Новости за 22.04.2016

The head of the University of New Mexico is criticizing how the U.S. Justice Department approached an investigation that found the school failed to follow federal law in handling sexual assault and harassment claims. The department sent a letter Friday to the university's president with findings from an investigation launched in December 2014, when the federal government urged colleges nationwide to improve the way they respond to allegations of sexual assault. Federal officials also said students... Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The principal of an elite prep school dealing with a series of sexual abuse allegations acknowledged Friday it represented a "dark moment" but said the school will emerge from the crisis strong and healthy. Since the revelations became public, Exeter has hired two law firms to examine abuse allegations: one to investigate the cases involving Schubart and another to examine the school's handling of misconduct allegations levelled at faculty members. Last week on campus it hosted... Читать дальше...

Attorney General Mike DeWine says there are no indications that any of the eight killed themselves, indicating that the killer or killers are still on the loose. Pike County's sheriff warns residents to take precautions and says they should consider the shooter or shooters "armed and dangerous." Bureau of Criminal Investigation spokeswoman Jill Del Greco says she doesn't have any other information yet, but Attorney General Mike DeWine plans to provide an update in Pike County later Friday afternoon. Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The customary jubilation accompanying Friday's opening of the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was tempered for some by sadness over the death of pop music icon Prince. The Southern Rock band Gov't Mule, one of Friday evening's closing acts, tweeted praise for Prince on Thursday and was expected to pay homage during its performance on the festival's Gentilly stage. Festival goers were greeted by sunny skies at the Fair Grounds Race Course, the horse racing track where the festival unfolds over two weekends. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The state attorney general has requested information from local authorities about a police officer's fatal shooting last week of a driver who had trapped him between his car and a police vehicle. The attorney general is authorized to investigate police shootings when either the person killed is unarmed or there are questions about the threat they posed.

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say flooding that's claimed eight lives and displaced thousands of people in the Houston area has caused more than $14 million in damage and inundated more than 1,700 homes.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dropped its color-coded terror threat index developed after the 9/11 attacks amid widespread confusion and ridicule. The Institute for Defense Analyses, a consulting firm, was hired by DHS to review the idea and found the index simplistic and misleading, noting that colors were a "disaster" for communicating terror threats. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press and when AP this week asked the agency whether it would move ahead with the index... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Clearwater Paper Corp. to pay a former employee $235,000 after ruling the company fired him for filing a report with a federal agency about unsafe working conditions at the company's sawmill in Lewiston, Idaho. The company fired Anthony Tenny in 2010 less than a month after an Occupational Safety & Health Administration inspection of the sawmill prompted by Tenny's complaint about high wood dust levels. Winmill also awarded about $77,000 in punitive damages in order... Читать дальше...

The suit said that the psychologists, despite having no expertise on al-Qaida, devised an interrogation program for the CIA that drew from 1960s experiments involving dogs and a theory called "learned helplessness." The lawsuit accused the two former Air Force psychologists, who worked as independent contractors for the CIA, of endorsing and teaching torture tactics under the guise of science. Torture methods they devised included slamming prisoners into walls, stuffing them inside coffin-like boxes... Читать дальше...

Speaking Friday at a meeting with Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Kerry lamented that the confusion about the new rules was impeding Iran's ability to get the full benefit of the nuclear deal, including access to formerly frozen funds held by foreign banks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, holding his young granddaughter, joined dozens of world leaders for a signing ceremony that set a record for international diplomacy: North Korea's foreign minister made a rare U.N. appearance to sign Friday, and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe brought applause when he declared, Life itself is at stake in this combat. The Paris Agreement, the world's response to hotter temperatures, rising seas and other impacts of climate change, was reached in December as... Читать дальше...

