Новости за 17.07.2018

That magical pair of jeans that seems to perfectly fit four very different teenage girls may soon get a Broadway upgrade. Alcon Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment on Tuesday announced plans to develop a stage musical based on the hit 2005 movie “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrara, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel starred in the successful teen drama, which spawned a 2008 sequel that actually did better at the box office. They played best friends who spend a... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the bribery trial of former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce (all times local): 1:54 p.m. A judge has declared a mistrial at the bribery trial of former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce after jurors deadlocked over whether the he accepted $31,000 from a water company owner in exchange for favorable regulatory decisions. The decision Tuesday by Judge John Tuchi came after about 18 hours of deliberation over four days. Pierce was stoic when the judge announced the decision to end the trial. Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The new owners of four North Carolina dams that the state fought to claim as a public resource are losing their bid to force Duke Energy Corp. to buy the generated hydropower. The North Carolina Utilities Commission decided that Cube Yadkin Generation missed a deadline to trigger Duke Energy's legal obligation to buy the clean hydropower. The dispute started before Cube completed its purchase of the four Yadkin River dams in 2016. Cube spokeswoman Christina Chen declined comment Tuesday. Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa board that oversees campaign ethics has issued a ruling that keeps Iowa candidates from using campaign money to pay for child care. The Des Moines Register reports that the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board ruled Friday on a request by Reyma McCoy McDeid, a single mother who ran as a Democrat for a seat in the Iowa House that includes parts of northern Polk County. She lost the June 5 primary to Heather Matson. McCoy McDeid had requested permission in May... Читать дальше...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — It turns out that voters in Washington state's Ferry County will not have to buy their own stamps to mail in their primary ballots this year. Ferry County Auditor Dianna Galvan said Tuesday that she had overcome budget concerns that had prompted her to conclude the small county could not afford prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes. Galvan says it turns out the state is providing enough money to provide each of the county's approximately 4,500 voters a stamp to return their primary ballot. Читать дальше...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Southern California prosecutors say a county supervisor faces a pair of misdemeanor charges after she cast a vote on marijuana regulation while allegedly having a financial stake in the cannabis industry. Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez will be arraigned Wednesday on conflict-of-interest charges. Her attorney said at a Tuesday news conference that the evidence is unreliable and the prosecution is discriminatory. District Attorney Lisa Green says her office's Public... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Thunderstorms are knocking out power in some parts of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency says more than 3,000 electricity customers lost power statewide. A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the areas of Springfield, Clinton, Boston and Northborough, and a flash flood warning in Worcester. Floods have been reported on many streets in Worcester and Oxford. Over ten percent of flights out of Logan Airport have been cancelled and 23% have been delayed... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Hall of Mirrors where Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shared a palatial lunch in Finland seemed to have a reality-bending effect long after their summit ended. On Tuesday, Trump abruptly flipped on whether he believed Russia interfered in the election, saying he meant to suggest he does believe Moscow meddled despite having expressed the contrary view a day earlier. And Trump repeated a "because of me" boast from last week's NATO summit, tweeting that he alone is responsible for an increase in military spending... Читать дальше...

One “Jeopardy” contestant is getting a second chance after a round of “Final Jeopardy” went awry. Vincent Valenzuela has been invited back to the game show and will appear in another episode that will air on July 23, the Chicago Tribune reports. A rep for the show told the Tribune that the text of the clue given to Valenzuela and the other contestants was different from the way that host Alex Trebek read the clue. Here’s the clue in question: “This slang term for an environmentalist is literally true of groups that used passive resistance vs.

KABUL — An Islamic State suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, including a Taliban commander, while in southern Helmand province a government commando unit freed 54 people from a Taliban jail, according to officials. The stepped up activity in Afghanistan comes as Washington considers a Taliban demand for direct talks in hopes of jump-starting a negotiated end to what is now the longest military engagement by U.S. forces. A Taliban official... Читать дальше...

HAVANA (AP) — A finding by a Mexican airline that pilot error was to blame for a deadly passenger jet crash in May was dismissed as premature Tuesday by the Cuban authorities charged with determining the cause of the accident. An investigative commission said in a statement read on state TV that it has not completed its analysis of "many factors" that could have contributed to the May 18 crash. "For that reason, any assertion about the possible causes that caused the fatal accident is premature."... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of the Oklahoma State Department of Health's top attorney (all times local): 3:46 p.m. The top lawyer at the Oklahoma State Department of Health who recently resigned now faces criminal charges after authorities said she sent threats to herself and then lied about it to investigators. The agency's former general counsel, 37-year-old Julia Ezell of Edmond, was charged Tuesday in Oklahoma County with two felonies and one misdemeanor. An agent with... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The World Cup soccer final where France defeated Croatia was seen by just over 16 million people in the United States on Sunday. While that made the Sunday morning telecast on Fox and Telemundo the most-watched program of the week, it represented a significant drop in viewership from the 2014 World Cup finale, which featured Germany and Argentina. That game had 26.5 million viewers on ABC and Univision, the Nielsen company said. While Croatia was a compelling underdog story, the small... Читать дальше...

