Новости за 08.08.2018

TLAXCALA, Mexico (AP) — A zoo in central Mexico is growing its population of rare white lions with hopes of eventually establishing a sanctuary featuring the animals. The Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, about two hours east of Mexico City, recently began publicly showing two white lion cubs that were born in March. Just over a dozen white lions remain in the wild, according to the Global While Lion Protection Trust, based in South Africa, though several hundred are held in zoos around the world, including several in Mexico. Читать дальше...

Once the houses were gone, the cars were easy to spot, sitting and waiting for their owners like loyal pets in the garages and driveways of burnt-out Santa Rosa. That’s what Walnut Creek photographer Scott Maddern saw when he drove up two weeks after the inferno last fall and started shooting the cars in their various states ranging from plastic shells to steel carcasses. "The situation was very surreal. You drive by these homes and everything is leveled except a brick chimney and a car,” said Maddern, 48. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is skimming over the facts in claiming that his "Medicare for all" plan will lead to big reductions in what Americans spend for health care. In a recent tweet, the Vermont independent insists the plan will cut $2 trillion from the nation's health care bill. But that's based on a scenario in which hospitals and doctors accept significantly lower payments for many patients. It's a big asterisk, and one that Sanders fails to disclose. A look at the claim: SANDERS... Читать дальше...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on developments in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting (all times local): 3:10 p.m. When classes resume at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School next week, visitors will have only one way in to enter and will be screened through a video intercom before entering. Classroom doors will remain locked at all times and 18 security monitors will patrol the campus. The Broward County School District has been under intense criticism for not doing... Читать дальше...

LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Authorities have lifted mandatory evacuation orders for most lakeside communities impacted by the largest blaze in California history. Lake County Lt. Corey Paulich says the majority of residents along the shores of Clear Lake in Northern California were allowed to return home Wednesday. About 19,000 people were displaced during the peak of the blaze that started on July 27 and continues to burn in Mendocino... Читать дальше...

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — More than 500 people have emailed Ball State University about its decision to support Papa John's founder John Schnatter amid controversy over his use of a racial slur. Trustees decided Friday to support the pizza-chain founder, who graduated from the university in 1983, The Star Press reported . Since then, hundreds of people have emailed the university, taken to social media or signed a petition regarding the decision. The university is in the process of reviewing the messages... Читать дальше...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's governor, city of Charlottesville, declare state of emergency ahead of anniversary of white nationalist rally.

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, EE.UU. (AP) — El máximo ejecutivo de una compañía que fue otrora un importante fabricante de botas para las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos fue sentenciado a prisión por un caso de fraude: promovía botas “hechas en EEUU” que en realidad fueron fabricadas en China. Una declaración del fiscal federal J. Douglas Overbey dijo que Vincent Lee Ferguson, de 66 años, fue sentenciado el lunes a 41 meses en prisión por su papel en el delito. La declaración dice que Ferguson era... Читать дальше...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Paul Manafort's trial (all times local): 3:10 p.m. An FBI forensic accountant is telling the jury in Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial how she traced millions of dollars of payments for mortgages, home improvements and expensive cars, rugs and clothes back to his hidden foreign bank accounts. Morgan Magionos used her own charts along with financial and tax records and emails to buttress the government's detailed accounting of how the former Trump campaign... Читать дальше...

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A soon-to-be Texas A&M University graduate has taken her senior portraits with a nearly 14-foot alligator in a swamp where both spent the summer. Makenzie Noland of Abilene posted photos of the huge gator — named Big Tex — on her Facebook page as she plans to graduate Friday in College Station. Noland is a wildlife ecology major who's been interning at Gator Country Adventure Park in Beaumont. She posted the comment "not your typical graduation picture" with the photos... Читать дальше...

Now that “The Bachelorette” has concluded and “Bachelor in Paradise” is in full swing, Bachelor Nation fans are waiting to find out who the next Bachelor will be. Wills Reid — an LA-based graphic designer who is currently participating in “BiP” fresh off his time as one of Becca Kufrin’s suitors — is raising his hand for the job. If Reid were chosen, he’d mark the franchise’s first African-American Bachelor, a door he sees as open after Rachael Lindsay was the first African-American Bachelorette last year. Читать дальше...

GRAFTON, Nueva York, EE.UU. (AP) — Un gato llamado Harley utilizó dos de sus siete vidas después de sobrevivir a dos atropellamientos en una carretera en el norte de Nueva York. Hace poco la policía estatal recibió un reporte de un minino que fue impactado por dos vehículos en el pueblo de Grafton, justo en las afueras de Albany, informaron las autoridades. Cuando un policía llegó al lugar de los hechos, el gato estaba en un costado de la carretera con lesiones en la cabeza y patas. Los conductores... Читать дальше...

