Новости за 12.12.2017

TORONTO (AP) — Canada has ditched a plan to buy 18 Super Hornet jet fighters from U.S.-based Boeing and will instead buy 18 used F-18 fighters from Australia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had previously warned that Canada would stop doing business with Boeing if it doesn't drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier, and the government warned again on Tuesday that the company will have little chance of winning a new contract for 88 additional fighter jets under the status quo. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer" molded the image of the surfer as a seeker and transformed the sport, has died. He was 80. Brown died of natural causes in Santa Barbara on Sunday, said Alex Mecl, general manager of Bruce Brown Films. Along with the music of the Beach Boys, Brown took surfing from a quirky hobby to a fundamental part of American culture. Surfers had largely been portrayed as beach blanket buffoons in the mindless party movies of the early 1960s. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fifth largest wildfire in California history expanded, ripping through dry brush atop a coastal ridge while crews struggled to keep flames from roaring down into neighborhoods amid fears of renewed winds. Firefighters protected foothill homes northwest of Los Angeles, making progress in residential areas while much of the fire's growth occurred to the north in unoccupied forest land, Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman Mike Eliason said Tuesday. "There were a couple... Читать дальше...

A man deemed too mentally ill to face a murder trial two years ago was charged again last week with the slaying of a Shoreline Community College professor and stabbing his girlfriend in 2013.

If the House Republican tax bill became law, victims of hurricanes in Texas and Florida who've yet to account for all their losses could deduct them on their 2018 taxes. Not so for victims of the California wildfires. If the Senate version prevailed, victims of all federally declared disasters — a category that cover victims of both hurricanes and the wildfires — could deduct their losses. But people who lost homes in smaller-scale disasters couldn't. Such disparities, seemingly arbitrary, show how... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — The global climate summit in Paris was designed to bypass Donald Trump, but the U.S. president ended up playing a starring role. Trump became the unwitting villain as world leaders, investors and other Americans assailed him Tuesday for rejecting the Paris climate accord. To emphasize their point — and prevent others from following his lead — they announced more than $1 billion in investments to make it easier for countries and industries to give up oil and coal. French President Emmanuel... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Travel Channel host Jack Maxwell says he's undergoing treatment for cancer. The personality behind the popular "Booze Traveler" series tweeted Tuesday: "I have cancer. 3 little words, one big sentence." The 54-year-old Boston native says he's being treated in Arizona for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He adds: "I'm good though. Keep you posted." "Booze Traveler" premiered in 2014. It features Maxwell roaming the world to sample the various alcoholic beverages people in different cultures drink.

Fifty-nine Democratic congresswomen want the House of representatives to probe multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump.  Two Washington lawmakers -- U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Suzan DelBene -- are part of the group.

TORONTO (AP) — Canada has ditched a plan to buy 18 Super Hornet jet fighters from U.S.-based Boeing and will instead buy 18 used F-18 fighters from Australia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will stop doing business with Boeing if the U.S. company doesn't drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier. Boeing claims Bombardier's new C Series passenger aircraft receives subsidies that give it an advantage internationally. Trudeau's government said Tuesday it will assess... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government collected a record amount of tax income for the month of November and also had a record level of spending for the month, producing a budget deficit of $138.5 billion, up slightly from a year ago. The Treasury Department says the November deficit was 1.4 percent higher than a year ago, reflecting in part higher spending to deal with disaster relief and also higher spending by the Treasury Department on interest payments on the national debt. For the first two months of this budget year... Читать дальше...

Banks led U.S. stocks mostly higher in afternoon trading Tuesday as the Federal Reserve met to discuss interest rates and the economy. The central bank was expected to raise interest rates for the third time this year on Wednesday. Banks benefit from higher interest rates because they can charge more to lend money. Utilities were the biggest laggard. Energy stocks also fell as crude oil prices headed lower. Bitcoin futures edged higher on their second day of trading. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8 points... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California and the Trump administration will square off at a key federal court hearing in Oakland to help a judge decide whether to block new rules allowing more employers to opt out of birth control coverage for women. U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam is not expected to immediately issue a ruling at Tuesday's hearing. California says the Trump administration's new rules could result in the loss of no-cost contraception services for millions of women in the state. Supporters... Читать дальше...

