Новости за 04.03.2016

Under a barrage of parental objections, a federal judge tightened security measures to protect the personal data of up to 10 million California public school students — including names, addresses and Social Security numbers — which were ordered released under seal to a group of attorneys suing the state. The moves stem from a class-action lawsuit initiated by Morgan Hill parents concerned about state oversight of special education programs. The planned data dump of all student health, academic... Читать дальше...

Standing in a line of thousands outside an arena at Colorado State University, Aleksandr Cronk contemplated the grim possibility that the man he was waiting to see, Bernie Sanders, may not make it to the November ballot and he’d have to decide whether to vote for Hillary Clinton. Like millions of young voters nationwide, Cronk has been electrified by Sanders’ longshot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. “Hillary’s weakness with Millennials has to be very worrisome for the Democratic Party,” said Simon Rosenberg... Читать дальше...

Trump has defied reports that he has gone too far and that his campaign is doomed before, but the general election is a different ballgame than the GOP primary. Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg produced research that shows a Trump nomination threatens to drive moderate Republicans from the party. What’s more, The Donald’s anti-immigrant, anti-Latino, anti-Muslim and anti-women remarks threaten to pump up turnout among Democratic voters in November. To save the party from a Trump nomination ... Читать дальше...

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other city officials want to add 17,000 units of affordable and market-rate housing over eight years and protect another 17,000 units at a time when 1 in 4 residents is facing displacement. On Thursday, Schaaf and other officials released a 52-page report from the city’s housing Cabinet — a mayor-appointed committee of 110 renters, activists, finance experts, lawyers and elected officials — that includes dozens of ideas for how to pay for the affordable housing and... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed by Defense Secretary Ash Carter. The Navy said it is already collecting submission packages from prospective SEAL candidates and could see women in entry-level enlisted and officer training in September and October. All of the services say they have... Читать дальше...

NUIQSUT, Alaska — Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra on Alaska’s North Slope lies a million-pound drilling rig pulling the first commercial oil from a reserve set aside nearly a century ago. ConocoPhillips is the first oil company to draw crude from the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area the size of Indiana that President Warren G. Harding dedicated as an emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy in 1923. The project included a 6-mile gravel road; four bridges over channels of the Colville River... Читать дальше...

The four-time Pro Bowler, who was scheduled to make $6.5 million next season, was released Thursday after a season in which he missed 12 games with groin and Achilles tendon injuries. Carolina released nine-year defensive end Charles Johnson, a move that will save it $11 million under the salary cap. Carolina also released defensive tackle Dwan Edwards and backup offensive tackle Nate Chandler. [...] it re-signed free agent offensive guard Chris Scott to a one-year contract. New England Patriots... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — An atheist member of the Arizona House denied the chance to deliver the chamber's opening prayer by majority Republican leaders last month got the opportunity Thursday, only to see leaders rule his prayer didn't pass muster and call up a Christian pastor. The opening prayer by Democrat Juan Mendez included a call to work to help the state and its residents flourish and to "honor the Constitution and the secular equality it brings." Mendez said before the session that he had been... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will have to decide whether Hillary Clinton or any of her subordinates could face legal consequences for her use of a private email server, a decision whose timing is fraught with serious political repercussions. Even though Attorney General Loretta Lynch has said there is no “artificial deadline” for concluding the investigation, the Obama administration is in the unenviable position of conducting an election-year probe that, no matter the outcome or reassurances to the contrary... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge has decided to run for the seat held by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, sensing that he is politically vulnerable as a champion of the Republican strategy to stonewall any Supreme Court nomination from President Barack Obama before the November election, Democrats in Iowa and Washington said on Thursday. The Democrats, who know about Judge's intentions but are not authorized to discuss them ahead of Friday's planned announcement... Читать дальше...

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — The New Jersey attorney general’s office has notified prosecutors that a lab technician failed to properly analyze evidence in a drug case, calling into question more than 7,800 criminal cases he’s worked on over the last decade. Division of Criminal Justice director Elie Honig wrote in a memo last week that Kamal Shah was observed spending insufficient time analyzing a substance to determine if it was marijuana. Shah worked in the drug unit of the state police’s North Regional Laboratory.

Colvin Hinson, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter were asleep when a neighbor started banging on his front door and calling his name in the middle of the night. Empty shell casings were on the ground, fired by what city officials say was a 23-year-old police officer working an overnight shift. [...] authorities seemed to answer Hinson’s questions Wednesday as they filed a murder charge against 23-year-old Officer Aaron Smith and began the process of firing him over Gunn’s killing. McDermott... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — In a significant victory for the Obama administration, Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday refused to block an Environmental Protection Agency regulation limiting emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Roberts rejected an application from 20 states that said a federal appeals court in Washington had effectively thwarted their victory in the Supreme Court in June, when the high court ruled that the EPA had failed to take into account the punishing costs its mercury regulation would impose.

