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The ‘nut rage’ doesn’t fall far from the tree Korean Air Lines suspended one of its chairman’s daughters from her marketing work after she threw a tantrum at a meeting, triggering public outrage and a police investigation. Cho Hyun-min is the younger sister of another Korean Air executive who was sentenced to prison after her onboard “nut rage” outburst delayed a flight in 2014. Cho allegedly hurled a cup of water at an ad agency official during a meeting last month. Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's chief accuser at his sexual-assault trial on Monday denied framing him and said she doesn't know a key witness who plans to testify she spoke of leveling false accusations against a celebrity. Andrea Constand told jurors she doesn't "recall ever having a conversation with" Marguerite Jackson. Both women worked at Temple University around the time Constand says Cosby drugged and molested her at the comedian's suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. The defense plans... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 5 p.m. An Alabama columnist and the Washington Post won a Pulitzer for stories uncovering the past of Republican Roy Moore during Alabama's U.S. Senate campaign last year. John Archibald of the Alabama Media Group was awarded journalism's highest honor for commentary on Monday. Archibald was recognized for his "lyrical and courageous commentary" that scrutinized corrupt politicians, championed the rights of women and called out hypocrisy. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge in Seattle has ordered President Donald Trump not to ban transgender troops from serving in the military, saying it's unclear whether recent changes to his administration's policy are constitutional. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman was one of four judges nationwide who blocked Trump late last year from overturning an Obama-era directive allowing transgender troops to serve openly. The Justice Department asked her to dissolve that ruling, citing changes that would allow transgender troops to serve in limited cases.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks (all times local): 4:35 p.m. Philadelphia officials have wrapped up a meeting with Starbucks executives to discuss the arrests of two black men who were denied use of a store's bathroom and refused to leave. Mayor Jim Kenney says he was pleased Starbucks executives traveled to his city on Monday to talk about what happened and "were very contrite." The Democratic mayor says they are going to make sure "this... Читать дальше...

The J. Paul Getty Museum has hired James A. Ganz as senior curator of photographs. In July, Ganz will leave his current position at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor, where he has served as curator of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts for 10 years. The Getty Museum’s collection of photographs is known across the world for what Ganz, in a phone interview, termed its “tremendous depth and breadth and quality.” Begun in 1984 with the simultaneous acquisition of several of the... Читать дальше...

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco loss of Director Max Hollein to New York’s Metropolitan Museum was reported here by Charles Desmarais, and also, of course, from the East Coast, whence there were many stories about the move. The New Yorker’s Andrea Scott noted, for example, that the Met had been having major financial troubles and that “Hollein, unlike his predecessor, is a fund-raiser with a proven track record ... not above an out-there development idea: in 2014, he proposed... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The White House says a decision on new economic sanctions against Russia will be made soon — not committing to an announcement Monday that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had said to expect. In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: “We are considering additional sanctions on Russia and a decision will be made in the near future.” Haley had said Sunday that new sanctions were coming against Russia for enabling the government... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say overloaded power strips sparked the deadly Trump Tower fire in New York City that sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president's namesake skyscraper. The New York Fire Department on Monday said the April 7 fire in a 50th floor apartment on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue was accidental, caused by "sequenced power strips powering multiple components." Sixty-seven-year-old Todd Brassner died after being pulled from the apartment, which did not have sprinklers or a smoke alarm. Читать дальше...

DOUMA, Syria — Syrian and Russian authorities prevented independent investigators from going to the scene of a suspected chemical attack, the head of the chemical watchdog group said Monday, blocking international efforts to establish what happened and who was to blame. The U.S. and France say they have evidence that poison gas was used in the April 7 attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, killing dozens of people, and that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s military was behind it. Читать дальше...

Several high-profile additions to the 2018 Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest lineup include John Mulaney, Nick Kroll, the Wu-Tang Clan and T-Pain, officials announced on Monday, April 16. The comedy and music festival, in its second year, is set for June 1-3 in the Civic Center Plaza, facing City Hall in San Francisco. Three-day tickets are already on sale, with single-day tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 19. Tickets and the full Clusterfest lineup are available... Читать дальше...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont lawmakers will start to work Tuesday to revise a law that drove the state Supreme Court to rule that a teenager accused of planning a massive shooting at his former high school should not be kept in jail. Jack Sawyer, 18, has pleaded not guilty to attempted aggravated murder and other charges. Prosecutors say Sawyer, who kept a diary called "Journal of an Active Shooter," made detailed plans for a shooting at Fair Haven Union High School in which his goal was to kill more people than in any other school shooting. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Latina Democrat in a closely watched race for an open congressional seat along the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico is seeing a fundraising surge, Federal Election Commission filings show. Xochitl Torres Small raised $313,000 during the first three months of 2018 — filing her first campaign fundraising report after joining the race late last year. Federal campaign reports also show the water attorney outpaced all Republican candidates seeking to keep the seat in GOP hands. Читать дальше...

Despite the holes in the roof and the mildew on the ceiling, a condemned home in Fremont, Calif., sold for $1.23 million last month.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were: 4-4-6, Sum It Up: 14 (four, four, six; Sum It Up: fourteen)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were: 4-7-9-9, Sum It Up: 29 (four, seven, nine, nine; Sum It Up: twenty-nine)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were: 02-04-05-06-08-13-17-18-19-21-23-24 (two, four, five, six, eight, thirteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-four)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Morning" game were: 01-02-05-06-07-08-10-11-16-19-21-24 (one, two, five, six, seven, eight, ten, eleven, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-four)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: 8-6-8, Sum It Up: 22 (eight, six, eight; Sum It Up: twenty-two)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were: 0-8-6-0, Sum It Up: 14 (zero, eight, six, zero; Sum It Up: fourteen)

SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were: 5-7-1 (five, seven, one)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state has issued a quarantine of a Middletown, Rhode Island, petting zoo after three visitors are believed to have contracted a diarrheal disease from the farm's goats. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management says three people contracted cryptosporidiosis after attending "pet and cuddle" events at the Simmons Farm. The events were held March 25 and March 31. One child and two adults have been diagnosed with the disease, which is treatable and usually cured within two weeks. Читать дальше...

DENVER (AP) — Hundreds of public school teachers swarmed the Colorado state Capitol on Monday, shuttering one suburban Denver school district to demand better salaries, as lawmakers were set to debate a pension reform measure that would cut retirement benefits and take-home pay. With the demonstrations, Colorado educators join peers in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arizona who have staged strikes or high-profile protests in recent weeks to draw attention to what teachers unions see as a growing crisis in the profession. Читать дальше...

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Nearly a quarter of a million Michigan power customers remain without service after a storm brought freezing rain and high winds to the state. DTE Energy said Monday afternoon about 240,000 of its customers had no electricity after service to 150,000 other was restored. It says crews are finding more extensive damage than anticipated. Consumers Energy says about 9,000 customers remained without power after service to 130,000 was restored. In the Detroit suburb of Warren, a fallen... Читать дальше...

TOKYO — Amid tensions over trade and North Korea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan leaves Tuesday to visit President Trump at his Palm Beach estate. It kicks off a frenzy of diplomacy that has Abe meeting President Xi Jinping in China later this year and possibly even North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as well. Yet Abe may not stay in power long enough to complete the diplomatic trifecta. Continuing leaks about a pair of domestic scandals that have dogged Abe for more than... Читать дальше...