Новости за 05.03.2016

Connie Belton, 65, a retired homemaker from Wichita, Kansas, had a message for Republicans who are uneasy about the potential nomination of Donald Trump as she voted in Kansas on Saturday. Crampton, 31, says the race for the party's presidential nominee "was just too important to me to sleep in." Twenty-year-old Halie Saldana emerged from Lewiston Middle School in Maine wearing a Ted Cruz sticker on her shirt, and said she hopes she also gets a chance to vote for the Texas Republican in the general election. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas substitute teacher is accused of kissing a male student several times because she wanted revenge against her fiance. According to an arrest report, the Harney Middle School teacher and the victim met during an extracurricular program for students from her school and Las Vegas High.

(AP) — A Philadelphia-area school district superintendent has apologized for a class skit in which students dressed in Ku Klux Klan-like outfits, calling the activity "inappropriate" and showing "poor judgment." Superintendent Richard Dunlap of the Upper Darby School District sent a message of apology to parents and the community Friday after a photo of the students surfaced on social media Thursday night.

Curry returned from a sore left ankle to score a game-high 33 points in the Warriors’ victory over Oklahoma City on Thursday, and Iguodala gutted out 14 minutes with left hamstring tightness. Kerr said Iguodala didn’t have a setback or re-tweak his injury against the Thunder, but the team wants to be extra cautious the 32-year-old, especially considering that the Warriors also play Monday - a home game against Orlando.

Thousands of bargain hunters hit Oakland museum sale Tucked between rows of musty-smelling books, Donna Ryan sat down and pulled a wrinkled list from her purse: “Incense, cloth napkins, a wrist watch, tango shoes and vintage travel books.” The 56th annual White Elephant Sale, sponsored by the Oakland Museum Guild, drew thousands of people to a 96,000-square-foot warehouse in Oakland Saturday. Last year, the event raised $2.1 million for museum programs and despite the rain, record numbers of thrifty... Читать дальше...

Customers at a Minnesota gas station saw a golden Labrador retriever appear to drive the semi across a road Friday. The Free Press of Mankato (http://bit.ly/1Ruc58b ) reports a passer-by discovered the dog sitting in the driver's seat when he jumped into the truck to stop it.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steady rain fell in Northern California and fresh snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada as the first of several powerful storms expected to slam Western states this weekend made its way inland Saturday, ending a dry spell and raising hopes the drought-stricken state can get much needed precipitation. Droves of snowboarders, skiers and sledders packed Sierra slopes while tourists braved wet weather and visited San Francisco landmarks before the arrival of a blustery storm forecast for later in the day. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign, with voters in five states getting their say Saturday in nominating contests (all times Eastern Standard Time): Wilkerson praised the GOP front-runner and denounced Republican rival Marco Rubio, a Florida senator who faces Trump in the state's big March 15 primary. In a low-key campaign speech in Traverse City, Michigan, he said: "I'm not really worthy, to tell you the truth." Susan Mendenhall is 62 and describes herself as a "one-woman... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 17-year-old Somali refugee critically wounded in a high-profile police shooting in Utah fled to the U.S. from a refugee camp where food was scarce, scorpions scurried everywhere and a toilet was a hole in the ground. [...] things took a turn and he began to get in trouble with police after his beloved grandfather suffered a brain injury in a car accident, his cousin Muslima Weledi said. The family joined a relatively large refugee population in Salt Lake City, where a healthy... Читать дальше...

Bears basketball game day: Arizona State: F Eric Jacobsen (7.1 ppg, 5 rpg), F Obinna Oleka (9.8 ppg, 6 rpg), F Willie Atwood (8.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg), G Tra Holder (14.5 ppg, 3.5 apg), G Kodi Justice (8 ppg, 2.4 apg) The Bears had their seven-game winning streak snapped Thursday with a 64-61 loss at No. 18 Arizona. In the final 1:52, Cal squandered an eight-point lead to fall short of becoming just the second team in the past four years to win at the McKale Center. Though Cal currently shares third place in the conference standings with Arizona... Читать дальше...

A powerful storm moving in from the northwest is predicted to drench the Bay Area with more than an inch of rain and slam the region with blustery winds Saturday, forecasters said. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory that will extend from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and a flash flood watch for the region from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. Winds are expected to blow at 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. “Expect significant stormy conditions, high winds, a lot of heavy rain — the weather... Читать дальше...

