Новости за 23.05.2016

A bomb threat at Ben Franklin Elementary School in Rochester results in students being sent to nearby Mayo High School on Monday until police said it was safe to return. Forest Lake Elementary school in the city of Forest Lake was also evacuated after a bomb threat call around 12:15 p.m. School district spokeswoman Renee Reedy says police and firefighters searched the school but found nothing.

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore officer was acquitted of assault and other charges Monday in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a second straight blow in their bid to hold police accountable for the black man’s death from spinal injuries suffered in the back of a police van. The judge who decided Officer Edward Nero’s fate in the non-jury trial concluded Nero played little role in the arrest and wasn’t responsible for the failure by police to buckle Gray in during the jolting ride. Upon hearing the verdict... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The singers enter single file, taking slow, deliberate steps as they intone a soft melody. The all-volunteer a cappella groups sing, when invited, at the bedsides of the elderly and terminally ill in hospitals, nursing homes and private residences. Singing to the dying has been done for centuries worldwide, mostly in the privacy of people's homes, says Kate Munger, founder of Threshold Choir, a Santa Rosa, California, group that's credited with helping launch the modern hospice choir movement. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Classes at several schools in Wisconsin have been disrupted by threatening phone calls, similar to incidents at other schools across the country and in the United Kingdom. Officials with the Appleton School District described the threat to an elementary school there as "a short and anonymous automated phone call."

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister hailed “big successes” Monday by government troops after launching an offensive to retake Fallujah from Islamic State militants, but the operation promises to be one of the toughest challenges yet for the country’s struggling security forces. Troops recaptured some agricultural areas in Garma, a district along the northeastern edge of Fallujah, under intensified Iraqi air strikes and heavy artillery, said Col. Mahmoud al-Mardhi, who leads Shiite militia forces in the operation. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled decisively Monday in favor of a Death Row inmate in Georgia, chastising state prosecutors for improperly keeping African Americans off the jury that convicted him of killing a white woman. The justices ruled 7-1 in favor of death row inmate Timothy Tyrone Foster in underscoring the importance of rules they laid out in 1986 to prevent racial discrimination in the selection of juries. [...] Georgia courts had consistently rejected Foster’s claims of discrimination... Читать дальше...

Ahead of Cosby hearing, excerpts from quaalude deposition PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby is due in court Tuesday so a judge can decide whether there's enough evidence to send 12-year-old sex-assault accusations to trial in suburban Philadelphia. Prosecutors this past year reopened Andrea Constand's complaint that Cosby drugged and molested her after his deposition in her related lawsuit surfaced and dozens of other accusers came forward. In his testimony, Cosby describes giving drugs and alcohol... Читать дальше...

[...] in an application filed this month in County Clare, Ireland, the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel cites the threat of global warming in seeking a permit to build a nearly two-mile-long stone wall between it and the Atlantic Ocean. Trump’s application, first reported Monday by Politico, cites local regulations pertaining to “rising sea levels and increased storm frequency and wave energy associated with global warming.” An attached environmental impact statement says that almost all... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Sexual misconduct remains a destructive force in the armed forces and military communities, a U.S. senator said Monday in a report that urges Congress to take more aggressive steps to end sex crimes in the ranks. “The military justice system is still dysfunctional, the problem of sexual assault is still pervasive and survivors still don’t believe they will get justice,” said Gillibrand, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee. Many lawmakers and senior... Читать дальше...

After three military combat tours in war-torn Iraq, Chase Millsap returned home to get on with a civilian life, but there was one thing he couldn’t do: leave a comrade behind, certainly not one who had saved his life. Especially not the former Iraqi military officer who, because he had worked with the Americans, was now living a precarious existence as a refugee dodging Islamic State militants seeking to kill him. [...] for the past two years Millsap has been fighting a different kind of battle... Читать дальше...

