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If we call the dark and moody detective movies from the mid-20th century “film noir,” what name can we give the existential-angst, character-driven films from the ’70s? If you’re talking about Raymond Chandler adaptations, like “Farewell, My Lovely” (1975) or “The Big Sleep” (1978), you’d call those neo-noirs — as in noir films made with a self-conscious awareness of operating within a tradition. Are there any sound remakes of silent films — and any English-language remakes of foreign films — that... Читать дальше...

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals took further steps Thursday to cut ties with ousted CEO Martin Shkreli, who’s now facing fraud charges, by announcing plans to buy back his shares and and “significantly” reduce his shareholder power. The small Brisbane biotechnology company, which emerged from bankruptcy last week, signed an agreement with Shkreli, a onetime hedge-fund manager who earned international notoriety last fall after he raised price of an anti-parasitic drug by more than 5,000 percent. “This... Читать дальше...

With the game’s outcome decided — Gordon’s South Bay Spartans team lost to Dream Team, 103-96 — the Mitty alum convinced a Dream Team guard to hand him the ball in the final seconds and then drove downcourt where he unleashed a 360-degree, between-the-legs throwdown, the kind that made him a runner-up in the NBA dunk contest this year to Zach LeVine. Gordon, a 6-foot-9 forward who plays for the NBA’s Orlando Magic, is joined by his brother, Drew, on the Spartans with the disclaimer that they... Читать дальше...

The group’s Peace and Security Council statement issued this week comes after a series of challenges for the 22,000-strong multinational peacekeeping force, including funding issues that left some troops without pay for the past few months. The statement says that under its exit strategy, security responsibilities will be transferred to Somalia’s military gradually between 2018 and December 2020.

NEW DELHI — Islamic extremists in Bangladesh hurled homemade bombs and traded gunfire with police guarding an Eid prayer service attended by hundreds of thousands of people on Thursday, killing two officers, a woman and an assailant. The attacks are an escalation in extremist violence that had previously mostly targeted individual atheist bloggers, religious minorities and others considered by militants to be “enemies of Islam.” Thursday’s attack hit the sprawling Sholakia grounds as huge crowds... Читать дальше...

Questions such as those are part of a new Danish citizenship test so difficult that more than two-thirds of applicants who took it for the first time in June failed, the Integration Ministry confirmed this week. The center-right government of Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, which has been tightening rules on immigration, has made little effort to hide the goal of the new test: to make it significantly harder to become Danish, as Europe struggles to cope with a refugee crisis. [...] critics of the test ... Читать дальше...

There are variations, of course — perhaps the wrong person is charged, perhaps the investigation is flawed, perhaps justice gets thrown under the bus of a flawed judicial system. [...] in literature, film and television, the procedural provides a useful way of arranging elements of crime storytelling. Correctly deciding that the series was worth salvaging, the show’s creators signed Robert De Niro to replace Gandolfini, but when he withdrew because of a scheduling conflict, John Turturro was hired to play John Stone... Читать дальше...

Non-Latinos, Leguizamo says, need to “reboot” their understanding (or lack thereof) on the subject, and Latinos need to “un-brainwash” themselves — a point driven home for Leguizamo, he says, when he saw his middle-school-age son watching a Western and “like, identifying with his captor, you know.” Sure, in seeking to educate his son (which rapidly starts to feel like a flimsy vehicle for the rest of the show), Leguizamo throws out historical figures like Moctezuma, Cortés and Pizarro, but for most of us... Читать дальше...

Lee Wolosky, special envoy at the State Department for closing Guantanamo, and his counterpart, Paul Lewis, at the Pentagon, defended the administration's efforts to minimize the risk to national security when transferring detainees. Defense officials, in conjunction with the intelligence community, then review the receiving country's ability to mitigate any possible threat. "Under no circumstances is the Obama administration simply opening the gate and releasing dangerous terrorists onto the street," Engel said. Читать дальше...

(AP) — The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has warned that continued uncertainty over state funding for tuition-assistance grants could jeopardize the academic success of thousands of low-income college students. The budget provides $151 million to cover grants made to students this spring through the Monetary Award Program but doesn't provide funding for grants for the upcoming school year. The university said it credited unfunded grants to student accounts for tuition, room and board last year school... Читать дальше...

BERLIN — German lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that will make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints if they rejected their attacker’s advances with a clear “no.” The change in the law will help increase the number of victims who choose to press charges, lower the number of criminal prosecutions that are shelved and ensure sexual assaults are properly punished. According to figures cited by Heiko Maas, the country’s justice minister, only one in 10 rapes in Germany is... Читать дальше...

The state lottery announced on Thursday that Yokasta Boyer, of Clifton, found the Jersey Cash 5 ticket from an April 2015 drawing and was able to file her claim about two weeks before the ticket expired in April.

