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TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, August 21, 2018 _____ 721 FPUS54 KLCH 212000 ZFPLCH Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 300 PM CDT Tue Aug 21 2018 TXZ180-221045- Tyler- Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe, Spurger, Warren, and Woodville 300 PM CDT Tue Aug 21 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds up to 5 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds up to 5 mph. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Читать дальше...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State Sen. Joel Anderson is facing an investigation after a lobbyist said he threatened to hit her during a fundraiser at a Sacramento restaurant last week. California Nurses Association lobbyist Stephanie Roberson filed a complaint with the Senate Rules Committee, said Bonnie Castillo, executive director for the nurses' union. Castillo said the incident occurred Aug. 13 during a fundraising event at the Diplomat Steakhouse, a bar and restaurant across the street from the California Capitol. Читать дальше...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A private jet that blew two tires during takeoff at a small New Jersey airport on Tuesday made a safe emergency landing hours later at an airport in New York. Fans of rapper Post Malone had gathered at New York Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) north of New York City, after hearing he was on board, and they cheered when the plane landed just before 4 p.m. There was no confirmation that he was on the plane. The troubled Gulfstream IV was... Читать дальше...

“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” star Noah Centineo is returning to the small screen to reprise his role as Jesus Adams Foster in “The Fosters” spinoff “Good Trouble.” Centineo shared the news on his Instagram story from the set of the spinoff, which went into production in June. Read the full article on The Wrap

When the story broke that actress Asia Argento, one of Harvey Weinstein’s victims, settled with her own sexual assault accuser, I knew that attempts to invalidate the #MeToo movement were imminent. Whenever a story involving sexual misconduct comes out that doesn’t perfectly fit a prescribed narrative, people are quick to discredit #MeToo and its validity. I hoped I was wrong, but sadly, I wasn’t. People pounced on the news that a vocal advocate for survivors has been accused of sexual battery,... Читать дальше...

When the story broke that actress Asia Argento, one of Harvey Weinstein’s victims, settled with her own sexual assault accuser, I knew that attempts to invalidate the #MeToo movement were imminent. Whenever a story involving sexual misconduct comes out that doesn’t perfectly fit a prescribed narrative, people are quick to discredit #MeToo and its validity. I hoped I was wrong, but sadly, I wasn’t. People pounced on the news that a vocal advocate for survivors has been accused of sexual battery,... Читать дальше...

“The Breakfast Club” star Anthony Michael Hall has been cast as Principal Featherhead in the upcoming “Riverdale” flashback episode — which happens to be a darker take on the 1985 teen film. The episode, titled “The Midnight Club,” will air on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. on The CW. As showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa explained at this summer’s Television Critics Association press tour, the episode will feature the younger cast members as their parents. Read the full article on The Wrap

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A teenage boy is suing a district school board in Tennessee, his former assistant football coach and the coach's wife, who is serving a three-year prison sentence for statutory rape. The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that the complaint says Kelsey McCarter's husband, former Knoxville South-Doyle High assistant coach Justin McCarter, suspected or knew about the abuse and allowed it to continue without reporting it. The complaint says now-28-year-old Kelsey McCarter started sexually abusing the plaintiff in July 2015... Читать дальше...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A 55-year-old former Nevada middle school teacher, youth soccer coach, foster parent and part-time police officer has died in prison while serving 60 years to life in a child sexual assault case that stunned his hometown of Boulder City, near Las Vegas. The Nevada Department of Corrections said Tuesday that Charles Richard "Rick" Rogers died Monday in the High Desert State Prison infirmary, where he was treated for an unspecified illness. Prisons spokeswoman Brooke Santina... Читать дальше...

BERLIN — The Nazi guard lived a quiet life in New York City for decades, having lied on his U.S. visa application and immigrated as a war refugee in 1949. But Tuesday, he was deported to Germany, ending a 14-year battle to remove him from U.S. soil. The former guard, Jakiw Palij, is believed to have been the last surviving Nazi war crimes suspect living in the United States. First tracked down in the United States by investigators in 1993 and stripped of his U.S. citizenship 10 years later... Читать дальше...

You’ve got more of Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler’s cute and crafty friendship coming your way, as NBC has renewed the pair’s competition series “Making It” for a second season. The “Parks and Recreation” alums’ (and crafting aficionados) new summer series features eight of the most talented makers from across the country, who have taken on a variety of handmade projects with the hopes of impressing Poehler, Offerman and expert judges Simon Doonan and Dayna Isom Johnson. Read the full article on... Читать дальше...

