Новости за 29.12.2018

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Police near Cleveland say a man has been charged with striking and killing his mother with a vehicle inside a garage on Christmas Day. Authorities in Mayfield Heights said Friday that 35-year-old Vincent Varone has been charged with aggravated murder, murder and felonious assault. Court records don't indicate whether he has an attorney. Police say Varone hit his mother in the garage of a home early on Dec. 25. Officers say they found a vehicle inside the garage that appeared to have been rammed into the house. Читать дальше...

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Friday, December 28, 2018 _____ 110 FPUS54 KHGX 282128 ZFPHGX FPUS54 KHGX 282127 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 327 PM CST Fri Dec 28 2018 TXZ211-291000- Austin- Including the cities of Bellville and Sealy 327 PM CST Fri Dec 28 2018 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Читать дальше...

“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” is the ambitious, provocative, sometimes frustrating story of a young man wrestling with his sanity as he tries to design a “Choose Your Own Adventure”-style video game in time for Christmas 1984. You, the viewer, help him make key decisions along the way, just like in the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. The title is drawn from the works of Lewis Carroll, who is famous for writing about rabbit holes, and a stuffed rabbit is essential to the plot — or rather, plots. Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's pension system is asking Attorney General Jim Hood to clarify a ruling that retired public employees can collect their pensions while serving in the Legislature. The Public Employees' Retirement System sent the letter to Hood on Friday. The system's board had voted earlier this month to ask for the clarification after Hood issued his original opinion on Nov. 29. It overturned a longtime rule that public retirees had to forgo their pensions if they wanted to be lawmakers. Читать дальше...

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut are in a standoff outside a shopping plaza with a man who has a gun. Plainville police Sgt. Mark Connoy (kah-NOY) says nobody has been hurt. Police responded Friday afternoon to a report of shots fired at the Connecticut Commons plaza, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Hartford. They found the man standing near the loading dock of a store, carrying a handgun. Connoy says they are negotiating with the man, but there may be a language barrier. Читать дальше...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man is suing a railroad company after he says it rescinded a job offer because he's overweight. The Virginian-Pilot reported Friday that Matthew Sturgill is suing Norfolk Southern, saying the company offered him a conductor job that paid about $70,000 a year. Sturgill says the offer disappeared after an executive saw Sturgill's physical exam. The 32-year-old is 5 feet, 10 inches tall (1.5 meters) and weighs 305 pounds (138.35 kilograms). That's considered obese using the standard body mass index. Читать дальше...

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man says he ordered his wife a $2,000 diamond bracelet for Christmas and was shocked see 48 of the bracelets when he opened the box. WATN-TV reports Olive Branch Alderman Dale Dickerson ordered the bracelet from a company called Jewelry Unlimited that's based in Atlanta. When Dale received his shipment, there were dozens of bracelets in the box but no paperwork. Dale called the company after catching his breath. He says the manager sounded panicked but Dale sent the extra bracelets back. Читать дальше...

There was a point in early 2018 when big U.S. companies couldn’t stop talking about the Trump tax cuts. Flush with the projected savings from a $1.5 trillion law, they promised to raise wages, hand out bonuses to workers and invest in big projects. They scored headlines, along with applause from President Trump. The fawning faded quickly. Analysts noted that the handouts to workers amounted to a relatively small share of the roughly $200 billion in federal income taxes that corporations avoided thanks to the cuts. Читать дальше...

In a glass conference room at its Menlo Park headquarters, Facebook is taking on the bonfires of hate and misinformation it has helped fuel across the world, one post at a time. The social network has drawn criticism for undermining democracy and for provoking bloodshed in societies small and large. But for Facebook, it’s also a business problem. The company, which makes about $5 billion in profit per quarter, has to show it is serious about removing dangerous content. It must also continue to attract... Читать дальше...

Imagine heading to the local outdoor rink on Christmas morning after Santa delivered new hockey skates and there’s Connor McDavid taking a twirl. That’s what happened to a few surprised families in Newmarket, Ontario, where the Edmonton Oilers’ captain spent the NHL’s holiday break. It got even better when McDavid took time to accommodate pictures and autographs for his adoring hometown fans. The Sharks will run into McDavid at a much larger Canadian rink Saturday — and he’ll be in no mood to pose for selfies or share his John Hancock. Читать дальше...