Новости за 09.04.2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Friday the nation's highest court needs more diversity of personal backgrounds and professional experience, speaking as a vacancy has refocused attention on the court's makeup. Sotomayor and some of her colleagues have said before that the high court could benefit from more diversity, but her remarks Friday come in the fraught context of a nomination in unusual limbo. Since conservative Justice Antonin Scalia's January death left Democratic... Читать дальше...

Spieth still leads as McIlroy charges The Masters, going back to all four rounds last year, has been all about Jordan Spieth, who once again is atop the leaderboard. DeChambeau, trying to become the tournament’s first amateur champion, was within a stroke of Spieth with one hole to play in the second round. [...] it will be Spieth, the defending champion and No. 2 player in the world, paired in the final group for Saturday’s third round with Rory McIlroy, No. 3 and seeking the Masters to complete a personal Grand Slam. Читать дальше...

The Texas senator is well-positioned to pad his total Saturday, when 13 more delegates will be chosen at Colorado Republicans' state convention. [...] they were all included on the senator's slates and are largely state party officials who said they were barred from signing a formal pledge for Cruz but have promised to back him in balloting at the convention. Cruz also appeals to Colorado Republican activists who dominate party functions — a deeply conservative, religious crowd with a libertarian streak.

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal scrutiny has intensified on Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital as authorities 300 miles away went door-to-door handing out flyers searching for a patient accused of killing a woman who had escaped the 800-bed facility two days earlier by crawling through a window of a lower-security ward. Western State Hospital in Lakewood, south of Seattle, had already been under investigation for attacks on patients and staff and a failure to improve safety when Anthony Garver... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to a person the former House speaker sexually abused when the victim was a 14-year-old wrestler on a team coached by Hastert, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday that details allegations by five former students. The filing recommends that a federal judge sentence Hastert to up to six months in prison for violating banking laws as he sought to pay one of his victims, identified in court documents as "Individual A," to ensure the person kept quiet. Читать дальше...

Nevada announced the hiring of Hufnagel, along with former LSU assistant Ronald Dupree, in a news release Friday afternoon. Hufnagel had been on paid leave since the university’s decision to oust him in March after an investigation determined he had sexually harassed a female reporter in 2014 and 2015. Last week, Nevada beat Morehead State in a three-game series for the College Basketball Invitational title. “I met Yann nearly a decade ago and his track record as an assistant at three high caliber... Читать дальше...

Minnesota left wing Thomas Vanek will miss the start of the team’s first-round playoff series with an upper-body injury. St. Louis signed rookie defenseman Joel Edmundson to a two-year, $2.1 million contract extension. ...

Scientists have developed an imaging process that for the first time, they say, can identify and track the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in people’s brains, even when there are no symptoms — a development that could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment for a disease that has become more pervasive among the growing number of older Americans. To date, doctors have largely depended on a range of diagnostic tools — from rigorous patient and family interviews to cognitive testing and blood samples ... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools officials say 247 members of the Chicago Teachers Union reported for work on April 1, the day teachers walked out classrooms to highlight funding woes. District officials said none of the striking teachers would be disciplined, just unpaid.

A Tucson man has filed a lawsuit challenging Arizona's presidential primary results, saying voter registration and Election Day balloting problems render them illegal. John Brakey's lawsuit seeks an order rescinding certification of the results and remedies that might include a new election. An attorney representing Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign says he won't challenge the result of Arizona's problematic presidential primary. Sautter says contesting the election results... Читать дальше...

Someone called in a threat to Google’s Mountain View campus Friday afternoon, prompting some buildings at the facilities to be evacuated, officials said. The incident started around 3:30 p.m. after someone made a threat, but the details of the call were not immediately known, said Katie Nelson, a Mountain View Police spokeswoman. Mountain View Police and Google security were on scene evaluating the situation and searching the area.

Black Cedar Trio: An ensemble of guitar, flute and cello performs chamber music by Bach, Debussy, Durwynne Hsieh and more. Noon. Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., S.F. www.noontimeconcerts.org. NOFX: The veteran Bay Area punk band breaks in the new Berkeley theater; timed with the release of the band autobiography, “NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories.” 8 p.m. The UC Theatre, Berkeley. www.theuctheatre.com.

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal scrutiny intensified Friday on Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital as authorities 300 miles away went door-to-door handing out flyers searching for a patient accused of killing a woman who had escaped the 800-bed facility two days earlier by crawling through a window of a lower-security ward. Western State Hospital in Lakewood, south of Seattle, had already been under investigation for attacks on patients and staff and a failure to improve safety when Anthony Garver... Читать дальше...

