Новости за 11.04.2018

FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on a 6-year-old girl's death and the charges against her parents (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Police say the mother of a 6-year-old Massachusetts girl found dead told her 9-year-old son not to call 911 and used super glue to close a wound on his neck. Thirty-seven-year-old Shana Pedroso and 38-year-old Marvin Brito were charged with reckless endangerment of a child at Fitchburg District Court on Wednesday. Pedroso was also charged with assault and battery, while... Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — La creciente disputa comercial entre China y Estados Unidos enfrenta a dos líderes que dicen tener una buena relación personal pero que están ambos decididos a defender los intereses de sus naciones y sus proyectos políticos. Pero mientras que Donald Trump enfrenta un panorama extremadamente caldeado y elecciones legislativas de mitad de término, Xi Jinping encabeza un estable régimen autoritario. Xi acaba de sacar adelante una reforma constitucional que le permitirá gobernar todo el tiempo que quiera... Читать дальше...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz should continue to be represented at taxpayer expense because he likely does not have the assets to pay a private lawyer for what will rapidly balloon into a multi-million dollar case, his public defenders told a judge Wednesday. The Broward County Public Defender's office urged Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to continue classifying Cruz as indigent despite evidence he could have access to $30,000 or more. They said that's... Читать дальше...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Shaheen Holloway has been named the basketball coach at St. Peter's University. Athletic director Bryan Felt announced the hiring of the Seton Hall assistant coach on Wednesday. Holloway replaces John Dunne, who left after 12 seasons to take the coaching job at Marist. Holloway spent the past eight seasons at Seton Hall under Kevin Willard. The Pirates went the NCAA Tournament the past three seasons. St. Peter's posted a 14-18 record last season, including a 6-12 mark in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Accusing Republican lawmakers of "trickery," Kentucky's Democratic attorney general asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out a new law that makes changes to one of the country's worst-funded public pension systems. Andy Beshear filed the lawsuit Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after Republican Gov. Matt Bevin signed the bill. Beshear was joined in the lawsuit by unions representing police officers and teachers, who have been marching by the thousands at the state Capitol to protest changes to their retirement plan. Читать дальше...

The couch is as packed as The Rock’s schedule. An empty chair sits nearby, but Dwayne Johnson squeezes in with Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia, who are not only his partners in Seven Bucks Productions, but also his ex-wife and her brother. So the three of them are close in every way possible. Speaking exclusively to TheWrap to lay out their projects for the next several years, they hope the hits will be as close together as they themselves are on the couch. New Line’s “Rampage,” premiering this week, is only the beginning. Читать дальше...

You’ve heard part of the setup before: The two prominent families in a feud so deep they bite their thumbs at each other and break out in sword fights on the street. Star-crossed lovers who meet at a masquerade ball. Yet it’s not “Romeo and Juliet” that Troupe Theatre, a new local collective of young artists, is producing. It’s “Love Versus the Meteor,” an original musical written by Dylan Waite and Casey Robbins. The Capulets and the Montagues become the Engleborgs and the Hortenblatts. Читать дальше...

Bravo is expanding to seven nights a week of primetime original programming, executive vice president of program strategy, lifestyle networks and production Jerry Leo said Wednesday. The cable network is also adding 11 new shows while renewing 20 series, including “Vanderpump Rules,” “Married to Medicine,” “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles,” “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” and “Top Chef.” “Our brand offers a unique environment for our viewers to escape with drama that is fun and funny, yet far from their normal reality,” Leo said.

As the film gets closer to release, Doctor Strange and Star-Lord team up in the latest “Avengers: Infinity War” behind the scenes featurette. Watch it above. The featurette called “family” highlights the cast chatting about the Marvel Cinematic Universe “family” and what it has meant to them over the time they have spent together making the MCU films. New footage from the film includes “Black Panther” breakout Danai Gurira as Okoye alongside Elizabeth Olson’s Scarlet Witch battling the forces of Thanos. Читать дальше...

GREENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A World War II veteran in Michigan has finally received his high school diploma with the help of his family and the school district more than 70 years later. Ralph Taylor received his Greenville High School diploma on Monday at 90 years old. He graduated from the high school in 1945, but he was called to serve in the U.S. Navy two days before his commencement ceremony. Taylor went on to grow a family of four children, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. But the... Читать дальше...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's GOP governor signs first significant gun restrictions in state traditionally opposed to limiting gun rights.

