Новости за 31.12.2018

RICHMOND, Va. — To get elected as a district attorney, sounding tough on crime used to be the most effective campaign strategy. But in recent years, district attorneys have been winning elections by sounding big on reform. Next month, at least eight new reform-minded prosecutors will take office in cities around the country after winning their local elections by promising to be more compassionate toward drug addicts and more evenhanded in the treatment of minorities. Some won their races against... Читать дальше...

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Cnet rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 The good: The Note 9 is a big, beautiful phone with top-tier specs including a huge battery and internal storage that starts at 128GB. The new S Pen doubles as a wireless remote for taking long-distance selfies. The bad: It’s expensive and offers few real innovations over last year’s Note 8. The fingerprint reader is uncomfortably close to the camera. The cost: $890 to $1,000 The bottom line: It’s one of the year’s best phones. But unless you’re in dire need of an upgrade... Читать дальше...

Attorney Larry Stein has long depended on Carroll & Co. in Beverly Hills for his wardrobe staples. But the 70-year-old store that once defined a certain kind of high-end, conservative style for politicians, professionals and celebrities is planning to close at the end of January. Stein, a partner at Latham and Watkins, pointed to his attire, from his dapper Zegna suit down to his color-coordinated wingtips, noting that everything but the tie was bought at Carroll & Co. “I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Stein, 57, said. Читать дальше...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say they've caught two of the three inmates who escaped a southwestern Ohio correctional facility for drug users and low-level felony offenders. Authorities say the men, all in their 20s, disappeared from MonDay Community Correctional Institution in Dayton on Sunday night while dressed in blue prison clothes. WDTN-TV reports two of the men later were found in the back seat of a vehicle that was stopped by West Carrollton police. Authorities were still looking for a 24-year-old man who had fled the facility. Читать дальше...

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion. A look at how people are ushering in 2019: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Fireworks crackled at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, as hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered downtown to watch the spectacular display. Читать дальше...

RESENDE, Brazil — A phrase written on the outer wall of Brazil’s most prestigious military academy gives a glimpse at the values held by the incoming government of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, an ex-army captain whose administration will be rife with generals. “In order to lead, learn to obey,” reads the slogan greeting aspiring military officers arriving at the Agulha Negras Military Academy that educated Bolsonaro and a good chunk of his Cabinet. He takes office on New Year’s Day. Bolsonaro... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's overall health ranking fell among U.S. states in 2018, though the state did see an uptick in infant health. The Oklahoman reports that the state ranked 47th in overall health in 2018, down from 43rd in 2017, in the America's Health Rankings annual report . The data show Oklahoma residents continued to do worse than other states on measures of health outcomes and behavior. However, fewer infants were born too small or died before reaching their first birthday in the last year. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the West's iconic national parks are beginning to partially close as they deal with overflowing restrooms and vandals on the 10th day of a federal government shutdown. Many national parks remain open but with skeleton staffs. The budget director of the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association, John Garder, on Monday called that "a nightmare scenario" for human safety, wildlife and historic sites at national parks. Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada... Читать дальше...

LAUREL, Md. — The NASA spacecraft that yielded the first close-up views of Pluto hurtled toward a New Year’s Day rendezvous with a tiny, icy world a billion miles farther out, in what would make it the most distant cosmic body ever explored by humankind. New Horizons was on course to fly past the mysterious, primitive object nicknamed Ultima Thule early Tuesday. The close encounter comes 3½ years after the probe’s swing past Pluto, which until now was the farthest object visited by a spacecraft from Earth. Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An insurance company investigating the sinking of Nathan Carman's boat in 2016 is suggesting that he may have thrown a gun used to kill his grandfather into the ocean. National Liability & Fire Insurance Company and the Boat Owners Association of the United States sued Nathan Carman in federal court in Rhode Island. They're investigating his claim for his boat, which sank during a 2016 trip he took with his mother. She disappeared. The Boston Globe reports the company... Читать дальше...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a Washington state woman is in critical condition after her estranged husband intentionally slammed his vehicle into her car. The News Tribune reports the 37-year-old man T-boned her car while driving more than 50 mph (80 kph), causing both vehicles to crash in Parkland on Sunday. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department says the man was released from the hospital and arrested on suspicion of assault, reckless endangerment, driving with a suspended license and violation of a protection order. Читать дальше...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Maryland say three young children were killed and their parents critically injured when the family was rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver. Prince George's County police said in a statement Monday that Alexander and Rosalie Mejia, both 5, and 1-year-old Isaac Mejia of Falls Church, Virginia, were killed on impact Sunday. Police say their parents were in critical but stable condition. Two more vehicles were involved in the chain-reaction crash at an intersection... Читать дальше...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A low-interest loan is expected to help Evansville improve the city's drinking water distribution system by replacing aging main pipes and support infrastructure. The Indiana Finance Authority says Evansville has closed the $77.2 million loan through its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program to finance upgrades to the system. The program will save the city nearly $5 million in interest costs over the life of the loan. The Indiana Finance Authority administers the... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The leader of a Missouri House investigation into former Gov. Eric Greitens says while that review is over, he's still hopeful Greitens will be held accountable for alleged campaign finance violations. Rep. Jay Barnes released the House investigatory committee's final report Monday on lawmakers' efforts to dig into personal and political allegations against Greitens. Barnes says the committee no longer has the authority to investigate following Greitens' resignation in June.... Читать дальше...

