Новости за 27.02.2016

All lanes of westbound Interstate 80 in Contra Costa County are blocked as police investigate a fatal freeway shooting Saturday morning, officials said. Police are diverting traffic, with Interstate 80 closed from Appian Way in Richmond to Hilltop Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The lanes have been blocked since around 3:30 a.m. but are expected to re-open by 10:15 a.m., according to the agency’s Twitter account. ... Читать дальше...

Rabia Gregory, chairwoman of the Campus Library Committee said in a memo to campus department leaders the libraries are facing a $1.3 million shortfall this year and expects another $1 million gap in the fiscal year that starts July 1. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1TJR7YH ) the budget reduction is the result of students rejecting a $15 per credit hour library fee in November, which was expected to add $13 million to the libraries' annual budget of $17.7 million.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — A suburban Dallas school district has sued the state of Texas to prevent the release of details of a federal investigation into the arrest of a student who brought a homemade clock to class that was seen as a possible bomb. The Texas attorney general's office earlier this month ordered the Irving school district to provide a copy of the U.S. Department of Justice letter to The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/21z8H32 ). [...] the district on Thursday sued to prevent the release of the multi-page letter... Читать дальше...

(AP) — After fueling months of fights in Washington, President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran is now popping up in an unusual place: a Democratic primary north of Chicago, splitting party leaders' loyalties and making Republicans giddy about a potentially weakened opponent in one of 2016's most competitive U.S. House races. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the minority whip who had the monumental job of securing Democratic support for Obama's plan, is backing suburban mayor Nancy Rotering... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Searches are under way for new leaders for two schools in the Connecticut state university system. The president of the state university system, Mark Ojakian, announced this week that a search committee has been established.

MIAMI (AP) — As a pediatrician, Dr. Judith Schaechter can ask parents of her patients all sorts of questions regarding their safety and well-being: what the child eats, whether there's a backyard pool and whether the child gets enough sleep. Schaechter is among thousands of physicians, medical organizations and other groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union that challenged the law, formally called the Firearm Owners Privacy Act, in a lawsuit known popularly as Docs vs. The legal battle... Читать дальше...

[...] this mission — which began with a launch last March — is all about Mars. (It will be Tuesday night in the U.S.) The astronaut will ride a Soyuz spacecraft back with two Russians, including Mikhail Kornienko, his roommate for the past year. The 52-year-old brothers joined forces to provide NASA with a potential gold mine of scientific data: one twin studied for a year in orbit — twice the usual space station stay — while his genetic double underwent similar tests on the ground. While a handful of Russians have spent longer in space... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices' most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century. States mainly led by Republicans have tried to limit when in a pregnancy abortions may be performed, restricted abortion-inducing drugs that take the place of surgery and increased standards for clinics and the doctors who work in them. The clinics contend abortions are safer... Читать дальше...

DUBLIN (AP) — A detailed exit poll for Ireland's election has found that most voters spurned the coalition government of Prime Minister Enda Kenny and the country faces either a hung parliament with no workable majority — or an alliance between the traditional polar opposites of political life. The poll says Kenny's Fine Gael party has received 24.8 percent of first-preference votes — much lower than any opinion poll during Ireland's three-week election campaign — while the party's age-old enemy... Читать дальше...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's state tobacco company said Saturday that it would launch a new, cheaper brand of cigarettes to keep smokers from rolling their own or buying illegally imported untaxed ones due to higher prices from a recently imposed tax hike. According to Daonoi, there are 10.5 to 11 million smokers in Thailand. "Producing cheap cigarettes that are affordable to the poor and the young is a strategy common to all tobacco manufacturers, whether private or state-owned, to keep tobacco products... Читать дальше...

Migrant flow along the so-called "Balkan route", through Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, had slowed to a trickle before that. About 150 people are currently close to the fence marking the border, carrying placards reading "Open the border" and shouting the same slogan.

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HONOLULU (AP) — A constitutional convention of Native Hawaiians has adopted a governing document that will go out to a vote for ratification, the organization behind the gathering announced. The proposed constitution, approved Friday by an 88 to 30 vote with one abstention, allows room for recognition by the U.S. government while holding out for the possibility of independence, said Na'I Aupuni, an organization that says on its website it's dedicated to "establish a path for Hawaiian self determination." [...] the overthrow... Читать дальше...