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A court in Paraguay has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for the 2015 murder of a teenage US citizen. Twenty-one-year-old Rene Hofstetter was sentenced late Tuesday in the death of his friend Alejandro Villamayor. The 16-year-old native of Rockville, Maryland, was found dead on June 27, 2015, with a bullet in his temple. He was in his last year of high school in Asuncion when he was killed during a trip with friends to a ranch about 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of the Paraguayan capital. Читать дальше...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Court filings say a suburban St. Louis woman charged with fatally shooting a disabled man to divert attention from herself in her friend's stabbing death is refusing to answer questions from attorneys for her friend's husband. Russell Faria went to prison for the 2011 killing of his wife, Betsy Faria, before being acquitted in a 2015 retrial. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that his attorneys are suing those who helped put him behind bars and want to make Pam Hupp talk. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Russia to "get ready" for a missile attack on its ally Syria, suggesting imminent retaliation for last weekend's suspected chemical weapons attack. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis took a more measured tone, saying the U.S. and its military coalition partners were still studying intelligence on the attack. At stake is the potential for confrontation, if not outright conflict, between the U.S. and Russia, former Cold War foes whose relations... Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — This year's effort to end the death penalty in Louisiana is likely over after House lawmakers rejected a proposal to abolish the punishment. The House criminal justice committee on Wednesday voted 10-8 against the bill . Bill sponsor Rep. Terry Landry says the punishment is costly and barbaric. The Democrat and former state police superintendent says it's time to stop putting people to death. Multiple religious leaders spoke in support of the measure, saying executions violate the sanctity of life. Читать дальше...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Foundation Board has sharply criticized the Swedish Academy, which chooses the Nobel Literature Prize winner each year, saying the group has damaged its own reputation and is threatening to tarnish the reputation of the Nobel Prize itself. The comments came hours after the Swedish king said the resignation of three members from the Swedish Academy was "deeply unfortunate and risked seriously damaging" the body's "important activities." After a Nobel board meeting Wednesday... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of Arizona teachers gathered outside their schools Wednesday wearing red shirts, chanting and carrying protest signs to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries and better overall school funding from the state. They gathered before classes started for "walk-ins" that were planned at approximately 1,000 schools statewide as part of a grassroots movement pushing for a 20 percent raise and more than $1 billion in new education funding. Arizona's demonstration is part... Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana House will debate whether to restore the voting rights of thousands of ex-felons on probation or parole. Louisiana's 1974 constitution allows suspension of voting rights for people who are "under an order of imprisonment" for a felony. A law passed two years later spelled out that people on probation or parole for a felony are included in that definition. Rep. Patricia Smith's proposal would change that to allow someone on probation or parole for a felony to... Читать дальше...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Weather officials say two tornadoes hit a Florida city on Tuesday, causing mostly minor damage. The National Weather Service confirmed that one tornado touched down shortly after 3:30 p.m. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Greg May says firefighters responded to 38 calls over two hours. May says the worst call was a tree that fell on a house, damaging the roof. The second tornado touched down about an hour later near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Читать дальше...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A top administrator at San Jose State University will become the University of Northern Colorado's next president. The Tribune reports the university announced on Tuesday that Andy Feinstein will replace Kay Norton, who will retire at the end of this academic year. Feinstein serves as the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at San Jose State University. Prior to San Jose, he held professional and administrative positions at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Cal Poly Pomona. Читать дальше...

San Francisco debuts by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, tenor Ilker Arcayürek and the dance companies of Jessica Lang and Rosie Kay are among the highlights of the 2018-19 season of San Francisco Performances, announced this week by President Melanie Smith. The season will open on Friday, Sept. 28, with a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s “L’histoire du soldat” featuring jazz trumpeter Sean Jones and violinist Regina Carter, and run through May 21, 2019. ... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): ___ 9:15 a.m. President Donald Trump is attacking Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Twitter, as he complains about what he calls the "Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation." Trump wrote on Twitter Wednesday: "Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all Democrat loyalists, or people that worked for Obama." He wrote that special counsel Robert Mueller... Читать дальше...

Netflix will not submit its original films for competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, following a 2017 mandate that all eligible titles must get a theatrical release in France, TheWrap has learned. Netflix’s prospective competition titles included Jeremy Saulnier’s Jeffrey Wright drama “Hold the Dark,” Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and potentially David Mackenzie’s Chris Pine period drama “Outlaw King.” Paul Greengrass’ “Norway” is also on the horizon at the streaming service, though not all... Читать дальше...

Home values in S.F. are appreciating at a rate of $60.13 for every working-hour, according to a new report from real estate site Zillow.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Results of a national assessment show reading and math scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students in North Dakota had little improvement since 2015. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the study conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress is administered every two years. The report shows that there was no change nationwide in the average fourth-grade reading or math scores. The national average reading scores for eighth-graders showed a 1-point increase. North... Читать дальше...