Новости за 31.01.2018

Stocks moved higher in morning trading Wednesday after several big U.S. companies reported strong quarterly results. Technology companies accounted for much of the market's gain, outweighing losses in health care and other sectors. Oil prices headed lower. The market was coming off a two-day losing streak and its biggest drop since August. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,830 as of 10:43 a.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 185 points... Читать дальше...

In a vote late Tuesday night, the San Jose City Council set a six-week deadline for removing the controversial statue of the Italian colonizer from the lobby of City Hall, and the city is looking for a new home.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Leaders of a Maryland school district investigators found had grading and graduation certification violations have told state officials they resulted from failures in procedure and monitoring and not from any district orders. The Washington Post reports that Prince George's County Public Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell and four other district officials appeared before the State Board of Education on Tuesday. The investigation had found roughly 30 percent of a sample group of students with... Читать дальше...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Daimler says it has fired an executive who represented it at an industry-backed organization that commissioned diesel exhaust tests involving monkeys. A statement from Daimler AG on Wednesday did not identify by name the executive, citing privacy concerns. It said the executive sat on the top management board of the now-dissolved EUGT entity. Volkswagen on Tuesday suspended its head of external relations, who said he knew about the experiments but did not inform the company's then-CEO, Martin Winterkorn.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would improve public access to information about criminal court cases in Virginia. The legislation would make the Virginia Supreme Court's databases of court case information from across the state open to the public, as well as a database containing district court records. The Daily Press reports that the compromise bill under consideration follows lengthy efforts by the newspaper to obtain a database of circuit court records from the Supreme Court. Читать дальше...

SAO PAULO (AP) — A new poll shows former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enjoying a strong lead ahead of the Oct.7 presidential elections despite his recent conviction on corruption charges. The Datafolha poll published Wednesday is the first since an appeals court last week upheld a corruption conviction against da Silva — a decision likely to knock him out of contention. The survey finds that if da Silva is allowed to run, would get between 34 and 37 percent of votes in the first round. Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman found along the side of a road. Officer responded to a gunfire detector in north Minneapolis about 10 p.m. Tuesday and found the woman's body. She has not been identified. Police say no suspects are in custody.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was overheard Tuesday night telling a Republican lawmaker he is "100 percent" in favor of releasing a classified memo on the Russia investigation, and his chief of staff says the document is likely to be released "pretty quick." The memo has sparked a political fight pitting Republicans against the FBI and the Justice Department. "Oh yeah, don't worry," the president told South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan on the House floor after his first State of the Union address. Читать дальше...

Two westbound lanes were reopened after an hour closure on Interstate 80 early Wednesday in Pinole due to a collision, causing 30 minute traffic delays toward San Francisco, authorities said. The crash was reported just before 6 a.m. on the interstate at the Pinole Valley Road off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. There was no immediate information on how many cars were involved in the crash or if there were injuries. CHP issued... Читать дальше...

Ignore The Eye in the above photo: Fox has poached the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football” package from CBS and NBC, and all it cost them was $60 million per game, TheWrap has learned. Eleven weeks of primetime pro football games will head to the Murdoch-owned broadcaster and its Fox Sports arm for the next five years, beginning with the 2018 season. Crunching some numbers, that means 21st Century Fox paid more than $3 billion in total for the games. With Disney set to acquire many of its assets over the next year or so... Читать дальше...

Your daily look at late-breaking California news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ECLIPSE Eclipse of "super blue blood moon" provides early morning sky show. 2. HELICOPTER CRASH Investigation begins in crash of small helicopter in Newport Beach neighborhood that killed three people and injured two. 3. SAN ONOFRE Settlement involving closure of nuclear power plant will save about $68 per residential customer in the next four years. 4. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court documents show 77 immigrants who entered the country illegally were discovered inside a hot truck by officers conducting a traffic stop in Southern California near the Mexico border. The San Diego Union-Tribune on Tuesday cited a criminal complaint that says five children were among the people stuffed shoulder-to-shoulder inside the overheated cargo area. The documents say the group of Mexican nationals admitted entering the U.S. illegally. The California Highway Patrol pulled... Читать дальше...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A legislative committee has unanimously rejected a proposal to change the state's education funding model. The Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration on Tuesday voted down the recommendations made by consultants who were paid about $800,000 to examine a state education system that is facing a significant funding shortfall. The consultant's recommended funding model would have cost $71 million more than what the state currently provides for its K-12 system. Sen. Hank Coe... Читать дальше...

