Новости за 25.01.2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two of the three men who successfully challenged racial segregation as undergraduates at North Carolina's flagship university have now died in less than a month. John Lewis Brandon, 80, died Tuesday at a hospital outside Houston of complications from cancer, his son Christopher Brandon said Wednesday. On Dec. 29, LeRoy Frasier died at a New York City hospital. His brother Ralph Frasier lives in Jacksonville, Florida. The three were students at Hillside High School in Durham when... Читать дальше...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Fifty years after it was seized by North Korea, the USS Pueblo is the only U.S. Navy ship held captive by a foreign government. And though mostly forgotten in the United States, the "Pueblo Incident" for North Korea remains a potent symbol of military success. The spy ship and captured 50 years ago this week sits in a frozen river on the edge of the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum" in Pyongyang, where thousands of North Koreans are brought each day to hear... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Utah governor's State of the State (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is again sounding the alarm about Utah's rising rate of teen suicides. The Republican governor used his annual State of the State speech Wednesday to speak of his newly-formed task force to try to determine why Utah's youth are taking their lives. Herbert said it horrifies him that suicide has become the leading cause of death among Utah's young people and the fact that some... Читать дальше...

MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are allowing some Montecito residents to return home, two weeks after mudslides ravaged the Southern California community and killed at least 21 people. Santa Barbara County spokeswoman Gina DePinto said Wednesday that mandatory and voluntary evacuations for about 1,000 households were lifted Wednesday. Some other evacuation orders and warnings were lifted on Tuesday but thousands of people in and around the coastal town have yet to receive the all-clear. Authorities... Читать дальше...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on the winter storm blowing into the Sierra (all times local, PST): 5:40 p.m. Power has been restored to all but a couple dozen homes in the Reno area after strong gusty winds damaged power lines ahead of a winter storm blowing into Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada. Nearly 5,000 homes and businesses temporarily lost power and winds gusting up to 40 mph toppled a semi-trailer truck on U.S. Highway 395 north of Reno Wednesday afternoon. NV Energy reported only 50 customers remained without power Wednesday evening. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California has delayed a vote on a proposed tuition increase after criticism from Gov. Jerry Brown and impassioned pleas from students who urged the UC governing board to push harder for state funding and not raise the cost of their education for the second consecutive year. UC President Janet Napolitano said that after hearing students concerns, the governing body was "better advised to defer voting on this item until its May meeting." The UC Board of Regents... Читать дальше...

Ethan Dvash-Banks was born 16 months ago in Canada, with the help of a surrogate mother, and now lives in Los Angeles with his parents, one of them a native of the United States. If his parents had been husband and wife, according to a newly filed lawsuit, Ethan would be recognized as a U.S. citizen. But his parents are a married gay couple, his biological father was born in Israel, and Ethan, whose permission to remain in the country expired in December, is now at risk of deportation. Читать дальше...

Barry Bonds still is not a Hall of Famer. Neither is Roger Clemens. In fact, they’re far from it. Four members of the 2018 Hall of Fame class were announced Wednesday: third baseman Chipper Jones, outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, first baseman Jim Thome and closer Trevor Hoffman. Bonds and Clemens hardly got a bump in the voting in their sixth year on the ballot. Bonds received 56.4 percent, barely up from last year’s 53.8 percent. Clemens got 57.3 percent... Читать дальше...

A coalition of marijuana growers is suing the state in a bid to block regulations they contend will allow big-money cultivators to drive boutique farmers out of business. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Sacramento County Superior Court by the California Growers Association, comes a little more than three weeks into California’s experiment in legal recreational sales and amplifies long-held fears of a corporate takeover of cannabis agriculture. The suit challenges... Читать дальше...

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were: 0-3-2-7 (zero, three, two, seven)

