Новости за 18.09.2015

School officials placed Western High School in southwestern Louisville on lockdown after receiving a report of a shooter Friday morning, and an officer stationed at the school began searching. Lt. Col. Carl Yates with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department says police have searched Western High School twice and found nothing.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — An East Coast drifter already behind bars for killing one woman will be charged Friday with the serial slayings of six other people, whose bodies were found behind a strip mall, police said. William Devin Howell, 45, who grew up in Hampton, Virginia, will be charged with multiple counts of capital felony, murder and felony murder at a 2 p.m. appearance in New Britain Superior Court, authorities said. All seven victims disappeared in 2003, when Howell was mowing lawns and working other odd jobs in central Connecticut. Читать дальше...

A spokeswoman for a western Virginia high school says no additional students have been suspended for wearing clothing emblazoned with the Confederate flag. About 20 students were suspended Thursday for refusing to remove clothing displaying the Confederate flag, which the school says it banned after incidents of racial tension during the 2001-2002 school year. Students at a western Virginia high school say they'll continue to protest a ban on Confederate flags displayed on clothing and cars until the administration changes the policy. Читать дальше...

FAIRBURN, Ga. (AP) — Police say a man is dead after what appears to be a drug deal that went bad outside a fast-food restaurant in Fairburn. WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1KwqmSk ) reports that authorities identify the victim as 22-year-old Clayton Smith of Meriwether County. Officers found a man shot to death near a pickup truck parked outside a Hardee's restaurant Thursday night. Investigators say the restaurant was closed when the shooting occurred. Police Sgt. Anthony Bazydio says the shooting may have occurred during a drug deal. Читать дальше...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a story sent Sept. 17 about a debate exchange on casino gambling between Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of Trump's spokeswoman. Her name is Hope Hicks, not Holly Hicks. A corrected version of the story is below: Trump tells Bush he didn't want a Florida casino, but he did Despite debate claim, Trump wanted a Florida casino; Bush opposed it and wouldn't back down By BRENDAN FARRINGTON AP Political Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A 10-year-old boy is being hailed a hero for his actions after a school bus crashed into a pond near Tampa and overturned. The safety patroller at Mary E. Bryant Elementary School then went back onto the bus and brought out two more students, a first grader and second grader.

Turning a bonanza of brown bananas into a gingery bread Because I find myself with overripe bananas pretty much every other week, our family eats a lots of banana bread. [...] if you like to cook (and I do) and you hate throwing food away (again, me), then over-ripened bananas are a gift, a gateway ingredient to something delicious. 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Читать дальше...

[...] a group of gender-neutral pronouns has sprung up, including "ze" or "per," sometimes used in the transgender community or among those who don't identify as male or female. Colleges including Harvard and American universities have allowed students to choose gender-neutral pronouns.

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump declined to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly stated that President Barack Obama is Muslim, and the billionaire real estate mogul said he'd be "looking at" a claim that militants operate training camps on American soil. Trump, who has a history of making controversial remarks about immigrants and other groups, was kicking off a town hall event Thursday evening in Rochester, New Hampshire — his first... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed bills targeting Planned Parenthood and curbing some abortion procedures toward House passage Friday, with party leaders hoping the legislation will help mollify fractious conservatives demanding a face-off with President Barack Obama that could trigger a federal shutdown. Neither measure has much chance of becoming law, since Democrats have the votes to block them in the Senate and the White House has threatened vetoes. But Republicans pushed ahead anyway, citing... Читать дальше...

Warm weather is returning to the Bay Area just in time for the weekend with temperatures expected to hit the triple digits in some places, forecasters said on Friday. In San Francisco, temperatures will be in the low 70s on Friday before jumping up to the around 80 degrees on Saturday and about 85 on Sunday, said Bob Benjamin, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Monterey. Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

Firefighters continued to battle the deadly Valley Fire in Lake County on Friday morning, reporting they had achieved 40 percent containment on the blaze that has killed at least three people, burned more than 73,000 acres and destroyed 585 homes. At a community meeting Thursday night in Calistoga, Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin said the death toll from the fire is likely to rise. The fire, which started in Lake County on Saturday afternoon and burned into Napa and Sonoma counties, did not... Читать дальше...

The weekly poll THIS WEEK’S TOPIC Time to charge bicycle riders a fee? 32% No, a tax or fee would discourage a healthy, clean mode of transport. 31% Yes, bicycle riders should pay to use the roads as do motorists. 24% No, we don’t tax shoes. We should not tax bikes. 13% Yes, bike license... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A former prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup said she played along when they talked about their plan but never intended to pick them up in her car. In the second part of a two-part jailhouse interview aired Friday on NBC's "Today" show, Joyce Mitchell said she had no doubts Richard Matt and David Sweat would have killed her if she had met them with a vehicle and a shotgun like they asked after they escaped June 6 from Clinton Correctional Facility. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is deciding whether it wants another pitched battle with first lady Michelle Obama and the administration over school lunches that put more whole grains in kids' meals and cut salty foods. Last year, school food rules pitted Mrs. Obama against Republicans seeking full exemptions for some schools. The first lady declared that she would fight "to the bitter end" to make sure kids have good nutrition. Lawmakers are now hoping to find bipartisan compromise on the rules and... Читать дальше...

During the registration process at Harvard University, students are now allowed to indicate which pronouns they use, with suggested gender-neutral options like "ze" or "they." Harvard isn't the first college to embrace gender-neutral pronouns, but it's among a wave of major institutions that are widening their policies and pronouns to acknowledge transgender students, as well as "genderqueer" students, who don't identify as male or female. Last week, the State University of New York, one of the nation's largest public college systems... Читать дальше...

The security system also recorded a man tossing the phone back over the company's fence Tuesday along with a handwritten note. Shop owner Butch Mikos and his daughter, Laureen Nichole Culliton, told NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1NBgXK7 ) they weren't interested in pursuing legal action against the man. Culliton made a Facebook post on Monday that included the security system's video of the man swiping the phone, and an anonymous caller to the shop said the footage got back to the man, who was embarrassed, Culliton said.

Like the volunteers who run the fort, the crowd of re-enactors who participate in the fort's rendezvous events have died, retired from the hobby or moved away, placing the future of the hobby into question. Ross Bohanon, president of the fort's board of directors, said the rendezvous, a re-enactment of a trading post where there are no battles, used to be filled with life. The decline in participation has led the fort to add a French and Indian War re-enactment to its summer activities in hopes of drawing more participants... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A judge has ruled that 85 members of a Yale University fraternity will face trial in a lawsuit brought by the families of two victims of a crash during tailgating events before a football game against Harvard in 2011. Members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity were driving to a tailgating event in a U-Haul truck carrying kegs when the driver lost control and accelerated into a crowd of people, killing one and injuring two.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A contractor recently hired to provide Philadelphia public schools with substitute teachers has been issued a warning that its current performance is unacceptable. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/1gwXEEP ) Source4Teachers promised to fill 75 percent of vacancies on the first day of school, but district officials say the firm has done no better than about 15 percent so far.

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LIMA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff says a guard mistakenly put a murder suspect in a holding cell with another inmate who was about to testify against him, and a fight ensued. The holding cell was out of public view, but the sheriff says the fight was recorded on video.