Новости за 16.08.2015

DES MOINES, Iowa — The heavily funded super PAC backing Republican Jeb Bush will spend at least $10 million on television time in the earliest voting presidential primary states, the first salvo in a major TV ad campaign to support the former Florida governor’s bid for the Republican nomination. The plan, shared by the group with the Associated Press before Monday’s buy, is the first evidence of Right to Rise USA’s strategic spending of the roughly $100 million it had on hand last month. The group... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — Syrian air strikes on a Damascus suburb killed more than 80 people Sunday in one of the deadliest such raids of the four-year civil war, as fighting escalated around President Bashar Assad’s seat of power at a time when his overstretched forces have been losing ground elsewhere in the country. The strikes appeared to have been launched in retaliation for the capture of an army base in a nearby suburb a day earlier by the Islamic Army rebel group, which enjoys strong support in Douma. The Local Coordination Committees... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential candidates are split on whether the U.S. should send ground troops to the Middle East to combat Islamic State forces. Yet several other Republicans want to try — or at least not to get mired in the details beyond casting President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as weak and feckless. Businessman Donald Trump, who is leading most surveys of likely Republican primary voters, backed into a commitment of ground troops Sunday during a wide-ranging interview on NBC's "Meet the Press.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered his Cabinet reduced Sunday from 33 members to just 22, consolidating the body as part of a major reform push in response to mass protests against corruption and poor governance. The move follows a far-reaching reform plan approved by parliament last week that eliminated the country’s three vice presidencies and three deputy prime ministers. Four suicide attackers drove explosives-laden military vehicles into government barricades outside the city west of Baghdad... Читать дальше...

If the security lines at the airport seem to be moving a bit slower, it’s because the Transportation Security Administration has increased passenger scrutiny after reports that agents failed to detect fake bombs carried by undercover agents. After news leaked early this summer that 67 of 70 fake bombs and weapons got past TSA agents in regular security tests, the acting TSA administrator was replaced with Coast Guard Vice Adm. Neffenger also called for other changes that may mean slower lines at airport security checkpoints. Читать дальше...

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards - ArrivalsMorgan Freeman and E’Dena Hines at the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2005 in Los Angeles. (Photo by J. Vespa/WireImage) Morgan Freeman is mourning the loss of his step-granddaughter after she was stabbed to death in New York City early Sunday. Police officials were called to the Washington Heights neighbourhood just before 3 a.m. local time, when they discovered E’Dena Hines bleeding on the sidewalk after suffering multiple knife wounds to the torso. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A deflating hot air balloon struck overhead electrical wires after landing in a Pennsylvania field, shocking three people including one who was given CPR by a bystander, authorities said Sunday. Two other people on board were unresponsive when emergency responders arrived at the scene Saturday evening, New Holland police Sgt. Mark Willwerth told The Associated Press. Passenger Melyndia Davis, 48, of Sykesville, Maryland, was in cardiac arrest when emergency responders arrived and being attended to by a bystander.

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee heads to Israel this week to raise money and meet "with a number of officials" to discuss the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran. Campaign spokeswoman Alice Stewart said after Huckabee's remarks that he leaves Tuesday, but she declined say whether the candidate will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says the nuclear accord represents an existential threat to his country. Blasting the Iran deal and affirming... Читать дальше...

The elite prep school also allegedly has a sordid tradition of sexual conquest where graduating boys try to take the virginity of younger girls before getting their diplomas. Details of a practice authorities say was called the "Senior Salute" were spelled out in stark terms by a former prefect at the New Hampshire school who is charged with raping a 15-year-old girl on the roof of a campus building in May 2014. A counselor who contacted police after hearing from the alleged victim's mother also told an investigator about the tradition... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — The adult ads on Backpage.com are endless — written in a sort of risque code to avoid implying something illegal, yet still obvious invitations for sex, adorned with suggestive photos and videos. An Illinois sheriff is among those targeting Backpage and recently helped convince Visa and Mastercard to stop providing payment services to the site. Backpage attorneys, citing the First Amendment and federal statutes, argue that a public figure shouldn't be allowed to interfere with a law-abiding company's ability to do e-commerce. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Is the huge classified ad site an abettor of sexual trafficking and exploitation, or a beacon of free expression? Does it generate crime, or help solve it? To many who've seen the seemingly endless and unadulterated invitations for sex on Backpage.com — promising to fulfill "Your Kinkiest Dreams," among other things — the answer to such questions is pretty clear-cut, especially since some of the escorts in the ads have been found to be minors forced into the sex trade. "How is it possibly legal to help pimps sell kids? Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York has a star-studded jury pool, and if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shows up Monday — he's failed to appear five times since 2006 — he will join a long list of celebrities who have made the trip to lower Manhattan to sit with hundreds of others who could be picked to decide trials. Instead of rubbing shoulders with the masses in the sprawling jury duty waiting room, she got to wait privately in a clerk's office. Even though the former president was not made to show up for jury duty in 2003... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The Archdiocese of Louisville says a local pastor has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into child pornography. The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/1LfknmC) reports Father Stephen A. Pohl of St. Margaret Mary Parish was put on leave after the Archdiocese said it learned about an investigation "to determine if he has possessed or distributed child pornography." Jeff Koenig, a local chapter leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, an advocacy and support group... Читать дальше...

