Новости за 27.09.2018

HARDYSTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a dispute involving a bridal party and a hotel guest ended when the guest allegedly used a sword to threaten the women and slash the bride on the arm. Carlos Mejia faces charges of aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons counts following Saturday's altercation in Hardyston. It wasn't known Thursday if the 43-year-old New York City man has retained an attorney. Authorities say Mejia approached the bridal party in a hotel hallway and asked for a cigarette. Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former hall monitor at a St. Louis high school has been charged with having sex with a 16-year-old girl at the school and her father's home. Twenty-four-year-old Devyn Rhodes was charged Tuesday with two counts each of second-degree statutory rape and having sexual contact with a student. Bond is set at $25,000. His attorney didn't immediately return a phone message. Charging documents say that while Rhodes was working at Lafayette High School last year, he had sex with the teen... Читать дальше...

LAKEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff's office says a student caught with a handgun at his high school says he brought it because he was afraid of getting bullied. The State reported Wednesday that the Sumter County Sheriff's Office says a 15-year-old boy has been arrested for bringing a gun to Lakewood High School. Authorities haven't released his identity. A sheriff's office statement says the gun was unloaded, though a fully loaded magazine was found in the student's bag. No one was injured. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It'll be a snapshot of the state of the union. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday turns on the credibility of its two star witnesses, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he sexually assaulted her. But there is much more electrifying the atmosphere in the cramped hearing room and the nation beyond the cameras. Allegations by other women. Death threats against the witnesses' families and lawmakers considering the testimony. Читать дальше...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has presided over a string of verdicts in recent weeks that grant more rights to women, gay couples and religious minorities, challenging deeply-conservative Indian society as he prepares to retire from the bench next month. The latest decision came Thursday when Chief Justice Dipak Misra and the rest of the five-member court struck down a 158-year-old law that treated adultery in certain cases as a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison. Читать дальше...

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — A fugitive kangaroo named Storm has been found safe and sound after several days of searching in South Florida neighborhoods. The kangaroo's owner Eric Westergard tells the Palm Beach Post that wildlife officers found the 4-foot (1-meter) kangaroo early Thursday. Storm hopped away Monday night from Westergard's Jupiter Farms home, where he also keeps six other kangaroos and other exotic animals. Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission used drones and... Читать дальше...

WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 _____ 933 FPUS56 KPDT 271058 ZFPPDT Zone Forecast Product for Northeast Oregon and South Central Washington National Weather Service Pendleton OR 358 AM PDT Thu Sep 27 2018 This is an automatically generated product that contains an area forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site-specific forecast...please... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Music Awards will honor the Queen of Soul next month. Dick clark productions tells The Associated Press that Gladys Knight, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, CeCe Winans and musical director Rickey Minor will pay tribute to Aretha Franklin's gospel roots and her iconic album, "Amazing Grace," at the Oct. 9 event. It will air live on ABC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Franklin died last month. She won six AMAs throughout her career and even hosted the show in 1976 and 1983.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would "certainly prefer not" to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and that he may delay a highly anticipated meeting with the Justice Department's No. 2 official. Trump said Rosenstein denied making remarks first attributed to him in a New York Times report, including that he had discussed possibly secretly recording the president and using the Constitution's 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. "I would much prefer keeping Rod Rosenstein,"... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has shot and wounded a person during a struggle along a street in northern Indiana. State police say the Warsaw Police Department responded Wednesday night to a report of an unknown person at a house and the person left before officers arrived. The person was spotted trying to get into passing cars before encountering a police officer. Police say the officer attempted to stop the person with a stun gun, but it didn't have an effect, and the officer shot the person in the right arm. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — A man who missed his flight at Dublin Airport has been arrested for running after the plane on the tarmac. Witnesses say a man who appeared to be in his 20s broke through a door and ran toward the Ryanair plane, which was about to take off for Amsterdam. The airport said in a statement that a man became "agitated" after he and a woman arrived at the gate too late for their flight. It said the man "broke through a door and made his way onto the apron, trying to flag the aircraft down."... Читать дальше...

