Новости за 19.06.2015

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police responding to an emergency call exchanged gunfire with an erratic armed man on a city street in a shootout that left him and a longtime officer dead Friday, authorities said. Officer Sonny Kim, a decorated 27-year veteran of the Cincinnati Police Department, died along with the suspect in the shooting shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the Madisonville neighborhood, Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said. The shooting comes nine days after Cincinnati police released a plan for dealing... Читать дальше...

When the average cinephile thinks of LGBT film festival fare, he typically envisions movies about heartwarming triumphs over homophobia, documentaries that showcase the everyday heroes of the community, and feel-good coming-out tales where the protagonist finally embraces his or her true self. “They thought that claptrap would get us excited for the weekend?,” one audience member loudly asked his companion after the film, which tells the true story of Michael Glatze (Franco), a former San Francisco... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran's support for international terrorist groups remained undiminished last year and even expanded in some respects, the Obama administration said Friday, less than two weeks before the deadline for completing a nuclear deal that could provide Tehran with billions of dollars in relief from economic sanctions. Tehran increased its assistance to Shiite militias fighting in Iraq and continued its long-standing military, intelligence and financial aid to Lebanon's Hezbollah, Syrian... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Williams said the months since his suspension from NBC News had been like torture, and a come-clean interview with colleague Matt Lauer on the "Today" show must surely have felt like an extension. The humbled anchorman told Lauer in an interview that aired Friday that he let his ego get the better of him in telling stories that exaggerated his role in news reporting and that he intends to make the most of his second chance. [...] he admitted he had trouble accepting his punishment ... Читать дальше...

Two decades after “Jurassic Park,” living dinosaurs are captivating moviegoers again with “Jurassic World,” a sequel to the classic dino film, which hit theaters last week. A lot has changed in biotechnology in the time between the two movies: scientists created Dolly, the first cloned sheep, and finished mapping the human genome. [...] when scientists discuss the technology it takes to resurrect dinosaurs, they’re also — and more realistically — talking about developments that could have huge implications in day-to-day human life... Читать дальше...

Fire managers say residents who lost homes can begin returning to their properties Friday. Firefighters are controlling a smoky brush fire near a rural Arizona community with help from an unusual source — a railroad. Arizona State Forestry spokesman Mike Reichling said Friday that it is the first time he has seen a train at a wildfire specifically to put out the flames. Two Copper Basin Railway converted rail cars equipped with water cannons have been dousing hotspots along the Gila River near Kearny... Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — Often the target of U.S. human rights accusations, China wasted little time returning such charges following the shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina that left nine people dead. Especially in Australia and northeast Asia, where firearms are strictly controlled and gun violence almost unheard of, many were baffled by the determination among many Americans to own guns despite repeated mass shootings, such as the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have found no threats at a Washington hotel where hundreds of evangelical Christians in the city to hear from several GOP candidates for president were evacuated from a ballroom. The ballroom was cleared earlier Friday after police told conference organizers there was a credible threat of danger in the room.

NEW YORK (AP) — The teenage son who became a star of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign is marking a milestone of his own: Dante said his father was the best candidate to end the overuse of stop-and-frisk, a police tactic of stopping people deemed suspicious.

Law enforcement officers in the town of nearly 300 people say the driver of the vehicle hauling the pontoon boat made a wide turn onto the highway. A wrecker was brought in to help put the boat back on the trailer, as officers diverted other vehicles.

[...] over the past two years, two bands — with overlapping members — have issued three albums that musically connect California’s coast to its inland deserts, from north to south. By examining the state’s divides so thoroughly, those two bands — Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven — show we Californians are connected more by our own wrong turns and struggles than by any sun-splashed Silicon Valley successes. Camper Van Beethoven’s two albums — “La Costa Perdida” about Northern California and “El Camino Real” about Southern California ... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A group of high school students from northwest Alabama has won an international rocketry competition in France. The students designed, built and launched a small rocket capable of carrying a single egg aloft.

