Новости за 03.05.2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mother of two Native American teenagers who campus police pulled from a college tour in Colorado after a parent reported feeling nervous about them said she believes her sons were victims of racial profiling and she feared for their safety after learning about the encounter. In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray described receiving a frantic phone call from her son, 19-year-old Thomas Kanewakeron Gray, about the incident at Colorado State University. Читать дальше...

NAIROBI, Kenya— Every school day, Abdirizack Hussein Bashir rises at dawn for an five-mile trek through a dangerous forest where he sometimes faces harassment by Kenyan army patrols hunting down extremists. Now the 12-year-old’s dream to become a doctor is threatened. Attacks by the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab against non-Muslims have forced the transfer of hundreds of teachers from the border area with Somalia, where the extremist group is based. Schools have closed and thousands of children are affected. Читать дальше...

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Actress Rose McGowan will face indictment in Virginia on a felony drug-possession charge after a judge found probable cause Thursday to send the case to a grand jury. McGowan unsuccessfully sought to have the charges dismissed at a preliminary hearing in Leesburg. A grand jury will hear the case June 11. While it is possible the grand jury could choose not to indict, in all likelihood she will face an arraignment in circuit court June 12. She has suggested in court papers that... Читать дальше...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Nashville mall (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Nashville authorities say a wounded person has been taken in critical condition to an area hospital after gunfire at a mall near the Grand Ole Opry. The identity of the person wasn't immediately released after Thursday's shooting. The Nashville Fire Department says in a tweet that the person was taken to the Skyline Medical Center. Nashville police say in a tweet that a dispute led to the gunfire but they didn't elaborate. Читать дальше...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (LYV) on Thursday reported a loss of $33.9 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Beverly Hills, California-based company said it had a loss of 24 cents. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 29 cents per share. The ticket seller and concert promoter posted revenue of $1.48 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Читать дальше...

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A judge says jurors will probably have to be chosen from another part of the state for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people in south Mississippi. The Clarion Ledger reports Willie Cory Godbolt appeared Thursday before Lincoln County Circuit Judge David Strong in a hearing to update the status of the case. No trial date has been set. Godbolt has been jailed without bond since his May 28 arrest, hours after the killings in and around Brookhaven. Deputy William... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Associate Justice Richard Robinson has unanimously been approved as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. With Thursday's 36-0 vote in the Senate, Robinson becomes the first African-American to hold the judicial branch's top job. The House of Representatives unanimously approved Robinson's nomination Monday. Democrats and Republicans had high praise for Robinson, Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's second chief justice nominee. Associate Justice Andrew McDonald was rejected by the Senate. Читать дальше...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 41-year-old Anchorage man driving a snowmobile in Alaska's backcountry died after being partially buried by an avalanche, officials said Thursday. Alaska State Troopers identified the victim of the Wednesday afternoon accident as Chad Christman. He was part of a group of people riding snowmobiles near Blackstone Glacier, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) southeast of Anchorage, Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead with the Alaska National Guard said in an email. It wasn't immediately... Читать дальше...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former reserve deputy has been sentenced to five years in prison for shooting his wife to death while cleaning her gun at home. Dwayne Thurman was sentenced Thursday in Spokane County Superior Court for shooting Brenda Thurman in 2016. The Spokesman-Review reports that a jury convicted Thurman of second-degree manslaughter after prosecutors contended the Lincoln County reserve deputy had gun handling and safety training that should have prevented such an accidental shooting. Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law a proposal that could usher in a drastic expansion of metro Atlanta's public transit system. The Thursday signing creates the ATL, a regional transit authority responsible for planning and funding transit projects in a 13-county metro region. It allows those counties to levy a local sales tax up to 1 percent for transit projects, contingent on approval by local voters. Proponents say the goal is to turn several separate systems run by individual... Читать дальше...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico teenagers joined with students from across the U.S. in a school walkout to support gun ownership. Students from schools in Albuquerque, Carlsbad and Santa Fe participated in the movement Wednesday called "Stand for the Second," which aims to raise awareness of Second Amendment rights. Carlsbad High School student Will Riley had launched the effort that spread to many schools across the country. More than 600 Carlsbad students walked out about 20 minutes before the end of the school day Wednesday... Читать дальше...

