Новости за 13.06.2016

(AP) — Senators said Monday they will stall efforts to clean up sales taxes unintentionally charged on items like school lunches and Girl Scout cookies, until lawmakers in the House agree to more taxes for next year's budget than they've supported so far. In the current tax session, Gov. John Bel Edwards proposed to remove those sales taxes imposed on things like tickets to school athletic events, donations to food banks, firefighting equipment purchases and prosthetic devices. The House agreed... Читать дальше...

Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged heavy gunfire Sunday and Monday in a serious escalation of tensions at the border, leaving at least 13 people wounded on the Pakistani side and killing at least one Afghan police officer, according to officials in both countries. Ghuncha Gul, a Pakistani official in the region, said the Afghan side started shooting late Sunday when construction work began on a new gate on the Pakistani side. [...] Gen. Zarawar Zahid, police chief of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province... Читать дальше...

Theranos’ reputation has already been damaged after it issued tens of thousands of corrected or voided results to former patients, and has been subject to investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco, and federal and state health regulators. “In light of the voiding of a number of test results, and as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rejected Theranos’ plan of correction and considers sanctions, we have carefully considered... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is expected to spend his final primary night meeting with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton — not before thousands of cheering supporters — as his campaign seeks to influence Clinton's agenda against Republican Donald Trump. After spending a long weekend in Vermont, Sanders will meet Tuesday with Senate Democrats during their weekly luncheon, following up on meetings last week with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the party's incoming Senate leader. Читать дальше...

Eager to grow in competitive video gaming, Electronic Arts has announced plans to substantially expand competitions for its own titles, starting with the Madden football games. The 2015 “Call of Duty” world championships had a $1 million prize pool, as did a recent Major League Gaming event that featured some of the world’s best “Counter-Strike” players. Snapchat is turning its app into a bigger hub for advertising, announcing plans Monday to place commercials in a new spot and simplify the process of buying ads. Читать дальше...

Analysts are saying that Apple's upcoming updates to its Siri voice assistant should help the company address criticisms that it can't compete on artificial intelligence. Apple is now opening Siri to apps made by other companies, and like Google and Microsoft, it's bringing the digital assistant to desktop and laptop computers. Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy explains it as Apple using non-personal information in aggregate to teach Siri new tricks, then having all the personalization take place on the individual device. Читать дальше...

Julie Stroyne, a trauma nurse at UPMC-Presbyterian, was walking in downtown Pittsburgh Saturday night after her wedding reception when she and others from her wedding party saw the ailing woman. The newlyweds didn't get the woman's name and don't know her condition, since once paramedics arrived they "kind of stepped back."

Microsoft agreed to pay $26.2 billion in cash for LinkedIn, the Redmond, Wash. software giant’s largest acquisition to date. The deal brings together an established tech powerhouse that made its name on desktop PCs and a Web upstart that grew out of the ashes of the first dotcom boom. [...] over time, the companies will build ties between LinkedIn’s database of users and Microsoft’s software that make it an even more powerful challenger to the likes of Google, Salesforce, and Oracle. In announcing the transaction... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman frustrated with inaction on gun control said Monday he's done with the moments of silence typically held on the House floor after mass shootings, calling them "obnoxious expressions of smug incompetence." Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes says he will leave the House floor when the chamber pauses to honor 49 people killed at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning. The Democrat's Connecticut district is close to Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fitness trackers routinely measure physical activity such as running and cycling and encourage people to stand up and walk around throughout the day. The efforts could give Apple's smartwatch an image boost over stand-alone fitness trackers such as Fitbit, though the target market isn't likely large enough to significantly lift sales. Apple partnered with two groups that promote physical fitness in disability populations, the Lakeshore Foundation of Birmingham, Alabama, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation of San Diego. Читать дальше...

Investors backing the deal included private equity firm Silver Lake, which said it would double the $500 million investment in convertible notes in Symantec it announced in February. Private equity firm Bain Capital, which is the majority shareholder in Blue Coat, said it will invest $750 million in convertible notes.

Defense lawyers for a Pennsylvania congressman on trial in Philadelphia accuse the Justice Department of smearing a long-time public servant through the racketeering case. [...] he says the money a friend spent on his children's nanny, his wife's Porsche and their Poconos vacation home was not part of a bribery scheme. The political consultants admit they helped carry out an illegal $1 million loan scheme during Fattah's 2007 mayoral campaign. A federal prosecutor says U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah "found... Читать дальше...

The Voice - Season 10THE VOICE — “Live Top 9” Episode: 1016B — Pictured: Adam Levine — (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) ADAM LEVINE has personally offered to pay for former THE VOICE finalist CHRISTINA GRIMMIE’s funeral arrangements, according to her brother. The Maroon 5 frontman mentored the 22-year-old on season six of the hit singing show in 2014, helping her reach the final and finish in third place. But following her tragic death in Orlando, Florida, after 27-year-old... Читать дальше...

Part of the challenge is that many of Apple’s users had previously paid for music by buying each song or album through iTunes, rather than paying a $9.99 monthly subscription to stream music. The redesign makes it easier for users to find the songs they have already paid for through iTunes in the past on their devices. Apple Music was Apple’s answer to declining iTunes sales, as consumers shifted from purchasing music to streaming it on their devices. Apple was able to get into the streaming music business more quickly by acquiring Beats... Читать дальше...

