Новости за 29.03.2016

(AP) — The Marysville School District has approved an $8.1 million plan to replace a high school cafeteria where four students were fatally shot by a classmate who brought a gun to school in 2014. Officials say the school cafeteria has been closed since a 15-year-old boy shot and killed four students before turning the gun on himself on Oct. 24 2014.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's Fisheries Agency says an Indonesian government vessel gave no warning before firing on two Taiwanese fishing boats earlier this month and denies that the boats were poaching in Indonesian waters. The agency said in a report released late Monday that the fishing boats were hit by 17 bullets, including two that penetrated their cabins, in the March 21 incident.

MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine's parliament has accepted the resignation of the prosecutor general who has been accused of failing to deal with the country's endemic corruption. Ukraine's prime minister is also under pressure, and the parliament is expected to debate a motion to fire him later on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of Islamic extremists who earlier violently protested in Islamabad over the hanging of a man who killed a secular governor continued their demonstrations in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday, despite warnings from the government targeting extremists. Hours after Sunday's attacks, a breakaway Taliban faction, which publicly supports the Islamic State group, claimed responsibility, without offering further details. The attack shocked the nation and the army responded by launching... Читать дальше...

Wake County sheriff's investigators have not disclosed a motive for the Friday shootings, but one of the victim's relatives, Richard Sussman, tells the News & Observer (http://bit.ly/22WO01U ) that the slayings stemmed from a work dispute. Sussman says Sandy and Stephanie Mazzella were granted a temporary restraining order against Sander on the grounds that he threatened to kill them.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says a fire at a refugee camp near the border with Syria has killed three Syrian children and wounded six other people. The private Dogan news agency says the children were aged between 3 and 8.

(AP) — A former Macon animal shelter employee has been arrested after being accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars that had been donated to the shelter. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that 59-year-old Anne Brennaman was charged with fiduciary theft on Monday.

Politicians from both sides of Thailand's political divide have opposed the proposed constitution, which includes clauses for a fully appointed Senate, with seats reserved for senior military officers. In the run-up to its release, the military government banned criticism of the charter, and over the weekend detained a politician for a Facebook posting saying Prayuth should resign if the constitution is rejected at the polls.

An Egyptian government spokesman says the hijacker of an Egyptian aircraft forced to fly to Cyprus wanted to go to Istanbul but was told by the captain that he did not have enough fuel for the journey. The spokesman, Hossam al-Queish, also told the private CBC TV network that authorities could not confirm that the hijacker, identified as Egyptian national Ibrahim Samaha, had explosives on him. The director of the Alexandria airport, Hossni Hassan, says there were 26 foreigners on board, including eight Americans... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Prosecutors are rarely held accountable for misconduct and mistakes that have left innocent people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit, according to report Tuesday by a nonprofit group that investigates possible wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project's report coincides with the fifth anniversary of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a $14 million judgment to a former death row inmate who was convicted of murder after New Orleans prosecutors withheld evidence from his defense lawyers. Читать дальше...

Yvan Mayeur, who is facing criticism in the Belgian media for his own actions before and after the Brussels suicide bombings, said in Paris on Tuesday, There are certainly some analyses to be done on the investigation. Mayeur met Tuesday with the Paris mayor to discuss the French capital's responses to the November attacks on a Paris stadium, cafes and a rock concert. Mayeur is meeting Parisian first responders and holding a minute of silence for victims of last week's attack on Brussels' airport and subway system... Читать дальше...

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A former Massachusetts businessman convicted of luring a woman to a hotel room under the guise of a job interview is headed to prison. The victim told police that she was brought to Minichiello's Dover hotel room in September 2013 for an "interview."

(AP) — The Connecticut Appellate Court has upheld the 2013 conviction of a man found guilty of trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife during their divorce. Buzzeo's attorneys challenged the verdict, claiming evidence presented at trial failed to show that Buzzeo took a "substantial step" in a course of conduct intended to culminate in a murder, a legal requirement for conviction.

