Новости за 15.11.2018

Kathleen Zellner, the attorney for “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery, took to Twitter to reveal new information about Teresa Halbach’s murder that, according to her, fans didn’t see in the second season of the Netflix show. Zellner pointed fingers at Brendan Dassey’s brother, Bobby. “‘Making a Murderer’ watchers, listen up,” she tweeted on Thursday morning. “I’m going to walk you through what I’ve learned through my investigation that you didn’t see in the show.” Read the full article on... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois board has approved a $100,000 bonus to system President Tim Killeen for the third straight year. Board of Trustees members voted during Thursday's meeting in Chicago to award the performance bonus to Killeen. The university says that bonus gives Killeen a total compensation of $700,000 for this year, the same as last year. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports the bonus is based on goals tied to the university's strategic plan, including teaching innovation... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump visited with Marines and spoke at a White House veterans' conference Thursday amid fallout over his decision not to visit an American cemetery during his weekend trip to Paris to commemorate the end of World War I. The president and first lady Melania Trump spent about 40 minutes at the Washington, D.C. Marine Barracks compound, where about 150 Marines had gathered in an event space at tables set with mini pumpkin pies. Trump later spoke at a conference with state and local veterans' leaders... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Nov. 14 about the site of Amazon's New York City headquarters being in an "opportunity zone" that offers tax breaks to developers, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the group that did a study finding that a third of such zones nationwide are in areas that are already gentrifying. The study was done by the Urban Institute, not the Brookings Institution. Additionally, a researcher who was quoted in the story, Brett Theodos, works for the Urban Institute, not the Brookings Institution. Читать дальше...

Wheat for Dec. rose 2.50 cents at 5.0550 a bushel; Dec. corn was up .50 cent at 3.6750 a bushel; Dec. oats was gained 3.75 cents at $2.9225 bushel; while Nov. soybeans was 4.75 cents higher at $8.8875 a bushel. Beef mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Oct. live cattle was up .55 cent at $1.1515 a pound; Nov. feeder cattle was off .35 cent at 1.4862 a pound; while Dec. lean hogs rose .10 cent at $.5710 a pound.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut election officials are facing the prospect of another recount in a legislative race. The Secretary of the State's Office says it learned Thursday of a reporting error in Essex affecting the 33rd state Senate District results. That race is now close enough to require a recount. Initial results tallied by The Associated Press show Essex's first selectman, Democrat Norm Needleman, defeating East Haddam Republican state Rep. Melissa Ziobron (ZIH'-brawn) by 136 votes. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto will be in charge of the Democratic Party's arm focused on 2020 Senate races. She will be the first Latina to hold the position. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that Cortez Masto "has demonstrated the attributes we want in a leader." Cortez Masto — who's also the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate — says she is "committed to replicating the blue wave America saw in Nevada throughout the entire country and electing a Senate... Читать дальше...

Amy Schumer has made an unexpected stop on her current tour — at the hospital. “Trainwreck” star Schumer, who is currently expecting her first child with husband Chris Fischer, shared on her Instagram account Thursday that she has to reschedule upcoming shows in Texas because she’s been hospitalized with a pregnancy-related condition. Read the full article on The Wrap

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of pro-marijuana groups in Utah are threatening to sue over a special session scheduled for next month when a medical marijuana ballot measure passed by voters will be revised as part of a compromise reached before the election. The groups allege in a letter sent Thursday that the Mormon church is using its power to unfairly gut the initiative. The letter was also sent to the main groups backing the marijuana initiative who agreed to the special session as part of a pre-election... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Banking giant Wells Fargo has informed employees that it will lay off 400 workers in the Des Moines area. Local bank spokesman Steve Carlson told the Des Moines Register that the company notified employees in the home lending department on Thursday. The layoffs go into effect early next year. The layoffs announced Thursday were among 1,000 positions cut companywide. Wells Fargo employs more than 15,500 people in Iowa, including about 14,000 in metropolitan Des Moines. The... Читать дальше...