(AP) — The Justice Department said Friday it has reached a settlement with the city of Meridian over policies that had allowed students to be detained without probable cause or legal representation — policies mainly affecting black and disabled children. Vanita Gupta, deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in a news release that the settlement addresses the complaint against the city of Meridian only. The government alleged Meridian police arrested students without determining... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four months before the deadly shooting rampage at a black Charleston church, Dylann Roof was arrested at a shopping mall on a drug charge after going around dressed all in black, asking employees questions that raised suspicions. The two incidents at the mall add to the catalog of erratic behavior on Roof's part in the months before the 21-year-old white man was arrested this week in the slaying of nine people at a Bible study session. A Columbia police report from Feb. 28... Читать дальше...

In a written statement, Daniels said the two objectives of the plan "are to offer an alternative learning environment designed to better prepare students for today's workplace and to increase significantly the unacceptably low number of Indianapolis Public Schools students who are qualified to succeed at Purdue." Daniels said the opening of Purdue Polytechnic Indianapolis High School, a charter school that doesn't fall under the jurisdiction of a public school corporation, could be the first step... Читать дальше...

A local group plans to hold a protest on Monday near Apple’s Cupertino headquarters to voice their concerns about the tech giant’s policies toward construction workers with prior felony convictions. Earlier this year, construction workers with prior felony convictions within the last seven years were barred from from working on Apple’s new campus. After The

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage's effort to strike out $60 million in state spending failed Friday when the Senate — controlled by members of his own party — easily overrode each of his 64 line-item vetoes. The Senate rejected LePage's attempt to cut funding in the $6.7 billion proposed budget for education, special drug treatment courts, health centers and job training programs. Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond said he's confident that the budget will survive another veto in time to prevent a government shutdown. Читать дальше...

WWJ-AM reports that volunteers have lined up about 24,000 yeast, ringed doughnuts at a festival in Michigan to set what they believe is a Guinness World Record. Hamburg Enhanced Recreation Organization president Joanna Hardesty tells the Livingston Daily Press & Argus that a machine attached to a tractor dropped the days-old doughnuts in a line.

(AP) — Guns, fatigues, and a violent crime: A rapper used a West Virginia courtroom to film his vigilante-themed music video, and that has disturbed one local official. Davis wants his fellow commissioners to adopt rules to ensure a similar scenario doesn't occur again, The Weirton Daily News (http://bit.ly/1TB9EVI) reported. Jason Mallas said that in his musical persona as Mini Thin, he used the Circuit Court chambers to film the video June 12. An actress named Jennifer Blaze wore fatigues during the four-hour shoot... Читать дальше...

It won’t drive more than 200 miles on a charge, or seat seven. But the newest version of the Tesla Model S electric sedan has one enormous advantage over its predecessors: a $1.09 sales price. Hot Wheels on Thursday introduced its own tiny take on the popular Model S, just 1/64th the size of the

Shooting victims included librarian and recent college grad Another had recently graduated from college with a business degree. A closer look at some of the nine lives that were cut short by the gunman who opened fire in a black church in downtown Charleston: Clementa Pinckney, 41, was the beloved pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the country's oldest black churches, and had been a state legislator for 19 years. Just one year after graduating from Allen University in 1995... Читать дальше...

(AP) — E-commerce company eBay has sold its 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist back to the online classified advertising site, ending years of legal wrangling between the two companies. In 2010, a judge ruled that Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster violated their responsibilities to eBay with changes they implemented that diluted eBay's share from 28.4 percent to 24.9 percent and made it harder for eBay to sell the stake.

Avalos Ramirez said he created it "because of the hatred Trump expressed for the Mexican people." During his presidential campaign kickoff speech Tuesday, Trump accused Mexican immigrants of bringing drugs, crime and rapists to the U.S. Previous pinata-worthy figures included Kim Kardashian and Dutch soccer player Arjen Robben, who knocked Mexico out of the 2014 World Cup on a questioned penalty.

(AP) — Sports fans may have to leave their Blackhawks, Indians or Redskins gear at home if they plan on entering a Madison public school next year. Starting this fall, public school students in Wisconsin's capital city cannot wear shirts, hats or other items that display the name, logo or mascot of any team that portrays a "negative stereotype" of American Indians. The existence of these mascots shows us how people really think of us, Gabriel Saiz, a junior at Madison West High, told the city school... Читать дальше...