Новости за 08.05.2016

After a gray weekend that saw short, scattered showers throughout the Bay Area, residents can expect a return to sunny afternoons beginning Sunday, stretching well into the week ahead. Temperatures in San Francisco will hover around the mid to upper 60s, while areas inland will see temperatures in the 70s, potentially nearing even 80 degrees. Despite the persistent gray skies over the weekend, the Bay Area didn’t net much in terms of rain totals. Santa Clara saw the most at about a half inch for the three-day period... Читать дальше...

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — A teenager in Ohio got a treat on prom night: a surprise date with a Cleveland Browns player. The 6-foot-5, 313-pound guard picked Wright up in a limo bus, posed for photos in the historic downtown square and accompanied her to the dance.

[...] today’s big news on Warriors guard Stephen Curry is … well, really no news at all. Head coach Steve Kerr said Curry looked good but remains doubtful for Game 4 on Monday night. [...] yes, Kerr did leave open the possibility Curry will play in Game 4, if his sprained right knee responds well to Sunday’s workout. Curry has not played in two full weeks, since he slipped on a wet spot in Houston and injured the knee on April 24. Kerr acknowledged the Warriors probably would place Curry on a... Читать дальше...

Five activists who refused to eat for 17 days, along with hundreds of their supporters, planned to hold a general strike Monday at City Hall in their push for the removal of San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr, raising the spectre of disrupted city business and renewed clashes between sheriff’s deputies and protesters. Following more than two weeks of subsisting on chicken broth, coconut water and juice, the demonstrators known as the Frisco Five ended their hunger strike Saturday after being hospitalized for deteriorating health. Читать дальше...

UConn and the State Elections Enforcement Commission will help conduct the routine audit, which is required by state law. Merrill says state election officials trust the machines and the results, but the results must be verified.

Trump's ascent as the presumptive Republican nominee makes some of Obama's main achievements more likely to survive after the next president takes over. Trump's policy prescriptions, while full of contradictions and short on specifics, are generally closer to Obama's than those of Trump's closest GOP rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. "From starting his political campaign on the back of a birther conspiracy about the president to promising to overturn the many accomplishments of the Obama administration... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he's all for bringing together the Republican Party, but the many GOP officials he's branded losers and lightweights will have to fall in line because the voters have spoken. [...] his latest verbal lashings, after moving from presidential front-runner to presumptive nominee last week, also suggest a candidate increasingly isolated from the very leaders he might need to support him ahead of a tough November election. For now, Trump is brushing off rejections... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Facebook's No. 2 executive Sheryl Sandberg says she never realized how hard it is to be a single parent until her husband died a year ago. In a touching Mother's Day weekend post on Facebook, Sandberg says the odds are stacked against single moms. Sandberg writes that she never realized how many events such as father-daughter dances there are at schools and how hard they are for children without dads. The U.S., Sandberg says, is the only developed economy in the world that does not provide workers paid maternity leave. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Rita Moreno says it was the hip-hop musical "Hamilton" that inspired her to bust a rhyme while delivering the commencement address at the Berklee College of Music. The actress and singer showed off her rapping skills at the Boston school on Saturday.

Florida man bitten on thumb after mistaking gator for dead (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man was bitten by an alligator after mistaking it for dead.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require all Rhode Island preschools to test their tap water each year for lead. Federal rules only require schools to test tap water for lead if they rely on their own water supply, usually from a well.

Biographical information about the leading candidates to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer. EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree from Howard University, 1986; law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1989 EDUCATION - Economics degree from Chapman University, 1982; MBA from American University, 1984 EDUCATION - Undergraduate degree, University of California, Berkeley, 1983; law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law, 1987 EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree, Harvard University... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government and university officials were given until Monday to tell federal attorneys whether they would stop enforcing a new law blocking LGBT protections, particularly provisions requiring transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond to their biological sex. The governor said there was no comparison between civil rights laws that forbid racial discrimination and the Justice Department's claim that the federal law also protects transgender people. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nursing homes are increasingly evicting their most challenging residents, testing protections for some of society's most vulnerable, advocates for the aged and disabled say. "When they get tired of caring for the resident, they kick the resident out," said Richard Mollot of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, a New York advocacy group. The American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes, defends the discharge process as lawful and necessary to remove residents... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government and university officials have until Monday to tell federal attorneys they won't enforce a new law limiting which public bathrooms transgender people can use. The law has been criticized by gay rights groups, corporate executives and entertainers who demand its repeal.

