Новости за 21.06.2018

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Senate is rejecting a proposed constitutional amendment to reduce the number of its seats, but it's putting the onus back on the state House of Representatives to decide whether voters should get the question of shrinking it. The Senate voted 42-7 on Thursday to send the measure back to the House after it stripped out a provision to reduce the Senate from 50 seats to 38. Amending Pennsylvania's constitution requires both chambers to pass the same measure in two... Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying states can force online shoppers to pay taxes on sales could bring on a special legislative session in Mississippi to earmark new money for roads and bridges. Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson said after the 5-4 ruling that he estimates Mississippi will collect $30 million to $50 million in additional tax revenue in the budget year beginning July 1. He estimates an additional $50 million to $75 million the following year. Gov. Phil... Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on funeral services for fashion designer Kate Spade (all times local): 3:50 p.m. The family of fashion designer Kate Spade says her father died on the eve of her funeral. The family released a statement Thursday saying Earl Brosnahan, Jr. died Wednesday night at his home in Kansas City, Missouri. The family says he was 89 and had been in failing health. The statement says he was "heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter." The statement was released... Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors have failed for a third time to obtain a murder conviction against a Maryland man accused of shooting a security guard. News outlets report a Baltimore judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the trial of 26-year-old Keith Davis Jr. of Columbia after jurors failed to reach a verdict. Davis' first trial also ended in a mistrial after a jury deadlocked. A jury found him guilty of second-degree murder at his second trial, but a judge tossed out that verdict because information about a key witness was not disclosed. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former City University of New York Baruch College basketball coach and athletic department official has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for embezzling more than $700,000 from a Manhattan school. Machli Joseph, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty in January. Prosecutors say the 43-year-old Joseph embezzled the money between 2010 and 2016 by renting school athletic facilities to outside parties and keeping the proceeds. They say the funds were spent on personal expenses... Читать дальше...

The human fallout from the Trump administration’s abruptly canceled policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border has reached California, with about 100 children now living in state-licensed group care and foster homes here. While the administration moved to begin detaining families together Wednesday, temporary caregivers have no answers about when - or how - the dozens of children now housed with strangers might be reunited with family. On Thursday, President... Читать дальше...

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A Moldovan court rejected an appeal Thursday of its ruling to invalidate the results of a local election in the former Soviet republic's capital city. Andrei Nastase, a pro-European prosecutor who opposes the Russia-friendly policies of Moldova's government, won 52.5 percent of the vote in Chisinau's June 3 mayoral election, defeating a Socialist candidate who called for closer relations with Moscow. About 39 percent of voters cast ballots in the election. The Appeals Court voided the election late Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Car makers, technology and industrial companies fell Thursday as investors focused on the U.S.-China trade dispute, which could reduce company spending and earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped for the eighth day in a row. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index retreated 17.56 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,749.76. The Dow Jones industrial average skidded 196.10 points, or 0.8 percent, to 24,461.70. The Nasdaq composite gave up 68.56 points, or 0.9 percent, to 7,712.95. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks shed 18.04 points... Читать дальше...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on fatal shooting by Deschutes County deputy (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Authorities have identified the man shot by a Deschutes County Sheriff's deputy at a campsite in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend. KTVZ reported Thursday that 44-year-old Jesse Wade Powell died after being shot by Deputy Randy Zilk. The 13-year veteran of the sheriff's office fired one round at Powell after responding to a call from a hiker Wednesday evening who overheard a fight between a male and a female. Читать дальше...

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina woman has been charged with murder in the death of another woman found dead inside her car at an intersection. Kershaw County Chief Deputy Jack Rushing said deputies matched the bullet that killed Brenda Coates on Sunday with a gun found in the suspect's car. Rushing says witnesses also told deputies that they saw Stacey Catoe's car driving away from the shooting. Rushing said in a release investigators couldn't find Catoe, but got a search warrant... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO — Now that the world’s leading public health group says too much Minecraft can be an addiction, could overindulging in chocolate, exercise, even sex, be next? The short answer is probably not. The new “gaming disorder” classification from the World Health Organization revives a debate in the medical community about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs. The strictest definition of addiction refers to a disease... Читать дальше...

The merchandise has never been more plentiful or easier to find. Tote bags that say “United” from H&M. T-shirts emblazoned with “I Am Proud” from Levi Strauss & Co. An inflatable, rainbow-colored whale from Target — a “Pride Narwhal.” Pride month has drawn a wide range of big-name retailers offering thematic merchandise timed to the celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. But some retailers, including H&M, European fast fashion retailer Primark... Читать дальше...

