Новости за 02.03.2018

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon high school principal had sexually abused a student for years, but officials failed to uncover the assaults despite suspicions raised by parents and faculty members, according to police and school documents. Springfield police launched an investigation in late January after an Academy of Arts and Academics teacher alerted school officials to an overheard rumor of a sexual encounter between Principal Mike Fisher and a student, The Register-Guard reported . The Springfield... Читать дальше...

It's Mopar or no car for Jan and Bryan Bomar, who are members of the local West Houston Muscle car club. But it wasn't always that way. The car that brought them into the WHM family was actually a 1946 Ford Coupe. When their brother-in-law passed away in 2012, he left his '46 to Bryan and Jan. They brought it back to Houston via trailer, and after some work they got it up and running. They found WHM and really enjoyed taking the Coupe to the club events. It was in the spring of 2015 that Bryan... Читать дальше...

Two things stand out this week for the Sharks. One is obvious, the other not so much. Players generally enjoy a boost of adrenalin when traded to a new team, and Evander Kane is showing that with his first two games in San Jose. The other is the subtle but impressive leadership displayed by Joe Pavelski, who has excelled since Joe Thornton went down to injury on Jan. 23. “This is his time of the year,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said of the team’s captain. “He always finds another level this time of the year.

I could retire today if I just had a dollar for the times I have been asked about where to get a $5,000 reliable used car. As I have been talking about on my radio show, the used car market remains at high values. Usually, requests for my help go something like this: "Need a clean, low mileage car for my kid who is turning 16. It needs to be reliable, automatic transmission, and would like to have a Honda or Toyota. I can spend up to $5,000. Where can I get one?" I get that email every day. It is... Читать дальше...

LONDON — As unusually cold weather gripped Europe, Britain’s military was sent out Friday to central and western England to get hospital employees to work and help police rescue people from snowbound vehicles. Nicknamed “the Beast from the East,” the cold front caused travel chaos, with hundreds of flights canceled in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Switzerland. Trains broke down. Motorists found themselves stuck on highways and trapped in frosty conditions for hours. ... Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham's children remembered "America's Pastor" on Friday as a man devoted to spreading the Gospel, living his life at home as he preached it in stadiums, with a personable humility and an unwavering focus on the Bible. As his oldest son told the funeral congregation, "There weren't two Billy Grahams." His adult children — all speakers or preachers in their own right — recalled being taught by their parents how to read Scripture aloud and deliver sermons, but... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Rattled by two weeks of muddled messages, departures and spitting matches between the president and his own top officials, Donald Trump is facing a shrinking circle of trusted advisers and a staff that’s grim about any prospect of a reset. Even by the standards of Trump’s often chaotic administration, the announcement this week of Hope Hicks’ imminent exit spread new levels of anxiety across the West Wing and cracked open disputes that had been building since the White... Читать дальше...

The Upside Down is about to add one new resident and make things even weirder for a current tenant. Netflix has cast Maya Hawke for a leading role in Season 3 of “Stranger Things” and upped Priah Ferguson from guest star to recurring status, Netflix announced Friday on Twitter. Hawke (BBC and Masterpiece’s “Little Women”) is set to play an “alternative girl” who is bored with her mundane day job. She is looking to add excitement to her life, but bites off more than she can chew when she uncovers a secret in Hawkins. Читать дальше...

The Upside Down is about to add one new resident and make things even weirder for a current tenant. Netflix has cast Maya Thurman-Hawke for a leading role in Season 3 of “Stranger Things” and upped Priah Ferguson from guest star to recurring status, Netflix announced Friday on Twitter. Thurman-Hawke (BBC and Masterpiece’s “Little Women”) is set to play an “alternative girl” who is bored with her mundane day job. She is looking to add excitement to her life, but bites off more than she can chew when she uncovers a secret in Hawkins. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Action on gun legislation has skidded to a halt in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Trump’s stunning shift on gun policy left some in his party confused, irritated and scrambling to figure out what to do next. Republicans squirmed over Trump’s call for stricter gun laws after the assault on a Florida high school, while Democrats seized on the opening to reach beyond a modest measure gaining traction in Congress. They unveiled a more ambitious priority list... Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham’s children remembered “America’s Pastor” on Friday as someone so thoroughly devoted to spreading the Gospel that he lived his life at home as he preached it in stadiums, with a personable humility and an unwavering focus on the Bible. His children — all speakers or preachers in their own right — recalled being taught by their parents how to read Scripture aloud and deliver sermons, but also taking quiet walks with their father and receiving his plainspoken wisdom. Читать дальше...

ROME — Italy’s election campaign reads much like a police blotter, chronicling a country whose politics lately have been increasingly nasty, divisive and even violent. A young man knifed while affixing posters for a far-left party. A politician for a pro-fascism party beaten up on the street. A candidate for premier spat upon and shoved while stumping for her far-right party. Protests and counter-protests, in the streets from north to south. The national vote this... Читать дальше...