Apple has partnered with A24 on a multi-year agreement in which the studio will produce a slate of several films for Apple, an individual with familiarity told TheWrap. The company continues to make an aggressive push into the entertainment space, with several TV shows in development, including a morning news style comedy show that stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell. It has also ordered a show based on Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” to series. Read the full article on The Wrap

GEDDES, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 22-year-old woman has died from injuries suffered in a three-vehicle crash that shut down part of a Syracuse-area interstate highway for several hours. The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office says the crash occurred around 10:50 p.m. Wednesday when Megan Sundberg's vehicle hit a guardrail along the westbound lanes of Interstate 690 in the town of Geddes (GEH'-dehs). Deputies say her vehicle spun around and was facing east in the left lane when it was hit by a westbound vehicle. Читать дальше...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. House race in Maine (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, of Maine, isn't conceding defeat in the first use of ranked balloting in a U.S. congressional race. He said in a statement Thursday he "won the constitutional 'one-person, one-vote' first-choice election" on Election Day. He said he isn't abandoning his federal lawsuit in which he seeks to have Maine's new ranked-choice voting system declared unconstitutional. Election officials declared his Democratic opponent... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump plans to travel to California on Saturday to visit victims of the devastating wildfires.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Thursday to block $300 million in arm sales to Bahrain, but there's growing unease in Congress about the U.S. role supporting the Saudi Arabia-led coalition's military campaign in Yemen. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., forced the vote to send a message to President Donald Trump that the United States is "done with the war in Yemen." Facing a veto threat from the White House, the resolution failed 77-21. But Paul, who remains close to Trump, is not alone in raising... Читать дальше...

It’s been over half a century since gun-slinging, hi-de-ho westerns dominated the box office, when names like John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Clint Eastwood rolled off the tongue. In 2018, tumbleweeds slowly crawling across a deserted street are few and far between. Don’t get it twisted, though, westerns are no where near extinct. Some of your favorite stars have been recently seen polishing their revolvers in hot pursuit of money, power and revenge, including in this weekend’s “Ballad of Buster Scuggs”... Читать дальше...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The then-sheriff's deputy who was on campus during the Florida high school massacre but didn't confront the shooter declined to testify Thursday before a state commission investigating it. Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson failed to appear before the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, where he would have been asked why he did not enter the building where 14 students and three staff members died Feb. 14 and try to stop the shooter. Instead... Читать дальше...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont judge has declared in mistrial in the case of a former police officer who was charged with assaulting a teenage girl at a technical school. A Burlington judge declared the mistrial Wednesday after a jury decided they couldn't reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of 52-year-old David Scibek. He had pleaded not guilty to simple assault charges. Police said Scibek used a pressure-point technique on a 16-year-old female student at Burlington Technical Center in November... Читать дальше...

J.K. Simmons has joined Hulu’s “Veronica Mars” revival, and he’s working for Ryan Hansen’s on-screen dad, Richard Casablancas (David Starzyk), an individual with knowledge of the casting tells TheWrap. Simmons has been cast in the eight-episode limited series as Clyde Prickett, an ex-con who served 10 years for racketeering, and was smart enough to be the first guy in Chino to offer protection to Neptune’s richest real estate developer, Big Dick Casablancas (father to Hansen’s young Dick Casablancas), on Big Dick’s first day in prison. Читать дальше...

Hugh Grant has joined the cast of the HBO’s “The Undoing,” set to star opposite Nicole Kidman in her second limited series from “Big Little Lies” boss David E. Kelley. Grant will play Jonathan Sachs, an acclaimed pediatric oncologist, devoted husband to Grace Sachs (Kidman) and doting father, whose past undergoes scrutiny when he suddenly disappears, leading to a chain of terrible revelations for his wife. Read the full article on The Wrap

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont school district has cancelled classes because of a threat against its high school. Springfield School District Superintendent Zach McLaughlin said in a Facebook post that officials decided to cancel all classes Thursday after the district couldn't complete a satisfactory risk assessment of a threat they became aware of Wednesday. McLaughlin addressed an earlier threat in a Nov. 5 post. He said the New Hampshire authorities notified Springfield police about a "potential online threat" made over the weekend. Читать дальше...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida deputy who didn't go into school during deadly shooting declines to appear before investigative panel.

Draymond Green might have thrown his team into momentary crisis this week, but he also threw down the gauntlet to the rest of the league on Thursday after a team shoot-around in Houston. “If you’re one of those other 29 teams in the league you’ve got to beat us,” Green said in his first statement since being suspended for his argument with Kevin Durant. “We not going to beat us. We’re going to continue to do what we do. “If you think you saw something before, good luck with us now. We’re not going... Читать дальше...

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City massage therapist faces sentencing Jan. 3 after admitting that he secretly recorded video of a woman while she undressed. The Kansas City Star reports that 32-year-old Daniel Gorski pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony count of breach of privacy. He previously worked as a massage therapist at a chiropractic clinic in Gardner, Kansas. An investigation began in 2016 after Gorski's girlfriend reported finding a computer flash drive containing images of women undressing or nude. Читать дальше...