BERLÍN (AP) — Un sindicato convocó el martes a los pilotos alemanes de la aerolínea económica Ryanair a la huelga en demanda de menores salarios y condiciones de trabajo, en tanto el personal irlandés de la empresa votó por tomar medidas de fuerza el 20 de diciembre. El sindicato alemán Cockpit dijo que los paros en Alemania se producirán “en cualquier momento a partir de ahora”, pero aclaró que no los habrá el 23 y 26 de diciembre por la tarde. Cockpit espera obligar a Ryanair a negociar “condiciones... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the climate summit taking place in Paris (all times local): 7:10 p.m. California Gov. Jerry Brown is urging President Donald Trump to start fighting climate change or to "get out of the way" and let the rest of the world work on reducing emissions and investing in clean energy. Speaking with The Associated Press at a global climate summit Tuesday in Paris, Brown said "the rest of the world is very serious about climate change. So are the scientists." He argued against Trump's plans to resurrect coal mining... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — World leaders, investment funds and energy magnates promised Tuesday to devote new money and technology to slow global warming at a summit in Paris that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will rev up the Paris climate accord that U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected. Trump wasn't invited to the event but his name was everywhere. One by one, top world diplomats, former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, business leaders like Michael Bloomberg and even former U.S. Secretary of... Читать дальше...

Here are the government's rankings of the leading U.S. airlines and their on-time performance for October. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives no more than 14 minutes behind schedule. 1. Hawaiian Airlines, 89.5 percent 2. Delta Air Lines 89.4 percent 3. Spirit Airlines, 87.1 percent 4. Alaska Airlines, 86.0 percent 5. United Airlines, 86.0 percent 6. American Airlines, 85.1 percent 7. Southwest Airlines, 84.6 percent 8. Frontier Airlines, 82.1 percent 9. SkyWest Airlines... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Air travel was comparatively hassle-free in October compared with the previous month, when a pair of hurricanes wreaked havoc on airline schedules. Hawaiian and Delta were tops for on-time arrivals, while Virgin America lagged. The Transportation Department said Tuesday that 84.8 percent of flights on the biggest 12 carriers arrived on time in October, an improvement from September, but down from 85.5 percent the previous October. Airlines canceled 0.7 percent of domestic flights... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Twelve governors of both parties are urging Congress to reauthorize funding for a popular children's health insurance program as soon as possible. The recommendation involving the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, came in a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday. Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) and Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper led the letter-writing effort. It was joined by the governors of Alaska, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — A union called Tuesday on German-based pilots at budget airline Ryanair to strike in a dispute over pay and conditions, while the carrier's Irish staff voted for industrial action on Dec. 20. The Cockpit union said that walkouts in Germany can be expected "any time starting immediately" but didn't give any specific timing. It said there will be no strikes between the afternoon of Dec. 23 and Dec. 26. Cockpit hopes to force Ryanair into negotiations on what it calls "market-appropriate... Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) — Exxon says it will give more details about how climate change could affect its business. The oil giant said in a brief regulatory filing Monday that in the near future — it didn't give a date — it will disclose potential changes in demand and implications of policies designed to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. Policies to cap emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide could reduce demand for oil. At Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp.'s annual meeting in May, the company opposed... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the climate summit taking place in Paris (all times local): 4:45 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on world leaders to fulfill their commitments as the only way to win the battle against global warming. In his opening speech Tuesday at the climate summit in Paris, Macron said "we're having a good time here... but we're losing the battle." He mentioned the "very bad news" this year of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to reject the Paris accord fighting climate change. Читать дальше...

Six-foot-tall nutcrackers, a life-size Nativity display and a Dickens Victorian Village: These are some of the ways Ohio says "Merry Christmas!" DICKENS VICTORIAN VILLAGE About 13 years ago, Bob Ley and his wife drove from their hometown of Cambridge, Ohio, to see the famous Oglebay Winter Festival of Lights in nearby Wheeling, West Virginia. "It was jam-packed with cars and buses," Ley recalled. "We started looking at license plates. Almost three-fourths of the cars had gone past Cambridge to get there. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fifth largest wildfire in California history expanded, ripping through dry brush atop a coastal ridge while crews struggled to keep flames from roaring down into neighborhoods amid fears of renewed winds. Firefighters protected foothill homes northwest of Los Angeles, making progress in residential areas while much of the fire's growth occurred to the north in unoccupied forest land, Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman Mike Eliason said Tuesday. "There were a couple... Читать дальше...

ELLIJAY, Georgia (AP) — The First Baptist Church auditorium was filling with an expectant crowd, friends and family who had been through so much. Kim Silvers' three young daughters were there, all dressed up and eager for the graduation, hoping to mark the end of years of heartache visited on them all by their mother's addiction. They had begged her to stop using opioids and heard her promise to do so, only to break that vow over and over. They'd cried when she abandoned them, and again when they... Читать дальше...