Новости за 06.02.2018

CABO CAÑAVERAL, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — El nuevo cohete de SpaceX despegó el martes para su primer vuelo de prueba, llevando consigo un vehículo deportivo para un viaje sin destino más allá de la órbita de Marte. El cohete Falcon Heavy fue lanzado desde la misma plataforma de Florida desde donde la NASA envió hombres a la Luna hace casi 50 años. Con el despegue, el Heavy se convierte en el cohete más poderoso en uso hoy día. Sus tres propulsores y 27 motores se encendieron en el Centro Espacial... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on Poland's proposed legislation to limit Holocaust speech (all times local): 9:30 p.m. The United States is expressing disappointment that Poland's president has gone ahead and signed legislation that would make it a crime to attribute the Holocaust crimes of Nazi Germany to Poland. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement the new law "adversely affects freedom of speech and academic inquiry." Polish President Andrzej Duda signed the legislation Tuesday... Читать дальше...

Jim Carrey is dumping his Facebook stock because the company “profited from Russian interference in our elections,” the actor said in a tweet on Tuesday. “I’m dumping my @facebook stock and deleting my page because @facebook profited from Russian interference in our elections and they’re still not doing enough to stop it. I encourage all other investors who care about our future to do the same,” he wrote with the hashtag #unfriendfacebook. The tweet also included a drawing of Mark Zuckerberg alongside a thumbs down emoji. Читать дальше...

EL PASO, Texas — During sleepless nights in an immigrant detention center in Texas just north of the border, Emilio Gutierrez Soto has had a lot of time to think. Shivering on a flimsy mattress under thin sheets, Gutierrez, 54, finds himself circling back to the same question: Was it worth it? Was it worth writing those articles critical of the Mexican military? Was it worth having to flee Mexico after receiving threats against his life? Many miles away, in a teeming Mexican metropolis... Читать дальше...

Actress Busy Philipps says she is embarrassed that she ever auditioned for a Quentin Tarantino film 10 years ago after audio resurfaced in which the filmmaker said Roman Polanski didn’t rape a 13-year-old, but instead she “wanted to have it.” “F— THIS GUY,” Philipps said in a first of many tweets about the “Pulp Fiction” director. “QUENTIN IS CANCELLED. SORRY YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS FUCK QUENTIN TARANTINO YOU ARE FUCKING CANCELLED.” She added, “Like f—ing spiting on an actresses face and choking her wasn’t enough. Читать дальше...

Viacom has started another round of staff layoffs as part of its ongoing cost-cutting effort, TheWrap has learned. The job cuts, which are expected to not reach triple digits, will be focused on support employees — so not those directly involved in content creation. The affected staff represents less than 1 percent of the company’s 10,000 employees. CEO Bob Bakish addressed the “changes across the organization” in an internal memo obtained by TheWrap Tuesday. Also Read: Viacom to Acquire VidCon... Читать дальше...

“Games of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films, Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday. These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” “David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “Their command of complex characters, depth of story and... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Washington are threatening to cut U.S. funding for the World Health Organization's cancer research program over its finding that the herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans. House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith says the 2015 finding by the International Agency for Research on Cancer was fundamentally flawed and relied on cherry-picked science. The Texas lawmaker says he has concerns about bias within the program, raising questions about whether it should receive government money. Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines appears to be backing down from a demand to get credit for money donated to a fired employee's GoFundMe account. The change of heart comes after a union accused Southwest of abusing the generosity of the man's co-workers. Southwest fired Dallas mechanic Ken Hackett a year ago and accused him of helping organize a boycott of overtime assignments. In December, an arbitrator ordered the airline to reinstate Hackett with back pay minus any income he earned from other sources. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national addiction crisis. The Food and Drug Administration analysis, published Tuesday, makes it more likely that the supplement, kratom (KRAY-tom), could be banned by the federal government. The agency also said it has identified 44 reports of death involving kratom in the U.S., up from 36 reported in November. Читать дальше...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The lawyer for a former CIA officer accused of illegally retaining classified records is defending his client against accusations he was a Chinese spy. Fifty-three-year-old Jerry Chun Shing Lee made an initial appearance Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia, after his arrest last month at JFK International Airport. He is charged with illegally retaining classified documents, including names and numbers of covert CIA employees and locations of covert facilities. But some news reports... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday to overhaul how members of Congress and their staffs report sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, a response to reports about the current system's tangle of confusing guidelines and culture of secrecy. "From members to staff, no one should feel unsafe serving in Congress," House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement following a voice vote. Capitol Hill has found itself squarely in the center of a national reckoning over sexual misconduct and gender discrimination in the workplace. Читать дальше...

