Новости за 13.03.2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A state official who led Minnesota's troubled computer system for vehicle licensing has been fired. The Department of Public Safety's chief business technology officer, Paul Meekin, was terminated Friday, four months after he was placed on leave. Meekin was the Minnesota Licensing and Registration System's project director in 2009-10 and was part of the project's steering committee. The $93 million system has been plagued by problems since it went online last summer. Residents... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three package bombs left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods have exploded in less than two weeks in Texas' capital city, killing two people, wounding two others and leaving investigators searching for any possible explanation or motive. Police said the bombings in eastern Austin — two Monday and one on March 2 — are likely linked. All the victims were minorities, and investigators are looking into whether race was a factor. However, they backed off initial suggestions that hate crimes could be a core cause. Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Protests over President Donald Trump's "big beautiful border wall" with Mexico are expected to mark his first visit to California as president on Tuesday amid growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement. Trump will visit eight towering prototypes for the wall before addressing Marines, also in San Diego, and attending a fundraiser in Los Angeles. He'll be staying there overnight. "We're going to the wall. We're going out to the wall," Trump... Читать дальше...

MESA, Ariz. - Jharel Cotton, one of the leading candidates for an open spot in Oakland’s bullpen, was sent to the Bay Area for an MRI, manager Bob Melvin said Tuesday. “He’s going home, so there’s some concern,” Melvin said. Cotton didn’t allow a hit in four scoreless innings Monday against the Giants, and he walked three; Melvin said that he came out of the game because of elbow discomfort. The only previous elbow issue Cotton has had was a fractured... Читать дальше...

The Pac-12’s task force on the college basketball bribery scandal has proposed an end to the “one-and-done’’ rule among many other sweeping changes, the conference announced Tuesday. The conference called on the NBA to drop its ban on drafting players directly from high school and refrain from drafting players who go to college until three years after their high school graduation. College baseball has long had a similar agreement with Major League Baseball. The Pac-12... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a third nor'easter in two weeks to pound the storm-weary Northeast (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Boston is dealing with a blizzard, and as conditions worsen, the number of power outages climbs. The National Weather Service said early Tuesday afternoon that an automated observing station at Logan International Airport has recorded three hours of blizzard conditions. Blizzard conditions had previously been reached in Hyannis, Falmouth, and Plymouth, Massachusetts. The weather... Читать дальше...

CARNEGIE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on western Pennsylvania's special election in the 18th Congressional District: 12:40 p.m. Rick Saccone is President Donald Trump's man to the end. The Pennsylvania congressional candidate wants voters who haven't cast ballots yet in Tuesday's special election to know he'd go to Washington to have the president's back. Saccone told Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network in an Election Day interview that Trump is "getting beat up in Washington" by the media, bureaucrats and Hollywood. Читать дальше...

In a story March 11 about the growing use of digital ads and social messaging in political campaigns, The Associated Press misidentified two tools that are designed to increase transparency. The correct names are Who Targets Me and ProPublica's Political Ad Collector. A corrected version of the story is below: Digital ads, social media hide political campaign messaging Online political ads, social messaging and even false stories that can be targeted to highly specific groups of voters make it far... Читать дальше...

If bathing were an Olympic event, Oprah would no doubt win the gold medal. “Bathing is my hobby,” she told James Corden on Monday’s broadcast of “The Late Late Show” during a conversation about gifting. “Anything for the bath you can get me,” Oprah continued. Also Read: James Corden Dupes 'A Wrinkle in Time' Cast Into a 'Bad School Play' Version of the Film (Video) “How big is Oprah’s bath? That’s what I want to know,” Corden said. “In my head, Oprah’s bath is like a Roman bath that only you... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet on Tuesday and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson's turbulent tenure as America's top diplomat and escalating the administration's chaotic second-year shake-up. Tillerson was ousted barely four hours after he returned from an Africa mission and with no face-to-face conversation with the president, the latest casualty of an unruly White House that has... Читать дальше...

MT. LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Conor Lamb, fighting for an upset victory in a congressional district that Donald Trump easily won in 2016, insisted Tuesday as voters headed to the polls that the race wasn't about the larger-than-life personality in the White House. "This didn't have much to do with President Trump," Lamb said after voting outside Pittsburgh, where he's locked in an unexpectedly tight race with Republican Rick Saccone in a special election that serves as a barometer ahead of November's midterm elections.

ATLANTA (AP) — Big Boi has never taken an acting class, but he's still finding ways to land roles thanks to his upbringing. "From uncles and aunties, hustlers, pimps and pushers, I've sucked up game since a tender age," he said in a recent interview. "I tried to mimic and absorb how they were. I re-enacted a lot. But it really didn't hit me until Ving Rhames told my moms, when I did 'Idlewild,' that I had acting chops and I should pursue it." Big Boi has starred in several films including the OutKast... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — While students across the country plan walkouts to protest gun violence, teens at a New Mexico high school still reeling after two classmates were gunned down in December by an armed intruder have organized a "walk-up" to help unify a campus with varied ideas on school safety. Students asked school administrators if they could schedule time Wednesday to gather around the flag pole at Aztec High School to honor the 21 students killed in recent months in school shootings. Principal... Читать дальше...

