Новости за 18.06.2015

Voters in Seattle are wary about imposing rent control despite a drive by Seattle City Council members Kshama Sawant and Nick Licata to get legislators to remove a statewide rent control ban. The survey by EMC Research gave 450 likely August primary voters a pair of options. Would they support “strict rent control and capping costs to protect affordability”?  Or would they favor “a variety of policies including developer fees and increasing the affordable housing supply.” Kshama Sawant:  Socialist... Читать дальше...

The transportation hub is supposed to create a seamless connection between PATH trains to New Jersey, 11 New York City subway lines and a Hudson River ferry terminal. Margaret Newman of the Municipal Art Society says the cost overruns will be forgotten once the transportation hub is fully open.

Square announced an unexpected new member will be joining its board Wednesday: Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson. Johnson will officially join the board of directors at the payments processing company this summer. “I have the deepest admiration for Earvin as a tireless champion for creating economic opportunity in underserved communities,” Jack Dorsey, Square’s CEO said in a press

Fitbit's initial public offering priced at $20 per share, bringing in more than $730 million and valuing Fitbit at about $4.1 billion in total. The company had already raised its stock price expectations this week and said the IPO would include additional shares, but the offering still surpassed its estimates. Market research company CCS Insight expects that companies including Fitbit, Jawbone, Nike, Xaomi, Garmin and Misfit will ship 24 million fitness trackers in the U.S. this year, and says that number will double in 2018. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The lawyer for a Boston man charged with drunken boating says his client was swimming in the water and not on his boat when someone else turned it on and the propeller severed a 19-year-old woman's right arm. Urbelis, who is a lawyer specializing in drunken driving cases, has pleaded not guilty to charges including reckless and drunken boating causing a serious injury.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white man who joined a prayer meeting inside a historic black church and then fatally shot nine people was captured without resistance Thursday after an all-night manhunt, Charleston's police chief said. Stunned community leaders and politicians condemned the attack on The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department has begun a hate crime investigation. Roof's childhood friend, Joey Meek, alerted the FBI after... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Part of a 103-year-old bridge being rebuilt in central Pennsylvania collapsed Thursday, injuring three workers, emergency and construction officials said. The collapse occurred shortly after 2 p.m. in the northbound lane of the North Broad Street Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 219 over Elk Creek in Ridgway, said Marla Fannin, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The southbound lane of the bridge was open at the time but no motorists or passenger vehicles were believed to be on the bridge when it collapsed... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube has started a video news service to showcase the most interesting clips recorded and posted by eyewitnesses at events unfolding around the world. The service, called "YouTube Newswire," is being compiled by Storyful, an Internet service owned by News Corp. that also recently started to package interesting stories posted on social networking leader Facebook.

U.S. stocks notched their biggest gains in a week, pushing the Nasdaq composite index to an all-time high. The rally came a day after the Federal Reserve said that it needed to see more improvement in the economy before raising its benchmark interest rate.

A picture of the lanes — which divide the stairs into sections for runners, walkers and texters — created widespread buzz on social media this month after it was posted online. The Chinese city of Chongqing last year created a smartphone sidewalk lane that was intended to be ironic while also reminding people that staring at phones while on the go can be dangerous. At Utah Valley University, the idea came from a group of students and staff who wanted to spice up a gray staircase in the new Student Life & Wellness Center... Читать дальше...

A spokesman for the Democratic governor says Cuomo intends to remain in Albany Thursday night to focus on talks with lawmakers about ending the stalemate over New York City's now-lapsed rent regulations. Cuomo met separately with Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan and Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Thursday in his office. The New York Assembly has followed the Senate and passed legislation to prohibit workplace discrimination based on family status, intended to protect women from bias in employment, pay and advancement. Читать дальше...

In a "flash audit," issued Wednesday, the inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management raised "serious concerns" about a proposed $91 million computer overhaul, saying it had not followed management guidelines and granted a no-bid contract with a single vendor. Office director Katherine Archuleta_a former school teacher who worked on President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign— told Congress this week that her agency's computer systems were so old they needed an immediate modernization. Читать дальше...