NY Binghamton NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, May 3, 2018 _____ 446 FPUS51 KBGM 032031 ZFPBGM Zone Forecast Product for Central New York and Northeast Pennsylvania National Weather Service Binghamton NY 430 PM EDT Thu May 3 2018 This is an automatically generated product that contains an area forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site-specific forecast, please visit weather.gov/bgm.... Читать дальше...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman's call to police to report that she had escaped after being held hostage for several days led to a standoff and explosion in a barn behind her home that left one person dead and nine police officers injured, officials said Thursday. A regional police SWAT team responded to the property Wednesday afternoon after the woman's call and encountered a barricaded man. Officers negotiated with him for hours before a building on the property exploded around 8:30... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada school district has a new leader. The Las Vegas Sun reports Jesus Jara was named Wednesday to lead the Clark County School District. Jara will replace Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, who is stepping down next month. Jara has served as deputy superintendent of Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida, since August 2012. Jara will inherit near-record district financial deficits amid all-time high tensions between the district and unions for both teachers and administrators... Читать дальше...

DENVER— A transgender inmate who is suing Colorado’s corrections agency says she was raped at a men’s prison hours after a federal judge denied her request to block the prison from keeping her in a disciplinary unit, according to court records and the woman’s attorney. Lindsay Saunders-Velez filed a lawsuit in July saying she has been threatened, harassed and assaulted since entering Colorado’s prison system last spring for violating her plea deal in a menacing case. She called the... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The embattled chaplain of the House of Representatives is seeking to withdraw his resignation in a caustic letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan. Rev. Patrick Conroy accuses a top Ryan aide of telling him "something like 'maybe it's time that we had a Chaplain that wasn't a Catholic.'" Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and a Catholic himself, forced Conroy to tender his resignation last month, sparking a firestorm. Ryan has said he was dissatisfied with Conroy's pastoral care to lawmakers. Читать дальше...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A detective testifying about a Penn State pledge's death after a night of drinking at a fraternity is disputing the theory that the 19-year-old tripped over sorority members before tumbling down basement stairs. A State College Police detective said Thursday he believes Tim Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey, fell solely because he was severely inebriated. The detective says one member of the Triology sorority says Piazza didn't trip over her, and the other says she didn't see her... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new attorney, Emmet Flood, a veteran of the Clinton impeachment battles, is the leading candidate to replace the White House's top lawyer, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The move would be an effort to prepare for the possibility that Democrats could regain control of the House after the November election and undertake new congressional investigations. Three people told The Associated Press that Flood is on deck to replace White House counsel Don McGahn... Читать дальше...

CBS beat its earnings forecast for the first quarter of 2018, posting an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.34 and a record $3.76 billion in revenue. The $3.76 billion in revenue was a record for a first-quarter, and CBS also hit an all-time quarterly high in adjusted operating income and adjusted diluted EPS. Wall Street had forecast Q1 earnings of $1.19 EPS and $3.64 billion in revenue, per a Yahoo Finance compilation of media analysts. CBS shares were trading up nearly two percent... Читать дальше...

CBS beat its earnings forecast for the first quarter of 2018, posting an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.34 on $3.76 billion in revenue. Wall Street had forecasted Q1 earnings of $1.19 EPS and $3.64 billion in revenue, per a Yahoo Finance compilation of media analysts. “CBS’phenomenal first-quarter results once again affirm that we have the right strategy to successfully monetize our premium content now and in the future,” said Leslie Moonves, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation.

Who can turn the world on with her smile? Kimmy Schmidt, of course! The first teaser for Season 4 of Netflix “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” sees Ellie Kemper return as our heroine, who in the last installment’s finale signed on to work for a startup. Kimmy is taking her first real stab at being a working girl and she is totally nailing it, btw. In an obvious shoutout to Mary Tyler Moore, our titular character walks through the streets of the Big Apple on her way to the office. Watch the clip above. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg announced Thursday he would end his long political career after a scathing ethics report concluded he failed to protect the Senate from his husband, who has been charged with sexual misconduct. In a one-sentence letter delivered to the Senate, Rosenberg said his resignation would be effective at 5 p.m. Friday. The decision came amid mounting calls, including several from his Democratic colleagues, for the Amherst Democrat to resign. Читать дальше...

Marvel shattered a bunch of box office records last weekend with “Avengers: Infinity War,” and it did so by turning its movies into the biggest TV show on the planet. As the decade-in-the-making climax of a film franchise, “Infinity War” has frequently been compared to a season finale, with the Marvel’s many heroes, from Thor to Spider-Man to the Guardians of the Galaxy, finally coming together for a super-sized, high-stakes showdown with the Big Bad they’ve been circling for the last 18 installments.

Thanks to the unpredictable whims of the internet, there’s no telling where the next pop-cultural obsession will come from. In recent years, medieval portraiture, a tragic trip to the zoo (RIP Harambe), the rat-and pizza-slice-infested subways of NYC, and the celebratory queering of a horror character meant to symbolize grief and extreme parental resentment have all served as unlikely Twitter sensations. In that context, the Supreme Court doesn’t seem too far-fetched as the source of enduring virality. Читать дальше...