Новости за 26.07.2016

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The actress who became famous playing the Jamaican psychic Miss Cleo, claiming to know callers’ futures in ubiquitous TV infomercials and commercials 15 years ago, has died of cancer. Youree Dell Harris, 53, died Tuesday in Palm Beach, her lawyer, William J. Cone Jr. said. The Los Angeles-born Harris was a

RICHMOND, Va. — An attorney for a transgender teen in Virginia is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to bar him from using the boys restroom when he returns to school this fall. In a brief filed Tuesday in the high court, Josh Block of the American Civil Liberties Union says the Gloucester County School

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Powerball jackpot has soared to $422 million thanks to nearly three months without a winner of the big prize. If anyone matches the five balls and red Powerball in Wednesday night’s drawing, it will be the game’s first jackpot winner since May 7. A jackpot winner could opt for a

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Police say a missing woman was found unconscious and tied up in a South Carolina motel after someone sent her mother video of her daughter gagged, bound and crying. Simpsonville Police told media outlets the mother called 911 after seeing the videos around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday. Police found the missing woman’s car

SPARKS, Nev. — It’s Tesla Motors’ biggest bet yet: A massive, $5 billion factory in the Nevada desert that could nearly double the world’s production of lithium-ion batteries. Tesla officially opened its Gigafactory Tuesday, a little more than two years after construction began. The factory is currently about 14 percent complete; when it’s finished, it

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A small southwest Missouri church that serves people from Micronesia is trying to carry on after six of its members apparently were lost at sea earlier this year during a mission trip to their native land, the church’s pastor said. The four men and two women from the House of Mercy

CHISINAU, Moldova — The International Monetary Fund reached an agreement Tuesday with Moldova for a $179 million, 3-year loan arrangement conditional on the government carrying out reforms. The IMF said its staff members have reached a “staff-level agreement on an economic reform program” with Moldovan authorities to be supported by the credit facility. Moldovan Prime

NEW YORK — Stocks had a muddled session on Tuesday, as investors worked through a large batch of corporate earnings from a range of companies including Gilead Sciences, McDonald’s and Texas Instruments. On Tuesday: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 19.31 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,473.75. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.7

TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson police say a bank manager foiled an attempted armed robbery. Police say a gunman accosted the manager as the manager was entering the bank Tuesday morning. Sgt. Pete Dugan says the manager told the gunman he needed another employee to open up vaults but then eluded the robber, told other employees

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: Gilead Sciences Inc., down $7.50 to $81.05 The hepatitis C drug maker reported weak sales and cut its revenue estimates for the year. McDonald’s Corp., down $5.69 to $121.71 The world’s largest burger chain posted disappointing U.S. sales growth in the second quarter.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Latest on a six-year-old boy spending his day as a garbage man (all times local): 1:20 p.m. After dreaming of being a garbage man for years, Ethan Dean, 6, finally has his wish. In a series of stops in Sacramento, Ethan helped the city get rid of its waste, wearing a

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Archaeologists have found the location of a long-sought Spanish fort on the South Carolina coast at the site of what was once the first capital of Spanish Florida. A release from the University of South Carolina says the site of San Marcos, one of five forts built during the 21-year history

DALLAS — The deaths of four children in hot cars in recent days has brought the number across the U.S. this year to at least 23, nearly matching the total for all of last year and prompting experts to plead for vigilance and warn parents that it can happen to anyone. “It just breaks your

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is in danger of becoming the next internet company forced into a desperation sale if it cannot find a way to start luring people and advertisers back to its sometimes-befuddling messaging service. The 10-year-old company’s second-quarter report, released Tuesday, provided another sobering snapshot of Twitter stuck on a treadmill, as other

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is calling on the Central African Republic’s president to urgently promote reconciliation between Muslims and Christians and reunify the country that has been plagued by sectarian violence. In a resolution adopted unanimously by the council on Tuesday, the U.N. extended its peacekeeping mission in the troubled country until

BRISTOW, Okla. — A 21-year-old man has been charged in the fatal stabbing of his 17-year-old co-worker in Bristow. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2abSxHa ) reports that Dakota Spainhower was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Devin Lundberg. Online court records do not list an attorney for Spainhower. A probable cause affidavit says Spainhower

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — When Pat Telleria saw the wind-driven flames sweeping across the grass foothills toward his dream home, he picked up the phone. In the middle of the night, he called 911. “I’m next. It’s coming right at me!’ he told dispatchers. “And they said, ‘You’re out of luck. All the resources are

RENO, Nev. — A California man was arrested for disorderly conduct after Justin Timberlake said he got too physical with him last weekend during the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. Keith Weglin, 29, of Sacramento, California, was booked into the county jail for the misdemeanor Saturday afternoon, posted

GILBERT, Ariz. — Suburban Phoenix sheriff’s officials say multiple dead bodies have been found inside a home in an unincorporated area of Gilbert, east of Phoenix. There’s no immediate word Tuesday on how many bodies or their ages or genders. But Maricopa County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Courtney Palma says they are being investigated as suspicious deaths

TOPEKA, Kan. — A major rating agency on Tuesday downgraded Kansas’ credit rating for the second time in two years because of the state’s budget problems. S&P Global Ratings dropped its rating for Kansas to AA-, from AA, three months after putting the state on a negative credit watch. S&P also dropped the state’s credit

VALPARAISO, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana prosecutor has been fired after not revealing one of two purported victims made up at least part of the accusations against a molesting suspect acquitted after being held without bond for three years. Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel disclosed the dismissal of his deputy, Trista Hudson, in a prepared

CHICAGO — Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were “incompatible with life.” Support groups and social media showing the exceptions have changed the landscape. So has mounting research suggesting that not all such babies are doomed to die. The latest study focuses on

TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa County commissioners have decided to remove the name of former county sheriff Stanley Glanz from the official name of a $2.4 million training facility. Glanz pleaded no contest to failing to release key information about how former reserve deputy Robert Bates was trained. Bates fatally shot Eric Harris during an April

LOS ANGELES — “Project Greenlight” won’t be getting a fifth season on HBO. Matt Damon told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he was shocked that HBO didn’t pick up his and Ben Affleck’s show, which chronicles the production of an independent film. “I really liked it and thought that the show went great,” Damon

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A man whose conviction in a Columbia sports editor’s death was overturned after he served nearly a decade in prison will star in a new documentary series set to debut on MTV in mid-August. The Columbia Daily Tribune (http://bit.ly/2aew0ue ) reports that “Unlocking the Truth” follows Ryan Ferguson and Eva Nagao as