Новости за 19.12.2015

BARNAUL, Russia (AP) — Tired of the dog-eat-dog politics in their Russian city, the residents of Barnaul say they want a cat to be their next mayor. The Siberian city of 650,000 people, which lies 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) east of Moscow, is to get a new mayor next week when a commission comprising the city council and the regional governor choose from among six candidates.

In the moments before the double doors opened and the giveaway began, the toy lady worried. Laurie Ferreira, one of the organizers for Glide Memorial Church’s annual toy drive, has run the event for 20 years, earning the nickname “Toy Lady.” “Oh, good job,” volunteers shouted as a little girl wearing flowered pajamas and purple rain boots picked up a plastic toy guitar. “It’s like when you haven’t run an engine for a long time and it takes about 20 minutes to get everyone back in sync,” Ferreira said, guiding a little boy into the line. Читать дальше...

Clinton says if, "heaven forbid," a Republican is elected, rights will be rolled back for women, gays, workers and others. In his closing statement at the Democratic debate, Martin O'Malley is sounding a hopeful and personal tone. The former governor of Maryland says there's nothing he and his wife wouldn't do to make the futures of their four kids safer and healthier, and more full of opportunity. The Democratic candidates for president are calling for new action to halt the heroin epidemic... Читать дальше...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — After months of relative civility, the Democratic presidential candidates take the debate stage on Saturday night amid an outburst of hostilities surrounding accusations that Bernie Sanders' campaign stole valuable voter information from front-runner Hillary Clinton. Sanders vowed to avoid personal attacks during the campaign and gave Clinton a pass on her use of a private email account and server while serving as secretary of state in the first Democratic debate. [...]... Читать дальше...

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A man who falsely implicated his brother in the shooting death of a teenager killed just hours after he graduated from high school has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The term imposed Friday on Walter Seegers will run concurrently with a five-year sentence he received for an unrelated drug conviction.

(AP) — Police in Tulsa say an argument about a woman ended with a man shot to death in the parking lot of a Tulsa apartment complex. R.L. Brown told reporters that officers were called about 10:30 a.m. Saturday to Comanche Park Apartments in north Tulsa where they found the man dead in the parking lot.

DOVER, Del. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Delaware Lottery's "Play 3 Day" game were: 5-3-3 (five, three, three)

BODRUM, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish news agency says at least 18 migrants have drowned and 14 others were rescued after a boat taking them to Greece sank off the Turkish coast. According to DHA, Turkish authorities have detained two people suspected of organizing the smuggling journey.

(AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court won't get involved in the case of a state lawyer who was fired after hounding a gay student leader at the University of Michigan. Shirvell said he was exercising free speech rights, but his bosses said he was disrupting state business.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The family of a man shot to death by a North Charleston police officer now charged with murder has filed legal papers asking a judge to approve a $6.5 million wrongful-death settlement. Scott's family says he feared he would be jailed for what he owed when officer Michael Slager pulled him over just before the fatal shooting in April.

Goodman began working for the Senate earlier this month after working as director of real estate for the state land commissioner. Dismang said Goodman is a good friend who has a good working relationship with county officials that should help state senators.

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia officials have released additional police body camera footage capturing police's response in the death of a special education teacher taken into custody by security guards at a Washington apartment building. An attorney for Smith's mother said after the first video release that the footage was not particularly revealing because when officers arrived, Smith was basically "dead already."

GLASSBORO, N.J. (AP) — Funeral services have been scheduled for a state trooper killed when his cruiser struck an electric utility pole while he was responding to a domestic dispute in rural southern New Jersey. State police officials said the call he was responding to involved a child in mental distress, and that situation was later resolved.

(AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the capital murder conviction of a man sentenced to life in prison for shooting two people at a Wichita store in 2012. In a unanimous decision released Friday, the state Supreme Court rejected Marshall's claims that the Sedgwick County District Court erred in refusing to order a competency hearing for him and that it failed to consider his request for new counsel sufficiently. "Though an indigent criminal defendant has a constitutional right to the assistance of counsel... Читать дальше...

Brinkmanship with European bailout lenders brought the country a half-step from financial collapse and a eurozone exit in the first half of the year — then Greece was at the center of Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II in the next six months. The financial standoff started in January, when an election produced Greece's first ever left-wing government led by 40-year-old Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. With his jacket collar open and tie-less and his shirt untucked, new Finance Minister... Читать дальше...

The decision to be more transparent comes after a former police detective and police officer accused the city's top police officials of creating a hostile work environment. According to Steamboat Today (http://tinyurl.com/hqqm3at), council members want to bring closure to the investigation and restore the public's trust in the police department, the council and city administrators.

The NHTSA says the Mirages have a design flaw in which melting snow could soak through the driver's-side floor carpeting and corrode wire connectors running to a junction box nearby.

SANYA, China (AP) — Spain's Mireia Lalaguna Royo was named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition Saturday night in the southern Chinese island resort of Sanya, an event dogged by controversy over China's refusal to allow Canada's entrant to attend. Lin is an outspoken critic of Chinese religious policy and a follower of the Falun Gong meditation practice, which was outlawed by China in 1999. [...] the controversy over Lin's attendance illustrates the authoritarian communist government's determination to do so on its own terms... Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whose Popular Party seeks a second consecutive four-year term in office, jogged Saturday around Moncloa Palace, the prime minister's official residence, describing "fresh air" as ideal for the occasion.

[...] when suburban Atlanta high school basketball star Chris Lewis picked the Ivy League school over offers from more traditional Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference powers, he felt like he had to justify his decision. "People who know a little less about my personality and what I consider important, I found myself explaining to them a lot," said Lewis, a 6-foot-8 power forward who is No. 58 on ESPN's ranking of high school prospects. The alma mater of five U.S. presidents, dozens... Читать дальше...

A motorist died in Alameda on Saturday morning after his sport utility vehicle sped through a shopping center parking lot and launched into the Oakland Estuary, authorities said. Rescue swimmers with the Alameda Fire Department arrived at the waterfront near Blanding Avenue and Broadway shortly after a 7:01 a.m. report of a submerged vehicle, according to Capt. Jim Colburn. The victim was identified only as an adult male, and the circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation.

The Tribune-Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Yo19lH ) that Prettyman's tenure is the longest of any ISU athletic director since John Longfellow, who served in the position from 1948 to 1965. Prettyman was hired in 2005 as athletic director at the school in Terre Haute and had overseen growth in virtually every aspect of the campus' athletic department.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A Laramie County school district has drafted policies to address the needs of transgender students. The Albany County School District No. 1 Board of Education draft policies say the district cannot disclose confidential information related to a student's gender identity. They say students should be addressed by their preferred name and be able to participate in most sports according to their gender identity. The Laramie Boomerang reports (http://tinyurl.com/zffhdbc ) a public hearing on the policies is scheduled for Jan. Читать дальше...

Montgomery County police said in a statement that 18-year-old William Keysar of Silver Spring has been charged with distribution of a controlled, dangerous substance and distribution of a controlled, dangerous substance on school property. Police say two Montgomery Blair High School students who ate the brownies went to a nurse on Nov. 25 and had an elevated heart rate.

(AP) — A state watchdog agency has been investigating Northern Illinoi University President Doug Baker for months, and the university has paid tens of thousands of dollars for his legal representation. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1OeG6XF ) has obtained documents confirming an investigation by Illinois' Office of Executive Inspector General and showing the university has been billed more than $85,000 for legal work on Baker's behalf.