Новости за 30.12.2018

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A vehicle fire at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport sent a plume of thick black smoke over the north terminal canopy, creating a traffic nightmare for many. WSB-TV reports photos show a burned-out white truck or SUV, heavily engulfed in flames Saturday. Firefighters had gotten the blaze under control by around 4:30 p.m. The airport's official Twitter account said the issue was resolved. It's unclear if anyone was injured or how the fire started.

In June, after winning their third NBA title in four years, the Warriors started to think seriously about how to sustain their success. Given that it was already deep into the luxury tax, Golden State’s best option was developing its young players. But as the season nears its midpoint, the Warriors’ youth movement hasn’t gone according to plan. Everything from injury to a contract stalemate to just underwhelming performance has hurt the team’s depth. As Golden State awaits the return of center DeMarcus Cousins from a torn left Achilles tendon... Читать дальше...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A bill proposed for consideration by the Navajo National Council is aimed at making a tribal-owned energy company a for-profit corporation. The Daily Times reports that the legislation would authorize the tribe to petition the U.S. Interior Department to allow the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. to become a for-profit corporation under the Indian Reorganization Act. The NTEC is a tribal enterprise company created in 2013 to purchase the Navajo Mine near Fruitland. Besides owning the mine... Читать дальше...

TX Current Conditions as of 04:00 PM CST Saturday, December 29, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%) Abilene;Cloudy;35;N;10;72% Abilene Dyess;Cloudy;35;N;10;71% Alice;Cloudy;48;N;15;67% Alpine;Cloudy;27;NE;6;96% Amarillo;Mostly cloudy;31;SW;7;64% Angleton;Cloudy;52;N;12;76% Arlington;Sunny;39;NNW;7;60% Austin;Cloudy;46;N;7;55% Austin Bergstrom;Cloudy;46;N;15;57% Bay;Cloudy;52;N;9;75% Beaumont;Cloudy;49;N;11;88% Beeville;Cloudy;49;N;10;60% Borger;Partly... Читать дальше...

WA Current Conditions as of 02:00 PM PST Saturday, December 29, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%) Arlington;Showers;50;S;12;92% Bellingham;Rain;50;SSE;18;89% Bremerton;Showers;52;SSW;17;90% Chehalis;Showers;50;S;10;100% Deer Park;Cloudy;36;SSE;3;96% Eastsound;Showers;50;S;15;100% Ellensburg;Cloudy;44;SSE;3;73% Ephrata;Partly sunny;44;SSW;23;76% Everett;Showers;53;S;16;88% Fort Lewis;Showers;50;SSE;16;100% Friday Harbor;Showers;49;S;8;92%... Читать дальше...

The Nation's Weather for Sunday, December 30, 2018 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A frontal boundary in the Southeast and down into Texas tomorrow will cause occasional rain and cloudy conditions. Warmth and some sunshine will occur across the majority of central and southern Florida. It will be seasonably cold and dry across the majority of the Northeast, Great Lakes and central Plains. A storm system will emerge across the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest causing periods of snow across much of this region. Читать дальше...

NY Current Conditions as of 05:00 PM EST Saturday, December 29, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%) Albany;Mostly cloudy;34;W;16;75% Binghamton;Cloudy;29;WNW;13;85% Buffalo;Mostly cloudy;29;NW;9;81% Central Park;Cloudy;47;WNW;24;47% Dansville;Cloudy;30;NNW;12;78% Dunkirk;Cloudy;30;WNW;9;83% East Hampton;Mostly cloudy;44;WNW;7;59% Elmira;Cloudy;36;WNW;8;67% Farmingdale;Mostly cloudy;47;NNW;16;47% Fort Drum;Mostly cloudy;18;N;6;73% Fulton;Cloudy;27;NNW;6;78%... Читать дальше...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi inmate was found hanging in his jail cell shortly after a head count at the Jackson County Adult Detention Center. Sheriff Mike Ezell says a deputy found 35-year-old Robert Gene Danley, Jr. hanging in his jail cell Friday night. Ezell, in a news release Saturday, said staff attempted to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful. Danley, a trusty at the jail, was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m. Pascagoula Police arrested Danley Nov. 12 on misdemeanor charges and was... Читать дальше...

LONDON — British divers who rescued young soccer players trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand are among those being recognized in Britain’s New Year’s Honors List, along with 1960s model Twiggy and Monty Python star Michael Palin. Twiggy, a model who shot to stardom during the Beatles era, will become a “dame” — the female equivalent of a knight — while Palin, whose second career has seen him become an acclaimed travel documentary maker, receives a knighthood. Jim Carter, who played the acerbic Mr. Читать дальше...

George Kittle’s parents, Bruce and Jan, both two-sport Division I athletes, quickly realized their oldest child had athletic gifts. Based on his memories of touch-football games, Bruce recalled the kid “Had nice hands. Could run a pretty good route. Wasn’t afraid to mix it up.” That scouting report isn’t surprising considering the youngster grew up to be the 49ers’ Pro Bowl tight end, right? But here’s the thing: Bruce was describing his daughter, Emma, George’s older sister, his first opponent and... Читать дальше...

