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A suspicious backpack shut down a terminal Tuesday at the San Jose International Airport, impacting both incoming and outgoing flights, officials said. Terminal B of the airport, which is primarily used by Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines, was shut down at 10 a.m. after the backpack was reported, officials said. The backpack was determined not to be a risk and the terminal was reopened by noon. Outgoing passengers and people up passengers were advised to check... Читать дальше...

Youths who vape are more likely to light up. That’s the conclusion reached by UCSF researchers, who found that using any form of tobacco — including electronic cigarettes, chewing tobacco, water pipes and snuff — makes a teenager more likely to get hooked on conventional cigarettes. “Teens who experimented with tobacco in any form were at greater risk of future smoking,” said senior author Benjamin Chaffee, a UCSF dentistry professor and one of those who conducted... Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A space heater is blamed in a fire that damaged a downtown St. Louis motel. KMOV-TV reports that a woman and her three children were evaluated but determined to be OK after the fire broke out Tuesday morning at the America's Best Value Inn near Lumiere Place Casino. The fire forced those staying at the motel to evacuate on a morning with below-zero wind chill. The St. Louis Fire Department says a space heater caught fire in the room next to where the woman and children were staying. Читать дальше...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man accused of obstructing a terrorism investigation by destroying a thumb drive will remain in jail for at least another week. Twenty-one-year-old Sean Duncan of Sterling made an initial appearance Tuesday in federal court after his arrest Friday. A magistrate ordered that Duncan remain jailed pending a Jan. 8 hearing. According to an FBI affidavit, agents were preparing to execute a search warrant on Duncan's home when he ran out the back door and tossed a bag with a crushed thumb drive over agents' heads. Читать дальше...

Wheat for March was 6.50 cents higher at 4.3350 a bushel; March corn was up 2.50 cents at 3.5325 a bushel; March oats rose 1.50 cents at $2.4250 bushel; while January soybeans was gained 3.50 cents at $9.55 a bushel. Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle was up 1.80 cents at $1.2335 a pound; January feeder cattle rose 3.52 cents at $1.4952 a pound; while February lean hogs was off 1.05 cents at $.7072 a pound.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Two judges and one attorney have filed to run for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to submit nominating signatures to get on the ballot. The Feb. 20 primary will winnow the field to two candidates who will face off in the April 3 general election. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet, Sauk County Circuit Judge Michael Screnock and Madison attorney Tim Burns are running. Читать дальше...

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified the two security guards who were fatally shot over the weekend while investigating a disturbance in a room at a hotel-casino west of the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County coroner's office on Tuesday identified the security guards as 28-year-old Phillip Albert Archuleta and 50-year-old LaTosha Juane White. Both were Las Vegas residents and their deaths were ruled homicides. The shooting happened Saturday at Arizona Charlie's Decatur. Police have said 29-year-old... Читать дальше...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Coal mining deaths surged in the U.S. in 2017, one year after they hit a record low. The nation's coal mines recorded 15 deaths last year, including eight in West Virginia. Kentucky had two deaths, and there were one each in Alabama, Colorado, Montana, Pennsylvania and Wyoming. In 2016 there were eight U.S. coal mine deaths. West Virginia has led the nation in coal mining deaths in six of the past eight years. That includes 2010, when 29 miners were killed in an explosion... Читать дальше...

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — Monster truck tours at an Arizona ostrich farm have been suspended following a rollover involving a dozen people. KVOA-TV in Tucson reports that the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch announced this weekend that it would stop running the tours after a truck overturned Friday with 12 people inside. Three people who were injured, including the driver, were airlifted to a hospital. Pinal County sheriff's spokeswoman Navideh Forghani said Tuesday that all of the injured have been released from hospitals. Читать дальше...

Imagine a time before you could find the answers to “Does sex hurt?” or “Am I gay?” on Google — when you were so unsure about what sex was that you worried you might’ve done it accidentally. That’s the 1980s rural Illinois setting of the first scenes of “The Vagina Odyssey,” which is written and performed by women’s sexuality coach Sarah J. Kennedy. Kennedy’s journey of self-discovery (and sexual discovery) takes her from Catholic school taught by nuns to a women’s studies minor to chakras... Читать дальше...