Hirsch came under scrutiny in 2007 after concluding that retired police detective James Zadroga, who died of lung disease, wasn't sickened by inhaling toxic ground zero dust, as a colleague in New Jersey had ruled. Hirsch believed Zadroga, who died in 2006, got the lung disease that killed him by injecting ground-up pills into his bloodstream, leaving traces of the pills in the lung tissue. [...] a third medical examiner later found glass fragments in Zadroga's lungs and declared he died of "dust... Читать дальше...

Las Vegas Sands is paying a $9 million fine to settle a regulatory investigation that painted an unflattering picture of the casino owner’s expansion into a gambling mecca in China. The company, controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, had conceded in its 2012 annual report that it had probably violated the bookkeeping and controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that prohibits overseas bribery. The SEC alleges Las Vegas Sands violated anticorruption laws shortly after it connected... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The federal government and big energy companies lost an important round Friday in their effort to block a climate change lawsuit by young plaintiffs who contend the U.S. is failing to protect them from the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions. Oral arguments before Coffin last month drew hundreds of people who came to show their support for the youths, who contend the release of dangerous carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere is a violation of their constitutional rights. Lawyers... Читать дальше...

West of Highway 13 and due east of Claremont Country Club stands a striking Mediterranean that’s been around since 1956. Terra cotta tiles coat the rooftop and complement the pink stuccoed exterior. Inside, original hardwood flooring sets the scene for a light-filled interior boasting built-in art alcoves, a stacked stone fireplace and a mixture of traditional and modern public rooms. French doors off the dining room open to an expansive backyard with multiple patios, a pool and a wood-burning pizza oven.

Basking in one of San Francisco’s most active neighborhoods, this fully modernized home in the Inner Mission features more than 1,000 square feet of Ipe decking and floor-to-ceiling windows. Sliding doors open to the home’s landscaped yard and brick patio, while the roof deck hosts 360-degree views of the city and landmarks like Sutro Tower. Caesarstone counters and ceramic backsplashes adorn a contemporary chef’s kitchen with Thermador appliances. Built-in speakers capitalize on the home’s Sonos Wi-Fi system... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say a jail inmate is back in custody after he bolted from law enforcement in downtown Seattle and then impaled his thigh on a fence while running away. King County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cindi West says detectives checked the man out of jail Friday to do an interview with them in a county administration building.

(AP) — SpaceX resumed station deliveries for NASA on Friday, and in a double triumph, successfully landed its booster rocket on an ocean platform for the first time. Engines slowed its descent, supporting legs popped out and the final touchdown appeared neat and clean. "The rocket landed instead of putting a hole in the ship — or tipping over — so we're really excited about that," SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk told reporters at the Florida launch site. Bigelow Aerospace, the Nevada... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The fatal shooting of a homeless man came less than a minute after San Francisco police arrived in their patrol cars in response to a report of a knife-wielding suspect. The shooting Thursday morning of Luis Gongera, 45, came amid federal and internal reviews of the San Francisco Police Department's use of deadly force prompted by officers' fatal shooting of a young black man carrying a knife in December. Investigators with the SFPD and the city's district attorney's office... Читать дальше...

This remodeled two-story home boasts an open floor plan brightened by designer lighting, a deck in the backyard and high ceilings for added volume. Go to www.innermission modern.com to learn more. Listing agent: Michelle Hunter, Vanguard Properties, (415) 828-3258, michelle@vanguardsf.com; Jason Gorski, Vanguard Properties... Читать дальше...

Last week Trump shared the video with the millions of people who follow him on Twitter and Facebook as he tries to secure the Republican nomination for president. Given the message board’s reputation as an unruly and sometimes extreme corner of the Internet, it is perhaps not surprising that the video pushed the boundaries of campaign promotion: By turns grave and winking, it borrowed an apocalyptic narration by actor Martin Sheen from a 2010 trailer for the video game “Mass Effect 2.” [...] that... Читать дальше...

The best Wi-Fi music systems for 2016 Cnet rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 (Outstanding) Google’s budget audio dongle pipes music to any stereo from the most popular streaming apps on your smartphone. It’s simple and works well, with direct compatibility for most major music services, and even more supported via the Chrome browser plug-in and on the Android app. The ability to feed 24-bit/96-kHz music to an external digital analog converter will please audiophiles. Some notable music services, including iTunes... Читать дальше...

Just Approved: A low credit score doesn’t have to mena the end of the road. Backstory: A series of Bay Area borrowers rejected a young client but sent him to Alex Greer, who is well versed in the complexities of the buyer’s purchasing scenario. The borrower had a credit score of less than 620, and all of the down payment was coming from an employer. Federal Housing Administration purchases with a 620 credit score are something that Alex Greer has certainly funded in the past, but $120,000 coming from the employer as the down payment... Читать дальше...