Новости за 27.12.2015

For 60 years, William “Denny” Weisgerber has been making the long drive from his Milpitas home to San Francisco National Cemetery to visit the graves of 2,273 fellow Korean War veterans. [...] this time, for the first time, he turned his back on the cemetery gates, and crossed the street to stare at a plot of dirt, covered in tanbark. On this plot of land is taking shape, at long last, a Korean War Memorial that will be the first in San Francisco, where it has always belonged, and maybe the first... Читать дальше...

City health inspectors had given the restaurant in the Cleveland Circle neighborhood permission to reopen as soon as Thursday, but it wasn't able to open its doors immediately because of an unrelated water leak. Officials ordered the restaurant closed on Dec. 7 after patrons, including members of BC's men's basketball team, became sick with the gastrointestinal illness.

Despite having spent the bulk of his career elsewhere, Dave Henderson instantly became a beloved figure when he joined the As in 1988 and always remained so. The effervescent outfielder, who enjoyed his best seasons in Oakland while playing in three consecutive World Series with the team, died early Sunday at the age of 57. Mr. Henderson had had a kidney transplant a month ago, according to A’s equipment manager Steve Vucinich, and former Oakland catcher Terry Steinbach said he’d spoken to Mr. Henderson at that time and... Читать дальше...

Prosecutors say Kibby, 35, of Gorham, kidnapped the girl on her way home from school in Conway in October 2013, then imprisoned her in his home and a storage unit until July 2014, when she returned home. Kibby is accused of using death threats, a stun gun, zip ties and a shock collar to control the teen. According to that indictment, a recorded phone call he made from the Carroll County House of Corrections last December captured Kibby making vulgar threats to harm Associate Attorney General Jane Young.

The chief detective in northeast Kansas' Jefferson County Sheriff's Department says that while Tom Bledsoe's November suicide notes helped free Floyd Bledsoe from prison this month, "we are open to all possibilities that (Tom) may have had assistance" in 14-year-old Camille Arfmann's death or in hiding her body. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is assisting, telling The Associated Press only that even before Floyd Bledsoe's prison release it had assigned staff to review the original investigation for errors. Читать дальше...

GRANTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — State police say a 27-year-old western Maryland man was killed in a crash in wet conditions on Interstate 68. Police say Justin Compton of Grantsville was heading east in a 1996 BMW on Saturday evening when it began to fishtail. The vehicle crossed the shoulder and hit a rock wall. The crash occurred near the 17-mile marker in the Grantsville area. Police say Compton wasn't wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The crash is under investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of a Dallas police helicopter was searching for a capsized boat last March, when there was at loud explosion and wind rushed through a huge hole in the windshield. Reports of helicopter bird strikes are up dramatically in recent years, including incidents, like the one in Dallas, that damage the aircraft and create the potential for crashes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Other large-bird species with rising populations include bald eagles, wild turkeys... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a Brooklyn man who harassed four others and called for "Arab blood" has been arrested on a charge of menacing as a hate crime. Police arrested James Samways on the misdemeanor charge early Sunday in Brooklyn's Marine Park neighborhood.

BELTON, Texas (AP) — Bell County prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty when a 59-year-old former police officer goes on trial early next year for the slaying of a Central Texas police chief. Risner had peace officer and jailer licenses that were placed on hold in 2012 by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, indicating some arrest or violation.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Haskell Wexler, one of Hollywood's most famous and honored cinematographers and one whose innovative approach helped him win Oscars for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and the Woody Guthrie biopic "Bound for Glory," died Sunday. A liberal activist, Wexler photographed some of the most socially relevant and influential films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Jane Fonda-Jon Voight anti-war classic, "Coming Home," the Sidney Poitier-Rod Steiger racial drama "In the Heat of... Читать дальше...