MANILA — A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Saturday, prompting people to scramble out of shopping malls and buildings and authorities to warn villagers to stay away from beaches in case of a tsunami. No casualties or major damage were reported hours after the quake struck before noon, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center canceled its warning for a potential tsunami that it had said could hit coastal areas of the southern Philippines and Indonesia. The Philippine... Читать дальше...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Scientists say Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed a week ago and caused a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of its pre-eruption size. Anak Krakatau now has a volume of 1.4 billion to 2.4 billion cubic feet and lost 5.2 billion to 6.3 billion cubic feet of volume since the Dec. 22 eruption and tsunami, according to Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. The analysis shows the scale of the island’s collapse... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW — Top Russian and Turkish ministers agreed during a meeting in Moscow on Saturday to maintain cooperation in northern Syria as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw and Turkey threatens to launch a military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces controlling nearly a third of the country. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said before the talks began that they would focus on the situation in and around Idlib, as well as “what can and should be done” when the U.S. withdraws from Syria. After the meeting... Читать дальше...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — As Bangladeshis prepared to vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, there were fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes. Under the decade-long leadership of Sheikh Hasina, whose ruling party hopes to retain power in the elections, Bangladesh’s economy has grown by more than 6 percent annually, lifting millions out of extreme poverty. Hasina, 71, has been... Читать дальше...

A 32-year-old man who led authorities on a statewide manhunt after allegedly fatally shooting a Stanislaus County police officer was being held without bail Saturday at a facility in Modesto on a murder charge, according to jail records. Gustavo Perez Arriaga, an immigrant in the country illegally with gang affiliations and past arrests for drunken driving, was taken into custody just outside Bakersfield for the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Newman police Cpl. Ronil Singh, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said. Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Count Warriors head coach Steve Kerr among those who have been puzzled by restricted free agent Patrick McCaw’s lingering contract stalemate with Golden State. "The whole thing has been surprising," Kerr said after shoot-around Saturday morning at Moda Center. "We anticipated Pat would be part of our rotation this year. It just didn’t happen, for whatever reason. We’ll see what happens. Obviously, we have a decision to make." The Warriors have little more than 24 hours to decide... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The minimum age to marry in Ohio would be 18 with few exceptions if Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) signs a bill sent to him this week by lawmakers with bipartisan support. The current minimum is 18 for males but 16 for females if their parents allow it. The Dayton Daily News has reported judges also approved exceptions for marriages involving dozens of younger, pregnant teens between 2000 and 2015. The new legislation still would let 17-year-olds wed someone up to four... Читать дальше...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A marker identifying the location of one of the most gruesome lynchings in Georgia history has been vandalized for a second time. The Valdosta Daily Times reports the Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage historical marker was riddled with bullet holes for the second time in five years. In an email to the newspaper Thursday, Mary Turner Project coordinator Mark Patrick George said the marker was shot 13 times in the last two to three months. It was shot five times in July 2013. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The shooting death of a California police officer has reignited the debate over sanctuary laws, with a sheriff all but blaming the statewide immigration policy for the killing as he announced the arrest of a man living in the U.S. illegally. A two-day statewide manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, who came out with his hands up as a SWAT team prepared to raid a home in Bakersfield, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of where Cpl. Ronil Singh... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon hotel said it fired two of its employees for "mistreatment" of a black guest who was talking on his phone in the lobby when he was asked to leave a week ago. DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Portland tweeted Saturday they have "terminated the employment of the two men involved." They said the men's actions "were inconsistent with our standards & values." The hotel didn't identify the employees. Jermaine Massey accused the hotel of racially profiling him after a security... Читать дальше...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The head of a Boston seminary that the Catholic Church is investigating following allegations of misconduct has been tapped to lead a cathedral in Worcester. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester announced Friday that Monsignor James Moroney will become interim rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul starting Jan. 1. Moroney said in the announcement he's "deeply grateful" for tenure at the Boston theological school and looked forward to serving his home diocese. Friday's announcement... Читать дальше...

JESSUP, Md. (AP) — Authorities say five correctional officers were treated for possible smoke inhalation after a teenage prisoner lit a fire in her cell at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women. The Office of the State Fire Marshal said in a news release Friday that it charged the inmate, 19-year-old Haley Elizabeth Biser, with arson, malicious burning and possession of contraband after the Dec. 23 fire. The fire marshal's office says correctional officers had to pull Biser to safety after... Читать дальше...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana high school athletic trainer accused of sexually abusing students under the guise of boosting their athletic performance has pleaded not guilty to another federal charge. The Billings Gazette reports 78-year-old James E. Jensen of Miles City entered his plea Friday to a charge alleging that from 1995-99 Jensen used the internet to entice and coerce someone he believed was a minor to engage in sexual activity. Thirty-one former athletes have sued Jensen and... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fire marshals have determined that an unattended candle accidentally started a Queens apartment blaze that killed a teenage girl and seriously injured her mother and a neighbor. The Fire Department tweeted the finding Friday, adding that the home had no smoke alarm. The fire broke out Wednesday night in an apartment on Merrick Boulevard. It's in the St. Albans neighborhood, about 3 miles (5 km) from Kennedy Airport. Authorities said 16-year-old Lamonies Smith, her mother and the neighbor were found on the third floor. Читать дальше...