Новости за 21.08.2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge turned down President Donald Trump's newest move Friday to keep New York City prosecutors from getting his tax records, but Trump's lawyers have already asked higher courts to step in.

ATLANTA (AP) — Candidates in two Georgia legislative runoffs say they want recounts of their apparent narrow defeats.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Police Department Bomb Squad safely recovered a small homemade device that was discovered outside Providence Sacred Heart hospital on Thursday night.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ex-cop dubbed California’s Golden State Killer says he’s “truly sorry,” is sentenced to life for 26 rapes, murders.

TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Friday, August 21, 2020

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SPECIAL MARINE WARNING

Marine Weather Statement

National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX

1226 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2020

...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The affected areas were...

Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20

NM...

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM...

Waters from Freeport to Matagorda... Читать дальше...

LONDON —The head of the World Health Organization says he hopes the world can end the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years — less time than it took for the 1918 flu pandemic to be stopped.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With barely three weeks to go before counties can begin mailing out ballots, lawsuits are filling the vacuum of action to fix problems or ambiguities with Pennsylvania's mail-in voting laws after a primary election that saw record-smashing numbers of mailed-in votes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Friday, August 21, 2020

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278 FPUS56 KOTX 211722

ZFPOTX

Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho

National Weather Service Spokane WA

1021 AM PDT Fri Aug 21 2020

WAZ031-212300-

Northeast Blue Mountains-

Including the cities of Anatone and Peola

1021 AM PDT Fri Aug 21 2020

.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, haze. Highs in the lower 80s to lower

90s.

.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Читать дальше...

Once the Warriors finalize their prospect rankings, they’ll begin evaluating whether keeping the pick or trading it best serves the franchise in the near and long term. Here is a look at the paths Golden State will consider.

MIAMI (AP) — Florida hospitals say they have collectively lost nearly $4 billion in the past four months because of the coronavirus.

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BOSTON (AP) — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When Anthony Mmesoma Madu was videoed practicing ballet barefoot in the drizzling rain in Nigeria earlier this year, the 11-year-old thought the footage would be used for a common film study session.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is short by more than 25% of the door knockers needed for the 2020 census, according to its watchdog agency, and it's about to let go of its least productive census takers.

At a time when massive fires sparked by thunderstorms are burning around the Bay Area, more lightning has entered the forecast, though weather officials said this event is unlikely to be as severe as the one last Sunday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha-area high school English teacher arrested this week on suspicion of molesting a teen in 2008 now faces a slew of other sex assault and child abuse charges.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Previewing themes for next week's Republican Party convention, Vice President Mike Pence promised a heavy focus on GOP support for law and order as he drew a contrast with Democrats for a “negative” tone at their gathering and failure to acknowledge violence plaguing some U.S. cities.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky won quick federal approval to add $400 to the weekly unemployment checks for about 80,000 people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 outbreak, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is sending warplanes to the southern Greek island of Crete for joint training with Greece's air force, officials in Athens said Friday as military tensions continued to simmer between Greece and neighboring Turkey over offshore energy rights.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting again on Wall Street Friday, following a mixed set of data on the economy, as a record-breaking but wishy-washy week of trading closes out.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Firefighters in Corpus Christi responded Friday to an apparent explosion in the city’s port and refinery district.

CT Boston/Norton MA Zone Forecast for Friday, August 21, 2020

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385 FPUS51 KBOX 211416

ZFPBOX

Zone Forecast Product for Southern New England

National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA

1015 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2020

CTZ002-212000-

Hartford CT-

Including the cities of Hartford and Windsor Locks

1015 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2020

.THIS AFTERNOON...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest

winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph. Читать дальше...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An internal affairs investigator at a Florida police department has been removed from his post after showing bias in favor of an officer who shot a woman with a rubber bullet during a demonstration, officials said.