After spending his first day in Vietnam shuttling among meetings with different government leaders, Obama will spend the next two days speaking directly to the Vietnamese people and meeting with civil society groups and young entrepreneurs. Tracing the arc of the U.S.-Vietnamese relationship through cooperation, conflict, “painful separation” and a long reconciliation, Obama marveled during a news conference with the Vietnamese president that “if you consider where we have been and where we are now... Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL — An ambitious summit to revamp humanitarian aid and global responses to modern-day crises opened Monday in Turkey with lofty goals and financial targets overshadowed by concerns that key participants are violating refugee rights and humanitarian law. The guiding principles of the summit include conflict prevention and resolution, strengthening the protection of civilians, and reducing humanitarian funding shortfalls. Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for the Budget and Human Resources... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — A series of coordinated explosions including suicide bombings rocked two normally quiet coastal government strongholds in Syria on Monday, killing more than 80 people and wounding 200 others, state media and opposition activists said. The targets included bus stations, a gas station and a hospital, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict as world powers struggle to restart peace talks in Geneva. Shortly afterward, TV reports and residents said suicide bombers followed by a car laden... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas parents want a judge to scrap results from a statewide standardized test that is under new scrutiny after a computer glitch this spring lost thousands of student answers.

VIENNA — Left-leaning candidate Alexander Van der Bellen won the election to become Austrian president Monday, but his right-wing rival was only narrowly behind, a result that reflects the growing strength of anti-European Union political movements. Right-winger Norbert Hofer had been narrowly ahead of Van der Bellen, a Greens politician running as an independent, after the counting of votes cast on Sunday. The results ease the scenario that Austria’s political landscape could immediately move... Читать дальше...

What might have initially appeared as just a standard Netflix post revealing its new seasonal movie list actually contained an important detail: beginning in September, the streaming service will become the "exclusive US pay TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar."

(AP) — A man accused of aiding a foiled plot to bomb a Kansas military post on behalf of the Islamic State group pleaded guilty to conspiracy on Monday, admitting that he loaned a friend money to store the explosives that he intended to use in the attack. According to prosecutors, Blair lent John T. Booker $100 to pay for storage of a bomb that Booker planned to detonate in April 2015 outside of the Fort Riley military post, which is about 60 miles west of Topeka. Booker planned the IS-inspired... Читать дальше...

Anti-corruption prosecutors said Monday that from 2007-2009 Romania's National House of Health Insurance signed amendments to an existing contract with HP Romania SRL, the Romanian office of the software company, for updating the institution's software.

Automakers will often brag about successful crash tests, but we don't often hear (or see) vehicles that score on the lower end of the 5-star scale.

While white voters continue to abandon the Democratic Party, small gains with white women could help put likely nominee Clinton over the top if the November election is close. Democrats believe these women could open up opportunities for Clinton in North Carolina, where President Barack Obama struggled with white voters in his narrow loss in the state 2012, and even in Georgia, a Republican stronghold that Democrats hope to make competitive. The businessman also has previewed an argument focused on national security... Читать дальше...

San Francisco Opera Guild celebrated the Benefactors of Opera Ball 2016: La Révolution et L’Amour with an exciting cocktail party at the home of Ann & Gordon Getty on May 19, 2016.  Opera Ball Co-Chairs, Sandra Farris and Patricia Sprincin, delighted guests with special details of the Opening Night Gala and thanked sponsors and donors of the event. Opera Ball 2016 is a gala benefit on Friday, the 9th of September celebrating San Francisco Opera’s 94th season and opening-night performance of Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier. Читать дальше...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to bulldoze four houses surrounding his Palo Alto home home — including one he paid $14 million for — and replace them with four smaller houses.

Thirty-four-year-old Eric Warfel faces charges that include abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence at a trial that began Monday afternoon in Medina County, south of Cleveland. Medical examiners couldn't determine how Ember died because of her body's state of decomposition.

State Troopers say 20-year-old Joshua Yaska returned with an SUV and tried to help other inmates flee the facility in Fairbanks. Online court records show Yaska has past misdemeanor convictions for misconduct, assault and violating the conditions of his release.

Louis CK has added an additional Bay Area stand up date to his already extensive summer tour kicking off this week in Mashantucket, Connecticut, per an official newsletter email Monday morning.