Новости за 17.01.2018

SF Glens sign Javier Ayala-Hil as head coach   The San Francisco Glens announced the signing of Javier Ayala-Hil, SF State’s soccer team head coach, to lead their inaugural season in the USL-PDL. Ayala-Hil is a Bay Area native born in East Palo Alto. He played college at UC Berkeley from 2004-2007. He was

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A member of the Republican leadership team in the Kentucky Senate has introduced a bill aimed at legalizing marijuana. Sen. Dan Seum said Wednesday that Kentucky should join the legalization trend flourishing elsewhere. Eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. His bill would allow adults 21 or older to legally use marijuana. It also would legalize production and sale of pot. Seum estimates the cash-strapped state would generate... Читать дальше...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democrats in charge of Maryland's legislature are telling President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Washington that "enough is enough." They urged them Wednesday to reach a budget agreement to avoid a federal government shutdown. In a letter Wednesday, House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said they were speaking "on behalf of a state that is exhausted from being whipsawed by the inaction in Washington, D.C." They say the federal tax overhaul "blows a $1.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on Louisiana's budget and tax negotiations (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Winter weather in Louisiana has forced a delay in the release of Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year. The Democratic governor intended to unveil his spending plan, including $1 billion in state funding cuts, Friday. That's been pushed back to Monday because of concerns about lawmakers traveling to Baton Rouge on still-thawing roads. The presentation is a big deal at the Louisiana Capitol. Читать дальше...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature voted Wednesday to override Gov. Rick Snyder's veto of a speedier tax cut for those who trade in their car for a new one, the first override in his tenure and just the fourth in the last 67 years. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said the "timing was right" — the same day the chamber approved a bill to keep intact and boost Michigan's personal tax exemption, which is at risk of being eliminated under the recent federal tax overhaul... Читать дальше...

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (AP) — The NHRA Summernationals no longer has a home. The owners of Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey have informed the NHRA they no longer will host drag racing events, effective immediately. The Napp family, which has owned and operated the track since its opening in 1965, announced Tuesday a reorganization of the company's business operations. While drag racing on the quarter-mile or eighth-mile track will end immediately, Raceway Park will use the stadium portion of the facility to continue most of its operations... Читать дальше...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Senate panel approved a bill that would have certain trigger devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly, similar to the ones used in the Las Vegas mass shooting, banned in Washington. The Spokesman-Review reports the Law and Justice Committee approved the Senate bill after rejecting a Republican bid to allow them to be sold if the purchaser passes a federal firearms background check. The devices, known as bump stocks or bump-fire stocks, were used to increase... Читать дальше...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A waitress who has been a feature of a Pennsylvania restaurant for more than six decades has worked her final shift at the Penn State hangout. Eighty-one-year-old Emma Gunsallus retired Tuesday from The Corner Room, where she worked as a waitress for 61 years. The Centre Daily Times reports Gunsallus worked her first shift at the restaurant in the 1950s and has not missed a shift since. She says what she'll miss the most is the people who stop by. Restaurant co-owner... Читать дальше...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A waitress who has been a feature of a Pennsylvania restaurant for more than six decades has worked her final shift at the Penn State hangout. Eighty-one-year-old Emma Gunsallus retired Tuesday from The Corner Room, where she worked as a waitress for 61 years. The Centre Daily Times reports Gunsallus worked her first shift at the restaurant in the 1950s and has not missed a shift since. She says what she'll miss the most is the people who stop by. Restaurant co-owner John... Читать дальше...

North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to have their athletes march together under one flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month and to field a joint women’s hockey team, the most dramatic gesture of reconciliation between the two nations in a decade or more. Seoul has said in the past that it hoped such a move could contribute to a political thaw after years of high tensions over the North’s nuclear and missile tests. The games will begin Feb.

PERRIS, Riverside County — Thirteen malnourished siblings allegedly kept captive in filthy conditions by their parents in a Southern California home lived a strict existence with no social lives and no contact with extended family, two of their aunts said Wednesday. “They weren’t allowed to watch TV. They weren’t allowed to have friends over — the normal things that kids do,” the children’s aunt, Teresa Robinette, told NBC’s “Today” show. Robinette is the sister of Louise Turpin... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole knew the art of the deal before President Donald Trump published the 1987 book. The two shared a stage under the Capitol dome Wednesday as Dole, 94, accepted Congress' highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, for his World War II service and decades of work in the House and Senate. Trump, meanwhile, was mired in a pitched budget battle that threatened to end in a government shutdown at week's end. "Bob Dole was known for his ability... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Citing new testimony from a state school board member, a Springfield teacher is asking a judge to overturn the Missouri Board of Education's controversial removal of the state education commissioner. Teacher Laurie Sullivan filed a lawsuit in November accusing the board of violating the state's open meetings law before it fired Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven. In filings presented to a Cole County judge Tuesday, Sullivan argued a deposition from board member Eddy... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — A group that stocks a remote desert camp with water for migrants crossing illegally into the United States says some Border Patrol agents have slashed and emptied the water bottles, putting the travelers' lives in danger. A spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the agents, says it does not condone such actions. The southern Arizona group No More Deaths revived its past charges against some Border Patrol agents at a Wednesday news conference near the Arizona-Mexico border. Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert is creating a task force that includes a high-ranking Mormon leader, the Utah Jazz owner and the leader of an LGBT rights group to address a troubling increase in teen suicides in Utah. Herbert unveiled the coalition Wednesday and called on the members to coordinate with suicide prevention groups to create a list of recommendations to give to him by Feb. 15. The new coalition is the latest attempt by officials to find out why so many teens are killing themselves... Читать дальше...