If you’ve got the capacity to show 70mm, flaunt it. That’s what the Alamo Drafthouse’s New Mission theater is doing to celebrate Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, “Phantom Thread.” To whet your appetite, a week before “The Phantom Thread” opens in 70mm, the New Mission is screening Anderson’s last film, “Inherent Vice” (2014), twice in 70mm. Who can resist a 1970s neo-noir set in Los Angeles, based on a Thomas Pynchon novel and starring Joaquin Phoenix as a stoner P.I. and Josh Brolin as a hard-boiled cop? Читать дальше...

There are few pop culture icons who have spoken to the freaks and the weirdos of the world quite like David Bowie. It’s not so surprising, then, that it’s been a tradition over the years, in several cities, to celebrate the man’s birth with a holiday called Bowiemas. The Stud, one of the San Francisco’s oldest queer bars (and one recently saved from closure by a collective of queer nightlight life personalities) is hosting and promising all the goods. Fans can dance to Bowie’s catalog all night long... Читать дальше...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Five homicide trials are scheduled to take place in Boulder County in 2018. District Attorney Stan Garnett says that is the most he has seen during his tenure. The Daily Camera reports the first two trials are scheduled to take place in April, with Adam Densmore standing trial in the killing and dismembering of his ex-girlfriend, Ashley Mead, and James Dobson standing trial in the death of Roland Dequina. Louis Sebastian is scheduled for trial in the fatal shooting of Christopher King... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court is taking a decidedly different approach to the race, embracing his partisan Democratic background and commenting on political issues that judicial candidates typically run away from. Madison attorney Tim Burns is hoping is unusual strategy, which he simply calls "straight-out candor," will help differentiate him in the Feb. 20 primary. He faces conservative Sauk County Circuit Judge Michael Screnock and Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet. Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office is investigating three possible hypothermia deaths that occurred over the New Year's weekend. The cases include the death of a 57-year-old man whose body was found in a Madison parking structure on Sunday. Preliminary autopsy results on the body of Vance Perry, of Covington, Georgia, show hypothermia as a contributing case of death. Also, a 60-year-old Madison man, Jeffrey Bracey, was found outside on Friday and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Читать дальше...

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A British chef claimed on Facebook to have "spiked" the meal of a "pious and judgmental" vegan after losing patience with a group of difficult diners at her restaurant.

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Marveling at the newly installed electronics and towering windows, parents and alumni from as far back as the 1960s were re-introduced to the new Meriden high schools by students and staff on Saturday. "Everyone says: 'wow,' " said Platt High School Principal Robert Montemurro, also a Platt alumnus. "The auditorium is our show piece." "It's like a completely different school," said Gary Palardy, a 1978 Platt graduate who toured the school with his wife and fellow Platt graduate... Читать дальше...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Sales of recreational marijuana have begun in Nevada's capital. The Nevada Appeal reports recreational marijuana purchases in Carson City kicked off Monday, six months after retail cannabis sales began in other parts of the state. Tyler Brennan is the manager of Rise dispensary in Carson City. He says the company saw less than anticipated demand Monday, but attributed it to the holiday. The newspaper reports Carson City has two dispensaries that previously could only sell marijuana for medical purposes... Читать дальше...

First there was the boxing ring. Then came "The Hangover." And now Mike Tyson is going green.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of new protective barriers will be permanently installed in Times Square and other locations around New York in an effort to block vehicles from hitting pedestrians after deadly attacks last year on crowds. The city is spending $50 million on protective measures including the installation of 1,500 metal barriers, or bollards, in key locations around the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. Known around the world for the New Year's Eve ball drop, Times Square is crowded most days with tourists... Читать дальше...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ambassador Nikki Haley says U.S. calling for U.N. Security Council and Human Rights Council emergency sessions on Iran.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on the opening day of the 2018 Mississippi Legislature (all times local): 1:15 p.m. A long-serving Mississippi lawmaker says he has recovered from an illness that had been diagnosed as dementia. Rep. Steve Holland, a Plantersville Democrat, made the announced Tuesday as lawmakers met for the first time in 2018. He says his short-term memory problems cleared up in August. Holland says they may have been caused by a previous illness, although he also says his improvement... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's House speaker, who said he would resign his leadership position after acknowledging he settled a sexual harassment claim with a female legislative staffer, now says he's reconsidering that decision. Jeff Hoover announced his resignation in November, saying at the time that it was "effective immediately." But his resignation is not official until he submits it to the House of Representatives. The House convened Tuesday, but Hoover did not resign. In a statement, Hoover... Читать дальше...