The engaging but overstuffed concert that opened the Other Minds Festival at the SFJazz Center on Friday night only served to reconfirm a time-honored artistic truth. In the first of three weekend concerts, Executive and Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian packed the lineup with new and recent works by five of the composers on this year’s roster of invited guests. [...] long-windedness aside, the evening boasted its share of pleasures — chief among them the extraordinary contributions of Nordic Voices... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy is giving another chance to thousands of sailors who otherwise would be kicked out for repeatedly failing their physical fitness tests because they exceeded body fat limits. The Navy allowed about 2,400 sailors who passed a preliminary test under the new rules to stay in, reducing the number of failures on their records from three to one, said Navy spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen. A 2014 Pentagon study found that roughly two-thirds of Americans would not qualify... Читать дальше...

Can pitching-strapped Dodgers threaten the Giants? Brett Anderson is out with back surgery, and with the Dodgers facing Arizona at Camelback Ranch on Saturday, it’s a big day for Kenta Maeda, who signed as a free agent with the Dodgers after many successful years in Japan. Two innings, controlling those emotions, and just the fastball command, that’s what we’ll be looking for. [...] with that brief update, here’s a video tour of the Dodgers’ facility:

Last month, Cal hired Jake Spavital as its offensive coordinator. The Bears open spring practice Monday with starting vacancies at quarterback and throughout the receiving corps. Though depth chart decisions could linger into fall camp, coaches recognize that the next six weeks are a chance to gather valuable information. Here is a detailed position-by-position breakdown of Cal’s roster, complete with head coach Sonny Dykes’ comments: Replacing perhaps the greatest quarterback in program history is no easy task. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Wesleyan University professor has filed a federal lawsuit against the school alleging administrators mishandled an investigation into sexual harassment complaints she made against a dean. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/1RNozdD) the lawsuit brought by Associate Professor Lauren Caldwell claims discrimination and retaliation after she approached Andrew Curran in 2013 about sexual comments he had allegedly made toward her.

(AP) — In response to a surge in reports of anti-Muslim bullying — students being called terrorists, having their head scarves ripped off and facing bias even from teachers — schools are expanding on efforts deployed in the past to help protect gays, racial minorities and other marginalized groups. Civil rights organizations and other advocates have been working more closely with schools since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, stirred a new backlash that led the U.S. Justice Department... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The University of Wyoming Cowboys suspended five players for the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament in Las Vegas for unspecified reasons. UW coach Larry Shyatt says junior guard Morris Marshall, sophomore forward Hayden Dalton, freshman guard Justin James, freshman forward Andrew Moemeka and freshman guard Austin Conway have been suspended for the remainder of the season.

Workers this winter are stripping planks off the hull of the 106-foot sloop and replacing parts of its frame for a massive overhaul for the Clearwater. Back in the '60s, when the Hudson was notoriously fouled by sewage and factory waste, he promoted the idea of building a boat to get people to "learn to love their river again." Kids aboard the "sailing classroom" help steer with the tiller, test water quality and — in a nod to Seeger — sing old songs. To keep the boat seaworthy, Clearwater has... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — When it comes to water, only about half of Americans are very confident in the safety of what's flowing from their tap, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, which found that trust is even weaker among minorities and people with lower incomes. The lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, has been in the headlines for months, and more than half of Americans believe it's a sign of widespread problems in the U.S. About seven in 10 drink tap water, but about half of them first run it through a filter. Читать дальше...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio university says actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks will help dedicate the school's newly renovated motion pictures center. Wright State University says Hanks also will participate in an invitation-only gala to raise funds for the Tom Hanks Scholarship and Visiting Artist Program.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A program offering pre-kindergarten scholarships to low-income Indianapolis families is seeing demand far beyond its funding goal. Republican Gov. Mike Pence declined last year to apply for as much as $80 million in federal grants for early childhood education, saying he was concerned about the potential of federal requirements being tied to funding that could have hindered Indiana's program. Pence has said he's committed to studying the issue, but that he'll wait for pilot... Читать дальше...

Erik Arvidsson and four of his ski team buddies crammed onto the tiny podium in Sochi, Russia. A tragedy has bonded this young squad — the next generation of American racers — even tighter together. "Every day, when I look at a course or the hill, I find something that I know one of those two guys would be psyched about," said Arvidsson, 19, who won the world junior downhill title last week on the same venue as the 2014 Sochi Games. Some were skiing related ("Ronnie was sure of what he wanted... Читать дальше...

NYC jury to weigh whether shooting of gay man was hate crime Elliot Morales has been charged with murder as a hate crime in the 2013 shooting death of 32-year-old Mark Carson.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African gold miners infected with lung diseases brought on by repeated exposure to the dust of the mines have won a multimillion dollar out-of-court settlement. Lawyer Zanele Mbuyisa, who said the case was settled out of court, has been working with human rights lawyers from the London-based firm Leigh Day since 2012, collecting the stories of miners in rural South Africa and neighboring Lesotho.