Новости за 13.08.2019

NEW YORK — CNN says it completely supports anchor Chris Cuomo after he was seen on video threatening to push a man down some stairs during a confrontation after the man apparently called him “Fredo,” in a seeming reference to the “Godfather” movies. The video appeared Monday on a conservative YouTube channel. Host Brandon Recor

BERLIN — Borussia Dortmund has declared a challenge to end Bayern Munich’s seven-year domination of the Bundesliga and is encouraged by signs of disharmony and unrest from the defending champion. After pushing Bayern to the final day last season, Dortmund invested heavily over the summer to strengthen defensive frailties and give Swiss coach Lucien Favre

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in July, pushed higher by more expensive gas, medical care and housing. The Labor Department says the consumer price index increased 1.8% compared with a year earlier, up from 1.6% in June. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices moved up 0.3% in July and 2.2%

“The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator” (Dutton), by Timothy C. Winegard Since the dawn of humankind, mosquitoes have been around to pester us, buzzing in an ear before selecting a blood vessel on which to feast. But these tiny, disease-transmitting bugs are more than a summertime nuisance; they’ve played a significant role

CONCORD, N.H. — Dartmouth College says its new unified policy on sexual misconduct for faculty, students and staff will provide clarity and consistency across the Ivy League campus. The new policy that has been in development for months was announced publicly Tuesday. It comes a week after the college said it would pay $14 million

How do you create a space conducive to creative thinking? A number of recent books explore the working environments of creative people in search of hints and inspiration. “They’re not highly produced spaces. They are spaces that reflect the real lives of people,” says Ted Vadakan, co-author with Angie Myung of the new “Creative Spaces:

I have a head of cabbage that’s getting so swollen I know it’s going to split. Especially if a thunderburst drenches the ground. And after that head splits, my other cabbage heads, not as far along as the first, are also likely to swell, then split. I’m not going to sit back and accept splitting

GALVESTON, Texas — Attorneys representing a teenager charged in a school shooting last year at a Texas high school are seeking a mental evaluation, saying their client cannot understand the legal proceedings against him. Dimitrios Pagourtzis is charged with capital murder for the May 2018 attack at Santa Fe High School that left 10 people

SRINAGAR, India — The main city in the India-administered part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has turned into a vast maze of razor wire coils and steel barricades as drones and helicopters hover overhead. Wearing flak jackets and riot gear, paramilitary soldiers carry automatic rifles and shotguns to control the network of checkpoints

POTTSGROVE, Pa. — The Pennsylvania teen who won $3 million as the first Fortnite World Cup solo champion had armed police show up at his house. Kyle Giersdorf was livestreaming on Saturday when he was “swatted,” a prank that aims to prompt police and SWAT teams to respond to fake emergencies. Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl.

FLORENCE, Italy — The Uffizi Galleries in Florence have experienced a renaissance thanks to administrative changes that have given Italy’s top state-run museums autonomy and allowed foreigners at the helm. Revenues are up. Makeovers of rooms with masterpieces by Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci received rave reviews. However, the Uffizi’s German director along with

LISBON, Portugal — Soldiers are driving tanker trucks to distribute gas in Portugal as an open-ended truckers’ strike over pay enters its second day. Police officers are also making deliveries as close to 500 of the country’s about 3,000 gas stations were reported dry Tuesday. The government has issued an order allowing the army to

FRANKFURT, Germany — An indicator of investors’ view of the German economy fell to its lowest since December 2011 amid concerns about the U.S.-China trade conflict, the chance of a disorderly Brexit and a possible competition among countries to devalue their currencies. The ZEW institute’s indicator of economic sentiment fell to minus 44.1 points in

MOSCOW — The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin is following mass opposition protests in Moscow, but does not believe they are significant enough. Giving the Kremlin’s first official comments on the massive opposition protests in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Putin has not spoken out about the demonstrations because he does not think there

INDIANAPOLIS — An agriculture economist is projecting a nearly 20% drop in revenue for Indiana’s corn and soybean crops this year. That prediction from Purdue University professor Chris Hurt comes after Indiana farmers faced several weeks of planting delays because of persistent spring rainfalls, followed a long summer dry spell. Hurt says those troubles and

HUNTINGTON, Ind. — A block of historic buildings once headed for demolition in northeastern Indiana have been renovated into loft apartments and office space. The United Brethren block in Huntington has been converted into 37 loft apartments with first-floor space for a community arts program and a university entrepreneurial initiative. The Journal Gazette reports that

MUNICH — Bayern Munich has signed Croatian winger Ivan Perisic on loan from Inter Milan for one season. The Bundesliga champion says it has secured an option to sign the 30-year-old Perisic to a permanent deal once his loan ends on June 30, 2020. Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic says “Ivan will help us from the

ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of firefighters battled three wildfires in Greece, where two villages were being evacuated Tuesday as the largest blaze burned a thickly forested nature reserve on the island of Evia north of Athens. More than 220 firefighters were deployed to tackle the Evia fire, along with six water-dropping planes and six helicopters.

HONG KONG — The reports started circulating around the gate area and were echoed on social media: Hong Kong International Airport, a major hub in Asia through which thousands of passengers pass each day, might close soon due to ongoing protests inside the terminal. Soon after, the confusion set in. Airport workers started leaving. Shops

NEW YORK — Seattle coach Dan Hughes knows that his team’s upcoming game against Minnesota will be more emotional for him than many other games this season. It’s the Storm’s annual Breast Health Awareness night. While breast cancer survivors will be honored at Sunday’s game, it has special meaning for Hughes, who had a cancerous

Can a coach really be on the “hot seat” in Year 2? We might find out this season at Florida State. Willie Taggart is trying to turn things around after a rough debut with the Seminoles, who failed to make a bowl game for the first time since 1981. Taggart walked into a bigger clean

LINCOLN, Neb. — Scott Frost’s first Nebraska team started 0-6 and finished 4-8, the same record as in 2017 under Mike Riley. Wins in four of the last six, though, created an entirely different vibe about where the program is heading. “Everybody can tell that we turned it around toward the end of the season,

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin won eight games a season ago, its fewest since 2012 and fewest under coach Paul Chryst. “You hope it’s a blip, right? And yet, that’s the beauty of this season,” said Chryst, who is in his fifth year at the helm of the Badgers’ program. “You’ve got to go out and

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Chris Ash is heading into his fourth season as the football coach at Rutgers and again facing an uphill battle. There is no other way to describe it, coming off a one-win season and a winless record in nine Big Ten Conference games. Through three seasons, the numbers are against the Scarlet

SYDNEY — A knife-wielding man yelling “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney on Tuesday before being restrained by members of the public, with a woman taken to a hospital, police and witnesses said. New South Wales state police said in a statement that they were investigating whether