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 2-6-4-7 (two, six, four, seven)

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick 4 Day" game were: 5-9-4-9 (five, nine, four, nine)

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick 3 Day" game were: 5-8-1 (five, eight, one)

(AP) — Republican Missouri legislative leaders, backed by veto-proof majorities, will try again in 2016 to require voters to show photo identification at the polls, despite numerous failed attempts over the past decade. Sen. Will Kraus, a Lee's Summit Republican running for secretary of state, pre-filed a proposed constitutional amendment to allow for photo identification and a bill that would require voters to present government-issued photo ID. Kraus' proposal would allow people to obtain free... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Waterford crystal ball in Times Square is being worked on in preparation for its glittering entrance into 2016 later this week. The custom-designed crystals created by Waterford artisans are built to withstand high winds, precipitation and temperature fluctuations.

(AP) — A central Nebraska hospital is ahead of schedule in its efforts to recruit new doctors, despite the challenges in attracting medical professionals to rural areas. Marcia Baumann, the vice president of physician services, says Great Plains Health has recruited more than 100 doctors in her 26 years at the hospital.

The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/1UbLAqK) obtained a copy of an internal report last week that says a city-commissioned private investigation found evidence to support that Aviation Police Chief Marshall Katz used official resources, city letterhead and city time for his own benefit. The report says Katz sent on-duty officers to pick up soda and snacks from the Southwest Airlines offices, which were kept in his office. Officers in the report said Katz sent officers off-site to take reports... Читать дальше...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A sex case involving a student and an adult worker at a Sioux City high school has exposed a gap in an Iowa law designed to protect students from exploitation. Deleon was convicted of sexual exploitation by a school employee, but a judge noted the gap in state law.

CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the shooting deaths of a man and woman by Chicago police responding to a domestic disturbance call (all times local): Police have said Bettie Jones was accidentally shot and killed about 4:25 a.m. Saturday as officers responded to a domestic disturbance call. Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Sunday that officers' role in the shooting is being investigated by the city's Independent Police Review Authority. Pastors and community residents have... Читать дальше...

The Force Awakens has reached $1 billion at the box office, reaching the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was Universal's "Jurassic World," which did it in 13 days in June. J.J. Abrams' installment of "Star Wars" also posted the biggest Christmas Day box office in history with $49.3 million and the best second-weekend earnings with $153.5 million. The power of "Star Wars" meant the rest of the week's releases were competing for second place. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — A Chipotle near Boston College has reopened weeks after 136 students and other patrons fell ill with norovirus. City health inspectors gave the Mexican restaurant in the city's Cleveland Circle neighborhood permission to reopen as soon as Thursday, but the restaurant wasn't able to immediately open its doors because of an unrelated water leak.

[...] that praise is coupled with complaints of sometimes monthslong waiting lists to get into drug treatment, as well as a delayed effort to raise Medicaid rates that is stretching an already strained system to help addicts in need of public assistance. "The administration often says it has added money to treatment in drug court, but that's once you're entangled in the criminal justice system," said Roseanne Scotti, the New Jersey director for the Drug Policy Alliance. Christie says putting more... Читать дальше...

The airport that calls itself the world's busiest announced on its social media sites said it served its 100 millionth passenger this year. The passenger earning the distinction is Larry Kendrick of Gulfport, Mississippi, who will receive a Nissan Altima, two free Delta round trip plane tickets and a $500 gift card.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Inuit hunter John Goodwin for decades has hunted oogruk, the bearded seal, a marine mammal prized for its meat, oil and hide. The largest of Alaska's ice seals uses sea ice to rest and birth pups, and after the long winter, when ice breaks into floes, there's a window of opportunity for Goodwin to leave his home in Kotzebue and motor his boat between ice panels, shoot seals and butcher them before they migrate north through the Bering Strait. More than 90 percent... Читать дальше...

Four years of drought and heavy reliance on pumping of groundwater have made the land sink faster than ever up and down the Central Valley, requiring repairs to infrastructure that experts say are costing billions of dollars. A sparse mountain snowpack in California's driest four-year span on record has forced farmers in the Central Valley, the nation's most productive agricultural region, to rely on groundwater to irrigate their crops. To keep water flowing through low spots, irrigation districts... Читать дальше...