Sergei Rudskoi of the General Staff of Russia's military said that while Russia will continue air strikes against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's branch in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra, it is keeping its aircraft on the ground for now "to avoid any possible mistakes." Rudskoi said that a rebel unit that accidentally comes under attack should contact Russian or U.S. representatives who would quickly "take measures to end the violation and quickly de-escalate tensions." The Russian coordination... Читать дальше...

"A tiny number of people with terrorist thoughts are still plotting to carry out violent sabotage activities within our borders and violent terrorist incidents continue to take place in parts of Xinjiang," Liu said in the exchange, posted on a website that compiles stories from various Chinese state media and government sources. The law has particularly targeted online activity, raising concerns that its requirements that tech companies share information with the government could hurt business interests and further infringe upon human rights.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's opposition lawmakers on Saturday continued their nonstop speeches for a fifth straight day in parliament to block a vote on a government-backed anti-terrorism bill that they say would threaten personal freedoms and privacy if passed into law. Jung Cheong Rae spoke for nearly 12 hours before leaving the podium late in the afternoon, breaking a record for the country's longest parliamentary speech set on Wednesday by fellow opposition legislator Eun Soo Mi, who spoke for 10 hours and 18 minutes. Читать дальше...

Organizers said on Saturday that guests will feast on beef and game meat but the opposition has criticized the celebrations as insensitive to the many Zimbabweans facing hunger due to drought and a struggling economy.

TUAL, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of up to 4 1/2 years for five Thais and three Indonesians accused of human trafficking in connection with slavery in the seafood industry. Prosecutors demanded that the five Thais pay compensation ranging from 50 million to 350 million rupiah ($3,750 to $26,000) to the 13 victims, who testified at the trials that began Nov. 16 at the district court in Tual, a municipality in southeastern Maluku province. In the investigation... Читать дальше...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least 10 civilians were killed Saturday morning when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a local tribal leader near a park in eastern Kunar province, an Afghan official said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the Kunar attack, but local several provincial officials in Kunar blamed Taliban insurgents because of Jan's vocal opposition to the Islamic militant group.

Friday's election for Iran's parliament and a powerful clerical body known as the Assembly of Experts was the first since last summer's nuclear agreement was finalized, lifting international economic sanctions in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005 sealed the movement's downfall. [...] reformists have been virtually shut out of politics for nearly a decade until Rouhani was elected.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's farming and environment minister has resigned, seemingly averting the minority government's worst crisis since it took office eight months ago.

Members of the Islamic State group have stormed a northern border town that was captured months ago by Kurdish fighters, according to a Syrian rebel official. The Aamaq news agency, which is affiliated with the extremist group, reported that IS fighters launched a "surprise attack" on several areas in northern Raqqa province, where Tal Abyad is located. Syria's state news agency says a car bomb has exploded on the edge of a government-held central town, killing two and wounding several others.

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland has started counting ballots from Friday's election, but the country might not know the full official results until Monday — and the government won't take shape until next month, if one can be formed. In Ireland's system of proportional representation, voters get one ballot but can vote for as many listed candidates as they like in order of preference. Not even the canniest analyst can confidently forecast who wins that fifth seat, because such "winners" may be profoundly unpopular figures who received few No. Читать дальше...

On Thursday, hundreds of frustrated men, women and children abandoned their stranded buses or left refugee camps, setting off on a desperate trek dozens of kilometers (miles) long to reach a border they know is quickly shutting down to them. Another 2,700 people, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, were waiting in a camp at Idomeni at nightfall, while another 1,000 people were stuck at a gas station in Polykastro, 17 kilometers (10 miles) away. [...] that result finds both Greece and the migrants caught... Читать дальше...

[...] he delivered it with gusto on Friday as he shocked many in the political world by endorsing GOP front-runner Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. The surprise endorsement, the first for Trump from a sitting governor and by far his most prominent, comes as Trump rival Marco Rubio appeared on the cusp of a breakthrough following a break-out debate performance. [...] it marks the second time that Christie has knee-capped the Florida senator, just as he appeared to be on the rise. Читать дальше...