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) _ Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $89.6 million. The Rosemont, Illinois-based bank said it had earnings of $1.53 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.44 per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $379.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $333.4 million, also exceeding Street forecasts. Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ United Financial Bancorp Inc. (UBNK) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $15.6 million. The bank, based in Hartford, Connecticut, said it had earnings of 31 cents per share. The holding company for United Bank posted revenue of $75.5 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $56.5 million, exceeding Street forecasts. United Financial shares have fallen slightly more than 1 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday... Читать дальше...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are blaming former FX crime drama “Sons of Anarchy” for the rise in Nova Scotia motorcycle gangs. “I can tell you that it’s growing, ever since the phenomenon of ‘Sons of Anarchy,'” Constable Scott Morrison of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Nova Scotia told the Board of Police Commissioners during a recent presentation, according to the Star Halifax. “Where that television show has seemed to almost socialize outlaw motorcycle gang life, more people want to join that life... Читать дальше...

In Oxygen’s newest true-crime show, “Serial Killer With Piers Morgan,” the famed TV personality sits in a giant, cleared out room in a prison, just two feet away from America’s most dangerous serial killers, with only one guard watching over them from the other side of the room. “It’s pretty intimidating, I can’t pretend otherwise. Lorenzo Gilyard, the ‘Kansas City Strangler,’ strangled at least 12 people and he’s just sitting two feet away, there’s only one guard standing at the other end of the room,” Morgan... Читать дальше...

UKHIYA, Bangladesh — The hill on which the young woman’s shelter is being built is so unstable that the earth crumbles under your feet. The threat of landslides is so dire that her neighbors have evacuated. Though living here could spell doom as the monsoon rains fall, she will live here anyway. For Mustawkima, a Rohingya woman who fled Myanmar for the refugee camps of neighboring Bangladesh, there is no other option. Hers is a dilemma repeated over and over for... Читать дальше...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State University President John Thrasher has accepted a pair of recommendations by a university panel tasked with reviewing statues and recognitions throughout campus. Thrasher said on Tuesday that the statue of Francis Eppes, which is located near the school's main administration building, will be removed and relocated elsewhere on campus. Student groups voiced opposition to the Eppes statue because he was a slave owner. Eppes was the grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon poked fun at the early glitches it saw with Prime Day, though it said shoppers still found plenty to buy. Analysts, meanwhile, saw other things Amazon could have done better, like discounting more fashion brands and taking more advantage of its acquisition of Whole Foods. Early problems Monday sent shoppers to social media to complain after their attempts to click on Prime Day deals returned only images of dogs with an apologetic message. The snags were an embarrassment for... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY — Each morning hundreds of Mexicans crowd at the gates of 216 Chihuahua St. in the capital, home to the white, two-story building that served as President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s campaign headquarters. They bear handwritten notes, medical records, retirement papers and other documents in the hope he will hear them out on requests ranging from bigger pensions for the elderly to private concerns that normally wouldn’t fall to a head of state: getting a loved one out of jail... Читать дальше...

DALLAS — Elizabeth Cambage scored a WNBA single-game record 53 points to help the Dallas Wings beat the New York Liberty 104-87 on Tuesday. Cambage reached 50 points on a three-point play with 2:19 remaining and broke Riquna Williams’ WNBA record of 51 points, set Sept. 8, 2013, on a wide open three-pointer from the top of the key. Cambage was 17 of 22 from the field with 10 rebounds and five blocks for her ninth double-double of the season. She made 15 of 16 free... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers Tuesday that strong economic growth will keep the central bank on a path to gradually raise interest rates. But he noted that President Donald Trump's get-tough trade policies run the risk of dampening future growth if they lead to permanently higher tariffs. Delivering his twice-a-year report on monetary policy to Congress, Powell gave an upbeat assessment of the economy's prospects. He said the economy's performance has enabled... Читать дальше...

SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were: 3-0-2 (three, zero, two)

NEW YORK (AP) — A new documentary, "McQueen," examines the turbulent life and brilliant career of Alexander McQueen. The British designer took his own life eight years ago at age 40, when he was at the height of his influence in the fashion world. The filmmakers say they approached nearly 200 sources, searching for any footage of McQueen's work. The documentary includes scenes from McQueen's most famous and provocative runway shows, and rare, candid interviews with the designer. It also includes... Читать дальше...