Big fine urged against PG&E for Carmel blast, March 1, Bay Area, C1 The story incorrectly reported Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s stance on whether a 12-year gap in its pipeline repair records in the South Bay could be tied to a 2013 gas leak in Mountain View. The company has not said the gap may have been a factor.

Gonzaga’s current streak of 17 NCAA Tournament appearances is the longest of any mid-major program in history. Once ranked as high as No. 9, the Zags fell out of the Associated Press poll after a series of rare home losses, including to No. 18 Arizona and UCLA in December. “We just have to win out in this tournament to get a bid into the NCAA Tournament,” guard Silas Melson said. Gonzaga is tied with Kentucky and Wisconsin for the fifth-longest NCAA Tournament streak of all time, trailing North Carolina (27)... Читать дальше...

A Qatar media group that has already moved into international sports broadcasting has purchased film studio Miramax, part of its expansion into the entertainment business. The beIN Media Group, which earlier spun off from Doha’s Al-Jazeera network, bought the studio famous for “Pulp Fiction,” “No Country for Old Men” and “The English Patient” from investors including Colony Capital and the Qatar Investment Authority, the Persian Gulf nation’s sovereign wealth fund. “Miramax is a successful film and television company... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal authorities sought Thursday to drop a criminal indictment of bid rigging against Oklahoma energy tycoon Aubrey McClendon, who died in a fiery single-car crash just hours after the indictment was announced. Sandridge previously disclosed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it was the subject of a grand jury investigation into violations of federal antitrust law and that it is cooperating with federal investigators. Ward and McClendon co-founded... Читать дальше...

Following an unusual two-day break in their schedule, James and the Cavaliers returned to practice Thursday to prepare for a stretch of three games in four nights. James met with reporters afterward, but the four-time league MVP wasn’t in the mood to elaborate on his actions or whereabouts over the past few days. The posting created speculation about its intended target, stirring up even more drama around the Cavaliers, but James refused to elaborate on his intentions. James bluntly answered “no”... Читать дальше...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's largest city is so hungry for snow, organizers of the famous Iditarod sled dog race were forced to ship tons of it by train Thursday and dramatically shorten the event's ceremonial start this weekend. Here is a look at what it took to get Saturday's fan-friendly parade of mushers and their four-legged teams back on track amid a warm winter that shrank Anchorage's piles of race-worthy snow. An Alaska Railroad train arrived Thursday morning with seven freight cars... Читать дальше...

Stanford has never before been seeded this low, fourth, in the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament. “In a tournament, you have three games in three days to win it,” she added, referring to the top four seeds. [...] I think we’re built for the tournament, and we’re playing our best basketball of the season. There are some promising signs for the Cardinal: First is the sudden surge of junior forward Erica McCall. [...] the whole team is shooting well. In its past six games, it has shot nearly... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank with a fake bomb made out of phone wires, duct tape and a sex toy. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports (http://bit.ly/1TTvRzY ) that Aaron Stein pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges including robbery, aggravated assault and making bomb threats in the June crime.

NEW YORK — Serena Williams says she’s ready to win tournaments, even though she hasn’t played in many recently. The 21-time Grand Slam champion has played in just one tournament since mid-September. She sat out the rest of the fall season to rest various injuries after her stunning loss in the U.S. Open semifinals. [...] the top-ranked Williams looked plenty sharp for most of that one tournament, the Australian Open. Later next week, she’s scheduled to return to competition at Indian Wells (Riverside County).

A San Francisco Superior Court judge affirmed that a lawsuit over Uber’s safety claims, airport rides and fee calculations can go forward, but ordered the parties — the ride-hailing company and the district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles — to pursue mediation. The lawsuit filed by the two district attorneys in December 2014 alleges that Uber misled customers about driver background checks, lacked permits to operate at airports and didn’t let regulators check the accuracy of its fare calculations. Читать дальше...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Department of Education officials were aware since at least 2011 about allegations of mistreatment at a now-shuttered boarding school for troubled teenagers but believed they didn't have authority to act, records released Thursday show. The department considered Midwest Academy in Keokuk an unregulated home school that wasn't subject to oversight, including rules that limit the use of detention and restraint of students, according to complaints and emails provided to The Associated Press under the open records law. Читать дальше...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe High School basketball team will not be competing in the upcoming state tournament after an incident on a bus left a player with a broken nose. School officials also placed head Coach David Rodriguez on leave, and the school district confirmed it's investigating hazing allegations. The video, released by state police earlier this week, did not include audio so it's unclear if the coaches were aware of the fracas taking place in the back of the bus.