70th Annual Tony Awards - Press RoomNEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber poses in the press room at the 70th Annual Tony Awards at Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/WireImage) ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER has made a donation of $1.3 million towards musical theatre programs for public schools in the United States. The Broadway composer’s grant is an extension of the program Lloyd Webber has implemented in the U.K., during which he introduced violins in schools. Читать дальше...

CBSLOS ANGELES – JULY 24: CBS Radio performer Janet Waldo, models school fashion. She is the star of the Meet Corliss Archer radio series. Hollywood, CA. Image dated July 24, 1945. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) JANET WALDO, the cartoon voice over actress who worked on The Jetsons and The Flintstones, has died. The 96-year-old died on Sunday, five years after being diagnosed with a benign but inoperable brain tumour. Waldo’s most famous creation was that of Penelope Pitstop in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. Читать дальше...

Michael Fabiano and Mariusz Kwiecien hadn’t even finished singing their Act 2 duet when the applause began, rolling into the War Memorial Opera House like some kind of weighty sonic fog. If the opening performance as a whole never quite emerged as a dramatic masterpiece, chalk it up to the age-old truth that opera doesn’t begin and end with the singing. [...] we have one more go-round — the third and hopefully the last — for director Emilio Sagi’s murky and inert production, with Zack Brown’s ornate... Читать дальше...

From across the world, officials and public figures are expressing condemnation and shock over the Florida mass shooting at the Pulse Orlando nightclub on Sunday, when police say a gunman wielding an assault-type rifle opened fire, killing at least 49 people and wounding dozens. Paris City Hall began paying respects in the afternoon with a display of American and rainbow flags, while French President Francois Hollande condemned the mass killing as an attack on freedom. France feels deeply the... Читать дальше...

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A school security guard accused of sexually assaulting a student has pleaded not guilty. Luis Manco entered his plea Monday during a court hearing in Elizabeth. The 43-year-old Watchung man was arrested last week on sexual assault and child endangerment charges. Union County authorities say Manco touched the victim inappropriately at Elizabeth's iPrep Academy School throughout this school year. He was suspended from his job without pay following his arrest. Manco remained jailed Monday on $100,000 bail.

The newly opened Clement Hotel is now the third of Chen’s properties in a row on El Camino Real that also includes the Sheraton and the 16-year-old Westin Palo Alto, and it’s clearly designed to charm Silicon Valley travelers used to everything on demand — and every luxury. High-end brands in the boutique hotel — just 21 one-bedroom suites and two deluxe king rooms — include Matouk bed linens, Frette towels, 65-inch Samsung Smart TVs, Toto Washlet toilets, Nespresso Vertuoline coffeemakers, Voss... Читать дальше...

[...] the hotel seems to have taken wing — and the new name of Monarch Beach Resort — in a style sure to attract social butterflies, if not its namesakes. The sprawling 400-room hotel overlooks the newly expanded, multilevel pool complex, which seems to cascade into the Robert Trent Jones-designed Monarch Beach Golf Links, which in turn tumbles down to the eponymous beach. If you tire of the bright Southern California sun shining on the infinity-edge pools and lounging deck, slip into the new Miraval Life in Balance Spa... Читать дальше...

The immediate reactions on social media to the killings at Pulse, a popular gay dance club, etched a portrait of our national divisions, our mutual mistrust and our inclination to know what we think even when we lack all the facts. Even before President Obama spoke Sunday afternoon, there were declarations of great certainty that he would attribute the massacre to guns and not “Islamism” — and would therefore feed support for Donald Trump. At 12:43 p.m., he turned to his communications medium of choice and tweeted... Читать дальше...

For a cheese lover, savoring Europe means savoring its cheeses — they’re not only part of the cuisine, they’re part of the culture. In France, a love for beauty and tradition includes a fondness for artisan cheese that comes in wedges, cylinders, balls and mini hockey pucks, and they’re sometimes powdered white, gray or burnt marshmallow. Whether at a restaurant or cheese shop, try at least four types: a hard cheese (such as Cantal), a flowery cheese (such as Brie or Camembert), a blue or Roquefort cheese, and a goat cheese. Читать дальше...

No one does summer festivals quite like Montreal (even if it’s just to make up for spending half the year under 9 feet of snow), and while everyone knows the city’s international events for jazz, comedy and world cinema, the most visual of the bunch is probably the least known beyond Canada’s borders. The Montreal Cirque Festival (July 7-17) features circus artists from around the globe performing a range of acrobatics, dance, comedy and visual arts, with 60 shows inside seven main venues, as well... Читать дальше...

An order for a bowl of ramen noodles is filled, right, at Ippudo in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Related Links Itani, Shiba, and now Ippudo: It's an East Bay Ramen-aisance Japanese firms bring new competition to Bay Area ramen craze All signs seem to point to yes. As reported this past January, plans have been in the works for acclaimed ramen chain, Ippudo, which has outposts around the globe from Asia to Australia, to open its first West Coast restaurant in Berkeley. Now, according to a newly-posted ABC license... Читать дальше...