PINK, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prison inmate who walked away from a halfway house in December was fatally shot by law officers. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said 40-year-old Ricky Rusche was shot Tuesday by officers at a home in Pink, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. He says it isn't known yet why the officers shot Rusche. State Department of Corrections spokesman Matt Elliott says Rusche walked away from the Carver Transitional Center in Oklahoma City in December. Читать дальше...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A woman who served as an aide to the late U.S. Rep. James Traficant has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from a woman with dementia. The Vindicator reports attorney Sam Amendolara sought probation for 70-year-old Linda Kovachik, of Youngstown, and called Tuesday's sentence "obscene," blaming it on Kovachik's ties to Traficant. Amendolara says the amount was closer to $50,000. Kovachik pleaded guilty to felony theft in November for stealing... Читать дальше...

NY Current Conditions as of 10:00 AM EST Wednesday, January 31, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%) Albany;Partly sunny;19;W;8;51% Binghamton;Mostly cloudy;11;S;6;73% Buffalo;Cloudy;19;S;14;67% Central Park;Sunny;21;Calm;0;45% Dansville;Cloudy;12;SE;8;69% Dunkirk;Cloudy;21;S;24;64% East Hampton;Sunny;22;NW;8;56% Elmira;Mostly cloudy;13;NNE;3;80% Farmingdale;Sunny;22;W;8;55% Fort Drum;Sunny;2;SE;8;79% Fulton;Sunny;11;S;7;76% Glens Falls;Sunny;16;N;3;51%... Читать дальше...

Production on the final season of “House of Cards” has at last resumed, Netflix announced Wednesday. Actors Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear are also joining the cast, now led by solely by Robin Wright as President Claire Underwood. The show was put on indefinite hiatus in November after the personal implosion of series star Kevin Spacey, who stands accused of sexually assaulting numerous men including some when they were minors. (He has denied many of the accusations.) While character details are under wraps, Lane and Kinnear will play siblings. Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL (AP) — A court in Istanbul sentenced three people to life prison terms on Wednesday for their involvement in an Islamic State group suicide bombing in 2016 at Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district that killed 12 German tourists. The three — Hasan al Mayyuf, Fevzi Muhammed Ali and Halil Dervis — were sentenced to life terms for breaching Turkey's constitution and to additional 329 years each for killing 12 people and the attempted murder of 16 people injured in the blast, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Читать дальше...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Authorities in Peru have detained a truck driver accused of damaging part of the world-renowned Nazca lines. The nation's Ministry of Culture says Jainer Flores drove into an unauthorized section of the U.N. World Heritage site on Saturday, leaving tracks and damaging part of three lines. The Nazca lines are huge etchings depicting imaginary figures, creatures and plants that were scratched on the surface of a coastal desert between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. They are believed to have had ritual astronomical purposes. Читать дальше...

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in southwest Ohio say a high school student has been fatally shot by another student at a residence. WXIX-TV reports that Ross High School Principal Brian Martin told parents in a recorded message that junior Austin Hensley was fatally shot around 6 p.m. Tuesday in Ross Township, 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest of Hamilton. Authorities say a 17-year-old Ross student has been arrested and is being held at the Butler County Juvenile Justice Center. Читать дальше...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African city of Cape Town says there has been growing tension and one arrest at a source of natural spring water where residents have converged because of a severe drought. Authorities say they might have to turn off most city taps in mid-April if residents don't save enough water, a scenario that has raised concerns about security. The city says police and the military would help secure water collection sites if the tap closure occurs. The city says it is taking over... Читать дальше...

MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey town has approved a settlement with an Orthodox Jewish group from New York that sued over a religious boundary built with white plastic piping on utility poles. Mahwah Township Attorney Brian Chewcaskie says the settlement will remain confidential pending approval from the Bergen Rockland Eruv Association. The Record reports council members voted 5-2 late Tuesday in favor of settling after two hours of private legal discussion. Council members Janet Ariemma and James Wysocki voted no. Читать дальше...

NY ALBANY NY Zone Forecast for Wednesday, January 31, 2018 _____ 893 FPUS51 KALY 311429 ZFPALY ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT for EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND National Weather Service ALBANY NY 929 AM EST Wed Jan 31 2018 NYZ033-312115- Hamilton- Including the cities of Speculator and Indian Lake 929 AM EST Wed Jan 31 2018 .TODAY...Partly sunny. A chance of snow showers this afternoon. Cold with highs around 20. West winds around 5 mph, becoming south with gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow 40 percent. Читать дальше...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Whatcom County man accused of killing an 18-year-old woman in 1989 is now facing a first-degree rape charge in the case. The Bellingham Herald reports that the charge was filed Tuesday by Whatcom County prosecuting attorney David McEachran. The statute of limitations for adults for rape is three years, but McEachran said because Bass was identified through DNA evidence taken from Mandy Stavik's body, prosecutors had a year from identifying Bass - in December - to file a rape charge. Читать дальше...