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(AP) — A law professor and Republican candidate for Missouri attorney general has said his university emails and other documents are not subject to state open records laws, documents provided to The Associated Press on Wednesday show. Emails provided to AP show University of Missouri School of Law associate professor Josh Hawley argued to university attorneys that his records don't fall under the Sunshine Law. Hawley is running for attorney general, the statewide elected official whose office is... Читать дальше...

Leslye Corsiglia on Sillicon Valley’s lack of affordable housing

Librarians, normally a sedate bunch, were more steamed than a romance novel in Berkeley on Wednesday over efforts to cull the city collection without consulting them first. About 100 people, joined by more than a dozen librarians and a city councilman, gathered on the front steps of the downtown main library to shout and holler in voices that surely would have gotten them booted from inside the landmark 85-year-old building. “We’re here to stop the irresponsible weeding going on at the Berkeley library,” said librarian Diane Davenport... Читать дальше...

At James Campbell High School on Oahu, where about 20 percent of the classrooms are air conditioned in a school serving more than 3,000 students, eleventh-grader Sydney May fanned herself with a vocabulary handout as a classmate rested his head on his desk in the 90-degree classroom. The Hawaii Department of Education is planning to add air conditioning to a list of priority schools, but many facilities are more than 60 years old and would need new windows and electrical upgrades to handle the load... Читать дальше...

Affordable by design: the fight to save one of Silicon Valley’s last mobile home parks

Often, in the store or the iTunes library, a team from Apple will swiftly remove content for broken links, ugly design or even microscopic mentions of the company’s competitors. [...] yet racist and sexist apps and ringtones have remained for use and for sale — in some cases for years — despite clearly violating Apple’s policies prohibiting “defamatory, offensive (or) mean-spirited” content against religious, cultural or ethnic groups. Do not pick up yo phone under any circumstances, says a voice... Читать дальше...

A Muni T-Third light rail car crashed into a sedan that made an illegal left turn in front of the train on Wednesday afternoon in the Bayview neighborhood, officials said. The train struck the car, he said, pushing it a few feet while the operator hit the emergency brakes. Two people in the Corolla and the train operator reported minor injuries, he said.

A bases-loaded walk, an RBI groundout and a score on a wild pitch accounted for the three runs that were enough for the Giants to win Game 4 of the NLDS and send the favored Nationals home for the winter. The mighty Nationals, whose only runs had come from Bryce Harper (an RBI double off Ryan Vogelsong and a towering homer off Hunter Strickland), left town scratching their heads. How had Washington squandered home-field advantage, losing both games in the nation’s capital, including an 18-inning... Читать дальше...

Authorities charged Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a seven-time convicted felon and undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times, with murder. [...] the administration has overly narrowed its view of criminal behavior so that ICE targets felons and undocumented immigrants convicted of three serious misdemeanors. In May 2014, authorities booked Ramirez on felony sexual assault and drug possession. In July 2015, authorities charged Ramirez with felony possession of a concealed dirk or... Читать дальше...

116% That’s how much blood disorder drug developer Global Blood Therapeutics shares rose Wednesday as the company became the latest biotechnology company with an IPO that received a powerful response from investors. Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. says its treatment for sickle cell disease might stop red blood cells from becoming misshapen, treating the disease rather than its symptoms. The National Institutes of Health says a stem cell transplant has been the only cure for sickle cell disease,... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The King County Sheriff's Office says an 11-year-old boy was arrested after stealing a car and leading deputies on a chase in SeaTac. The sheriff's office says no one was injured.

Affordable by design: the fight to save one of Silicon Valley’s last mobile home parks; Leslye Corsiglia on Sillicon Valley's lack of affordable housing; Finding affordable housing means a longer commute for one Silicon Valley worker; and local band ...

(AP) — If talk of tax deductions and 529 college savings plans is putting Nevadans to sleep, the state treasurer's office hopes to spice up the conversation with Sage, a spunky, cartoon desert tortoise. The kid-friendly character, brought to life in TV commercials by a former Pixar animator, is the face of a major new initiative called Nevada Saves: A marketing blitz set to begin Aug. 20 aims to raise awareness and participation in Nevada's suite of college savings programs, including 529 savings plans... Читать дальше...

