Новости за 29.07.2016

The new Sandy Hook Elementary School opened to the public for the first time Friday, containing no obvious memorials to the 26 people who died inside the old school nearly four years ago but created with them in mind. The $50 million replacement for the school torn down after the December 2012 massacre was designed in a forest theme with the goal of being attractive, environmentally friendly, conducive to learning and, above all, safe. Visitors will need to pass through a driveway gate, across... Читать дальше...

A federal judge ordered the prison term for former Indianapolis Park Tudor School coach Kyle Cox, who pleaded guilty in May to a charge of coercion and enticement. Authorities say Cox was 31 when he sent sexually explicit online messages, texts and photos to the female student and tried to arrange for her to visit his home in the Indianapolis suburb of Fishers for sexual activity while his wife and children were away in mid-December. "Schools should be places of safety for children where they can grow... Читать дальше...

The notion of refusing to defend NATO allies who don't pay their bills, for example, or of buddying up to Putin despite his aggressive stances is jarring to Democrats and Republicans alike. Trump also praised the Russian president for having "better leadership qualities" than President Barack Obama and indicated he'd consider lifting sanctions against Moscow and recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea. [...] his offhand invitation for Russia to help unearth the deleted emails from Clinton's State... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — Hamada Bayloun is not particularly religious, but across his entire upper back spreads a large tattoo of the most revered saint in Shiite Islam, Imam Ali. The 30-year-old Bayloun got his tattoo a few months after the war began, partly as a response to attempts to bomb Shiite shrines in Syria and Iraq. “We can’t respond with car bombs, but (through tattoos) we can show our strength and love for the prophet and his family,” he said, referring to Islam’s prophet Muhammad, who was Ali’s cousin and father-in-law. Читать дальше...

SRINAGAR, India — Authorities reimposed a curfew to prevent a protest march to the main mosque in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city Friday, but fresh street demonstrations and clashes still occurred at more than two dozen places amid outrage over the killing of a top rebel leader earlier this month. Army soldiers fired at protesters in a village in northern Kupwara district, injuring at least three teenage boys who attacked their camp with stones and tried to barge into it, police said. The curfew... Читать дальше...

A couple of weeks ago while waiting for coffee I overheard a discussion that sounded familiar:  The unpleasant aspects of staying with a job you hate. Most people can relate to that sinking feeling when you have a job that just doesn’t match your interest or see no future growth but you need to keep

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a wave of Twitter attacks on Michael Bloomberg on Friday, responding to the sharply anti-Trump speech the former New York City mayor delivered this week at the Democratic National Convention. The digital fusillade came just 12 hours after Trump said at campaign rally in Iowa that he wanted to take a swipe at some of the Democratic convention speakers but had been talked out of it. A spokesman for the former mayor, the founder of the financial news and information provider Bloomberg LP... Читать дальше...

Military fighter jet crashes in Southern California, killing pilot The jet went down around 10:30 p.m. Thursday during a training mission in the vicinity of Twentynine Palms (San Bernardino County), according to a statement from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the aircraft’s base in the San Diego area.

ST.-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France — Muslims and Christians joined in Friday prayer at the mosque in the Normandy town where an elderly priest was slain this week, with one imam chastising the extremists as non-Muslims who are “not part of civilization” or “humanity.” The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as the attack in Nice, where 84 people were killed by a man who plowed his truck down a seaside promenade on Bastille Day. The head of the main Muslim umbrella group, Anouar Kbibech... Читать дальше...

[...] 10 years after he handed control to his brother Raul, Cuba’s former leader has taken on a powerful new role in a country suffering an economic crisis and debating its direction in a new era of normalization with Washington. After a decade out of the public eye, Fidel Castro has surged back in the run-up to his Aug. 13 birthday as the inspiration for Cubans who want to maintain strict Communist orthodoxy in Cuba in the face of mounting pressures to loosen political control and allow more private enterprise. Читать дальше...

(AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court says the Leake County school district can be sued after a special education student was beaten unconscious with a belt on a school bus in 2013. Justices say state law requires school districts to "hold the pupils to strict account for disorderly conduct," meaning Leake County was required to discipline bullies.

Hillary Clinton’s advantage going into the final evening of the Democratic National Convention was her nonstop determination. The former first lady and secretary of state never gave up on her bid to become the first female American president. Supporters touted the feminist role model as a great mother first. The mommy focus served not only to humanize Clinton, but also to distract from the reckless judgment that has dogged her professional life. President Obama talked about how everyone in the public spotlight makes mistakes. Читать дальше...

Ellen Griesedieck and her American Mural Project were awarded a $1 million matching state grant to help transform two old mill buildings in Winsted, one of Connecticut’s first mill towns, into a visitors center and gallery space to house a 3-D mural 120 feet long and 10 feet wide. Since Griesedieck envisioned the project 15 years ago, she has held workshops with 10,000 students across the country and gotten support from both little- and well-known names, including Paul Newman, Muhammad Ali and tennis pro Andre Agassi. Читать дальше...

A video posted on Facebook on Sunday shows Gianni Mandile pulling the fish most of the way in before dad Joseph Mandile grabs the shark's tail and pulls it onto the sand while taking care not to get bit.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says the announcement that South Florida has four cases of mosquito-transmitted Zika virus isn't just a public health crisis but an economic one as well for the tourist-dependent state. Rubio said Friday during a campaign event in the Miami suburb, Doral, that the federal government needs to quickly distribute money to combat the spread of the virus. Congress left on a seven-week vacation without giving the Obama administration any of the $1.9 billion it sought for mosquito control... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' regional office has recommended that a proposed copper mine in southern Arizona be denied a federal Clean Water Act permit. The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/2aabn1R ) that the Corps' Los Angeles regional office this week sent a recommendation to the agency's San Francisco-based South Pacific Division Commander's Office.

(AP) — Pennsylvania's attorney general says her office has a new agreement on the governance and operations of Milton Hershey's multibillion-dollar charitable trust that controls the candy maker that bears his name. Kane says the agreement developed from an investigation into the Hershey Trust's compliance with a 2013 agreement and shouldn't affect the candy maker.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were: 16-24-33-38-44 (sixteen, twenty-four, thirty-three, thirty-eight, forty-four)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were: 2-3-8-0, Fireball: 5 (two, three, eight, zero; Fireball: five)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were: 4-2-2, Fireball: (four, two, two; Fireball: zero)

A crew on the ground is combing a remote area owned by a private timber company until thick fog lifts in the early afternoon. Don Wharton, spokesman for the plane's parent company, REACH Air Medical Services, says flights at night are common and he's trying to remain hopeful. REACH Air Medical Services says in a statement that the plane was carrying the pilot, a flight nurse, a transport medic and a patient.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were: 0-0-0-8 (zero, zero, zero, eight)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were: 2-0-5 (two, zero, five)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Florida-based energy company has announced an $18.4 billion deal that would give it an 80 percent stake in Texas' largest electric utility. NextEra Energy Inc. said Friday that it's buying Oncor from its parent company, Energy Future Holdings, which entered one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history in 2014.

CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowLastChg.WHEAT5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushelSep411½412¾403½410¼Dec438440¼431¼437¼Mar462¼464455½462May475½476468½475¼Jul482½483½475¾482¼Sep494494½490494½Dec509¼512½509¼512½Mar525¼526¾525¼526¾May530½Jul519¾522¼519¾522¼Sep522¼Dec539¼Mar539¼May539¼Jul539¼Est. sales 88,374. Thu.'s sales 94,769Thu.'s open int 476,964, up 4,400CORN5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushelSep331¼333¾328¾331¼Dec338¾342336338¾Mar347½350½345347½May353¼356350½353¼Jul358½361¼355¾358½Sep362¾365¾360½36