Новости за 30.05.2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation allowing four communities close to North Carolina's largest city to apply for and operate their own charter schools has cleared a General Assembly hurdle. A closely divided Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the measure, which would apply only to the Charlotte-area towns of Matthews, Mint Hill, Huntersville and Cornelius. Municipalities currently can't operate charter schools, but bill sponsor Rep. Bill Brawley of Matthews says these communities... Читать дальше...

Landmark’s Clay Theatre in San Francisco has a midnight film series known for its exhibition of cutting-edge cult items (“A Clockwork Orange,” “The Warriors,” anything horror), Japanese anime and Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room.” So programming the silly 1985 comedy whodunit “Clue” is a roll of the dice. Literally so — the movie is so old school it’s based not on a video game but a board game that traces its origins to 1949 Britain. The film’s chief asset is the kitsch value of its cast... Читать дальше...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — One of the principal figures in a large-scale health care fraud scheme in New Jersey has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Craig Nordman received a 21-month sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to bribe doctors and money laundering. Nordman was involved in a yearslong scheme in which New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services bribed doctors to provide blood samples for testing that often was unnecessary. Another company associate, Cliff Antell... Читать дальше...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The head of Oregon's emergency management agency has apologized after a cryptic emergency alert was forced out to cellphones in and around Oregon's capital city, displaying the words "Civil Emergency" and "Prepare for Action," but carrying little other information. Andrew Phelps said late Tuesday that a technical glitch had cut off crucial information: that the alert concerned elevated levels of a natural toxin in a local reservoir. Children and people with compromised immune systems... Читать дальше...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Virginia woman on fraud and tax charges after prosecutors said she charged over a half-million dollars on her boss's credit cards. Sherea Darnell is a former manager at a Williamsburg eye care center. Prosecutors say she used the doctor's credit cards to charge some $514,000 in personal transactions, including her son's preschool tuition. The jury heard from prosecutors that she also took over $90,000 in cash advances from the credit cards,... Читать дальше...

FOWLERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan police officer has been charged after his personal gun accidentally fired into the floor of a high school gymnasium as he watched a wrestling tournament in which his son was a competitor. WHMI-FM reports that 40-year-old Mark Boudreau is charged with misdemeanor careless discharge of a firearm. The shot was fired May 5 at Fowlerville High School, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. Boudreau, of the Flint Police Department, will be arraigned June 7. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California has received hundreds of complaints about a former school gynecologist suspected of conducting inappropriate exams for decades, prompting the resignation of the school president and a police investigation. More than two dozen lawsuits have been filed and police are investigating allegations from more than 50 women, so far. Whether Dr. George Tyndall faces charges, though, depends on if complaints about creepy comments, improper photos in the... Читать дальше...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Influential business leaders in Nicaragua are calling for early elections to resolve a political standoff between President Daniel Ortega's government and protesters demanding his exit from office. Carlos Pellas Chamorro is the country's most prominent businessman. He said Wednesday that the Ortega government's political model is "worn out" and the solution is moving up the next election, due to take place in 2021. Conglomerate Grupo Lafise Bancocentro also issued a statement... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a court hearing on the FBI investigation of Michael Cohen (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Stormy Daniels' attorney has withdrawn his request to get a formal role in the legal negotiations over files the FBI seized from President Trump's personal lawyer. Michael Avenatti said he wanted a role in the case so he could ensure that any confidential records or recordings related to Daniels weren't improperly disclosed. But he withdrew the request after a court hearing Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Warriors forward Andre Iguodala has been ruled out for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night against Cleveland with a left lateral leg contusion/bone bruise. After missing the last four games of the Western Conference finals, Iguodala, 34, was evaluated by Golden State’s medical staff on Tuesday. The Warriors announced that he "is making progress; however, the pain that accompanies the bone bruise persists, as does inflammation of the nerve surrounding his left knee." ... Читать дальше...

If laughter heals, then Killing My Lobster’s “Queering My Lobster” — its first Pride-themed compilation of comic sketches — is the medicine you need in a homophobic world. The show gleefully upends the social hierarchy, envisioning obnoxious straight people as the bete noir of business owners insisting on their right to refuse service to whomever they choose. It lambastes, in song, the time-honored practice of cisgender, heterosexual actors playing queer and nonbinary characters to show how “brave” they are. Читать дальше...

DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Authorities say a Tennessee sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed was responding to a call by a resident about a suspicious car. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland said at a news conference that the Dickson County deputy couldn't be contacted Wednesday for some time after responding to the call. The deputy's car was then tracked by GPS to a location 2 or 3 miles (3 to 5 kilometers) away... Читать дальше...