Under a George W. Bush-era executive order, oil pipelines crossing U.S. borders require a presidential permit, setting off a government-wide review coordinated by the State Department. An Associated Press examination of every cross-border pipeline application since 2004, when Bush revised the process, shows that the Keystone review has been anything but ordinary. Since April 2004, when Bush signed his order, the government has taken an average of 478 days — less than a year and a half — to approve or reject all other applications. Читать дальше...

The lawsuit comes as legislators are holding a special session to adopt a new map for the state's 27 congressional districts. Voters in 2010 approved the "Fair Districts" measures that mandate legislators cannot draw districts intended to help incumbents or a member of a political party. Justin Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor who tracks redistricting cases nationally, said in an email that the lawsuit is "premature" until the new districts are actually voted on and signed into law by Gov. Читать дальше...

Vox Media has landed a $200 million strategic investment from NBCUniversal, forming a partnership between the new and old media companies to collaborate on programming, advertising and technology. Announced Wednesday, the deal values Vox — home to eight thematic digital media brands including SB Nation, Polygon, the Verge and Vox.com — at about $1 billion, according to an executive with knowledge of the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity. NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast, is... Читать дальше...

The developments suggest the investigation into the security of Clinton's email setup could run deep into 2016, as she is trying to win the Democratic nomination for president and, potentially, the general election. Clinton campaign aides argue there's nothing for investigators to find, and the State Department says it's not yet clear if the material at issue ought to be considered classified at all. What worries Clinton's team is the lingering whiff of political scandal in a tightening primary race... Читать дальше...

(AP) — University Of Illinois trustees plan to begin the process of firing Chancellor Phyllis Wise rather than accept her resignation and pay her a $400,000 bonus she had negotiated. The action followed calls by Gov. Bruce Rauner and others to reject the bonus in the aftermath of the school's announcement last week that she and other administrators had used their private email accounts to avoid public scrutiny of their communications on university business. Trustees and Killeen planned to inform... Читать дальше...

The city has completed a program of covering open-air reservoirs with floating "shade balls" to protect water quality. In the midst of California's historic drought, it takes bold ingenuity to maximize my goals for water conservation," Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement, noting that the effort is "emblematic of the kind of the creative thinking we need to meet those challenges.

When Hewlett-Packard splits into two companies Nov. 1, activists say it will have the most diverse board of directors in the tech world after appointing four African Americans to its new panels Wednesday. Last year, the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Push organization found that among 189 directors serving on the boards at 20 leading tech companies, only three were African American, one was Latino and 36 were women. “HP is taking not just a small step but a leap forward, setting the pace for the... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Kraft Heinz says it is cutting about 2,500 jobs as part of its plan to slash costs after the food companies combined. Spokesman Michael Mullen says affected workers are in the U.S. and Canada and were to be notified in person. The job cuts are not surprising, given the reputation of the company’s management on Wall Street. The combination of Heinz and Kraft this year was engineered by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital, which has become known for its tight cost controls. Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday that he will seek a popular mandate to change the country’s constitution amid widespread calls to fight corruption and curtail government spending. The announcement came as Islamic State militants ambushed a military convoy in Iraq’s western Anbar province, killing at least 14 soldiers. Taliban insurgents dressed in police uniforms and driving in a police car attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province on Wednesday, killing 14 police officers, an Afghan official said. Читать дальше...

Faced with a slowing economy, new challenges making money on smartphones and a little bad luck, Alibaba’s stock has fallen about 35 percent from its November highs, and was just 14 percent above the IPO price of $68 before the latest results were released. The program is intended to help offset dilution of shares from employee compensation tied to stock. In a rare moment speaking for Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, the company’s executive vice chairman, Joe Tsai, said that neither of them would sell shares. Читать дальше...

Zhang was part of a team that revealed that several Android smartphones from makers including Samsung and HTC featured vulnerabilities that could allow bad guys to steal users’ fingerprints. HTC’s One Max device, for instance, saved fingerprint images without encryption, they said. [...] the images could be read by any other app on the phone, potentially leaving them exposed if the user had installed another program with a security vulnerability, according to the researchers. Both the HTC One... Читать дальше...

If the United States is going to bid for the 2024 Olympics, that bid will come from Los Angeles, host of the 1932 and 1984 Games. After a hastily called board meeting Wednesday, U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said he was optimistic the USOC could work out a plan to make Los Angeles the bidder. The news comes two weeks after the USOC dropped a Boston bid that was short on support. Blackmun revealed results of a poll of the L.A. area from this month that showed 81 percent support for hosting the Olympics.