Новости за 09.07.2016

A group of state senators who earlier this year visited Colorado — the first state to legalize recreational marijuana — said edibles now comprise roughly half the retail market there and pose among the greatest public health concerns for regulators. Critics say marijuana-infused food often contains levels of THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, several times more potent than the smokable forms of the drug and pose unique risks of overconsumption. According to the organization backing the Massachusetts ballot question... Читать дальше...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Food Network star Sandra Lee are continuing their motorcycle tour of New York state to raise awareness about breast cancer. The event is also intended to celebrate a new law requiring hospitals to extend hours for mammograms and eliminating insurance costs for the procedure.

Poland's foreign minister says that a group of four central European countries would like to hold talks with Britain to discuss its separation from the European Union and its future status "in a civilized way." Two Conservative women running to become Britain's next leader are facing a question that wouldn't be raised if there were male candidates for the job: A political maelstrom erupted Saturday after contender Andrea Leadsom suggested in an interview that her status as a mother gives her an advantage over rival Theresa May... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood of online images and statements about suffering and enslavement at the hands of the extremist organization. When the U.S. formed an international coalition in September 2014 to fight IS, the administration outlined multiple goals: military action and cutting off foreign fighters and finances... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Minnesota's capital kept its cool entering a third straight day of protests over the killing of a black man at the hands of police, with demonstrators encamped outside the governor's mansion looking set for the long haul. Authorities in St. Paul had reported just a single arrest of someone who had been in a crowd that at one point numbered 1,500 people, there to demand justice in the death of 32-year-old school cafeteria supervisor Philando Castile during a suburban traffic stop. The following night... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Wanda Melton has voted for every Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1980, but now the Georgia grandmother plans to cross over to support Democrat Hillary Clinton. Some Republicans worry Trump's approach — his unvarnished, sometimes uncouth demeanor and his nationalist and populist arguments — guarantees his defeat, because the same outsider appeal that attracts many working class and even college-educated white men alienates other voters with a college degree. Ann Robinson... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Police say a Georgia police officer and his assailant should survive a shootout that began with an ambush only hours after a sniper in Dallas killed five officers and wounded seven more. Stephen Paul Beck, a 22-year-old recovering drug addict, is accused of calling 911 to lure police to his apartment complex in Valdosta and then opening fire. Officer Randall Hancock's protective vest took some of the bullets, but he was hit once just below it, in the abdomen, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman Scott Dutton said. Читать дальше...

The Black Lives Matter movement isn't backing down, despite concerns about a backlash after the killings of five police officers by a black sniper in Dallas. The youthful organizers seem determined to keep up their pressure with angry marches, waving off criticism from some that they bear responsibility for the killings. Many others — including such civil rights icons as U.S. Rep Congressman John Lewis — say the protests must remain peaceful to achieve justice. The movement has grown as fatal... Читать дальше...

In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic, police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill an armed suspect in the fatal shootings of five officers in Dallas. While there doesn't appear to be any hard data on the subject, security experts and law enforcement officials said they couldn't recall another time when U.S. police have deployed a robot with lethal intent. The strategy opens a new chapter in the escalating use of remote and semi-autonomous devices to fight crime and protect lives. "If... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Friends and family of a black Army veteran accused of shooting at passing cars and police on a Tennessee highway are struggling to accept that he became violent in response to police killings of African-Americans. Because he was always nice to me and my wife and everyone around here. Scott — allegedly armed with an assault rifle, a pistol and a large amount of ammunition — was wounded in the shootout and remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition. In preliminary conversations on Friday... Читать дальше...

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — The Dallas sniper had been sent home from Afghanistan after being accused of sexually harassing a female, and was described as a loner who followed black militant groups on social media. Micah Xavier Johnson, who fatally shot five officers and wounded seven more before police killed him with a remote-controlled bomb on Friday, lived with family members in the blue-collar suburb of Mesquite, where he played basketball for hours at a time. According to a court filing Glendening read over the phone Friday... Читать дальше...

Apple recently became the latest company to give the GOP's presumptive nominee the cold shoulder; it won't contribute money or products to the Republicans' big shindig in Cleveland this month. In previous election cycles, though, several of them have given Republican organizers more — sometimes far more — in cash or donated products than they have the Democrats, making their pullback from the Republican gathering this year more dramatic. In many cases, however, their decisions became known after civil rights groups launched a public effort ... Читать дальше...

