Новости за 13.02.2018

NEW YORK (AP) — After a ramp-up of hiring last year, Amazon says it will cut a "small" amount of positions at its Seattle headquarters. The company did not give an exact number, but The Seattle Times, citing a person familiar with the cuts, says they affect a few hundred people. That would be a small percentage of the 40,000 people Amazon employs at its headquarters, and an even smaller proportion of its 566,000 employees worldwide. In a statement, Amazon.com Inc. says it is still hiring aggressively... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution Monday after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, police said. A preliminary test indicated the substance wasn't dangerous, police said. Vanessa Trump, 40, opened the letter addressed to the president's son Monday morning at their midtown Manhattan apartment, investigators said. She called 911 and said she was coughing and felt nauseous, police said. Читать дальше...

The 2015 action comedy short “Kung Fury” is getting a feature-length sequel with Michael Fassbender, it was announced today. And that’s as good a reason as any to catch up on the original. Watch it above. Written and directed by David Sandberg, who also starred, the original “Kung Fury” sends up ’80s action films and TV as Miami’s best cop, “Kung Fury,” travels through time and teams up with vikings and dinosaurs — and David Hasselhoff — to defeat Adolf Hitler (“the worst criminal of all time”). Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — HBO's John Oliver says he and his show, "Last Week Tonight," would go down screaming if new corporate management imposes restrictions. HBO's parent company, Time Warner, is waiting to see if AT&T's takeover bid will be approved. Oliver says he was drawing a line in the sand by noting on his show last year that AT&T had lousy cellphone service. Oliver's show begins its fifth season on Sunday. It has been able to operate with freedom in part because HBO's business depends on subscribers instead of advertisers. Читать дальше...

CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Monday, February 12, 2018 _____ 227 FPUS55 KPSR 122118 ZFPPSR Zone Forecast Product for Southwest Arizona/Southeast California National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 217 PM MST Mon Feb 12 2018 This is an automatically generated product that provides average values for large geographical areas and may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site specific forecast, please visit weather.gov/phoenix and either (1) Select a location... Читать дальше...

CT Taunton MA Zone Forecast for Monday, February 12, 2018 _____ 152 FPUS51 KBOX 122116 ZFPBOX Zone Forecast Product for Southern New England National Weather Service Taunton MA 415 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2018 CTZ002-130900- Hartford CT- Including the cities of Hartford and Windsor Locks 415 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2018 .TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows around 17. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

BELMONT, Calif. (AP) _ RingCentral Inc. (RNG) on Monday reported a loss of $6.1 million in its fourth quarter. The Belmont, California-based company said it had a loss of 8 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 7 cents per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 6 cents per share. The cloud-based phone system provider for small businesses posted revenue of $140.5 million in the period... Читать дальше...

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A Democratic state senator known for vocal opposition to Republican policies at the North Carolina legislature won't seek re-election this year because of redistricting. Sen. Angela Bryant of Rocky Mount announced her decision Monday as candidate filing opened. Bryant joined the General Assembly in 2007, serving six years in the House before going to the Senate. Legislative maps approved last summer put Bryant in a Republican-leaning district covering all of Nash County and part of Johnston County. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending President Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge the women who accused former staff secretary Rob Porter of domestic violence. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells reporters that Trump and the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously. And she says the president believes that all allegations need to be investigated thoroughly. Sanders says she spoke directly with the president and he had "relayed that message directly... Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of soybean and cotton farmers across the country are taking free but mandatory training in how to properly use a weed killer blamed for drifting and damaging crops in neighboring fields. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency required the training and other restrictions last fall in a deal with three major agribusiness companies — Monsanto, BASF and DuPont. All three make special formulations of dicamba for use on new soybean and cotton varieties that are genetically engineered to resist the herbicide... Читать дальше...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Some New Mexico lawmakers are pushing to add opioid addiction to the list of qualifying conditions for the state's medical marijuana program. Supporters gathered Monday in Santa Fe with representatives of the Drug Policy Alliance to build support for expanding access to medical marijuana. "Thousands of our neighbors and relatives are suffering, and so are families and communities. The time to act in now," said Sen. Jeff Steinborn of Las Cruces, one of the Democrats supporting the initiative. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has declared the U.S. is open for talks without preconditions with nuclear North Korea. His comments to The Washington Post subtly shift White House policy after Olympics-inspired gestures of respect between the rival Koreas. That provides a little more leverage for South Korea in its path-finding outreach to the North and could reduce potential strains in the U.S.-South Korean alliance. But diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang won't start unless Kim Jong Un wants it to. Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has granted a pardon to a 44-year-old former gang member who turned his life around. Dondrae "Choo" Fair pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and other crimes after committing a carjacking at age 19. He returned to gang life after prison and was shot in the chest while leaving a funeral in 2000. That proved a turning point. Fair stopped his gang activity and later became a mentor, using his experience to educate young people and encourage them not to repeat his mistakes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gloria Steinem weighed in Monday to try to save the last abortion clinic in her Ohio hometown. The 83-year-old feminist leader, who was born in and grew up in Toledo, issued a statement urging one of the city's private hospitals to sign the patient-transfer agreement with Capital Care of Toledo that the clinic needs to remain open. "We must not allow a political regulatory scheme to close Toledo's remaining abortion clinic," Steinem said. "Its absence would not diminish the... Читать дальше...

With A’s pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training Tuesday, the team’s starting catcher remains in legal limbo. No plea agreement was reached during Maxwell’s settlement conference Monday in Superior Court in Phoenix, and another hearing was set for April 13 at 9 a.m.; Oakland is scheduled to play in Seattle that evening. The A’s had hoped that Maxwell’s case would be resolved before camp opened and the team has not looked for any attentional catching help. Maxwell also... Читать дальше...