DENVER (AP) — The Latest on a Mennonite investigator jailed in Colorado after refusing to testify (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A Colorado appeals court is scheduled to hear from attorneys representing a defense investigator who has been jailed indefinitely for refusing to testify for prosecutors. Greta Lindecrantz, a Mennonite who opposes capital punishment, was jailed Monday after she repeatedly refused to testify about her work on the defense team of a man on death row. Lindecrantz has said she... Читать дальше...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Top officials in the New York Republican Party have picked Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro as their top candidate for governor — even though he hasn't officially entered the race to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Molinaro received 55 out of 83 votes in a straw poll Friday at a Republican State Committee meeting in Saratoga Springs. He beat out state Sen. John DeFrancisco, who won 23 votes, and former state housing official Joseph Holland, who received five. Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company that built the Dakota Access oil pipeline says an environmental entity it's trying to sue for opposing the project was organized enough to fund a rogue group of protesters that allegedly engaged in criminal activity. Earth First provided $500,000 to what became the Red Warrior Camp, a pipeline protest group that Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners and law enforcement have accused of advocating aggressive tactics. "Red Warrior Camp drove many of the violent... Читать дальше...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen will idle a Tennessee plant for two weeks this spring, amid slowing demand for its Passat sedan. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the Chattanooga plant will have a non-production period in March, dedicated to training hourly employees and retooling the plant to boost production of the Atlas SUV, followed by another period in April that will see a mandatory shutdown. Chattanooga plant spokesman Keith King says the market is shifting from sedans and passenger... Читать дальше...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers debated Friday whether to expel a Democratic representative accused of sexually harassing five women, with one of his accusers — a fellow legislator — pleading for a "yes" vote based on abuse of power. Rep. Faith Winter, a suburban Denver Democrat, told her colleagues she suffered verbal retaliation, harassment and humiliation by Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock after she accused him of accosting her at an end-of-session party in 2016. "The last months have been awful," Winter told her colleagues... Читать дальше...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New obstruction of justice charges have been filed against a former Tennessee judge initially accused of helping a woman with her legal troubles in exchange for sex. News outlets report former Davidson County General Sessions Judge Cason "Casey" Moreland was charged with destroying evidence and tampering with a witness Thursday. A new criminal complaint written by FBI Special Agent Mark Shafer says Moreland orchestrated the theft of thousands of dollars from the Davidson County... Читать дальше...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Islamic extremists opened fire on the French Embassy and army headquarters in separate attacks in Burkina Faso’s capital Friday, killing at least seven soldiers, while eight of the militants were slain, a government official said. More than 90 people were wounded in the violence in the former French colony in West Africa, and officials called it a terrorist attack. There was no claim of responsibility. Five emergency centers were set up in hospitals... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin campuses should increase oversight and monitoring of their relationships with affiliated organizations such as fundraising foundations, according to an audit released Friday. The Legislative Audit Bureau report comes after a scandal at UW-Oshkosh over the transfer of $11.3 million to its foundation between 2010 and 2014 to help pay for a number of construction projects. UW System President Ray Cross said the system has already taken steps to increase accountability... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Organizers of Detroit's big auto show are talking about moving it from frigid January to October starting as early as 2020. North American International Auto Show spokesman Max Muncey says a schedule change is being considered but is not final. An earlier show would allow for outdoor displays including autonomous vehicle driving courses that can't be done in January. It also would distance the show from winter holidays and the CES gadget show in early January. CES has been attracting... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES — Rain moved through Southern California early Friday, sparing a strip of coastal communities from a repeat of deadly mudslides that struck in January. Evacuation orders affecting up to 30,000 people on the south Santa Barbara County coast were lifted at midmorning. “The worst of the storm has passed, and we are cautiously optimistic that due to a significant amount of pre-storm preparation we have come through this with minimal impact,” said Rob Lewin... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on lease sales in the Chaco Canyon region (all times local): 1:25 p.m. Federal land managers say they are working on an ongoing analysis of nearly 5,500 cultural sites in a portion of northwestern New Mexico that had been slated for oil and gas leasing. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced late Thursday that he directed the Bureau of Land Management to defer a scheduled lease sale that included parcels near the Chaco Culture National Historical Park so the analysis could be completed. Читать дальше...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police say they have a suspect in custody for a homicide. And, that he's the one who called authorities about the attack. Authorities say the 29-year-old Fargo man told an emergency dispatcher about 6:30 a.m. Friday that he was involved in an assault that resulted in a man's death. Officers arrested the suspect at a gas station where he made the call. Chief David Todd says homicide victim was found in the man's apartment. Todd would not talk about what caused the man's death or a possible weapon... Читать дальше...