As one of four cover stars, Waithe reflected on her big night and her impassioned speech. “I wanted to say something about our community... Читать дальше...

Steven Soderbergh’s latest project premiered Wednesday — not on movie or TV screens, but in an interactive mobile app that the award-winning Hollywood director believes could shape the future of storytelling. The app, called Mosaic, lets viewers choose to watch a story unfold from the points of view of different characters, instead of watching the tale in the traditional linear way. The app’s first program is a version of Soderbergh’s HBO series, also called “Mosaic,” starring Sharon Stone.

Steven Soderbergh’s latest project premieres Wednesday — not on movie or TV screens, but in an interactive mobile app that the award-winning Hollywood director believes could shape the future of storytelling. The app, called Mosaic, lets viewers chose to watch a story unfold from the points of view of different characters, instead of watching the tale in the traditional straightforward linear way. The app’s first program is a version of the upcoming HBO TV series, also called “Mosaic,” starring actress Sharon Stone.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's governor says residents of his state made an expensive mistake when they voted to expand access to Medicaid, and he is hesitant to implement it at all. Republican Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed five different attempts by the state Legislature to expand the program. But Maine voters decided the issue at the polls Tuesday, approving a Medicaid expansion under former President Barack Obama's signature health law. LePage said on Wednesday that a previous Medicaid expansion... Читать дальше...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats nearly wiped out Republicans' overwhelming majority on Election Day in the Virginia House of Delegates, with a handful of races that will decide control of the body remaining too close to call. By Wednesday morning, Democrats had picked up 14 of the 17 seats they would need to retake the chamber for the first time in two decades. "It really is an unprecedented result we're seeing," House Democratic Caucus Leader David Toscano said. The last time Democrats picked up more than five seats was 1975... Читать дальше...

Slow your roll, AT&T-Time Warner: your merger may not close by the end of 2017 after all. “All approvals have been received, but for the DOJ,” AT&T CFO John Stephens said this morning of his company’s pending acquisition. “We are in active discussions with the DOJ. Those are continuing on. I can’t comment on those discussions, but with those discussions, I can now say that the timing of the closing of the deal is now uncertain.” “With regard to the transaction, everything continues as we’ve... Читать дальше...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Democratic victories in Tuesday's elections, including governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey (all times local): 9:15 a.m. A transgender candidate who defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker and the sponsor of a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use is thanking her grassroots supporters. Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, told Washinton's WTTG-TV in an interview Wednesday morning that her supporters made it possible for her to... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump Jr. didn’t just turn his clocks back an hour on Sunday — he must have rewound them an entire day. On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert torched the President’s son for apparently not knowing when Election Day actually is. Don Jr. was trying to rally Virginians to get out and vote for Republican Ed Gillespie — he just happened to be off by a good 24 hours. Below is Junior’s initial “tomorrow” screw-up, which was posted on the morning of Election Day. Don would repeat his mistake, and Gillespie went on to lose the race. Читать дальше...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — Unionized workers at the Fairbanks Scales plant in the Vermont town of St. Johnsbury are back on the job after a weeklong strike. On Tuesday, workers from the United Electrical 234 ratified a three-year contract which includes wage increases and improvements in health insurance coverage. Union representative Chad McGinnis says the company met most of the union's key goals. Sixty-seven workers went on strike Nov. 1. Fairbanks spokeswoman Ingrid Adel said the company is pleased... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian journalist who narrowly survived a stabbing attack last month says the attacker was intent on killing her. Tatyana Felgenhauer, a top host and deputy editor-in-chief at Ekho Moskvy, was stabbed in the throat at the station's offices in central Moscow last month and spent hours in a medically induced coma. The attack on Felgenhauer, the latest in a string of assaults on journalists and opposition activists in Moscow, sent shockwaves through Russia's journalist community. Investigators... Читать дальше...

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Connecticut resident will spend four years in prison after he stole nearly $1 million from his employer. Prosecutors say 54-year-old Claude Carnahan, of Westport, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 48 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. The Norwalk Hour reports he embezzled around $984,000 from his roofing firm. Court documents say Carnahan embezzled from his employer while working as the regional controller, issuing... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — MGM is reporting third-quarter net income of $149.1 million, its first quarterly financial report since a deadly mass shooting at its Mandalay Bay property in early October. The shooting did not have an impact on the current results. But, cancellations and marketing suspensions are expected to weigh down fourth-quarter results. On Oct. 1, gunman Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old high-stakes gambler and real estate investor, unleashed a barrage of gunfire at concertgoers from his high-rise suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president says he fired his longtime ally for scheming to take power, including by consulting witch doctors. President Robert Mugabe spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since dismissing Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been seen as Mugabe's potential successor. Now Mugabe's wife appears poised for the role. The 93-year-old Mugabe told thousands of cheering supporters that Mnangagwa had plotted to take over since becoming a vice president in 2014. Mnangagwa replaced Joice Mujuru... Читать дальше...

TINTON FALLS, N.J. (AP) — A 93-year-old World War II veteran upset an incumbent New Jersey mayor who was seeking a second term. Vito Perillo defeated Tinton Falls Mayor Gerald Turning in the nonpartisan municipal race Tuesday. Perillo tells the Asbury Park Press he wore out two pairs of shoes campaigning door-to-door. The U.S. Navy veteran decided to run following a pair of whistleblower lawsuits involving the police department that cost the borough a reported $1.1 million in settlements. Turning... Читать дальше...