Новости за 08.08.2015

BEIRUT — Hundreds of Christian families have fled a central Syrian town as Islamic State fighters advance toward it, activists said Saturday, the anniversary of the U.S. beginning air strikes against the extremists in Iraq. A U.S.-led coalition has conducted nearly 6,000 air strikes against the Islamic State group, expanding its operations to target the extremists in Syria as well. But a year later, the Islamic State remains able to launch attacks across its self-declared caliphate in both countries... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the Utah State Board of Education plan to revise a proposed set of middle school science standards after feedback from parents, teachers and other citizens. KSL-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1IVJBE8 ) that board members acknowledged stakeholders' concerns Thursday after a 90-day comment period on the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade science and engineering standards. The new standards would replace the current standards, which have been around for about 20 years. Richard Scott... Читать дальше...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — A yellow sludge spilling from a shuttered gold mine into a southwestern Colorado river has reached northern New Mexico, a state official said Saturday. The plume arrived in the city of Aztec on Friday night and Farmington on Saturday morning, San Juan County Emergency Management Director Don Cooper said. Officials in both cities shut down the river’s access to water treatment plants and say the communities have a 90-day supply of water and other water sources to draw from. Читать дальше...

Baalke’s absence was notable given his history with Smith. Baalke made Smith his first draft pick after he was officially named general manager in 2011 and he’s offered public support amid calls for the 49ers to cut ties with Smith for his off-the-field transgressions.

BEIJING — A typhoon pounded southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan, where it downed trees and power lines, and left six people dead and four missing. Typhoon Soudelor hit the city of Putian in Fujian province late Saturday and was expected to move across the region, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported. The storm earlier caused more than 3 million households in Taiwan to lose electricity, with streets strewn with fallen trees. Читать дальше...

PARIS — Before the Taliban forced him to flee Afghanistan, Younis exported flowers to the United Arab Emirates and China. The 30-year-old crossed Iran, Turkey and much of Europe before arriving in Paris a month ago, a brutal journey that left him with a discolored lesion on his ankle and a swollen leg. After weeks living on the banks of the Seine, Younis — who gave only his first name because his asylum application is still being processed — now sleeps in a former Paris high school that had been vacant... Читать дальше...

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s special forces early Saturday rescued four people who hid in a hotel for nearly 24 hours after Islamic extremists stormed the building and launched a rare attack far from their northern strongholds that killed 10 people, officials said. Three attackers were also killed in the fighting. The four rescued U.N. employees are two South Africans, a Russian and a Ukrainian, said U.N. mission in Mali spokeswoman Radhia Achouri. “Our... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO — Angel Pagan is leading off and playing center field on Saturday, and Bruce Bochy was asked before the game about the switch-hitter. Pagan is hitting .150 in his last 40 at-bats, has just 17 extra-base hits on the season and no home runs. He hasn’t homered in 673 at-bats, the longest active streak in the majors. He has been playing with sore knees, his inflamed right knee bothering him the most. After Bochy rested him three days, Pagan is in the lineup a third straight game. Читать дальше...

BAGHDAD — While attending the Iraqi army’s artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers one major well. An Islamic hard-liner, he once chided Omran for wearing an Iraqi flag pin into the bathroom because it included the words “God is great.” “It is forbidden by religion to bring the name of the Almighty into a defiled place like this,” Omran recalled being told by Maj. Taha Taher al-Ani. Omran didn’t see al-Ani again until years later, in 2003. The Americans... Читать дальше...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Gen. Manuel Contreras, who headed the feared spy agency that kidnapped, tortured and killed thousands during Chile’s military dictatorship, died late Friday at a military hospital while serving a combined sentence of more than 500 years for crimes against humanity. He was 86. Contreras had been hospitalized since September because of kidney problems and was later moved to the intensive care unit when his condition degenerated. Soon after the death was confirmed by the national prison service... Читать дальше...

Twenty-nine of the nation’s top scientists — including Nobel laureates, veteran makers of nuclear arms and former White House science advisers — wrote to President Obama on Saturday to praise the Iran deal, calling it innovative and stringent. The letter, from some of the world’s most knowledgeable experts in the fields of nuclear weapons and arms control, arrives as Obama is lobbying Congress, the U.S. public and the nation’s allies to support the agreement. The... Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former suburban Philadelphia math teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with one of her 14-year-old students has been sentenced to prison time. A Montgomery County judge on Friday sentenced 34-year-old Jessica Streeper of Doylestown to nine months to nearly two years in prison. Streeper taught at Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy in the Norristown Area School District. Prosecutors said she had sex with an eighth-grade student last spring in her car and in her home. Читать дальше...