(AP) — Nevada state wildlife veterinarian Peregrine Wolff worked at zoos in the Midwest, with farm animals in Florida and exotic species on movie sets in Hollywood. Ed Partee, a state game biologist who's spent much of his 24-year career rebuilding bighorn populations, drew the grim task of tracking and gathering the carcasses of the 27 sheep. "Having to kill an animal like that is probably one of the worst feelings I've ever had in this job," said Partee, a native Nevadan who grew up fishing and... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Brownsville Elementary second-graders got their first taste of computer programming with Edison, a small robot wobbling inside a thick, black line of magnetic material. Students suggested possible uses for the technology: an invisible dog fence, a hiker's digital trail of breadcrumbs, a racetrack for driverless cars. [...] children here are doing cutting edge work with robotics, three-dimensional printing, digital music composition and other forms of coding. The new devices allow for virtual sharing of ideas among students... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Evansville elected leaders will again consider a plan to tear down blighted and vacant buildings across the city. The Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/1q7lwU8 ) reports that Mayor Lloyd Winnecke plans to ask the City Council on Monday to use $1.7 million in riverboat casino rent payments to finance the program.

CAIRO (AP) — Libya's new prime minister called on the international community to help the country bolster its fight against terrorism on Sunday, urging the lifting an arms embargo and release of funds that remain frozen under U.N. sanctions. Speaking at the Arab League in Cairo, al-Serraj, prime minister of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord, said the Libyan people were suffering and needed both the arms and assets to battle the extremist Islamic state group. Libya has been torn apart among rival militias... Читать дальше...

The woman's identity has not been released pending notification of her family. Police charged Hoffman Saturday night with first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Department of Defense says a soldier from Seattle has died in Iraq in a non-combat related incident. Bauders was assigned to the Washington State National Guard's 176th Engineer Company of Snohomish, Wash.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science is commemorating the 25th anniversary of Disney's animated classic "Beauty and the Beast" with a cast-and-crew reunion at its Beverly Hills headquarters that will include lead voice actors Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson and Angela Lansbury. [...] there'll be one notable absence at the Monday night celebration — the film's Oscar-winning composer, Alan Menken. Menken is incorporating the 1991 film's songs, which he co-wrote with the late Howard Ashman... Читать дальше...

The first open Senate seat in a generation has spawned a low-key contest this spring to determine which candidates advance to the November election. Three lesser-known Republicans are also running: former state GOP chairmen Tom Del Beccaro and Duf Sundheim, and entrepreneur Ron Unz.

1st female commander of Texas A&M Corps of Cadets reflects COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — While she may still have one semester left before she says goodbye to Texas A&M University, outgoing commander of the Corps of Cadets Alyssa Michalke is thankful for her past four years in the longstanding student organization. Leading the largest Corps since 1970 and helping to facilitate the record-high grade point averages throughout the organization, Michalke largely places the credit on her leadership team and subordinates for the successes. Читать дальше...

The performance Saturday, May 7, revealed a spacious essay that inundated the stage with handsome bodies almost constantly in motion. Artistic Director Celia Fushille commissioned the work from Pickett, resident choreographer of the Atlanta Ballet, because of the huge and deserved success here of her “Petal.” “Oasis,” despite its spiffy trappings, offers fewer challenges, yet the warm reception Saturday evening suggested audience satisfaction. From the dimly lit backs of stationary dancers and three women on pointe... Читать дальше...