Новости за 17.04.2018

In most games, when he goes to guard a pick-and-roll, Warriors forward Draymond Green sees an opposing player wave him off. It is a repeated reminder that teams still fear what he can do defensively. "That’s definitely a compliment," Green said after shoot-around Monday. "It makes me feel good about myself." Green has struggled this season to deliver the game-saving stops that were the driving force behind his first Defensive Player of the Year Award last June. Like many of his teammates... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman and other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unveiled a bipartisan resolution Monday authorizing the use of military force overseas, accelerating a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump's strikes on Syria. The resolution from Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., would repeal the broad authorizations Congress approved in 2001 and 2002 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq... Читать дальше...

“Night Court” star Harry Anderson has passed away at 65, multiple outlets reported Monday. The actor was found in his home in Asheville, North Carolina, early Monday morning, police confirmed to the local CBS station WSPA. Anderson earned three Emmy nominations for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the NBC comedy, which aired from 1984 to 1992. Police said no foul play was suspected. A spokesperson for the Asheville Police Department did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.... Читать дальше...

Pittsburgh second baseman Josh Harrison is expected to miss six weeks with a broken bone in his left hand. The team’s leadoff hitter fractured his pinkie Sunday when he was hit with a pitch by Miami’s Jose Ureña in the third inning of the Pirates’ 7-3 win. On Monday, Harrison met with a hand specialist in Pittsburgh who diagnosed the injury. Kiermaier out 2-3 months: Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has a torn ligament in his right thumb that requires surgery. Читать дальше...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch stood on the hood of his No. 18 Toyota shaking his fists as the snow began falling around him. It was that kind of a long weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch won the rain-delayed race at the half-mile track on a cold, dark Monday for his second straight Cup Series victory. He also won the previous weekend at Texas. Busch passed Kyle Larson with five laps remaining following a restart with 22 laps left. It was Busch’s... Читать дальше...

Hal Greer, a Hall of Fame guard with a dazzling jump shot who helped take the Philadelphia 76ers to the 1967 NBA championship, died Saturday night in Arizona. He was 81. The 76ers announced his death on the team’s website but did not specify the cause or say where in Arizona he died. A consistently prolific scorer, Greer was one of the most brilliant pro guards of the 1960s, together with Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Sam Jones. Greer was typically low key. •Daedra Charles-Furlow... Читать дальше...

The 13th annual Poems Under the Dome event unites poets and poetry enthusiasts alike for a night of open mike readings at San Francisco’s City Hall. The free event, in honor of National Poetry Month, is scheduled to take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the North Light Court. Performance slots are determined through a lottery during the event, and selected readers are invited to read one poem — of their own authorship or a favorite by another’s pen — that clocks in at less than three minutes. Читать дальше...

ABC has given a series order to a spinoff of “The Goldbergs” led by Tim Meadows as Principal Glascott. Set in the ’90s, the untitled series will follow the teachers of William Penn Academy – led by Principal Glascott (Meadows), Coach Mellor (Bryan Callen) and Lainey Lewis (AJ Michalka) – who, despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, are heroes to their students. Marc Firek serves as writer on the series, based on a story by Firek and “The Goldbergs” creator Adam F. Goldberg. Goldberg... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 6:40 p.m. A spokeswoman for Harvey Weinstein says she hopes that the activist who founded the #MeToo movement gets as much recognition as the journalists who won Pulitzers for revealing sexual harassment and assault allegations against the former movie mogul. Holly Baird said in an email Monday she hoped the activist, Tarana Burke, "receives the same accolades and reception one day." The New York Times and The New Yorker on Monday won the Pulitzer for public service. Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania, EE.UU. (AP) — La principal acusadora de Bill Cosby en su nuevo juicio por abuso sexual negó el lunes haberle hecho una treta y dijo que desconoce a una de las principales testigos de la defensa quien planea declarar que Constand habló sobre presentar acusaciones falsas contra la celebridad. Andrea Constand dijo al jurado que no “recuerda haber tenido nunca” una conversación con Marguerite Jackson. Ambas mujeres trabajaban en la Universidad Temple por la época en la que... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A black-and-white photo beamed on a courtroom wall Monday provided a stark reminder of how much had changed in Robert Durst's life over three decades. The photo dating to at least the early 1980s showed the New York real estate heir's grinning best friend, Susan Berman, flanked by a bearded Durst wearing a smirk and his wife, Kathleen, with an electric smile. Today, Berman is long dead and Kathleen Durst has been missing for more than three decades and is presumed dead. Durst, an old... Читать дальше...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The mother of a 3-year-old Kansas boy whose body was found encased in concrete last year says her boyfriend killed her son and that she was in the home when it happened. Miranda Miller testified Monday in a preliminary hearing for Stephen Bodine, who is charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of Evan Brewer of Wichita. Miller also is charged with first-degree murder in the boy's death. She waived her preliminary hearing earlier Monday and pleaded not guilty. During Bodine's hearing... Читать дальше...

