Новости за 06.08.2015

KIRKLAND, Wash. — A team of hundreds was recently putting the final touches on a video game expected to be one of the biggest sellers of the holiday season. “Halo 5: Guardians” will depict interstellar combat in new levels of graphical realism and offer new twists in multiplayer capabilities. It will be the latest game in the “Halo” series, one of the biggest in the industry, with more than $3.5 billion in worldwide sales, almost the global box office take of the “Fast & Furious” movie series. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is considering signing an executive order requiring all federal contractors to offer paid sick leave to their employees, two individuals familiar with the deliberations said Wednesday. The executive order, which is in the works but not yet final, would mandate that companies doing business with the federal government allow their workers to earn at least seven days of paid leave per year. Workers could use those days when they are sick or caring for sick relatives... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA - A cool scene in the clubhouse before Wednesday night’s series finale at Turner Field — Matt Duffy sitting off to the side while his taped interview on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk was shown in the middle of the room. “Atta boy, Duff,” several amused players shouted out during the bit, which had little to do with baseball and a lot to do with his oversized cat Skeeter, getting “Cained” at the White House and other important stuff. “He’s a big boy, man,”... Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The 46-year-old truck driver who won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor says he spent nothing on his campaign and knows nobody in politics. He didn't even vote in the primary because he says he was busy. Robert Gray can't explain how he defeated the trial lawyer who was the favored candidate of the party establishment in Tuesday's primary. Gray, who has lived in the Jackson area most of his life, visited the state Capitol on Wednesday for what he said was the first time ... Читать дальше...

Crosscurrents in Stereo! The Specialist: "Noise Police"; Inside San Francisco’s Secret SoundLab; and The World According to Sound: "Mud Pots".

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The dream of a free and open Internet is slowly being killed by overregulation, censorship and bad laws that don't stop the right people, a top computer crime defense lawyer says. The annual Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas kicked off Wednesday with a keynote address from Jennifer Granick, director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. Granick said that while the Internet needs to be reasonably safe in order to be functional, it's... Читать дальше...

The Santa Clara Police Department is giving a heads up to drivers who may be near Levi’s Stadium on Sunday afternoon between noon and 4 p.m., when 20,000 fans are expected to watch the 49ers hold a public practice. Tasman Drive will continue to remain open to through traffic during the event, they said. For more specifics on how the traffic will be impacted, you can visit the department’s advisory here. Police will provide a full traffic advisory later in the week. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix's decision to give its workers up to a year of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a baby is the latest example of the unusual benefits that companies have been dangling as they try to attract and retain people with highly coveted skills. Nothing appeals to workers quite like a lucrative paycheck. But benefits and perquisites become more important to people once they already are earning a lot of money and realize much of any additional raise will be devoured by taxes... Читать дальше...

Much intrigue surrounds next week’s PGA Championship, the final major of 2015. Will Rory McIlroy return from his ankle injury? Can Jordan Spieth become only the third player to win three majors in one year? Will Tiger Woods make the cut? Or my personal favorite: Will Dustin Johnson recognize when he’s in a bunker? The PGA’s return to Whistling Straits, a bizarre concoction of a course in Wisconsin, highlights Johnson’s lingering frustration on golf’s biggest stages. Читать дальше...

Nick Jonas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Plenti) Singer Nick Jonas is reportedly dating Kim Kardashian’s model sister Kendall Jenner following matchmaking efforts from his brother Joe Jonas and his new girlfriend Gigi Hadid. Nick split from Olivia Culpo, his girlfriend of two years, in June, and he recently revealed he was open to the idea of embarking on a new romance with Jenner. Kendall Jenner. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) Now it seems the two have taken their relationship to the next level since his comments last month. Читать дальше...

Oh, to be a crazy-rich tech mogul. Forbes on Wednesday released its World’s Richest in Tech, a list of the top 100 wealthiest individuals in the industry, with Silicon Valley leaders making up half of the top 10. Not surprisingly, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the richest person in the world, was No. 1 with a $79.6 billion net worth. He was followed by Oracle founder Larry Ellison with $50 billion and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos with $47.8 billion. Rounding out the top 10... Читать дальше...