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is spending his first full day of vacation on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard playing golf. Obama arrived at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs on Saturday afternoon. The White House says he is playing with actor-comedian Larry David, businessman and Obama campaign fundraiser Robert Wolf and Cyrus Walker, a cousin of top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. Reporters traveling with Obama were given a rare glimpse of the president as he leaned... Читать дальше...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge has reduced the amount of money a Roman Catholic diocese must pay a former northern Indiana teacher who was fired after undergoing fertilization treatment to $403,608, less than a quarter of what she was originally awarded by a jury. Jurors awarded Emily Herx $1.9 million from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend in December, but U.S. District Judge Robert Miller later reduced that to about $540,000 to put the damages for suffering under the statutory cap of $300,000. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — There are plenty of smells in New York City's subways. But skunks? The New York Post (http://bit.ly/1MYJDwD ) said Saturday police and a transit worker rescued two baby skunks that had strayed into a Bronx subway station last weekend. They were taken to a veterinarian's office to be examined. Police Transit Bureau Chief Joseph Fox tweeted plaudits to the officers and worker for helping the animals and, in his words, "getting far closer than I would have." The city Parks Department... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — A new online science exam that will be introduced to some students this coming school year signals a change in the way the subject is taught in Illinois. The exams are based on Next Generation Science Standards, which cover topics like evolution and climate change, and are expected to be administered to Illinois students in fifth, eighth and 10th grades in April or May. The new standards were adopted early last year as part of a multi-state effort to advance the science curriculum for students in kindergarten to 12th grade... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — School systems in Georgia are struggling to provide parents and students with the school choice options they seek. In some districts like Cobb County, more students are applying to transfer to high-performing schools than the school can accommodate. In DeKalb County, parents say they are not told how school officials make decisions. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the demand for school transfers from Cobb families is outstripping the available supply. At the start of the 2012 school year... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sign that greets motorists entering the U.S. at the nation's busiest border crossing shows a silhouette of a man, woman and pigtailed girl running for their lives under the word "Caution." It was erected 25 years ago, when hordes of immigrants regularly stormed the border in "banzai runs" from Mexico, startling drivers along California's Interstate 5. The sign looks strangely out of place today. A 14-mile (22.4-kilometer) fence and tougher U.S. enforcement have dramatically reduced... Читать дальше...

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — George P. Bush is talking up his dad — White House hopeful Jeb Bush — but knows some gentle ribbing awaits about his grandfather and uncle, two former Republican presidents also named George. "We are lucky to have George Bush here. That's George P. Bush," says state Sen. Katrina Shealy, introducing the Texas land commissioner to the crowd at the Lizard's Thicket restaurant. The out-of-town guest grins, but keeps silent. "Yeah," he later tells a reporter, "I've heard just about... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are steeling themselves for a long period of uncertainty following a raucous first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign. There are no signs that Thursday's debate will winnow their wide-open field anytime soon. It wasn't supposed to be this way. Before the campaign got underway, Republican Party leaders developed a streamlined set of debates and a nomination calendar that aimed to avoid a messy fight. But few envisioned a field of 17 candidates, the explosion of... Читать дальше...

Dear Abby: I have a grandson who is 13. He insists on wearing a hoodie, leather jacket and long jeans no matter what the weather. It is 80 degrees outside today and he’s wearing them to a picnic. I have given up arguing with him on this. What gives? Mystfied Grandma in Washington Dear Mystified: Arguing with your grandson is a waste of your time and energy. He’s more concerned about the image he wants to project than he is about his comfort. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden and his wife are retreating from Washington for a week in South Carolina with little on their schedule but a momentous decision to make: whether he should run for president. Biden's advisers say he hasn't indicated which way he's leaning. The vice president is still mourning the death of his son barely two months ago. But since reports surfaced saying he was taking a fresh look at running, potential campaign staffers have begun sending in their resumes, aides said... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — As Carly Fiorina stood at the back of a packed hotel ballroom to give a television interview, a gaggle of conservative activists watched, chattered and snapped pictures as if she were a Hollywood celebrity. Minutes later, more than 1,000 people at the annual political confab RedState Gathering stood and roared as the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive took the stage and delivered an impassioned speech on the virtues of conservatism. "Well, I don't know. I think we kind of rumbled last night. Читать дальше...

The 49ers had a lot invested in Aldon Smith staying out of more trouble, but they weren’t alone: So did San Francisco Magazine.