Новости за 26.05.2018

OSWEGO, Ill. (AP) — A high school principal in northern Illinois has apologized for a yearbook headline that says, "No one ugly allowed." The phrase is above a picture of the Oswego High School cheerleading team. The (Aurora) Beacon-News reports that a cheerleader quoted in the yearbook article says it's from a song meant to fire up the team before competitions. But critics on social media blasted the headline as "shameful." Some say it sends a bad message to girls. Diane McAroy works at a nearby teen center focused on empowering youth. Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Transgender inmates in Connecticut will soon become the first in the nation to have a legal right to be housed in a prison that matches the gender with which they identify, a law being lauded by civil rights advocates as groundbreaking. In addition to housing, it also gives inmates the right to be searched by a correction officer who matches their self-identified gender, to be addressed in a manner consistent with their gender identity and have access to commissary items, such as clothing... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With summer heat already ratcheting up in Iowa, organizations in the state are preparing to help keep low-income families cool. In Des Moines, IMPACT Community Action Partnership and the Des Moines Fire Department are collecting new fans to distribute to low-income families within the city who do not have working fans or air conditioning in their homes. Donations of new fans or new window air conditioners are accepted at city fire stations during normal business hours. In Cedar Rapids... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In New York state government and political news, actress and activist Cynthia Nixon says she's a "viable candidate" for governor, while delegates at the Democratic convention on Long Island took aim at a state senator from Brooklyn who sides with Republicans. Convention delegates earlier this week overwhelmingly voted for two-term incumbent Andrew Cuomo as the party's candidate for governor. Nixon now has to gather enough voter signatures from around the state to get a spot on the September Democratic primary ballot. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the release of a Utah man, Joshua Holt, who has been held in Venezuela (all times local): 10 a.m. The family of a Utah man jailed in a Venezuelan jail for two years calls his release a miracle. A statement that relatives provided Saturday confirms that Joshua Holt and his wife will be freed from detention in the capital of Caracas. The couple was arrested on weapons charges that U.S. officials dismiss as trumped up. President Donald Trump says in a tweet that he expects... Читать дальше...

STAGECOACH, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer has been arrested on a murder warrant in the fatal shooting of a deputy sheriff, who was the officer's brother. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says 59-year-old Stagecoach officer Robert Lee was arrested early Saturday for the shooting death of 57-year-old Harris County Deputy Rocky Lee. Authorities say both officers were off duty at the time of the Friday afternoon shooting inside Robert Lee's home in a subdivision in Stagecoach, about 33 miles (53 kilometers) northwest of Houston. Читать дальше...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A new exhibition at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park features the work of contemporary sculptor Masayuki Koorida. The exhibition titled "Masayuki Koorida: Beyond Existence " features work never displayed in the U.S. and runs through Aug. 19 in Grand Rapids. Koorida is celebrated for partially carved and polished boulders like "Existence ," which is permanently located in The Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden in Grand Rapids. Meijer Gardens says his other... Читать дальше...

“The Expanse,” the sci-fi series that Syfy canceled earlier this month, will find a new life — and a fourth season — on Amazon Prime, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced late Friday. Series producer Alcon Entertainment had been shopping the show since its cancellation. The final episode of the third season is set to air on Syfy in July. The series, created by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, follows a police detective in the asteroid belt, the first officer of an interplanetary ice freighter and an earth-bound... Читать дальше...

Here are the highest-paid CEOs for 2017, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. The AP's compensation study covered 339 executives at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two full consecutive fiscal years at their respective companies, which filed proxy statements between Jan. 1 and April 30. Some companies with highly paid CEOs do not fit these criteria, such as Oracle. Compensation often includes stock and option grants that the CEO may not receive... Читать дальше...

TRENTON,N.J. (AP) — Drivers around the country are seeing the highest Memorial Day gas prices in four years, and in New Jersey prices at the pump top $3 a gallon. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the state on Friday was $3.02, up five cents from last week. Motorists were paying $2.40 for gas in New Jersey at this time last year. The national average gas price Friday was $2.97 a gallon, up six cents from last week. That's also higher than the national average from a year ago... Читать дальше...