Cline says it took a while to get Seattle Parks and Recreation to let go of framed originals of the Olmsted Brothers' now-renowned plan for the city's parks, which gave residents literally hundreds of vistas. [...] Parks relented and took the framed drawings off the wall, and they were transferred to the archives. Because of his early understanding of the potential of the internet, he helped Seattle become one of the first cities to provide its citizens with digital access to its history. Maybe... Читать дальше...

Back at school, Schnarr joined the campus group Students Engaging in Conversations about Consent and Sexuality (SECCS). [...] in April, she heard about a new student initiative called Pitt Break Out Campaign, which had invited victims of assault and their allies to share their stories publicly or anonymously online. Schnarr received mostly positive reactions, but some of her friends and family members expressed surprise that she had chosen to go public. Or rather, "Why not?" That's the message... Читать дальше...

Culinary school deployment is dream for military wife If I follow my dream and career, it would mean two years completely apart because, with culinary school, there are no summer breaks. If your husband were deployed to a war zone for two years, there would be a long separation. A degree from Le Cordon Bleu will enhance your career path in the future, which would benefit both of you. Do what you can now, but you may have to wait until you are older and on your own to become fully active in the causes you feel are important. Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Nepartak has weakened to a strong tropical storm as it lashed China's eastern coast, bringing powerful winds and heavy rains. The water resources department of Fujian province says authorities have evacuated nearly 230,000 people living in risky areas and ordered 33,200 fishing boats to return to port. China's meteorological center says the storm made landfall around 1:45 p.m. in the municipality of Quanzhou, packing winds of 90 kilometers (55 miles) an hour. The typhoon left two dead and 72 injured in Taiwan.

Anger swelled in in the Giants dugout, from manager Bruce Bochy down, and they repaid the Diamondbacks and their starter in a painful way, by turning the game on its head, scoring the next six runs and beating Arizona 6-2 Friday night. Bochy charged out of the dugout and got ejected after home-plate umpire Quinn Wolcott warned both sides, arguing Corbin should have been tossed on the spot for at the Giants' All-Star catcher twice. Brandon Crawford then fired up the karma wagon and hit a two-run homer into the Arcade to tie the game... Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) — A black Army veteran upset about fatal police shootings of black men and bent on exterminating white police officers killed five lawmen in a sniper attack that layered new anxiety onto a nation already divided about guns and how police treat African-Americans. Micah Johnson, who donned a protective vest and used a military-style semi-automatic rifle, was killed by a robot-delivered bomb after the Thursday evening shootings, authorities said. [...] he wrote, "evil always fails. Johnson... Читать дальше...

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to mark a historic train journey by Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi during the final day of his South African visit.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in most parts of Kashmir on Saturday, a day after government forces killed the top rebel commander in the disputed Himalayan region, officials said, describing it as a major success against rebels fighting Indian rule. Burhan Wani, chief of operations of Indian Kashmir's largest rebel group Hizbul Mujahideen, was killed in fighting Friday after Indian troops, acting on a tip, cordoned a forested village in the southern Kashmir's Kokernag area... Читать дальше...

The missile was fired from a location near the North Korean coastal town of Sinpo, where analysts have previously detected efforts by the North to develop submarine-launched ballistic missile systems, said an official from Seoul's Defense Ministry, who didn't want to be named, citing office rules. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said that the missile likely flew only a few kilometers (miles) before exploding midair, but the Defense Ministry official couldn't confirm the report. The latest launch... Читать дальше...

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The letter, dated Saturday, calls on Xi to release all lawyers and others it said were unlawfully detained, and ensure that the detainees can pick the lawyers who represent them and are provided medical treatment and visitation rights.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied in Midtown Anchorage in the wake of two black men fatally shot by officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and the deadly ambush on officers in Dallas, Texas. The Alaska News Dispatch reports (http://goo.gl/nWU0ta ) that Jacobs told the crowd she was troubled by the shootings and wanted to do something to bring people together as a show of unity.

In a 7-foot-wide studio decorated with cards and posters he's printed, Parrett operates a 1929 letterpress the same way the first newspapermen in Montana did, reported the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/29m8tZd). Letter by letter, the professor has created posters, business cards and invitations at his Territorial Press, "largely a philosophical enterprise." [...] Parrett is partnering with artist Seth Roby to make a letterpress book that will include nine stories he's written and 13 wood engravings. Читать дальше...