Johnston has a home in north Houston and a lake house in East Texas, but the two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom condo functions as a pied-à-terre; he works in the oil-field-services business and stays there when work requires him to be closer to the city center. When he first purchased the condo, Johnston chose Brazilian cherry wood floors, black granite kitchen countertops and Italian marble in both bathrooms. The challenge, according to Umansky, was to make such a cavernous unit - with 15-foot ceilings... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Issues continue to circle overhead for low-fare Allegiant Air as directors gathered in the profitable company's Las Vegas headquarters Thursday for a shareholder meeting. Labor disputes with pilots and flight attendants, equipment problems causing cancelled flights and concerns about the CEO's spending on pet projects have plagued the small airline owned and operated by Allegiant Travel Co.

The New York attorney general's office sued Lyft last summer for operating in the state without requiring its drivers to have commercial licenses or proper insurance. In other states, Lyft drivers are ordinary people that agree to a background check and use their personal cars to pick up Lyft customers.

The answer will come sometime after summer, after Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew considers suggestions from anyone who wants to offer one — through town hall meetings or online. The bill's actual design won't be unveiled until 2020, the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. The first information sessions will be in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 24 and Washington on July 15 at the two printing facilities that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing uses to produce the nation's paper money. Читать дальше...

Officials with Triple-A Arizona said Thursday that the average statewide price for unleaded regular gasoline is $2.73 a gallon. South Carolina has the lowest average gas prices among states in the continental U.S. at $2.49 a gallon with California the highest at $3.50 per gallon.

Consumer groups and several states had asked the agency to clarify this point because phone companies have said they worried about running afoul of rules that require them to connect every call. On a separate matter, the FCC also voted in favor of expanding its Lifeline program to provide low-income subsidies for broadband service. Echoing the sentiment of many Republicans, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform said it opposed the move by the FCC because the group said it would... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former Secret Service agent will plead guilty to charges connected with the theft of electronic currency during a high-profile investigation into online drug bazaar Silk Road, federal prosecutors said. Separately, former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Carl M. Force is charged with extorting Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht, who has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of seven drug and conspiracy charges in February. Ulbricht was accused of creating... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gas tank on a semitrailer carrying mail ruptured on a major highway interchange near downtown Las Vegas, spilling 250 gallons of fuel over the road. In Nevada, those responsible for hazardous material spills must arrange and pay for the cleanup through a private company. Officials with the highway patrol and Nevada Department of Transportation monitor the scene to ensure proper clean up.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency as a tropical depression moves northward through the region, dumping heavy rain and causing flooding in some parts of the state. Many areas of Missouri have gotten several inches of rain over the past week, and the tropical depression is expected to dump more on the state through Friday night. Nixon has activated the Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan, which helps state agencies coordinate more directly with local jurisdictions on emergency services. Читать дальше...

The move follows a series of fatal accidents involving migrants traveling through Macedonia on the way to more prosperous European countries, following dangerous routes to avoid police arrest. The new law approved in parliament on Thursday will come into effect in eight days, and follows pressure from human rights groups. Ixhet Memeti made the comments after visiting a detention center in the capital, Skopje, where more than 500 migrants, including 35 children, were living in squalid conditions, poorly fed, with many sleeping on the floor.

MATTAWAN, Mich. (AP) — A man has been struck and killed by an Amtrak train in southwestern Michigan. Mattawan Police Chief Scott Herbert tells the Kalamazoo Gazette (http://bit.ly/1GuWqmu ) that the incident occurred about 9:45 a.m. Thursday in downtown Mattawan, southwest of Kalamazoo. The train was traveling westbound. Herbert says the victim had been in the area for some time Thursday morning and his intentions were unclear. ___ Information from: Kalamazoo Gazette, http://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California state officials released reports Thursday detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the next-generation technology is performing during testing on public roads. According to the reports, most of the cars were in self-driving mode when the accidents happened, and the other driver caused the accident. The companies that operated the cars — tech titan Google and parts supplier Delphi Automotive ... Читать дальше...

In "Audrey at Home," an inviting cookbook filled with intimate family photos and memories, he paints a picture of a woman who was happier at home than on a movie set or, really, anywhere else — even though the press, he says, had a hard time believing that. The inspiration for the book came, Dotti says, from a binder he found in his mother's kitchen, filled with recipes and little notes. Those simpler recipes, he says, form the core of the book. [...] Dotti begins with hutspot, a nod to Holland... Читать дальше...