Новости за 03.07.2017

NEW YORK — Sexism in Silicon Valley has been an open secret for years. What’s changing: A growing number of women are coming forward with personal stories of sexual harassment and discrimination, prompting apologies, resignations and plenty of hand-wringing. It’s too soon to tell whether the incidents will lead to meaningful, long-term change. But the

PARIS — Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel escaped punishment from Formula One’s governing body on Monday after deliberately colliding with Lewis Hamilton at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last month. The FIA met with Vettel and Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene at its headquarters in Paris, and president Jean Todt said the issue should be closed.

JERUSALEM — A liberal pro-Israel advocacy group says its meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who has made derogatory comments against them in the past, was vital for maintaining diverse dialogue. J Street said its meeting Monday with David Friedman was off record but recognizes the need for “broad dialogue in the pro-Israel community,

ALBANY, N.Y. — A rare herd of ghostly white deer kept mostly from public view for decades is no longer off-limits. The herd at a former World War II Army weapons depot in upstate New York will be available for public viewing through bus tours slated to begin in the fall. The dozens of white

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A defense lawyer says an Alabama man charged with terrorism-related activity is being held “illegally and unconstitutionally” without bond in a county jail. Prosecutors dispute that, saying 22-year-old Aziz Sayyed is dangerous and must remain behind bars with no bond. They say he admitted planning and discussions about planting explosives in a

BOSTON — Massachusetts State Police say a crash that injured 10 pedestrians near Boston’s airport does not appear to be an intentional act. A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of “operator error” in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. The person was not

DENVER — As far as defender Kortne Ford can recall, his mom has never missed a home soccer game. Not with his youth teams when Laurie Ford was going through treatments for breast cancer. Not in high school. Not when he played at the University of Denver. Not now, with him a homegrown player for

UNITED NATIONS — China’s U.N. ambassador warned Monday that further escalation of already high tensions with North Korea risks getting out of control, “and the consequences would be disastrous.” Liu Jieyi expressed hope that key nations will be “more forthcoming” and support China’s three-part package to de-escalate tensions — revive negotiations and dialogue leading to

PHILLIPS, Wis. — The Latest on a small plane crash in northern Wisconsin that killed six people (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Authorities say a small airplane crash that killed six people in northern Wisconsin fell apart in the air. National Transportation Safety Board Eric Weiss said Monday the debris from the plane crash suggests

GOMA, Congo — Congo’s army says at least five people have been killed in fighting with an armed militia in the eastern South Kivu province since last week. Capt. Dieudonne Kasereka, army spokesman in South Kivu, said Monday that Mai Mai rebels have taken over four localities in Fizi territory. Fighting since Thursday has killed

U.S. stocks rose Monday as banks continued to climb along with interest rates, and energy companies rallied again with oil prices. Better-than-expected auto sales and a strong report on U.S. factories also boosted stocks. On Monday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 5.61 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,429.02. The Dow Jones industrial average

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets have signed first-round draft pick Malik Monk, the 11th choice in the NBA draft. Contract terms were not immediately available Monday. Monk was the Southeastern Conference’s player of the year. The star guard averaged 19.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists as a freshman at Kentucky. Monk is not

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Latest on a shooting that injured more than two dozen people at a Little Rock nightclub (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Federal prosecutors say a rapper shot someone in the neck while leaving a different Arkansas club just days before headlining a Little Rock concert where a shooting left 28

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition said Monday it will hold a symbolic referendum to give voters the opportunity to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s plans to rewrite the constitution. The plan announced by National Assembly President Julio Borges is a dramatic escalation of the opposition’s effort to fight Maduro’s proposal. Borges said that the vote would

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Latest on a legislative session on Illinois’ budget as the state enters a third straight year without a spending plan (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Another bond house has chimed in with a positive note on Illinois’ financial outlook. S&P Global Ratings issued a notice Monday that a House vote to

Most governors couldn’t get caught in a brouhaha like the one surrounding Gov. Chris Christie, because New Jersey is one of only a handful of states with a state-owned vacation home for its chief executive. A look at the home and others like it around the U.S.: NEW JERSEY Christie was criticized for sunning himself

Rumer Willis is celebrating six months of being sober. The daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore says on Instagram that she’s “never been more proud” of herself after what she calls “the long journey.” Rumer Willis guest starred in four episodes of Fox’s “Empire” earlier this year. She’s also known for winning Season 20

It’s a tale of two spa towns in Stage 4 of the Tour de France, which travels from Mondorf-Les-Bains, Luxembourg, to Vittel in the Lorraine region of northeastern France on Tuesday. Lorraine has shifted back and forth between French and German control over the centuries and there are still areas where the local dialect is

STEILACOOM, Wash. — The Latest on the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington state (all times local): 10:05 a.m. A rail line in Washington state was operating after a passenger train derailed, but slower speeds are in place. Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said Monday that there will be some delays. The company and BNSF Railway

PHILLIPS, Wis. — A small airplane that went down in northern Wisconsin fell apart in the air, killing the six people onboard, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. The Cessna 421 that crashed at 3:21 a.m. Saturday left from Waukegan, Illinois, and was flying to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of

ROME — Paolo Villaggio, a comic actor whose invented workplace characters interpreted Italians’ foibles, died Monday in Rome at 84. His children said Villaggio had been debilitated by complications of diabetes for some time. Widely popular in Italy, Villaggio expressed his comic qualities through slapstick, satire and irony. Fellow comic actor Roberto Benigni says Villaggio’s

AUSTIN, Texas — The driving force in Texas behind a “bathroom bill” pushed back Monday after the Republican House speaker was quoted as saying he didn’t want a “suicide” on his hands over efforts to restrict which restrooms transgender people can use. LGBT rights groups and other opponents, meanwhile, praised House Speaker Joe Straus over

A fatal, off-screen car crash interrupts the picturesque, suburban lives of a young married couple in David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story,” marooning the deceased husband musician (Casey Affleck) in a kind of purgatory as a watchful, mostly benign ghost. The movie is, inevitably, “the one where Casey Affleck spends most of the movie with a

LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese authorities have rejected a television program’s claims that one of the country’s most cherished historic monuments was damaged during the shooting of a film by director and former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam. The General-Directorate for Heritage says an investigation has found that the 12th-century Convent of Christ suffered only “insignificant”

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Monday condemned what it called an “excessive act” by Greece after Greek coast guards fired on a Turkish freighter ship near the Greek island of Rhodes. The freighter’s captain, Haluk Sami Kalkavan, told Turkish media on Monday that the Greek coast guards approached his vessel in international waters, demanded that