Eric and Kim Tannenbaum have signed a multi-year deal with Lionsgate Television Studios to create scripted programming under their Tannenbaum Company production banner, Lionsgate said Monday. “We’re delighted to partner with Eric and Kim, two of the most gifted and prolific television producers in the industry,” said Lionsgate Television Group chairman Kevin Beggs. “They have shepherded a roster of iconic series and we look forward to working together.” “We’re thrilled to join Kevin, Sandra [Stern... Читать дальше...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor will not seek the death penalty against a woman charged with killing her husband and four children and seriously injuring another daughter by stabbing. News outlets report 34-year-old Isabel Martinez appeared in court Monday in Gwinnett County, near Atlanta, and pleaded not guilty all charges. She is charged with five counts of murder, one count of aggravated assault and one count of third-degree cruelty to children. The July attack injured 9-year-old... Читать дальше...

Milos Forman, the Oscar-winning director who died at 86 on April 13, made only a dozen feature films, but they include the undying classics, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “Amadeus” (1984), as well as a string of major and sometimes under-appreciated titles such as “Hair” (1979), “The People vs. Larry Flynt” (1996) and “Goya’s Ghosts” (2006). Forman’s legacy is diverse, with films in a variety of styles and genres. Yet his work has two qualities in common, one visual, one thematic. Читать дальше...

Brittany McPhee The Stanford guard has signed a training-camp contract with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. She’s from Normandy Park, a Seattle suburb. The Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and third-team USA Today All-American averaged a career-high 16.7 points in her senior season. She scored 31 of her career-high 33 in the second half of Stanford's 78-65 upset at No. 6 Oregon on Feb. 4. It was the first 30-point road performance for a Stanford player against a top-10 team since 2007. Читать дальше...

San Francisco’s battle with shared electric scooter operators kicked into high gear Monday as City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued cease-and-desist orders to companies running the rental businesses even as the Board of Supervisors started hearings on regulating divisive transportation devices, Early Monday afternoon, Herrera sent letters to Bird, Lime and Spin, the companies running the shared scooter operations, ordering them to stop doing business until they take stronger efforts to keep users from riding them on sidewalks... Читать дальше...

HONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rains on Kauai let up on Monday, which helped emergency workers better rescue people stranded by flooding on the Hawaiian island. Forty people, mostly tourists, were stuck since Saturday night at a Red Cross shelter in an elementary school in the north shore town of Hanalei. Plans to airlift them out of the school, which was surrounded by water, were abandoned because severe weather grounded helicopters, said Coralie Matayoshi, CEO of American Red Cross of Hawaii. On Sunday night... Читать дальше...

CHIMICUM, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a 2½-year-old boy was flown to a Seattle hospital after his father accidentally ran over him west of Everett in Chimacum. The Peninsula Daily News reports the boy was run over by the tires of a Chevy Silverado as his father was maneuvering it on the boy's grandmother's property on Sunday morning. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Mark Apeland says the boy suffered serious injuries when he walked in front of the truck without his father noticing and a front wheel of the vehicle ran over him. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on Arizona's school funding lawsuit (all times local): 3:20 p.m. A Phoenix man who successfully challenged the legality of a school funding plan hopes to prevent Arizona from taking money from the state land trust without Congressional approval. Gov. Doug Ducey's attorneys said at a Monday hearing that such an order isn't necessary because Congress has since authorized the state to make payouts under Proposition 123. They said the case should be tossed for good. An attorney... Читать дальше...

The 4,600-square-foot home in Novato had been on the market for months. The owner offered it furnished, utilities included, for $5,000 a month, according to Zillow. Then, in October, about 30 miles to the north, the Tubbs Fire sparked. It destroyed 5,636 houses, businesses and other structures, most of them in Santa Rosa, causing demand for housing to surge in the region. According to state prosecutors, the rent for the Novato house jumped to $9,000 monthly. On Monday they charged the owner... Читать дальше...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former University of Iowa wrestler has pleaded guilty to a federal computer fraud charge related to actions he took that let him access university computers and change course grades. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Trevor J. Graves pleaded guilty Monday to transmission of a command to damage a protected computer. In a plea agreement, Graves admitted that from March 7, 2015, to Nov. 15, 2016, he manipulated the university's computer network and obtained professors' user names and passwords. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say $700,000 worth of counterfeit cosmetics seized from vendors in downtown's fashion district have tested positive for bacteria, lead and traces of animal feces. Officials said Monday that the investigation began after customers complained of rashes and other skin irritations from using the knockoff mascaras, lipsticks and eye shadows. The seized products include bogus versions of cosmetics by Urban Decay, MAC, Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner and others. Officer... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — New campaign fundraising reports show Democrat Jacky Rosen raised more than twice as much campaign cash as Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller in recent months. A partial copy of Heller's fundraising report, provided to The Associated Press on Monday shows Heller raised about $1.1 million from January 1 through March 31. Rosen, a congresswoman from Nevada's 3rd District who is challenging Heller this year, reported late last week having raised almost $2.6 million during the same time frame. Читать дальше...

Author, former Chronicle columnist and theater critic, and occasional lyricist Gerald Nachman died Saturday at Coventry Place, a senior residence in San Francisco, his friend Rita Abrams confirmed. He was 80 years old. In addition to a five-decade journalism career that included positions at the San Jose Mercury (now the Mercury News), New York Post, Oakland Tribune and New York Daily News before The Chronicle, Nachman was also a noted author. In particular, his exhaustively researched books... Читать дальше...