(AP) — Energy Northwest has unexpectedly shut down its nuclear power plant near Richland after operators received an indication that a system used to cool equipment wasn't working. The Tri-City Herald reports (http://goo.gl/2LNUSI ) the Columbia Generating Station was shut down Monday after operators were alerted to problems with the system that uses water to provide cooling to heat exchangers and pumps, including those that control the power level of the reactor.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A transit police officer has been stabbed in the head a day after a young girl was decapitated in apparently random knife attacks in Taiwan's capital. Mourners who gathered Tuesday at the site of the girl's murder prayed and left cards, candles and stuffed toys.

(AP) — Police say a drug deal in Hartford ended in a shootout that has left a man critically injured. Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley says it appears that only one person was wounded in the gunfire.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Modern medicine in the Washington area reverted to 1960s-era paper systems when one of the largest hospital chains was crippled by a virus that shuttered its computers for patients and medical staff. The FBI said it was investigating the paralyzing attack on MedStar Health Inc., which forced records systems offline, prevented patients from booking appointments, and left staff unable to check email messages or even look up phone numbers. A law enforcement official, who declined... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol complex was set to return to normal Tuesday, a day after police say officers shot and wounded a man who pulled a weapon at a security checkpoint as he entered the underground Capitol Visitor Center. Monday's incident, in which a bystander was slightly wounded, occurred at the tourists' entry point to a building that had heightened security even before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has had periodic scares ever since. With last week's suicide attacks in Brussels... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Donald Trump is trying to defy convention yet again in the 2016 race for president — this time, by winning an election in Wisconsin without the support of the state's influential conservative talk radio hosts. The Republican front-runner tried to lay some groundwork for his campaign in interviews Monday with three of the state's leading conservative talkers, including WTMJ radio's Charlie Sykes — to whom Trump confessed on-air not knowing that Sykes is a leading voice against his candidacy. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary legal fight pitting the Obama administration against technology giant Apple Inc. ended unexpectedly after the FBI said it used a mysterious method without Apple's help to hack into a California mass shooter's iPhone. The dispute had ignited a fierce Internet-era national debate that pitted digital privacy rights against national security concerns and reinvigorated discussion over the impact of encryption on law enforcement's ability to serve the public. Issa... Читать дальше...

Sanders is sweeping Western states but is struggling to overcome Clinton's significant lead with the delegates who ultimately will decide the Democratic party's nomination. Just as Clinton did in 2008, Sanders and his team are vowing to take their fight all the way to the party convention in July with an aggressive push for delegates in next month's contests in Wisconsin, New York and five northeastern states. [...] Sanders is casting himself as the most electable Democrat in the general election... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be meeting with Asian leaders in Washington this week as fears grow that long-smoldering tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the South China Sea risk flaring into conflict. World leaders, including those from China, Japan and South Korea, will be in town for a summit hosted by Obama on nuclear security — the final round in the U.S. president's drive for international action to stop materials that could be used for an atomic weapon or dirty bomb from getting into terrorist hands. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — He is the Republican Party's undisputed front-runner, yet Donald Trump's White House aspirations may now depend on a messy fight for delegates he is only now scrambling to address. Trump's campaign on Monday vowed to pursue legal action against the Republican National Committee to protect his recent victory in Louisiana, one of many states that feature complicated rules allowing campaigns to influence the presidential nominating process weeks or months after their votes have been counted. Читать дальше...

East LA teen finds escape from gang singing Mexican corridos LOS ANGELES (AP) — At first, the teacher didn't believe the 14-year-old kid known for habitually missing school and making trouble in class when he said he wanted to become a professional singer. For years, there were no music classes for students like Lara at Stevenson Middle School. The relationship between Shin and Lara shows the advantages but also the limitations of arts education as Los Angeles Unified School District and others... Читать дальше...

The proposed rule, along with a commitment from 60 medical schools to heighten training for prescribing opioids, will coincide with President Barack Obama's visit to Atlanta where he will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Sanjay Gupta at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit. Michael Botticelli, director of the National Drug Control Policy at the White House, told reporters in advance of the president's trip that the extra money being sought is an acknowledgement from Obama... Читать дальше...