After a long delay and plenty of protest from corporate America, the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a rule that would require most public companies to regularly reveal the gap between the compensation of the chief executive officer and the pay of the rest of their employees. The rule, approved Wedensday, stems from the 2010 Dodd-Frank overhaul of financial regulation. It gives companies considerable flexibility in calculating the pay gap, suggesting that the SEC... Читать дальше...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The lyrics of a more than 40-year-old strip-mining protest song still amount to fighting words in Wyoming, where a lawsuit pits environmentalists against one of the nation's largest coal mining companies. Lawyers for activists suing Peabody Energy Corp. and others quoted singer-songwriter John Prine's 1971 song "Paradise," which criticized the company's mining activities in Kentucky. It struck a sour chord with Peabody. Activists Thomas Asprey and Leslie Glustrom asked a federal... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator proposed a National Rifle Association-backed bill Wednesday that he said would make the federal background check system for gun buyers more effective and bolster programs for treating people with mental illness. The measure drew criticism from groups advocating stricter controls over firearms, who said it doesn't go far enough and singled out provisions they said would make it easier for some unstable people to obtain deadly weapons. But it was backed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness... Читать дальше...

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Netflix’s announcement of unlimited maternity and paternity leave is drawing the attention of soon-to-be moms and dads in an industry that’s seen as unfriendly to families. Rachel, an employee of a San Francisco-based startup, told SFGate that she’s seven months pregnant and having a hard time figuring out maternity leave options. Her employer doesn’t offer maternity leave. She’s only

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act, which has been called the single most effective civil rights law ever passed by Congress. Because of the Voting Rights Act, millions of minorities have exercised their right to vote in states that previously hindered them through tactics such as poll taxes, literacy tests, civics quizzes or violence. President Barack Obama will mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Thursday. Here... Читать дальше...

Macklemore’s new wife, Tricia Davis, confirms reports the longtime couple has wed, revealing the pair celebrated the legalization of same-sex marriage across the U.S. by exchanging vows. The rapper also introduced fans to the couple’s baby girl, Sloan, on Wednesday by posting a picture of himself cradling his daughter on social media. “We had our beautiful baby girl on May 29th… Got married on June 27th once the Supreme Court ruled same sex couples could too… And now new music. Thank you all for being patient... Читать дальше...

KAZAN, Russia — Katie Ledecky is unbeatable in the distance races. Turns out she’s awfully good going shorter, too. The 18-year-old American rallied to win the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships Wednesday night, beating a stellar field that included defending champion Missy Franklin of the United States and two-time winner Federica Pellegrini of Italy. Ledecky had a good view of the competition from lane 7. Breathing to her right, she saw all but one of her rivals and halfway through... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is seeking a fresh examination of a student loan law aimed at providing consumer protections to active members of the military. Warren joined fellow Democratic senators Patty Murray of Washington and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut in asking the Department of Education's inspector general to look at the department's previous review of compliance with the law. Education Department officials found student loan borrowers were incorrectly denied the mandated... Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is teaming up with Utah Republican Sen. Orin Hatch to introduce legislation that would hold colleges more accountable for "overwhelming" student debt. If the bipartisan proposal passes, colleges with repayment rates that are more than 10 percent below the national average over a three-year period would lose their eligibility to participate in the federal student loan system. The senators say the bill, titled the Student Protection and Success Act... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have begun looking into the security of devices on which Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email was stored when she was secretary of state, Clinton's attorney confirmed Wednesday. "We are actively cooperating" with the investigation, attorney David Kendall said in a statement. The inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community alerted the FBI last month to concerns that classified information was included in emails that went through Clinton's personal home server. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they or a family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the police, and their race is the reason. Half of African Americans respondents, including 3 in 5 black men, said they personally had been treated unfairly by police because of their race, compared with 3 percent of whites. Another 15 percent said they knew of a family member who had been treated unfairly by the police because of their race. Читать дальше...

1 Divorced Catholics: Pope Francis declared Wednesday that divorced Catholics who remarry, as well as their children, deserve better treatment from the church, warning pastors against treating these couples as if they were excommunicated. Catholic teaching considers divorced Catholics who remarry as living in sin and forbids them from receiving Communion, leaving many of these people feeling shunned by their church. Francis’ emphasis on mercy in church leadership has raised hope among many such Catholics that he might lift the Communion ban. Читать дальше...

A fast-moving three-alarm blaze tore through an Antioch apartment complex on Wednesday, leaving 32 units uninhabitable. The fire broke out about 8:15 a.m. at the Delta Pines apartment complex at 2301 Sycamore Dr., authorities said. Firefighters with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District arrived to find flames shooting through the roof. The fire damaged or destroyed 32 units in two buildings. About three dozen residents were evacuated. Читать дальше...