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CT New York NY Zone Forecast for Friday, May 18, 2018 _____ 204 FPUS51 KOKX 190031 ZFPOKX Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service New York NY 831 PM EDT Fri May 18 2018 CTZ005-190815- Northern Fairfield- 831 PM EDT Fri May 18 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph early this evening. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Rain in the morning, then light rain, drizzle likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

Establishing a calm dialogue is a great way to ease tensions that start to snowball, such as the case of the Giants versus home-plate umpires Doug Eddings and Chris Segal in the Wednesday and Thursday games. Sometimes, manager Bruce Bochy will chat with Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre in the commissioner's office, or umpiring supervisor Ed Montague, who lives in the Bay Area and often watches crews work at AT&T Park. Sometimes, Torre initiates the call, as he did Friday with Brandon Belt... Читать дальше...

TORONTO - For the second night in a row, the A’s lost a starting pitcher to an early injury. Brett Anderson worked only one inning against the Blue Jays before departing. He warmed up for the second inning but appeared to have trouble getting loose, stretching and shaking his left arm several times. The A’s announced that Anderson’s injury is a left shoulder strain. Josh Lucas, called up earlier in the day, took over for Anderson after arriving... Читать дальше...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's political coalition has won the most seats in Iraq's national parliamentary elections, according to complete results released by Iraq's electoral commission early Saturday. The announcement came nearly a week after Iraqis cast their votes on May 12 and put Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in third place, according to seat allocations. An alliance of candidates with close ties to mostly Iranian-backed paramilitary forces came in second. Читать дальше...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Pearl Berlin, who challenged North Carolina's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages, has died. She was 93. Berlin died Thursday, said Matt Hirschey, head of special projects for Equality NC. Berlin married Ellen Gerber in a synagogue in Greensboro in 2013 and followed with civil ceremony in Maine that year, but their marriage remained legally invalid in North Carolina. With Berlin suffering health problems in 2014, the couple rushed to join the vanguard of efforts to strike down the state ban... Читать дальше...

DUBLIN, Ireland — If Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t know who Helen Dixon is, he will soon. From an unassuming town house in the Irish capital, Dixon, the country’s data protection commissioner, leads an agency that was once a bureaucratic backwater. Employees share offices and have few of the perks available in Facebook’s building nearby: The main free amenities here are water, coffee and tea. Yet Dixon will soon gain vast new authority to investigate and fine Facebook... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers opened a historic special session Friday to consider whether to impeach Gov. Eric Greitens for a variety of allegations ranging from sexual misconduct to misuse of a veterans' charity donor list for his political campaign. It marked the first time Missouri lawmakers had ever achieved the supermajority necessary to summon themselves into a special session. And depending on the outcome of the session, Greitens could become the first Missouri governor ever... Читать дальше...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A toxicology report says the inmate found dead at a Florida jail last month overdosed on kratom. Forty-two-year-old Zacharriah Zimmer was found unresponsive in his cell at the Indian River County Jail on April 4. TCPalm.com reports that staff performed CPR until emergency services arrived and took Zimmer to a hospital where he later died. He had been arrested the day before on a domestic violence charge. County Sheriff's Office spokesman Maj. Eric Flowers says an autopsy was conducted on April 5. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were: KS-2C-10C-7H-8S (KS, 2C, 10C, 7H, 8S)

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were: 6-2-8 (six, two, eight)

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were: 6-2-8 (six, two, eight)

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were: 07-16-24-30-38 (seven, sixteen, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-eight)

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were: 02-03-05-09-12-13-17-18-21-25-27-31-36-40-43-45-50-52-57-60-63-74 (two, three, five, nine, twelve, thirteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-six, forty, forty-three, forty-five, fifty, fifty-two, fifty-seven, sixty, sixty-three, seventy-four)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities have arrested multiple tax collector officials in the county that includes Austin on suspected fraud charges, and all tax collector satellite offices are closing until further notice as a result. In a statement Friday evening, Travis County Tax Assessor Collector Bruce Elfant said that, following an internal audit by the Travis County Auditor, investigators served search warrants and arrested "multiple employees" from his staff. Elfant said he couldn't provide further details, citing an ongoing investigation. Читать дальше...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have waived the death penalty for a California man charged with killing a woman nearly 40 years ago. The Bakersfield Californian says a judge was told Friday that the Kern County district attorney's office no longer is seeking death for Prentice Foreman. A judge last week found that Foreman could be tried for murder but not special circumstances that the killing occurred during commission of rape and burglary. Foreman, a 60-year-old long-haul trucker from Bakersfield... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sudden storm has brought torrential rain and massive street flooding across much of the New Orleans metropolitan area. High winds from the storm tore down tents set up for the Bayou Boogaloo Festival as rain swamped streets during the evening rush. Across New Orleans, police rushed to block underpasses and other spots prone to flooding. National Weather Service forecaster Robert Ricks says about 4 inches of rain dropped in less than two hours. As for the festival, organizers... Читать дальше...

