Новости за 21.08.2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Aug. 20 about a speech by British foreign secretary, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Britain was asking the United States to impose further sanctions on Russia. According to excerpts of a prepared speech in Washington, Jeremy Hunt said the European Union should "ensure its sanctions against Russia are comprehensive and that we truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the U.S.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators believe they have found the body of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who has been missing for more than a month. The 20-year-old woman was last seen July 18, jogging in her hometown of Brooklyn in central Iowa. Greg Willey, the vice president of Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa, says a body found Tuesday is believed to be Tibbetts. No information has been released about where the body was found. Willey says a nearly $400,000 reward fund for her discovery... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — Swiss air accident investigators say a vintage propeller airplane spiraled downward before slamming near-vertically into a mountain earlier this month, in a crash that killed all 20 people on board. The Junkers Ju-52 operated by local airline Ju-Air crashed in the Alps in southeastern Switzerland on Aug. 4. Officials have cautioned that the investigation will be difficult because the 79-year-old plane had no black boxes. The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board said in a... Читать дальше...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Five clergy members protesting the detention of immigrants at a prison in Ohio have been arrested on trespassing charges. Organizers of the protest say the five wanted to give communion to detainees who have been denied spiritual services. About 40 people took part in the protest Monday at the prison in Youngstown. Police say the arrests came after the protesters refused to leave despite attempts to reach a resolution. A prison spokesman tells The Plain Dealer that the detainees... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of a New Orleans police officer's daughter. News outlets reported that 23-year-old Jaleel Broadway and 23-year-old Will Reed pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit second-degree murder in the 2015 death of 20-year-old Milan Arriola. The men were originally charged with second-degree murder. Investigators think the men were shooting at the victim's boyfriend. Arriola was shot when several people opened... Читать дальше...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rockets were fired Tuesday toward the presidential palace in Kabul as the Afghan president was delivering his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, police said, prompting a ferocious aerial response, with helicopter gunships bombing the house from where the rockets were reportedly launched. Police initially blamed the Taliban, but an Islamic State affiliate later issued a brief statement saying it had fired mortar shells at the presidential palace. There was no immediate comment from the Taliban. Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Priest sex abuse victims are demanding that Missouri and Kansas officials conduct a comprehensive investigation into clergy misconduct and cover-ups similar to the one that revealed widespread problems in Pennsylvania. The Kansas City Star reports that Rebecca Randles, who has represented hundreds of victims in priest sexual abuse lawsuits, made the case for the investigation at a news conference Monday with four men who said they had been sexually abused. Читать дальше...

Oh, s–t. The long-anticipated trailer for Season 2 of “American Vandal” dropped Tuesday, revealing the next season is coming sooner than you think, and just what mystery they will be solving this time. Spoiler alert: there are going to be a lot of poop jokes. Read the full article on The Wrap

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Cambodian journalists who had worked for U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia and are charged with espionage have been released on bail, a day after a pardon freed four land rights activists from prison. Uon Chhin and Yeang Socheamet, released Tuesday, were arrested last November and charged with undermining national security by supplying information to a foreign state, which is punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment. Their arrests were seen as part of a crackdown on the... Читать дальше...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) _ The TJX Cos. (TJX) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $739.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Framingham, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of $1.17. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.05 per share. The parent of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other stores posted revenue of $9.33 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts.... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A requirement that teachers obtain master's degrees has been removed by Kentucky officials. News outlets report the state Education Professional Standards Board voted Monday to waive the condition for teachers to move from Rank III to Rank II. Teachers were required to earn Rank II through a board-approved master's degree program in their first 10 years of teaching. State Interim Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis says there isn't evidence suggesting teachers having master's degrees leads to increased effectiveness. Читать дальше...

Kelly Marie Tran, a star of last year’s “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi,” has spoken out to explain her decision in June to delete all her Instagram posts following months of harassment from online trolls. “It wasn’t their words, it’s that I started to believe them,” Tran wrote in an essay published Tuesday in the New York Times in which she recalled the “spiral of self-hatred” she experienced growing up as a Vietnamese-American. Read the full article on The Wrap

Avocado toast is all the rage nowadays and the culinary obsession over the dish knows no boundaries: not even at the airline lounge. For the last couple of months, American Airlines has been dishing out complimentary, made-to-order avocado toast at its Admirals Club in Terminal 2 of San Francisco International Airport.