Officials with the state Department of Human Services and the South Dakota Retailers Association see people with disabilities as being an untapped labor market, the Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1h9oa8v ) reported. Since the state has such dramatic workforce needs, hiring people with disabilities seems like a no-brainer, according to Shawn Lyons, executive director of the Retailers Association. Because one in four jobs in South Dakota is tied to the retail and hospitality industries, here's no... Читать дальше...

Legal advocates say throughout the state, litigants in divorce, child custody, eviction and other civil cases who have difficulty with English are going into court without qualified interpreters. California has the nation's largest court system spread out over a vast geographic area with many rural counties. "California's judiciary is committed to language access and eager to work out the best way to get that done," said California State Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar... Читать дальше...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Wilmington police are investigating a fatal shooting that left a 32-year-old man dead. Police say an officer on active patrol reported shots fired near the 800 block of Vandever Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Police say when officers arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Police say the man was treated on scene by paramedics and transported to a local emergency room, where he was pronounced dead. The victim has been identified as Markevis Clark.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson Electric Power is halting the use of coal in its largest facility. The electric utility company fed the last five tons of coal onto conveyer belts that supply generators last week. The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/1TCVJRj ) TEP got its south-side power plant out of the coal-burning business on Thursday. Environmentalists have been pressuring TEP to stop coal-burning because it produces heat-trapping greenhouse gases and can harm public health. TEP delivers... Читать дальше...

Arizona House of Representatives ramps up building The Arizona Capitol Times reports (http://bit.ly/1NmWYNq ) the new expenses will go toward carpeting on the first, second and third levels of the building, in addition to the House floor and members' lounge.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/1DXEYJl ) the women's restroom was out of order Aug. 9, so the mother sent her son into the men's restroom and waited outside the door. The mother notified store employees and they tried to stop the suspect, but he broke free.

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Board of Pesticides Control and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection are running the program. Conservation department Commissioner Walt Whitcomb says the program is important to keep potentially harmful chemicals from contaminating land and water resources, such as drinking water.

CHICAGO (AP) — A spokeswoman for a U.S. Army parachute team says one of two parachutists injured during the Chicago Air & Water Show remains hospitalized in critical condition. Witnesses said at least one of the men clipped the top of a high-rise apartment building in the Gold Coast neighborhood.

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The owners of an iconic Jersey Shore amusement pier that became an image of Superstorm Sandy have received state approval to rebuild a portion of the site. The Coastal Area Facilities Review Act permit granted to owners of the Casino Pier in Seaside Heights also allows them to relocate their Sky Ride cable car attraction.

Liquor Commission Chairman Joseph Mollica says innovative marketing and sales initiatives and a successful holiday season drove the record gains.

Fire crews from multiple agencies fully contained a small blaze Sunday morning in Tilden Regional Park in the hills above Oakland and Berkeley. The flames were reported about 5:30 a.m. in heavy vegetation near Claremont Avenue and Grizzly Peak Boulevard, in an area where residents are watchful for potentially damaging fires, and soon brought a heavy response, with engines from Cal Fire, Oakland, Berkeley, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District and the East Bay Regional Park District. At least four fire... Читать дальше...

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A small, single-engine plane crashed on to a Long Island railroad crossing on Sunday morning, killing one person, injuring another and shutting down service on a branch of a busy commuter rail line, officials said. The plane crashed with two people on board at the railway crossing between the Hicksville and Bethpage stations of the Long Island Rail Road around 7:45 a.m., authorities said.