A man traveling on a American Airlines flight from St Croix (US Virgin Islands) to Miami started a brawl after a flight attendant refused to give him more beer.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein's arrest is a landmark moment in the #MeToo movement. Yet as authorities work through dozens of similar cases against famous figures in entertainment, legal hurdles may make such prosecutions the exception. The next round of charges could come against Weinstein himself, as prosecutors in Los Angeles and London could follow New York, where Weinstein pleaded not guilty Friday. Kevin Spacey and Mario Batali are among those remain under investigation. But because so... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland is set to be released from federal custody nearly a year early from his 30-month sentence for hiding his political consulting roles in two campaigns. Federal prison officials say Sunday is the anticipated release date for the Republican former governor, who has been staying at a halfway house since being discharged from a federal prison camp in January. Prison officials have refused to explain why Rowland is being released early. Inmates... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Memorial Day weekend means many Massachusetts state beaches and spray decks are opening up for the summer. The Department of Conservation and Recreation says many waterfronts and spray decks will be open across the state starting Saturday. The department says lifeguards will be on duty on the weekends only at the popular inland and ocean beaches. It will begin staffing many waterfronts seven days a week starting in late June. It says it also plans to open deep water pools and wading pools in June.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — East Fairmont High School teacher Annalese Weldy teaches more than just math to her students; she teaches them about international culture and travel as well. "I love to travel," Weldy said. "That has just been in my family forever and a day. We used to pick up in our big conversion van, and there were 10 of us that would fit in this van, and we would go across county for like 2-3 weeks out of our summer. So I have some pretty crazy stories as you can imagine. I like to share... Читать дальше...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Not all final exams are held in the classroom. And while top grades might be highly coveted, the exams themselves? Not so much. However, in the Culinary Program at Carver Career and Technical Center, the final project is the big show. It's what everyone looks forward to — a prestigious, farm-to-table dinner at the prominent J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works outdoor space, worth 20 percent of their final grade. A recent Monday Monday, the program's 10 students proved themselves worthy of chef coats and knives... Читать дальше...

DUBLIN (AP) — The Latest on the Irish abortion referendum (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has praised the apparent victory in the abortion referendum as "the culmination of a quiet revolution" that has been unfolding in the past 10 to 20 years. "The people have spoken," said Varadkar, who campaigned for repealing Ireland's constitutional ban on abortions. "The people have said that we want a modern constitution for a modern country, that we trust women and we respect... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The medical marijuana program Ohio's set to launch later this year has been beset by questions. It's unclear whether growing operations will be able to ramp up in time to meet initial demand, whether the rollout will be tangled up in legal and administrative red tape and whether enough doctors will sign up to serve needy patients. Still, state officials say progress is being made ahead of the Sept. 8 launch date. Cultivators are mostly through the licensing process. One large... Читать дальше...

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will address graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. Gen. Joseph Dunford is the commencement speaker Saturday at West Point's graduation. Almost 950 cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during the ceremony at the academy's football stadium. Dunford is the nation's highest-ranking military officer. He became chairman in October 2015. Among the cadets scheduled to graduate this year will be the first black woman to lead the Long Gray Line. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Work crews are investigating and making repairs after a pipe burst and sent water coursing through streets on Manhattan's West Side. The water main break was reported around 5:15 a.m. Saturday on West 56th Street around Ninth Avenue. It's a few blocks from Carnegie Hall. WABC-TV footage shows water streaming down a street and sidewalk as residents watched the sudden river from nearby stoops. City workers ultimately shut off the water flow to the broken pipe, and firefighters searched nearby basements. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal border crossings, as President Donald Trump measures them, have gone up since he took office, even as he speaks to audiences about a drop of more than 40 percent. That disconnect was among several that stood out over the past week as he opened up on the Russia investigation via Twitter, forsaking accuracy in the process, and made the false claim that he's delivering the first big military pay increase in a decade. A look at some of his statements: TRUMP: "We've done a lot of work on the wall. Читать дальше...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police are stepping up traffic enforcement this holiday weekend with a focus on seat belt enforcement. The director of the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, Lauren Stewart, said buckling up is the No. 1 thing you people can do to help prevent death or injury during a vehicle crash. The "Click it or Ticket" campaign kicked off this week in Kittery. The Bureau of Highway Safety has funneled thousands of federal dollars to Maine police departments to pay for overtime... Читать дальше...

WOODVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A former NASA astronaut from Ohio is being honored with a mural on a barn in his hometown. Officials unveiled the painting of astronaut Tom Henricks earlier this week in Woodville, just outside Toledo. Henricks served on four Space Shuttle missions and was commander on two flights. The mural is the latest on Sandusky County's Painted Barn Trail. Other barns in the area feature President Rutherford B. Hayes, the Battle of Fort Stephenson from the War of 1812 and images of the World Trade Center towers. Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — Dozens of French labor unions, left-wing political parties and civil rights groups are calling for "floods of people" at demonstrations opposing the pro-business policies of French President Emmanuel Macron. Thousands of protesters were gathering in Paris on Saturday for an afternoon march being held under tight security. Marches demanding social justice and against the president's policies also were planned in numerous other cities. More than 1,500 police officers have been mobilized... Читать дальше...

DUBLIN (AP) — The Latest on the Irish abortion referendum (all times local): 1 p.m. A leading campaigner for repealing Ireland's constitutional ban on abortions says it's a "monumental day for women in Ireland" after voters appeared to have overwhelmingly backed liberalizing the country's strict abortion laws. Orla O'Connor, co-director of the Together for Yes group, said Saturday: "This is about women taking their rightful place in Irish society, finally." Votes for Friday's historic referendum are still being counted... Читать дальше...