BURLINGTON, N.C. — The intern who was fatally attacked by a lion at a North Carolina wildlife center over the weekend had been helping with routine cleaning at the time, authorities said. Visitors were rushed out while the staff and authorities tried vainly to tranquilize the animal Sunday and reach the young woman’s body. But in the end, deputies shot and killed the lion. Alexandra Black of New Palestine, Ind., had been at the Conservators Center for about two weeks. The 22-year-old recent college... Читать дальше...

After 15 years in business, Blur Bar, a bar and lounge on Polk Street in San Francisco will close its doors for the last time on January 12, 2019.

COTABATO, Philippines — Suspected Muslim militants remotely detonated a bomb near the entrance of a mall in the southern Philippines on Monday as people did last-minute shopping ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations, killing at least two and wounding nearly 30, officials said. The bomb went off at the South Seas mall in Cotabato city, wounding shoppers, vendors and commuters. Authorities recovered another unexploded bomb nearby as government forces imposed a security lockdown in the city, military and police officials said. Читать дальше...

TAIZ, Yemen — Day after day Nabil al-Hakimi, a humanitarian official in Taiz, one of Yemen’s largest cities, went to work feeling he had a “mountain” on his shoulders. Billions of dollars in food and other foreign aid was coming into his war-ravaged homeland, but millions of Yemenis were still living a step away from famine. Reports of disarray and thievery streamed in to him from around Taiz — 5,000 sacks of rice doled out without record of where they’d gone, 705 food baskets looted from a welfare agency’s warehouses... Читать дальше...

YALAMBOJOCH, Guatemala — White flowers and flickering candles sat atop a low table inside the simple wooden home in remote, rural Guatemala. Nearby was a small pair of rubber boots, sized to fit an 8-year-old. Taped to the wall were three photos, alternately smiling and serious, bearing a simple epitaph for the boy whose memory the makeshift altar honored: “Felipe Gomez Alonzo. Died Dec. 24 2018 in New Mexico, United States.” On Christmas Eve, Felipe became the second Guatemalan child this month... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX — Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala was fined $25,000 on Monday for heaving a ball into the stands during Saturday night’s 115-105 win over Portland. "It kind of surprised me that they fined him, but I guess I haven’t looked at precedent," Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said. "It didn’t surprise me that they ejected him, but I forgot that that kind of stuff came with a fine." As the final seconds ticked off the first-half game clock Saturday, Iguodala tried to dribble up-court and lost control of the ball. Читать дальше...

The indie box office in 2018 was already going to be one of big changes: For the first time in over two decades, Harvey Weinstein was MIA from the industry after the collapse (and bankruptcy sale) of The Weinstein Company and his indictment on sexual assault charges. In his place are a handful of studio-backed indie divisions and a mix of ascendant and struggling newcomers trying to gain a foothold in the art-house market with potential awards contenders. Oh, and there’s Netflix and Amazon Studios... Читать дальше...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — An Ohio man charged with fatally shooting a Connecticut woman he met on a dating app and leaving her body face down in the sand near a boat ramp has been held on $2 million bond. The Connecticut Post reports that 26-year-old Brandon Roberts made his first court appearance Monday on charges including murder and first-degree robbery in the death of Emily Todd. The 25-year-old Bethel woman was found shot in the head on the Bridgeport waterfront Dec. 9. Police say Todd decided... Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials will allow a metal music festival to take place again east of Grand Teton National Park. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the Teton County administrator granted a special event permit last week for the Fire in the Mountains festival scheduled for July 13-14 at Heart Six Ranch in Moran. The permit was issued following a review by the Teton County Sheriff's Office and Jackson Hole Fire and EMS. The county has imposed conditions, including prohibiting on-site camping... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois priest under criminal investigation for sexual abuse has gone "absent without leave" from his Augustinian order, according to a church official. Sister Mary Ann Hamer, assistant treasurer for the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, said Friday that the Rev. Richard McGrath moved out of the St. John Stone Friary in Chicago sometime in the last couple of months on his own accord. The 72-year-old McGrath was removed from public ministry in 2017 and assigned to the friary... Читать дальше...