BANGKOK— A Thai military court on Wednesday dropped royal insult charges against an 84-year old historian who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on elephant-back over 500 years ago. Sulak Sivaraksa was charged in October under the draconian lese majeste law that protects the monarchy from libel and defamation. The Bangkok military court had agreed to hear views from historians and experts before it decided to drop the charges for lack of evidence. Читать дальше...

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say a 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing another teenager. Police tell The Enterprise the stabbing happened Sunday in Brockton. Investigators say the 15-year-old followed the 16-year-old boy before he grabbed an object on the street and stabbed the victim. The victim was taken to the Good Samaritan Medical Center with multiple stab wounds. Police say the victim identified the suspect as someone he had attended school with in Boston. Читать дальше...

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors have released new details about the drug overdose death of the alleged hitman in the May 2012 shooting death of a popular radio host in New Jersey. They announced Wednesday that Francis Mullholland was found dead on Oct. 8, 2013 at his Lower Township home. Responding officers found him on the living room floor along with a blue wax fold marked "PitBull" that tested positive for heroin and a syringe. Mullholland died just over a year after April Kauffman's was... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed.: OpenHighLowSettleChg.WHEAT5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushelMar416¾422¾415½421½+5May430½435½428¾434½+4½Jul443¾448¼442447¾+4Sep458462¼456½462+4Dec476¾480½475480¼+3¼Mar490¾493¼489493¼+2¾May501½+3Jul502¼503¼502¼503¼+3½Sep512½+3½Dec526529526529+3¼Mar532¼+1¼May532+1¼Jul532¾+1¼Est. sales 80,590. Tue.'s sales 151,415Tue.

Among the best-reviewed films of 2017 were “Lady Bird” and “Get Out,” and both are first-time efforts directed by actors. Though shut out of the Golden Globes directing category, Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele were both recognized by the more prestigious Directors Guild of America. Now, all eyes are on their chances for the upcoming Oscar nominations. “Of all the disciplines to cross over, actors have probably had the best track record,” producer and former Universal chief Tom Pollock said. And... Читать дальше...

Scotland Yard has opened a third sexual assault investigation against Kevin Spacey, based on a complaint that was filed with London police last month. The investigation involves an alleged assault against an unnamed man in the London borough of Westminster in 2005, and follows claims filed against the actor of assaults that occurred in the southern borough of Lambeth in 2005 and 2008. “On 13 December we received an allegation that the man sexually assaulted a man (Victim 3) in 2005 in Westminster,” Scotland Yard said Wednesday in a statement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is nearing renewal of a key spy program that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect information on foreigners abroad. Law enforcement veterans and privacy advocates say the bill's demand for a warrant in certain cases when the FBI digs into Americans' emails and other communications will amount to little more than a nuisance. Those backing the bill say the new provision will further safeguard Americans' communications. Opponents say the warrant requirement would rarely be required. Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian radio station says the man who stabbed and seriously wounded one of its journalists has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Ekho Moskvy host and deputy editor-in-chief Tatyana Felgenhauer was stabbed in the neck at the station's Moscow office on Oct. 23. The attacker, Boris Grits, has been in custody since then awaiting trial. Ekho Moskvy reported Wednesday that doctors at Moscow's Serbsky hospital diagnosed Grits, a dual citizen of Russia and Israel, as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The attorneys general for New York and Connecticut have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in the latest multi-state effort to compel federal regulators to reduce smog blowing in from other states. Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE'-dur-muhn) of New York and George Jepsen of Connecticut filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. The suit says the Environmental Protection Agency is violating the federal Clean Air Act by failing to curb air pollution that blows... Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man from Nigeria has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for stealing identities of dozens of people and using them to file false tax returns that resulted in $734,000 in bogus refunds. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 38-year-old Olusola Luke was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to steal government funds. Luke was living in St. Louis in 2015 when he fled the country. He returned to the U.S. in April and was arrested. Читать дальше...