MESA, Ariz. - Jharel Cotton, one of the leading candidates for an open spot in Oakland’s bullpen, was sent to the Bay Area for an MRI, manager Bob Melvin said Tuesday. “He’s going home, so there’s some concern,” Melvin said. Cotton didn’t allow a hit in four scoreless innings Monday against the Giants, and he walked three; Melvin said that he came out of the game because of elbow discomfort. Cotton is visiting team orthopedist Dr. William Workman on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

A study of teams in the NCAA Tournament shows that graduation rates for men's basketball players have become stagnant and that the sport's governing body may need to raise academic standards to get them moving upward again. The most recent report from the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport shows a 78 percent graduation rate for men's basketball players among the 68 NCAA Tournament teams in this year's field. Broken down further, there's a 92 percent graduation rate for white players and a 74 percent rate for black players. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (all times local): 12:20 a.m. Two U.S. officials say the White House has fired one of Rex Tillerson's top aides after he contradicted the official account of the secretary of state's dismissal by President Donald Trump. The officials said Steve Goldstein, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, was informed of the move shortly after he released a statement in his name saying that Tillerson was "unaware of the reason" for his termination. Читать дальше...

It may not be the Legion of Boom, but the 49ers secondary Richard Sherman has joined is working together quite well, so far. The first bit of evidence: Safety Jimmie Ward will surrender the No. 25 to Sherman, who has worn those digits during the first seven seasons of his NFL career. On KNBR this morning, Sherman said Ward agreed to relinquish the number, which has personal significance to him. “We had a good conversation and he’s going to give me my number... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top-aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been convicted of accepting bribes. A jury delivered a verdict Tuesday in the trial of Joseph Percoco after deliberating for parts of three weeks. It convicted Percoco on two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of soliciting bribes. Jurors informed the court twice that they were deadlocked in the case against Percoco and three businessmen accused of bribing him. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni told the jury to keep deliberating. Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to California to view border wall prototypes (all times local): 9:20 a.m. President Donald Trump says California's policy of refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities is unconstitutional, dangerous and "MUST STOP!" Trump tweeted Tuesday that "thousands of dangerous & violent criminal aliens are released as a result of sanctuary policies" and are "set free to prey on innocent Americans." The president tweeted from aboard... Читать дальше...

JABALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on explosion striking Palestinian PM convoy in Gaza (all times local): 6:30 p.m. A roadside bomb struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister during a rare visit to the Gaza Strip, causing no serious injuries but throwing an already troubled reconciliation process between rival factions into deeper turmoil. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah had just arrived from his West Bank headquarters to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new water-treatment plant when the bomb went off Tuesday. Читать дальше...

LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff's deputy has shot and killed a man who fired on him and other deputies as they responded to a call about a domestic dispute. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that a woman told deputies late Monday she was assaulted by 61-year-old Briscoe Tim Woodell. The news release said Woodell threatened to shoot deputies. A special response team and hostage negotiators were called in, and after a brief standoff, Woodell came out of a barn on his property and shot at the deputies. Читать дальше...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Three cases of the measles have been confirmed at a child care facility in suburban Kansas City. The Johnson County, Kansas, Department of Health and Environment says on its website Tuesday that all three cases are in children under the age of 1, who are too young to be vaccinated. The department says it has reached out to contact those at risk for the disease. The affected children and people they have been in contact with will be excluded from the facility for three weeks. Measles... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's justice official has expressed regret that Ireland is delaying the extradition of a wanted Pole and is seeking a European Union court's opinion on Poland's rule of law. The Justice Ministry was reacting Tuesday to a report in The Irish Times saying an Irish High Court judge believes that Poland's rule of law has been "systematically damaged," and that it raised questions about Poland's extradition request for a Pole wanted on drug trafficking charges. Poland's Deputy... Читать дальше...

JABALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A roadside bomb on Tuesday struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister during a rare visit to the Gaza Strip, causing no serious injuries but throwing an already troubled reconciliation process between rival factions into deeper turmoil. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah had just arrived from his West Bank headquarters to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new water-treatment plant when the bomb went off. Although there was no claim of responsibility, Palestinian... Читать дальше...

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in suburban Chicago who was accused of sexually abusing two girls has returned to his native Colombia. The Aurora Beacon-News report comes a little more than a month after the office said it had dropped felony charges of sexual abuse against 51-year-old Alfredo Pedraza-Arias in exchange for his guilty plea to misdemeanor battery with the understanding that the former priest would be removed from the United States when he served his jail sentence. Pedraza-Arias... Читать дальше...