ROME (AP) — Italy's president gave populist politicians another chance Wednesday to try to form a coalition government after his naming of an interim leader roiled global markets that feared a new election would amount to a referendum on the euro. Carlo Cottarelli, the former International Monetary Fund official tapped Monday to be a neutral, temporary premier, said "new possibilities" had emerged for a government based on the results of the March election to run Italy rather than the government of technocrats he would direct. Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two maintenance workers at a Kansas water park where a boy was decapitated have been indicted in the case. The indictments unsealed Wednesday charge David Hughes and John Zalsman with obstruction of justice. Both men pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Wyandotte County Court. Hughes was maintenance supervisor at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, and Zalsman was on the maintenance staff. Ten-year-old Caleb Schwab was killed while riding the 17-story Verruckt waterslide in August 2016. Читать дальше...

Maroon 5, the multiplatinum-selling pop act fronted by “The Voice” mentor Adam Levine, is set to return to the Bay Area in support of its sixth studio album, “Red Pill Blues.” While the band’s live shows can be spotty affairs — if recent headlining sets at Shoreline Amphitheatre and the BottleRock Napa Valley festival are any indicators — when Levine and the band kick into high gear with hits like “Moves Like Jagger,” “This Love” and “Don’t Want to Know,” it’s hard not to get swept up in the lithe grooves. Читать дальше...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The man who finished second in Venezuela's recent presidential election is asking the Supreme Court to order a new vote. Henri Falcon argued on Wednesday that Maduro's ruling socialist party unfairly influenced the election by setting up kiosks near voting centers and giving poor residents bonuses. Official results showed Maduro winning a second six-year term in a landslide victory on May 20 despite a historic crisis in the once-wealthy OPEC nation. The appeal is unlikely to prosper in the Supreme Court... Читать дальше...

The Warriors have one major obstacle standing between them and a second-straight NBA championship. LeBron James. Cleveland’s legendary leader is playing out of his mind in this year’s NBA playoffs, carrying a truly mediocre cast of teammates to the Finals for the fourth straight year. It’s a remarkable feat, really. But then everything about James seems remarkable. From his output to his leadership, from his impact to his stamina, there’s a historic feel to what he’s accomplishing this year. Читать дальше...

Drought plagues Julianne Jigour’s poetic “Bright Shining Sea,” part of PlayGround’s 2018 Festival of New Works. Some of her Los Angeles-based characters are environmentalists, but the dearth of water isn’t strictly an ecological issue. It signifies, for each of them, a much more intimate and specific longing. Brian (Aaron Wilton) wishes his partner Maya (Lisa Morse), languishing in an empty bathtub, would “try harder to love.” Sylvia (Nicole Apostol Bruno) wishes her mother Eileen... Читать дальше...

The Switchboard Music Festival is taking a breather this summer after 10 years of dynamic new-music presentation. But that doesn’t mean the composers and performers associated with the festival — either directly or indirectly — are resting on their laurels. This weekend finds an ad-hoc chamber trio drawn from the social and artistic circles of the festival taking the stage at Old First Presbyterian Church. Cellist Hannah Addario-Berry, clarinetist Jeff Anderle and pianist Kate Campbell... Читать дальше...

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Oakland Ballet is refreshing the concept of the story ballet with “Scene & Heard,” a spring program featuring five world-premiere narrative dances created by five inventive local choreographers. The program runs Thursday-Saturday, May 31-June 2, at Laney College in Oakland. Commissioned from Bat Abbit, Antoine Hunter, Michael Lowe, Danielle Rowe and Artistic Director Graham Lustig, each dance will showcase their unique vision and movement style in just 10 to 15 minutes. For even more variety... Читать дальше...

“The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here!” So says gas station attendant Navin Johnson, on an eternal quest to “be somebody” in Steve Martin’s leading man debut “The Jerk” (1979), still a hilarious and savagely effective skewering of the American Dream, which also stars Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh and Carl Reiner, who also directs. Johnson, who introduces his rags-to-riches story with the memorable line, “I was born a poor black child,” was... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The son of an Austin-area jeweler and the teen's girlfriend are charged with hiring someone to kill his father, who was gunned down in March during a home break-in, authorities said Wednesday. Nicolas Patrick Shaughnessy and Jaclyn Alexa Edison, who are 19 years old and live together in College Station, were arrested Tuesday on a count of criminal solicitation to commit capital murder, Travis County sheriff's officials said. They remained in jail Wednesday, with Shaughnessy's... Читать дальше...

It's not just about the money. The $10,000 grand prize would surely be nice, but the prestigious title — National Geographic's Travel Photographer of the Year — might be worth the effort on its own for this year's lineup of skilled photographers.

South Korea’s Ambiguous Dance Company will make its Bay Area debut on Thursday, May 31, at the S.F. International Arts Festival, true to the festival’s ethos of cultural exchange through performance. Created by artistic director and contemporary choreographer Kim Bo-ram, “Rhythm of Human” tells an abstract story about a Korean man searching for his own rhythm amid society’s cacophony. “Every moving and breathing creature takes form as a rhythm, a movement, and an expression of dance,” he said in a statement. Читать дальше...