Coming off a season-low-tying, three-point effort against Arizona last week, Darius McNeill sat down with the Cal coaching staff to do some binge-watching. The Bears’ freshman point guard barely recognized the guy wearing his jersey in videos from games during the previous two weeks. “I’ve never played like that in my career,” the 6-foot-3, 175-pounder from Houston said. “It was a lot different for me. I was timid. I was unsure. “I was trying to... Читать дальше...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — It wasn't only Democratic-leaning counties in Oregon that voted to impose a tax on hospitals and health insurers to pay for Medicaid for low-income residents — several counties that voted for Donald Trump also helped propel the ballot measure to resounding "yes" vote. As president, Trump endorsed Republican bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid. Oregon did the opposite on Tuesday when it expanded funding of Medicaid, making up for a drop in the federal government's share and covering more children. Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The war has begun in Philadelphia and Boston, where the Super Bowl-bound rivals are lightheartedly refusing to sell items from each other's cities in a sort of "cheesesteak ban heard 'round the world." In Boston, one park has banned the sale of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and the wearing of any Philadelphia sports paraphernalia. Michael Nichols, director of the Esplanade along the Charles River, said Wednesday that also forbidden are cracked copper bells, "Philadelphia" brand cream cheese... Читать дальше...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is moving forward with plans to have the nation's largest private-prison operator build a new state prison after departing Republican Gov. Sam Brownback cut a political deal to win over wary GOP legislative leaders Wednesday. The Legislature's eight top leaders approved a plan to have Tennessee-based CoreCivic Inc. build a 2,432-bed prison near Kansas City to replace the state's oldest and largest correctional facility there. The state would buy the new prison in Lansing over 20 years through a lease with the company... Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner's state-paid scheduler set up a May 2015 meeting at the Executive Mansion with a former business partner who claims in a lawsuit they discussed a personal business deal, calling into question Wednesday the Republican's claims that he ended his day-to-day business dealings when he became governor three years ago. Rauner's official calendar, obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, shows a 5 p.m. appointment on May 11, 2015, at the governor's mansion in Springfield. Читать дальше...

Past Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Ted Ligety and Andrew Weibrecht are among the 22 ski racers named to the U.S. Alpine team heading to the Pyeongchang Games. U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced the roster Wednesday. Three California-based skiers made the team — Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley) and Mark Engel (Truckee) are on the 13-member men’s team and Stacy Cook (Mammoth Lakes) made the nine-member women’s team. Also, Reno’s Tim Jitloff was named to the men’s team. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Concerned about soaring health care costs, Idaho on Wednesday revealed a plan that will allow insurance companies to sell cheap policies that ditch key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. It's believed to be the first state to take formal steps without prior federal approval for creating policies that do not comply with the Obama-era health care law. Health care experts say the move is legally dubious, a concern supported by internal records obtained by The Associated Press. Читать дальше...

MoviePass and The Orchard have acquired the domestic rights to “American Animals,” a heist film directed by Bart Layton and starring Evan Peters. The acquisition is the first pickup from MoviePass, which announced at the Sundance Film Festival last week that it would begin acquiring films with established distributors and promote them via its movie ticket subscription program. “American Animals” follows a group of young men in their early twenties who, in 2004, mistook their lives for a movie and... Читать дальше...

Ethan Dvash-Banks was born 16 months ago in Canada, with the help of a surrogate mother, and now lives in Los Angeles with his parents, one of them a native of the United States. If his parents had been husband and wife, according to a newly filed lawsuit, Ethan would be recognized as a U.S. citizen. But his parents are a married gay couple, his biological father was born in Israel, and Ethan, whose permission to remain in the country expired in December, is now at risk of deportation. Читать дальше...

Cullen Neal once pictured a clean, straight line from Eldorado High in Albuquerque to St. Mary’s College in Moraga. He committed to the Gaels as a high school junior, captivated by head coach Randy Bennett’s program. Neal finally reached St. Mary’s last summer, but only after tracing an adventurous and tumultuous path through New Mexico and Mississippi. As his dad Craig Neal put it this week, “It’s a weird path.” The road ultimately led Neal to McKeon Pavilion, where the No. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on University of California's proposed tuition increase (all times local): 4:40 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents has delayed a vote on a proposed tuition increase until May. The decision Wednesday came after students and other critics had urged the governing board not to rush to vote this week. UC President Janet Napolitano said after hearing students' concerns, the governing body was "better advised to defer voting on this item until its May meeting."... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 4" game were: 5-8-2-8 (five, eight, two, eight) ¶ Maximum prize: $500

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were: 2-7-7 (two, seven, seven) ¶ Maximum prize: $500

Paramount’s new drama “Waco” takes a closer look at the real-life siege on a Waco compound in 1993, where cult leader David Koresh lived with his followers. The mini-series has an impressive cast, with Taylor Kitsch in the lead role as Koresh, Michael Shannon as the FBI’s negotiator, Melissa Benoist as Koresh’s first wife, and Paul Sparks as one of Koresh’s friends and converts. The “House of Cards” alum stopped by TheWrap studios ahead of the show’s premiere to discuss his character, who he describes... Читать дальше...

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