The coalition of environmental groups, including the San Juan Citizens Alliance and Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, argues in a 58-page complaint that the defendants failed to thoroughly assess the potential impact the plant and surface coal mine could have on the environment and public health before approving the 25-year extension last July. The lawsuit names the Interior Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, the... Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There were no obvious signs of trauma on Prince's body when he was found unresponsive at his home in suburban Minneapolis, and suicide isn't suspected in the musician's death, the local sheriff said Friday. Despite his debauched stage presence and erotically charged music, Prince had a reputation for clean living and an ability to put on shows that were electrifying in their athleticism. [...] after his death — following a series of canceled shows, a reported emergency plane... Читать дальше...

A spokesman for the city's Public Utilities Commission told the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1Vqwp17 ) that crews were on the scene Thursday evening to check out a depression when the pavement gave way and the hole appeared. There was no private property damage and no customers in the pricey Pacific Heights neighborhood had water or sewer service cut off.

A spokeswoman says it is not "practical" to bring the water with him. Snyder says investment trips have opened doors with foreign business leaders, resulting in jobs for Michigan.

The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is blasting a now-derailed effort to use a system of reds, yellows and greens to measure border security. The Wisconsin Republican says a bill he has introduced would include measurements that help the government decide how to spend money on border security. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson rejected a color-coded scheme to measure border security after hiring a consultant that dismissed the idea as simplistic and misleading.

(AP) — Bernie Sanders is sending mixed signals on whether he will persist in his pointed critique of Hillary Clinton's record as some Democrats urge the party to coalesce around the former secretary of state. Sanders largely gave her a pass Friday, except by implication, as he denounced the thinking behind the Iraq war, which she supported, and warned of the risks of pushing regime change, as he addressed and took questions from a crowd of some 2,000 in a gym, with hundreds more in an overflow room. Читать дальше...

Houston students are trying to change a horrible statistic with prom and graduation coming: car crashes are the number one killer of teens, according to the CDC. Houston area Future Farmers of America (FFA) students are trying to save lives and make local roads safer by encouraging teens and their parents to take a free online advanced driving skills course that's available to everyone.

Special edition pickup trucks - cooked up in the hopes of stirring buyer interest and bundling the most popular option or two - have been luring shoppers for years. Trouble is, all that specialness often adds up to little more some chrome bits here, some vinyl graphics there - and maybe some bolt-on running boards thrown in. Sure, its dominating black grille and black wheel-well flares may make the Rebel easy to spot in a sea of pickups at a Texas mall, but this recently introduced half-ton Ram's... Читать дальше...

Prince loved buying records.

School board member resigns over anti-Muslim Facebook posts ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school board member resigned Friday after backlash over posts she made on Facebook disparaging Muslims.

WARSAW — A historian in northeastern Poland says the moss-covered ruins of a German World War II bunker may hide Russia’s precious Amber Room, a national treasure that went missing during the war. The 18th-century Amber Room, made of amber panels and gold leaf, was fitted into Russia’s Catherine Palace near St. Petersburg, where it remained until it was looted by Germany’s Nazis in 1941.

[...] people log on to social media where they discover words that offend their delicate sensibilities. Sometimes the perennially offended even win a trophy for their troubles — such as the scalp of ESPN analyst and former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. In August, the network suspended Schilling for posting a tweet that likened Muslim “extremists” with German Nazis to illustrate that a small segment of a population can do a lot of damage. On his blog, “38 pitches,” Schilling called out “all of... Читать дальше...

Being a bigot on social media is probably not a smart career move, as former major-league pitcher Curt Schilling found out. ESPN fired him as a baseball analyst after he made comments on Facebook critical of transgender rights. The network had suspended Schilling last year over a tweet in which he compared Muslim extremists to Nazi-era Germans. Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley will be an “irreverent expose” about online marketing and social media. According to a tweet from TechCrunch’s Frederic Lardinois... Читать дальше...

The Kalamazoo Gazette and WXMI-TV report that $250,000 was donated anonymously to the Kalamazoo Promise free-tuition program for 10 students seeking teaching degrees at Western Michigan University. The money is in addition to tuition provided by the program and will cover room and board, books, transportation and other costs.