Three president-level television executives are stepping down from their Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) posts as part of a major shakeup under chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra. First, Keith Le Goy will take over for Man Jit Singh, who departs as president of SPE Home Entertainment. Additionally, Andy Kaplan is stepping down as president of Worldwide Networks. Sheraton Kalouria will follow suit, leaving as president and chief marketing officer for Sony Pictures Television (SPT). And going forward... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will decide whether the public will be allowed to read a memo written by House Democrats on its Russia probe. He has until the end of the week to decide whether to allow its release. White House chief of staff John Kelly told reporters Tuesday afternoon that Trump hadn't read the memo yet because Kelly said he had just given the president the document and that it was fairly lengthy. Trump last week declassified a document written by the committee's Republican... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Georgia gathered inside the state Capitol on Tuesday, offering cookies and smiles as they sought to convince lawmakers to get their founder's name affixed to a Savannah bridge that currently honors a white segregationist. The bridge may bear former Gov. Eugene Talmadge's name, but Rep. Ron Stephens said he recently learned that the state legislature never officially named the bridge for Talmadge. Legislation to do so passed the House in 1991, but never passed the Senate, Stephens said. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Newly released FBI wiretaps captured Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker making racially insensitive comments during a call with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including saying a popular lawmaker was the "least offensive" African American to appoint to a Senate seat. The Chicago Tribune late Monday published the previously unreleased recording from a decade-old investigation of Blagojevich, a Democrat now imprisoned for convictions that included trying to trade an appointment... Читать дальше...

The story book is coming to its finale page for “Once Upon a Time.” ABC’s recently-rebooted series will end with its current seventh season, a representative for the show confirmed to TheWrap on Tuesday. “Seven years ago, we set out to create a show about hope, where even in the darkest of times, a happy ending would always be possible,” creators and executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz said in a statement. “But we never imagined the happy ending that was actually in store for all of us ... Читать дальше...

“Studio 54” director Matt Tyrnauer dropped by TheWrap’s Sundance studio to discuss the untold story of the legendary New York City nightclub. “You would think Studio 54 is an over-told story but really it’s under-told, because the people that really know the story didn’t talk for 40 years,” Tyrnauer told TheWrap’s Matt Donnelly. “It’s really a rise and fall and rise again story,” Tyrnauer added. “Ian Schrager, who is the surviving founder of Studio, really didn’t talk for a lot of years because Studio 54 flamed out. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A documentary about the comedian and original "Saturday Night Live" member Gilda Radner will kick off the 17th Tribeca Film Festival. The New York festival announced the opening-night selection of "Love, Gilda" on Tuesday. The film, directed by first-time feature filmmaker Lisa D'Apolito, marks the sixth year in a row Tribeca will open with a documentary. Tribeca has previously begun with profiles of music producer Clive Davis, the Met Gala, "Saturday Night Live," the rapper Nas and the indie band the National. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The "Today" show's Hoda Kotb believes the program's audience bonded with her and co-host Savannah Guthrie over how they dealt with Matt Lauer's firing last November on sexual misconduct charges. They didn't pretend there was nothing wrong. "The people who watch us have been watching for a long, long time," Kotb said. "When there's something up in a family, they're watching it and feeling it, too. It's almost like you don't want mom and dad to say, 'everything's fine, there's nothing... Читать дальше...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A man faces murder charges in two southeastern Michigan counties in connection with fatal shootings at two Detroit-area businesses. Vernest Griffin was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, carjacking, armed robbery and using a firearm during a felony in the death of Keith Kitchen in Taylor, the Wayne County prosecutor's office said. Griffin was arraigned Monday at a hospital on first-degree murder and gun charges in the second slaying in Oakland County's Pontiac. Kitchen... Читать дальше...

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Passengers on a train that slammed into an empty freight train over the weekend in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees, described a smoky, bloody scene in 911 calls released to the news media. "There's babies with their heads busted wide open, bleeding," one woman said to a dispatcher in a call released Tuesday to local news outlets. "Everybody flew to the front of the train. ... Everything is everywhere." In another call, a man described seeing smoke inside the cars and... Читать дальше...

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The accomplice of a former Virginia Tech student charged in the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl had a fascination with knives and was "deeply motivated" to kill the teen, a defense attorney said Tuesday. At the opening of David Eisenhauer's murder trial, his attorney John Lichtenstein tried to shift the jury's focus to his friend and alleged accomplice, Natalie Keepers, who will go on trial later this year. Eisenhauer is accused of making a "secret date" with Nicole Lovell after meeting the teen through Kik... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's House of Representatives has approved giving a $1.72 million tax break ever year to a Utah-based nuclear waste disposal company. The tax break comes as Utah's governor has called on lawmakers to scale back tax breaks. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions was the largest single donor to lawmakers last year, giving $67,700 to 43 lawmakers. Herriman Republican Rep. John Knotwell sponsors the bill reducing annual radioactive waste inspection fees the company must pay. Читать дальше...

NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Tuesday, February 6, 2018 _____ 078 FPUS51 KBUF 061956 ZFPBUF Zone Forecasts for Western New York National Weather Service Buffalo NY 256 PM EST Tue Feb 6 2018 NYZ001-071015- Niagara- Including the city of Niagara Falls 256 PM EST Tue Feb 6 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow likely late. Little or no accumulation. Lows around 15. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming light. Chance of snow 60 percent. Читать дальше...