Avocado toast is all the rage nowadays and the culinary obsession over the dish knows no boundaries: not even at the airline lounge. For the last couple of months, American Airlines has been dishing out complimentary, made-to-order avocado toast at its Admirals Club in Terminal 2 of San Francisco International Airport.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Bianca Del Rio was criticized over a comedy routine at Montreal Pride on Friday which included several jokes about rape and fellow “Drag Race” contestant Blair St. Clair’s experience with sexual assault. “Then you’ve got that other bitch, ‘I was raped!'” said Del Rio of St. Clair, suggesting that the claim was intended to boost her sagging position on the show. “You notice she wasn’t raped until she was in the bottom two? Think about that, bitch. That’s strategy. that’s... Читать дальше...

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man who pleaded guilty to terror-related charges has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on Monday also sentenced Marlonn Hicks of Crown Point to three years of supervised release, to be served after his prison term. Hicks pleaded guilty in 2016 to distributing information regarding the manufacture and use of explosives with the intent the information be used for and in furtherance of a violent crime. Prosecutors say... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Chechen police in Russia's Northern Caucasus. The attacks Monday in three locations in Russia's predominantly Muslim Chechnya left several policemen injured. Five militants, aged between 11 and 16, were killed. IS claimed responsibility Tuesday for the attack in the regional capital Grozny and in the Shali area just south of Grozny. Radical Islamic militants, some of whom have sworn allegiance to IS, have conducted sporadic raids in Chechnya in the past... Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Agriculture Department is launching a program to help landowners resolve concerns related to wind energy development. The Bismarck Tribune reports the program is similar to an initiative developed in 2015 related to pipeline construction. The program will allow a landowner or tenant who's dissatisfied by the response of a wind energy company related to reclamation of their property to work with a department ombudsman. The ombudsman can then evaluate the site... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a 24-year-old man was critically wounded in an overnight shootout with police officers on the city's northwest side. Police say that officers were patrolling an area about 10 p.m. Monday near Eight Mile Road and the Southfield Freeway when one officer noticed a group of people and saw that one of them had a weapon. Police say that man ran off as they tried to question him and the suspect apparently fired shots. Officers opened fire as well and the man was wounded. Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines City Council has approved construction of a memorial to Des Moines police officers who died while on duty. Station KCCI reports that the council voted for the proposal Monday. Landscape architect Lynn Kuhn says she was deeply affected by the 2016 deaths of Des Moines officers Carlos Puente-Morales, Susan Farrell and Anthony Beminio. She saw the grief and the temporary memorials, giving her the idea to build a memorial garden in front of the Des Moines police station. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — The British government has apologized to 18 long-term U.K. residents from the Caribbean who were deported or detained because they could not produce documents to prove their right to live in the country. Home Secretary Sajid Javid says their treatment was "completely unacceptable," and has issued a personal apology. The government has reviewed almost 12,000 immigration cases after it was reported that some people from the Caribbean who had lived in Britain for decades had been denied housing... Читать дальше...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — After five years of steady climb in violent crime, a North Carolina city is poised to reverse the trend. The Herald-Sun reports that Durham Police Chief C.J. Davis told the City Council on Monday that violent crime in Durham dropped 28 percent in the first six months of 2018, compared to the same period last year. Her announcement was met with congratulation from Mayor Steve Schewel, who commended the "tremendous achievement." Davis cited renewed focus on uniform patrol staffing... Читать дальше...

CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy and his 1-year-old brother survived alone for about two days after they were passengers in a single-car wreck that killed their mother in south Arkansas. The older boy was found first, wandering alone on Monday morning along a road in Camden, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) southwest of Little Rock, the Ouachita County Sheriff Office said. Authorities posted the boy's photo online in hopes of identifying him and learned that his mother hadn't been seen for days. Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — White storks that have nested in Poland are heading south for the winter earlier than usual after an especially hot, dry summer, a development experts are linking to climate change. Poland has a large population of white storks that arrive from Africa every spring and nest all summer before returning south by the end of August. Gabriela Kulakowska, an ornithologist with the Polish Society for Bird Protection, said storks in many cases have departed about two weeks earlier than usual this year. Читать дальше...

The Latest on efforts by Russia to disrupt midterm elections in the U.S. using fake internet domains (all times local): 8:30 a.m. The Kremlin is dismissing new reports that Russia is targeting U.S. political groups through cyberattacks ahead of midterm elections. Microsoft said Tuesday that it's uncovered new intrusions by Russian government-linked hackers on U.S. political groups. It said one group created fake internet domains that appeared to spoof two American conservative organizations. Kremlin... Читать дальше...