It’s always a letdown when shows don’t get to shine. Even worse is when a series shows so much potential, but gets canceled after only one season. Many of them go on to become cult classics, but we still have to wonder what could’ve happened if they went on for longer. C’est la vie. Get Down The Baz Luhrmann Netflix series about the rise of hip-hop contains great music and set pieces that make it easy to binge-watch and enjoy. That’s not including the great leads, which instill the characters with an electrifying innocence and humanity. Читать дальше...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The federal government wrestled with the fallout Thursday over President Donald Trump's move to stop separating immigrant families, with no clear plan to reunite the more than 2,300 children already taken from their parents and Congress again failing to take action on immigration reform. Democratic mayors and other leaders traveled to the border to step up pressure on the White House over its hardline immigration policies, and the Justice Department went to court in attempt... Читать дальше...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents following President Donald Trump's order allowing them to remain with their parents (all times local): 3:30 p.m. An attorney representing immigrant children says a decades-old court settlement doesn't require or even imply that the U.S. government should separate families entering the country illegally. Peter Schey said Thursday that he will oppose a Trump administration request for a federal judge in Los... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration proposed a major reorganization of the federal government on Thursday, calling for merging the education and labor departments, moving the federal food stamp program to the Department of Health and Human Services and renaming that agency. The plan represented the latest aspiration of a presidential administration to revamp a sprawling federal government. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said the effort is part of... Читать дальше...

Angry “Star Wars” fans have been up in arms over “The Last Jedi” since it released in December, so much so that one group claims it’s going to remake it. A website called “RemakeTheLastJedi.com” and corresponding Twitter account popped up in June, purporting to be created by a group of producers who mean to make a new version of “Episode VIII.” Of course, people can pledge money on that website. Supposedly it has raised more than $22 million as of this writing — but claims that the cost of actually... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University and a student organization have agreed to terms for a possible election to decide whether eligible graduate students will unionize. Brown announcement the agreement with the organization Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees on Thursday. It establishes formal election procedures, voter eligibility guidelines and other terms in the event the university receives a petition to hold a unionization election. Brown says a number of additional things need to happen before an election can take place. Читать дальше...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents following President Donald Trump's order allowing them to remain with their parents (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The prospect of the U.S. government housing up to 20,000 migrant children on military bases has raised questions on Capitol Hill. Sen. Chuck Schumer said Thursday that he wants to know how many children are already being held after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and in what conditions. Читать дальше...

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough Address: 4755 Paradise Drive, Tiburon. Asking price: $4.195 million. Description: The street name says it all for this newly built five-bedroom set on more than half an acre offering views of Paradise Cove and the East Bay. Читать дальше...

They’re not generally the headliners, but they work just as hard as the stars and often harder. They’re onstage constantly but unreliably — a gig here, a short engagement there — undertaking the steady task of putting together a patchwork career as a performing artist. And if you’re a regular at local theaters, dance stages and concert halls, you’ve come across them again and again. The dancer-choreographer who makes the rounds of the local companies while making ends meet behind the check-in desk. Читать дальше...

Psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes coined the term “impostor syndrome” in 1978, describing it as “internal experience of intellectual phoniness in people who believe that they are not intelligent, capable or creative despite evidence of high achievement.” In other words, it’s that sinking sense that you are a fraud in your industry, role or position, regardless of your credibility, authority or accomplishments. This is not a unusual feeling; it hits many of us at some point in our lives.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Thursday sentenced a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student to three years in prison for sexually assaulting three female students and choking or stalking two others. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke also sentenced Alec Cook, 22, of Minnesota to eight years of extended supervision once he's released from prison. Cook pleaded guilty to the charges in February. Prosecutors were seeking 19 years behind bars, while defense attorneys sought probation with the possibility of jail time. Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A grand jury has added civil rights and hate crimes violations to charges three Illinois men face in the bombing of a mosque in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. Federal prosecutors announced the new five-count indictment Thursday against 47-year-old Michael Hari, 29-year-old Michael McWhorter and 23-year-old Joe Morris. They were previously charged with arson in Minnesota. They're being held in Illinois on separate charges. They're accused of traveling from Clarence, Illinois, to carry out the Aug. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House has narrowly passed a sweeping farm bill that would toughen work requirements for food stamp recipients. The bill passed 213-211. Democrats opposed the measure, saying it would toss too many people off government food assistance. The measure renews the safety net for farmers as President Donald Trump's tough talk on tariffs threatens to close markets for many of their products. The vote Thursday marked the House's second attempt to pass a farm bill. GOP... Читать дальше...