The week’s most emotionally reacted-to TV personalities and characters A Kardashian sister, an MLB team and a sports superstar had viewers talking passionately on social media over the past seven days. Read the full article on The Wrap

“This Is Us” is planning on jerking your tears in a whole new way with Season 3, as a good chunk of its time will be spent in Vietnam, co-showrunner Isaac Aptaker said during the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday. But if you hadn’t already guessed that Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and his little brother Nicky’s story during the war was going to be a big part of the season, you clearly weren’t paying attention to the picture of the Pearson bros that Kevin (Justin Hartley) was looking at in the Season 2 finale ... Читать дальше...

In a story Aug. 7 about indoor greenhouses, The Associated Press misspelled Scotts Miracle-Gro and its AeroGarden product. In addition, AeroGarden's smallest model holds three plants, not four. A corrected version of the story is below: Small indoor greenhouses let apartment dwellers grow veggies Indoor greenhouses can take some of the work out of growing vegetables By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press You don't need a green thumb to grow vegetables indoors. On the contrary, there are plenty of... Читать дальше...

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on 11 children found living in a filthy, makeshift compound in New Mexico (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Prosecutors say in court documents that the father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings. The documents filed Wednesday say Siraj Ibn Wahhaj (see-DAHJ' IBN wah-HAJ') was conducting weapons training at the compound near the Colorado border where 11 hungry children were found in filthy conditions. Prosecutors... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a top aide to former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed accepted bribes from a city vendor. In a court filing Tuesday, prosecutors charged 49-year-old Katrina Taylor-Parks with conspiracy to commit bribery. Taylor-Parks served as deputy chief of staff for Reed. The charges are part of an ongoing federal investigation into corruption at City Hall. Prosecutors say in a news release that Parks conspired from 2011 to February 2014 to accept bribes from the vendor. They say she accepted thousands of dollars... Читать дальше...

MANTECA, Calif. (AP) — Another Sikh man was attacked in central California but police say they are treating the assault as an attempted robbery and not a hate crime. The Modesto Bee reports the 71-year-old man was walking along a park in Manteca when two men attacked him Monday. Surveillance video shows one of the suspects kicking the victim to the ground. After the victim gets up to defend himself, the same suspect kicks him back down to the ground. Police says that the man does not speak English... Читать дальше...

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in the second trial of an Arkansas man accused of fatally shooting another man over a parking space. Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson agreed Tuesday to grant a defense motion for a mistrial in Marvin Arrell Stanton's murder case, The Texarkana Gazette reported . At issue was a recent jailhouse interview Stanton's attorney conducted with Lavon Strong, a key witness for the state. Prosecutors brought up concerns over the interview transcript's authenticity and accuracy. Читать дальше...

Photoshopping away wrinkles and rolls isn’t just done to images of women in Hollywood. Male actors get the ol’ digital nip-and-tuck, too. Back in June, the first set photo for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” was released, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as the out-of-work actor/stuntman duo Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth. But it seems that Sony accidentally uploaded a press file that when loaded into Photoshop showed that alterations were made to reduce DiCaprio’s chin and remove wrinkles from Pitt’s neck. Читать дальше...

HARTSELLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school student has been suspended after allegedly doctoring a photograph to make it appear classmates were wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods. Hartselle's school superintendent, Dee Dee Jones, tells the Decatur Daily she learned about the photo Tuesday night and took immediate action against a student at Hartselle High School. Officials haven't released the student's name. But Jones says police will assist in an investigation of the incident, and she's promising the highest level of punishment possible. Читать дальше...

Brad Pitt has filed new legal papers in his divorce proceedings with estranged wife Angelina Jolie, taking aim at her claim that the actor has paid “no meaningful child support” since the couple’s separation more than a year ago. In a response to a filing from Jolie on Tuesday, Pitt’s legal team calls Jolie’s filing a “thinly veiled effort to manipulate media coverage.” Read the full article on The Wrap

District 288 of 150 precincts - 59 percent Lisa Papas 1,882 - 55 percent John Hauler 1,548 - 45 percent District 8106 of 106 precincts - 100 percent x-Peter Lucido 24,261 - 72 percent Ken Goike 9,565 - 28 percent District 9109 of 109 precincts - 100 percent x-Jeff Bonnell 7,868 - 53 percent Fred Kuplicki 7,009 - 47 percent District 10109 of 109 precincts - 100 percent x-Michael MacDonald 15,073 - 59 percent Michael Shallal 6,704 - 26 percent Joseph Bogdan ... Читать дальше...

“Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk and masterminds Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould just changed everything we thought we knew about Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman’s life in Omaha: It turns out the black-and-white sequences on “Saul” may take place when Walter White is still alive. Wait, we hear you saying. What? We had the same reaction. The Omaha sequences on “Saul” — brief segments that hint at Saul’s sad life after he fled Albuquerque to live undercover — suggest Gene is still living in fear because of his life as Saul. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — High level meetings in Washington between senior U.S. and Turkish officials concluded Wednesday without an apparent resolution to the case of a detained American pastor. The State Department said Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal met in a bid to ease the crisis in relations caused by Turkey's continued detention of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson. Brunson's detention led the Trump administration last week to slap punitive sanctions... Читать дальше...