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican court declared Thursday it had no jurisdiction to prosecute two journalists for having published confidential information after an eight-month trial that drew scorn from media rights groups around the world. [...] the president of the four-judge tribunal, Judge Giuseppe Dalla Torre, asserted the Vatican had no jurisdiction over the Italian journalists and ruled there wasn’t sufficient evidence to show that any such criminal organization existed. Journalists Emiliano Fittipaldi... Читать дальше...

The Onondaga (ahn-uhn-DAH'-gah) County Sheriff's Office says an 8-year-old girl and her father were riding on an inner tube towed by a motorboat Wednesday evening on Skaneateles (skin-ee-AT'-luhs) Lake. Deputies say the girl is in critical condition with head and leg injuries and her father is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan is considering how to punish Democrats for last month's House floor sit-in, even as the chamber's top Democrat mocked the GOP threats and didn't rule out reviving the disruptive move to demand gun votes. Democrats resumed a different form of protest Thursday, as scores of lawmakers trooped to the House microphone holding photographs of people killed by guns and asked the House to debate legislation tightening background checks for firearms buyers. Lewis, a Democratic... Читать дальше...

U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton granted a motion by the law firm representing Christie's office to quash a subpoena by Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly, who face trial in the fall on charges they conspired to close lanes to create traffic jams in 2013 to punish a Democratic mayor for not endorsing Christie. Baroni, a former high-ranking Christie appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, contend the Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher law... Читать дальше...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio college student awaiting trial on a charge he tried to rush the stage at a Donald Trump rally is not being permitted to go to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. DiMassimo has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegally entering a restricted area.

Erick Knezek (KIH-neh-zik), a Republican member of the Lafayette Parish School Board and CEO of an engineering company, announced Thursday he is suspending his campaign for the 3rd Congressional District seat. At least six other contenders remain in the race, including former gubernatorial candidate Scott Angelle and Clay Higgins, a former sheriff's captain dubbed the "Cajun John Wayne."

Cal’s Matt Anderson named to Lou Groza Award Watch List Cal junior kicker Matt Anderson was among 30 players named to the 2016 Lou Groza Award Watch List, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced Thursday. Anderson is the first Bears player on the list since Vicenzo D’Amato was a national semifinalist in 2013. In his first season as Cal’s starting kicker, Anderson led the 2015 team in scoring — and tied for the third-most in school history — with 104 points.

Comey said his staff told him that Petraeus didn't hide materials in his attic insulation, but that investigators found classified material in an unlocked drawer of a desk in a ground-floor study. [...] Petraeus pleaded guilty last year to knowingly sharing binders of classified information with his biographer, a woman with whom he was having a sexual relationship. "In that case, you had vast quantities of highly classified information ... not only shared with someone without authority to have it... Читать дальше...

Lafayette Mayor-President Joel Robideaux named 25-year veteran officer Reginald Thomas as interim chief. The applicants include a former Arkansas police chief, the current University of Louisiana at Lafayette police chief and two applicants with law degrees. Requirements for the position include 10 years of law enforcement experience and a bachelor's degree.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa State University student was critically hurt when he fell from the roof of a sorority house on campus. Ames Police Commander Jason Tuttle tells KCCI (http://bit.ly/29CNxjW ) that officers were investigating a report of several people on the roof of the Delta Delta Delta sorority house around 11:15 p.m. Saturday when 21-year-old Matthew Beth fell. Beth sustained a severe head injury and was flown to a Des Moines hospital for treatment. Police believe Beth was under the influence of alcohol when he fell. Читать дальше...

West #Oakland spot coming soon on Market and 35th. Small little coffee shop and savory pastries type ish from #LocoL A photo posted by roy choi (@ridingshotgunla) on Jul 6, 2016 at 11:10am PDT Related Links Locol opens in Oakland; fast food meant to serve community Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson launched the first East Bay location of their “revolutionary” fast-food concept LocoL in Uptown Oakland earlier this year and have made known their plans to open another in East Oakland. But it turns out that... Читать дальше...

Cable car bell ringing competition has new twist this year: A woman contestant Cassandra Griffin, a cable car conductor who has worked for the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency for about 15 years, will compete Thursday against six men for the coveted title of Bell Ringing World Champion. Participants — the best of the city’s conductors and grips, as determined in a preliminary competition — will take to the cable cars at noon in Union Square to recreate his or her best showmanship experience... Читать дальше...

The identity of a dead man whose body was found floating in a San Pablo Bay channel more than a year ago remains elusive, and the sheriff’s office in Solano County is now turning to the public for help after exhausting forensic tools. Despite the body’s condition, investigators were able to rule out foul play after not seeing any obvious signs of trauma, like bullet wounds or head fractures. Investigators also think he likely lived a vagrant lifestyle near Bay Area waterways because the shoes he was found wearing ... Читать дальше...