Новости за 13.06.2018

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates— The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s exiled government launched a fierce assault Wednesday on the crucial port city of Hodeida, the biggest offensive of the years-long war in the Arab world’s poorest nation for the main entry point for food in a country already teetering on the brink of famine. The attack on the Red Sea port aimed to drive out Iranian-aligned Shiite rebels known as Houthis, who have held Hodeida since 2015, and break the civil war’s long stalemate. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scents often bring on memories and Jason Wu packed a personal one into his first fragrance, that of jasmine. But finding just the right raw ingredients was a process. The designer told The Associated Press at the Fragrance Foundation Awards, where the packaging for his namesake eau de parfum was nominated, that a niche fragrance like his demands an intimate connection. He smelled a lot of different raw ingredients when he was creating it with senior perfumer Frank Voelkl at Fermenich. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former state Sen. Mark Leno conceded a hard-fought San Francisco mayor's race on Wednesday, a week after the June 5 election, saying that he called London Breed to offer congratulations on her new job as mayor. Breed, president of the Board of Supervisors, was leading Leno by fewer than 1,900 votes Tuesday with about 245,000 ballots tallied and at least 9,000 ballots left to count. Her lead has been increasing since Saturday. The elections office will release an updated tally... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators from both parties sought to mend a frayed relationship with Canada during a closed-door meeting Wednesday with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. The meeting involving members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee follows President Donald Trump calling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "dishonest" and "weak" after the Group of 7 summit in Quebec over the weekend. Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the committee, says senators expressed concerns... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on San Francisco's mayor's race (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Former state Sen. Mark Leno conceded the race for San Francisco mayor Wednesday, saying that he called chief rival London Breed with his congratulations in her new job as mayor. He said Breed was a "remarkable young woman" who will do a fine job as mayor. Breed was leading Leno a week after the June 5 election by fewer than 1,900 votes with about 245,000 ballots tallied and at least 9,000 ballots left to count. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders began the problematic task of finding support for an immigration compromise Wednesday, telling lawmakers that President Donald Trump was backing the still-evolving bill. But cracks within the party were on full display and it seemed that pushing the measure through the House next week would be a challenge. "If it was a resolution on apple pie, you're going to lose some votes, some Republican votes," said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. A day after top Republicans... Читать дальше...

Cal sophomore Andrew Vaughn was named the National Player of the Year by Perfect Game/Rawlings on Wednesday. Vaughn, a Santa Rosa native and Mario Carillo alum, is the first person from Cal to earn a national baseball player of the year award. Vaughn is also one of the four finalists for the Golden Spikes Award, which is considered the amateur sport’s highest honor and will be announced June 28 in a ceremony in Los Angeles. The other finalists are Kody Clemens (Texas)... Читать дальше...

Leslie Jones said she hopes that during the next season of “Saturday Night Live,” the show can avoid some of the constant political humor and Trump jokes. “I hope next year we can do more funnier stuff instead of a lot of political stuff this year, which we had to,” Jones told TheWrap in a phone interview. “There was so much stuff that was happening, there was no way that our show, with the responsibility that we have, would not to cover that stuff. It was just too important. But I do hope that... Читать дальше...

At first, it looked so defeated: Its head buried between its front paws and its body curled up on a ledge 20 feet above a street in downtown St. Paul, Minn. But this was a raccoon, after all — part of a deceptive and unpredictable family of mammals whose panda-like looks lull humans into forgetting they can carry multiple diseases. Nonetheless, three maintenance workers shortly before noon Tuesday thought they could rouse the raccoon from its stupor and offered it a ladder to climb down from the ledge. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are closing lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled that faster interest rate hikes are on the way. AT&T fell 6.2 percent and Time Warner gained 1.8 after a judge cleared the way for AT&T's $85 billion takeover of Time Warner. Other media, telecommunications and healthcare companies with pending deals also benefited: Twenty-First Century Fox rose 7.7 percent and Express Scripts rose... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A self-styled prophet who helped lead a Utah doomsday cult that believed in polygamy is pleading guilty to sodomy and child bigamy charges. John Coltharp agreed to the plea deal in a courtroom in Manti Wednesday in exchange for prosecutors dropping kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 8. He faces up to life in prison. Authorities say the 34-year-old formed a group called the Knights of the Crystal Blade with his friend Samuel W. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council has passed regulations aimed at cracking down on investors who buy housing units to list on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb. The regulations, backed by Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, would ban renters and investors from renting apartments by the night. The regulations, which passed on an 11-2 vote Wednesday, would still allow people to rent a room in their home or a spare unit provided they own and live in the property, with some restrictions. Backers... Читать дальше...

STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say human remains that were found on an interstate highway 27 years ago have been identified as those of a woman reported missing in 1989. Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner recently confirmed through DNA testing that the remains found in 1991 in Stafford County are those of Marta Haydee Rodriguez. The Arlington County woman was 28 years old when she went missing. Her remains were discovered in February 1991 in the median of Interstate 95. Authorities say... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters battling a brush fire that forced evacuations in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood were aided by good weather overnight, and the blaze was 40 percent contained Wednesday, authorities said. The blaze, dubbed the Portola fire, had charred 35 to 40 acres in the Beverly Crest and Benedict Canyon areas as of Wednesday, said Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott. The fire was sparked Tuesday afternoon by someone using a weed wacker to clear brush in preparation for the fire season... Читать дальше...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Six restaurants in West Virginia and Ohio have been ordered to pay $111,000 in back pay and damages to 27 workers for minimum wage and overtime violations. The U.S. Department of Labor says in a news release a federal court for West Virginia's southern district also imposed a $20,150 civil penalty on four Las Trancas restaurants and a Plaza Maya restaurant in West Virginia and a Las Trancas restaurant in Ohio. The order also covers Las Trancas corporate officers Lorena Arellano and Martin Arellano. Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who posed online as a female modeling agency representative to get sexually explicit photos of young girls has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Matthew Felton, of Somersworth, pleaded guilty in January to child pornography charges. Court documents say he used several social media accounts and convinced three girls ages 12-14 in Canada that he would help them secure modeling contracts if they sent the suggestive photos. Law enforcement obtained... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast makes $35-a-share cash bid for Fox's entertainment business, setting up bidding war with Disney.

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers rejected proposals by pro-European Union politicians Wednesday that were intended to lock the U.K. into the bloc's customs union and single market after Brexit. The results were a victory for Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative government, which is determined to take the country out of the EU next year. But May's fragile minority administration faces more bumps ahead as it tries to forge an exit route while being buffeted by both sides of Britain's debate about Europe. Читать дальше...

ARENA, Wis. — Ten-year-old Lola Roske grabbed her backpack and headed to elementary school for the last day of class, the final check on her to-do list before the unstructured bliss of summer. Lola was among the last students to attend Arena Community Elementary. After classes let out last Monday, the school was shuttered permanently by the River Valley School District, whose administrators say that unforgiving budgets, a dearth of students and an aging population have made it impossible to keep the school open. Читать дальше...

Comcast made good on its plan to try and pry Fox away from Disney, submitting a $65 billion all-cash offer on Wednesday for assets from 21st Century Fox. The $65 billion is 19 percent higher than Disney’s $52.4 billion all-stock offer that Fox initially accepted. In a letter from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts that was addressed to Fox Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Roberts pointed directly to Tuesday’s favorable decision in the AT&T-Time Warner case against the U.S. Department of Justice as a reason for the proposed deal.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two online gamers whose alleged dispute over a $1.50 Call of Duty WWII video game bet ultimately led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the "swatting" case that drew national attention. Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, Ohio, and Shane Gaskill, 19, of Wichita, are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, wire fraud and other counts. Viner allegedly became upset at Gaskill while playing the popular online game. Authorities... Читать дальше...

RICHMOND, Va. — A conservative provocateur and supporter of President Trump won Virginia’s Republican primary Tuesday in the U.S. Senate race, and he has promised to run a “vicious” campaign against incumbent Tim Kaine. Republican Corey Stewart, who beat state lawmaker Nick Freitas and Chesapeake minister E.W. Jackson, had long been on the fringe of the state’s GOP. The win now makes him the standard-bearer of a deeply divided party that hasn’t won a statewide race in nearly a decade. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS — Pimp Dennis Hof, owner of half a dozen legal brothels in Nevada and star of the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse,” won a Republican primary for the state Legislature on Tuesday, ousting a three-term lawmaker. Hof defeated hospital executive James Oscarson. He’ll face Democrat Lesia Romanov in November, and will be the favored candidate in the Republican-leaning Assembly district. Republicans are hoping to dig themselves out of a deep hole in the Nevada Assembly... Читать дальше...

Fox News host Laura Ingraham urged President Donald Trump to fire EPA chief Scott Pruitt for “bad judgment” in a tweet on Wednesday. Ingraham’s message came in response to a story originally reported in the Washington Post that said Pruitt used his position to help his wife, Marlyn Pruitt, find a job in conservative political circles. Pruitt has been accused of several other misuses of power, including wasteful spending on travel and questionable purchases with government money. PRUITT BAD JUDGMENT HURTING @POTUS... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of bitcoin fell to a four-month low of $6,370 on Wednesday, days after South Korean digital currency exchange Coinrail said hackers had stolen over $37 million, or almost a third of the virtual currency it had stored. After Coinrail announced the theft, the price of bitcoin dropped to $6,333.95 per bitcoin. It is down $1,374.10 in the last week, according to Coinbase. At 3:30 p.m., bitcoin was quoted at $6,306.95. The decline also follows a Wall Street Journal report that... Читать дальше...