Новости за 23.08.2020

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who had been disowned by some Democrats for his incendiary social media posts and because he abused girls online when he was 14 years old announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the race.

The San Francisco Giants cut ties with outfielder Hunter Pence on Sunday, ending a second stint with the fan favorite that didn’t go nearly as well as his first.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frank Cullotta, a former mobster turned government witness who had a cameo role in the 1995 movie “Casino” and later was a Las Vegas mob museum tour guide, has died. He was 81.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,893 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.

The San Francisco Giants have designated Hunter Pence for assignment, cutting ties with the outfielder who was a key figure and inspiration on two World Series championship teams.

NEW YORK (AP) — One man died and another is recovering from injuries after their personal watercraft collided in the Harlem River Saturday evening, police said.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Help for the U.S. Postal Service landed in stalemate Sunday as the White House dismissed an emergency funding bill aimed at shoring up the agency before the November elections as “going nowhere” and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged senators to act quickly.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Efforts by officials in one South Texas county to delay the start of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus pandemic could face a legal challenge on claims of religious freedom.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he has accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, preventing the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a new election.

DALEVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana school has launched an investigation after a photo posted to social media appeared to show students forming the shape of swastika on the gymnasium floor, school officials said.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A leader of a July 3 protest before President Donald Trump’s visit to Mount Rushmore wants his his case to go to trial after a judge found probable cause for his felony charges.

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Monday marks one year since 23-year-old Elijah McClain was stopped by police in the Denver suburb of Aurora. He was arrested, put into a choke hold and given 500 milligrams of ketamine as a sedative. Less than a week later he was dead. Following nationwide protests for racial justice and police accountability in the wake of police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, McClain’s case has received renewed interest and several investigations are ongoing by federal, state and local authorities. Читать дальше...

In the year since Elijah McClain died after being stopped by police in suburban Denver on his way home from a store, the number of people calling for justice to be done in his case has grown to millions of people around the world.

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Opera legend Plácido Domingo denied ever abusing his power during his management tenure at two U.S. opera houses in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, as he embarks on a full-throttle campaign to clear his name after two investigations found credible accusations he had engaged in ‘’inappropriate conduct’’ with multiple women over a period of decades.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Two offshore wind farm projects have signed leases to use the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal as the primary staging and deployment base for construction and installation, state officials said.

ROME (AP) — Sicily’s governor has ordered all migrant residences on the Italian island to be shut down by Monday, part of a push-back by Italian regions alarmed by a surge in COVID-19 cases a few weeks before schools are to reopen.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths.

WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 23, 2020

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Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho

National Weather Service Spokane WA

756 AM PDT Sun Aug 23 2020

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Northeast Blue Mountains-

Including the cities of Anatone and Peola

756 AM PDT Sun Aug 23 2020

.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, haze. Patchy smoke in the afternoon.

Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Stelter knows critics accuse Fox News of bending the truth in order to maintain its staunch support of and closeness to President Donald Trump. As CNN media reporter and host of “Reliable Sources,” he's often one of them.

WINONA, Miss. (AP) — Some Mississippi citizens are anonymously asking for a Confederate monument to be removed from outside a city library.

HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) — A college in the Upper Peninsula is extending a significant tuition discount to students who come from a local high school.