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — A rapper and producer who collaborated with some of the most famed acts in West Coast rap history has been arrested on drug charges just outside Atlanta. News outlets report Daz Dillinger, born Delmar Drew Arnaud, was charged with 13 felonies related to marijuana on Tuesday. Cobb County police spokeswoman Sarah O'Hara says she doesn't know why officers obtained a search warrant for the 45-year-old's home. According to the warrant, police found marijuana, THC vaporizer pods... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — The French government's human rights watchdog says one out of four employees has experienced discrimination at work because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, skin color, gender, poor health or disability. The study in collaboration with the International Labor Organization found similar results in both the public sector and in privately-owned companies. The report released on Thursday states that discrimination against employees is often "minimized in working environments, especially when trying to be justified by humor.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Leading German economic institutes have sharply reduced their latest forecast for this year's growth, citing trade worries, weakening demand from abroad and companies' difficulty finding workers with the right skills. The fall version of the twice-yearly group forecast released Thursday cut the estimate for this year's growth to 1.7 percent from 2.2 percent. The forecast for 2019 was lowered to 1.9 percent from 2.0 percent. Economist Roland Doehrn, one of the experts involved... Читать дальше...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A federal prosecutor in West Virginia says a grand jury has indicted 17 people from West Virginia and Michigan on drug and firearms charges. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell of the Northern District of West Virginia announced the indictments Wednesday. His office said in a news release that 11 of the people have been arrested. The 72-count indictment alleges a conspiracy to distribute heroin, oxycodone and cocaine in Monongalia County and elsewhere for more than a year.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for threatening to kill a judge he believed ruled against him in his custody case. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports 36-year-old Alan McCarty Jr. spent much of Wednesday's hearing in an adjacent room with a speaker and one-way glass. He was removed for unleashing a stream of obscenities at the judge, the prosecutor and even his own public defender. McCarty was convicted last month of threats or... Читать дальше...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his father during an argument. The Shelby County district attorney's office said Wednesday that 25-year-old Jatarius Crump has been indicted in the death of his father, Jimmy Walker, in December. Investigators say Crump and Walker were arguing in a Memphis home before Crump went to his truck, retrieved a pistol and fired into the house. Walker was hit in the chest and a woman was wounded in the neck. Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Leaders of the state's major political parties are embracing a report's recommendations to end sexual harassment in Illinois government. The Illinois Anti-Harassment, Equality and Access Panel issued the report Wednesday. It suggests that parties help elect more women to public office, only fund campaigns with strict anti-harassment policies, set up an independent process to investigate complaints and more. Democratic Party Chairman Michael Madigan assembled the panel last... Читать дальше...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are set to consider proposed new legislative maps ahead of a court-ordered deadline. A House committee will meet Thursday to take up maps aimed at fixing districts a federal court found were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports House Republican leaders said Wednesday they've crafted a potential compromise map that has the support of at least four Democratic lawmakers. Democratic leaders say they are reviewing the latest proposal. Читать дальше...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Several hundred Liberty University students are planning to travel to Washington to support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The News & Advance reports Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. made the announcement at Wednesday morning's convocation. Three women have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct decades ago, allegations he has denied. On Thursday, both Kavanaugh and one of his accusers, California college professor Christine Blasey Ford, are to testify before a Senate committee. Читать дальше...

TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 _____ 119 FPUS54 KLCH 270854 ZFPLCH Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 354 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 TXZ180-272215- Tyler- Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe, Spurger, Warren, and Woodville 354 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 .TODAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 80. North winds up to 5 mph. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast... Читать дальше...

TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 _____ 878 FPUS54 KAMA 270855 ZFPAMA Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles National Weather Service Amarillo TX 355 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 TXZ012-017-280145- Potter-Randall- Including the cities of Amarillo and Canyon 355 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Читать дальше...

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 _____ HGXZFPHGX FPUS54 KHGX 270843 ZFPHGX FPUS54 KHGX 270842 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 342 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 TXZ211-272100- Austin- Including the cities of Bellville and Sealy 342 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy until afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms late. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Читать дальше...

TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 _____ 428 FPUS54 KSJT 270836 ZFPSJT Zone Forecast Product for Texas National Weather Service San Angelo TX 336 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 TXZ127-272115- Taylor- Including the city of ABILENE 336 AM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds up to 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Читать дальше...