Bay Area residents who want easy meals have two relatively new and promising sources: vending machines and Target stores. Chef’d, a company backed by Campbell Soup Co. and Smithfield Foods, is putting its meals in hundreds of new-age machines across the Bay Area, including the offices of Tesla and Chevron, and on the campus of Stanford University. It’s betting that workers on their way out the door might be in the market for boxes of pre-portioned ingredients that allow them to skip the grocery store on the way home.

HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on the plane crash in Havana (all times local): 7:35 p.m. Argentina's Foreign Ministry says two of the South American nation's citizens died in Friday's crash of a passenger jet in Cuba. A ministry statement says Argentina is "deeply shaken" by the deaths. The flight operated by Cuban state-run airline Cubana de Aviacion had at least 110 people on board when it crashed near the Havana airport shortly after takeoff. Cubana had hired the aircraft from Mexican charter company Global Air. Читать дальше...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas (all times local): 6:30 p.m. A judge has denied bond for the 17-year-old accused of killing 10 people and wounding 10 others at a Texas high school. Dimitrios Pagourtzis made his initial court appearance Friday evening via closed circuit video from the Galveston County Jail. The judge also took Pagourtzis' application for a court-appointed attorney. Pagourtzis has been charged with capital murder in the Friday morning shooting at Santa Fe High School. Читать дальше...

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrats are eager to move past the era of Republican Gov. Paul LePage, but they know trashing him is not the way to win an election. So when the Maine Democratic State Convention began Friday, candidates for governor like Diane Russell arrived with a plan of sticking to issues, such as affordable college education and universal access to health care. She said focusing on the term-limited LePage "a recipe for disaster" for Democrats. "That's not who matters," she said. Читать дальше...

Civil rights attorney Pamela Price, who is challenging incumbent Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, on Friday walked back her comments about not prosecuting misdemeanors after domestic violence victims criticized the stance. If elected, Price said, she would continue to prosecute misdemeanors and all domestic violence cases. She said she would explore programs like San Francisco’s neighborhood courts and use discretion in sentencing recommendations. ... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on two dead whales being found in the San Francisco Bay Area (all times local): 4:35 p.m. A second dead whale has been found in the San Francisco Bay Area and experts will try to determine what killed the animals. That makes the fifth dead whale found in the area since March. The Marine Mammal Center says the 35-foot adult female gray whale was spotted Friday afternoon on Tennessee Valley Beach in Marin County. Gray whales are currently migrating up the coast from Mexico to Alaska. Читать дальше...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Human rights advocates say 11 people died in a prison riot sparked by inmates who wrestled a gun from jailers, prompting an exchange of gunfire. A Window on Liberty prisoner rights group reported Friday that two guards and nine inmates died Thursday in the city of Barquisimeto; 28 people were injured. A Window to Freedom's director Carlos Nieto says jailers took back control of Fenix Penitentiary. It's Venezuela's second such incident of unrest in two days. Inmates including... Читать дальше...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Students at a Houston-area high school where a shooting left 10 people dead and 10 wounded are divided on the issue on gun control. Seventeen-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis has been identified as the suspect in Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School. Branden Auzston, also 17, is a junior at the school. He says he doesn't like the idea of arming teachers or allowing open carry on school campuses. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An 18,000-seat, sphere-shaped venue that will host concerts and other entertainment events on the Las Vegas Strip will break ground this summer. The Madison Square Garden Company on Friday revealed details of the project it is developing in partnership with Las Vegas Sands, which operates two casino-resorts adjacent to the planned arena. Madison Square Garden Company CEO Jim Dolan says the organization is building a venue to engage all human senses, not just hearing and sight. The... Читать дальше...