BEIJING — Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told reporters on the final day of a visit to Beijing on Tuesday. Mahathir said both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang understood the reasons behind the cancellations and “accepted them.” The projects, comprising a $20 billion East... Читать дальше...

HBO has given a series order to the Kathryn Hahn-led “Mrs. Fletcher,” based on the bestselling novel by “The Leftovers” author Tom Perrotta. Described as a “dual coming-of-age story,” “Mrs. Fletcher” stars Hahn as Eve Fletcher, a divorced woman who drops her only child off at college and returns home to a very empty nest, hoping to reinvent her life by taking on a new, sexy persona to experience new erotic possibilities. Read the full article on The Wrap

Barbara Harris, an Oscar-nominated actress who made memorable turns in such classics as “Nashville,” the original “Freaky Friday” and “Grosse Pointe Blank,” died Tuesday of lung cancer at age 83, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Harris, who sang the opening number in the very first show at Chicago’s famed Second City in 1959, had a long and successful career in both theater and the movies. Read the full article on The Wrap

KABUL — More than two dozen mortar rounds landed in Kabul on Tuesday as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was addressing the nation under the trees of his palace about a cease-fire he had offered the Taliban. Flanked by his security ministers after finishing a prayer to mark the beginning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Ghani braved the shells exploding nearby to once again plead for an end to the 17-year war, which is taking lives in record numbers. His ministers craned their necks to peer up at the sound of each blast. Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated the president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education for a job in his administration. The White House announced Tuesday that Trump has picked Bob King to be the new assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the Department of Education. The council coordinates Kentucky's public college and universities. King has been president since 2009. Before that, he was president and CEO of the Arizona Community Foundation and chancellor... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against a 43-year-old former casino employee who is accused killing one work supervisor and wounding another in a shooting at a company picnic in April. A state court judge on Tuesday set an October 2019 trial date for Anthony Wrobel after a prosecutor and Wrobel's court-appointed lawyer announced the decision not to seek capital punishment. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson didn't immediately respond to messages about the decision. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The most valuable American companies at the start of the current bull market included an oil company and retail and consumer goods giants, and just one technology company. The ranking seems very traditional, even a bit old-fashioned, compared to today, when big technology companies dominate the top of the market. The top five most valuable companies at the end of February 2009 — Exxon Mobil, Walmart, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and AT&T — includes several in sectors that are generally considered safe... Читать дальше...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner says he won't release a tax return because his income is nobody else's business and he suggests labor unions will use it to try to organize workers at his non-union waste-hauling business. Wagner made the comments in response to a questioner at a Monday night question-and-answer session in Erie in video captured by the Democratic Party. Wagner went on to say that, if he discloses his income, labor union representatives will tell his employees how much he makes. Читать дальше...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's currency is falling against the U.S. dollar, continuing a slide fueled by uncertainty ahead of presidential elections. The real fell below $0.25 on Tuesday. It has lost about 20 percent of its value against the American currency in the past year. The last time it was so weak against the dollar was in early 2016. Part of the slide can be attributed to the dollar's strength against many currencies. But Brazil's economy has also struggled to bounce back from a protracted recession... Читать дальше...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Top leaders of the University of North Carolina system condemned the actions of protesters, who toppled a memorial known as “Silent Sam” that was dedicated more than 100 years ago with praise for the Confederate veterans who terrorized former slaves. The UNC president and the chairman of the Board of Governors promised a full criminal investigation of the events of Monday night, when the figure of a Southern soldier atop a tall stone pedestal was pulled down by... Читать дальше...

NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Thursday, August 23, 2018 _____ SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 321 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas, which is in effect from 6 AM Wednesday to noon EDT Thursday. * SEAS...3 to 6 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — States with a history of fighting air pollution from coal-fired power plants are denouncing the Trump administration's move to scale back restrictions on emissions, with some threatening court challenges. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan pledged Tuesday to "take legal action to ensure the federal government does its job" to protect the environment and people's health. She warned the administration's move will have "disastrous consequences.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in two of the highest profile criminal cases in Illinois has been removed from hearing all his cases after it was revealed that he had exchanged emails with a paralegal at the U.S. attorney's office in Springfield in which he commented on a trial he was overseeing. Colin Bruce has been presiding over former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's corruption case and the case in which Brendt Christensen is accused of kidnapping and slaying a Chinese scholar. Neither has gone to trial. Читать дальше...

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