Новости за 02.08.2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of the Democratic National Committee and two other top officials have resigned in the wake of an email hack that embarrassed the party on the eve of its presidential nominating convention. The resignations are the latest fallout from the hacked emails, which exposed an apparent lack of neutrality in the primary race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, with some party officials disparaging Sanders. A cybersecurity firm they employed found traces of at... Читать дальше...

Stanford will make trips to Kansas, SMU and the Advocare Invitational in Orlando, according to the Cardinal’s 2016-17 nonconference schedule announced Tuesday. In the first season of the Jerod Haase era, Stanford could face up to six teams away from campus who made the 2016 NCAA Tournament: the Jayhawks, Miami, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Weber State and Seton Hall. The Cardinal’s final nonconference road game will be a Dec. 19 matchup at SMU, which won 25 games last season. In early September, confirmed... Читать дальше...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police are looking for a man who robbed a Wilmington fast-food store at gunpoint. The agency said in a news release that late Monday a man walked into a Dunkin Donuts on Kirkwood Highway. Troopers say the man displayed a handgun and demanded cash from an employee. Police say the employee gave the robber money. The robber then ran away.

Smoke and flames poured out of street-level manholes and more than 350 homes lost power after an underground equipment fire ignited early Tuesday in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, officials said. Reports of booms, power failures and a small fire in an underground vault containing Pacific Gas and Electric Company equipment along Hyde and Geary streets came in around midnight, officials said. Both PG&E and San Francisco Fire Department crews responded to the scene, but the fire burned out on its own... Читать дальше...

When you’re headed for blissful hiking or biking trails, do you resent having to carry a backpack? Part of the Low Rider MTB collection from CamelBak, the Palos is designed to carry the water weight and cargo weight on the hips, lowering your center of gravity and increasing stability. The waist pack design allows you to bring along enough gear for a half-day excursion, while allowing your upper body to move and stay cool on hot days. Inside the water reservoir pocket, compression webbing help... Читать дальше...

Guests can take one of the resort’s orange beach cruisers into the quaint town of Duck, less than 4 miles away, or check out the nearby 2,600-acre Audubon Pine Island Sanctuary. Balconies serve as outdoor living rooms and oversized bathrooms gleam with stone tiling in guest rooms, where the new design palette reflects the sandy surroundings. Two dune-side pools with fire pits encourage lingering outdoors, while locally sourced restaurants such as the fine-dining Kimball’s Kitchen, casual Lifesaving... Читать дальше...

Barbra Streisand holds the distinct honor of scoring a No. 1 album in each of the last six decades, starting with 1964’s “People,” which means for most of us she has been a constant presence since the beginning of time. Movie Partners Sing Broadway. Each ticket purchased online comes with a copy of the album, which features 74-year-old Streisand performing duets with a slate of as-yet-unnamed singers who, according to a press release, include “some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.”

Country superstar Kenny Chesney, who co-headlined the inaugural concert at Levi’s Stadium two years ago, will return to the Santa Clara venue this weekend. The singer is making a tear for the charts again by recruiting Pink to join him for the soothing duet “Setting the World on Fire,” the latest single from his “Cosmic Hallelujah” album, which is due for release in October. [...] he’s got some equally popular guests joining him for his Spread the Love tour, with Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt and Old Dominion all on board.

Burt Reynolds-Hal Needham marathon: “The Bandit,” San Francisco filmmaker Jesse Moss’ rip-roaring documentary about the collaboration and friendship between one of the biggest movie stars in the world and his stuntman-turned-director, makes its television premiere this weekend on CMT, and to celebrate, the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission is hosting a free screening of the documentary, which closed the San Francisco International Film festival in May. Afterward, the New Mission will screen a ticketed... Читать дальше...

Outside Lands night shows keep music going Once the music stops in Golden Gate Park, fans at Outside Lands can keep the party going with several after-hours shows at intimate venues throughout the city. For those who want to rock late into the night, there are sets by Ra Ra Riot, Years & Years, Snakehips, Griz and others. Låpsley: 6 p.m. California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive. Marian Hill, Lex: 8:30 p.m. Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. Ra Ra Riot, Caveman, DJ Aaron Axelsen... Читать дальше...

The characters don’t have the names Kirk and Spock, but it’s clear who’s who, says Shaw, who’s directing the Bay Area premiere of this “Abduction” this weekend at Festival Opera. The vital East Bay company is celebrating its 25th anniversary by presenting a contemporary take on the Mozart crowd-pleaser that raised the curtain on Festival Opera in 1991. Michael Morgan conducts the cast, the Oakland Symphony and the Festival Opera Chorus during the four shows (Friday-Saturday, Aug. 5-6, and Monday-Tuesday, Aug. Читать дальше...

“Green Day’s American Idiot”: The Tony Award-winning musical, based on Green Day’s album of the same name, features the songs “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends” and more. 8 p.m. City Lights Theater Company, San Jose. www.cltc.org Omid Zoufonoun conducts sing-along performances of Brahms’ “Schicksalslied” and Handel’s “Messiah.” The Celtic punk band is on tour with is first set of new music since its last album, 2011’s “Speed of Darkness.”

NEW DELHI (AP) — A party official says Sonia Gandhi, leader of the opposition Congress party, has cut short a political rally in northern India due to a high fever. Party spokesman Randeep Surjewala said Gandhi has been suffering from fever for the last few days but decided to campaign Tuesday for state legislature elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh state early next year.

Gulf of Mexico Tide Predictions Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016.

A K-9 memorial is planned at the state Department of Fire Services in Stow to honor the dogs that are trained to help investigators solve arson cases and sniff for explosives at public events. About 40 dogs have worked for the state police since the late 1980s when they were first used to sniff for accelerants during an epidemic of arson fires in Springfield and Holyoke.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were: 9-2-2-8, Lucky Sum: 21 (nine, two, two, eight; Lucky Sum: twenty-one)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 5-2-0, Lucky Sum: 7 (five, two, zero; Lucky Sum: seven)

CHICAGO (AP) — Consumer advocates encouraged Illinoisans to make their voices heard Tuesday, one day after proposed insurance rate increases as high as 45 percent were made public for health plans sold in the state under the federal health care law. Becker suggested that consumers detail their experiences with their coverage and ask if the state insurance department is considering affordability and provider networks when looking at rates. Harken Health Insurance Company has proposed a nearly 29... Читать дальше...

Voters will decide Tuesday between 11 candidates for governor, though Democratic incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Bill Bryant are expected to easily advance to November. More than four million of the state's registered voters started receiving their ballots in the mail weeks ago for the top two primary, in which the top two vote getters advance to the November ballot, regardless of party. Because Washington is an all-mail-ballot state, results may take days to come in as the ballots ... Читать дальше...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa dentist accused in the death of the 19-month-old son of a woman with whom he was romantically involved with has been charged. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2as6oJF ) reports that 35-year-old Bert Franklin was charged Thursday with first-degree murder. Franklin pleaded not guilty Monday. Police say officers went to an Oklahoma City hospital on July 17 after being told that Lincoln Von Henry Lewis had a suspicious skull fracture. The boy was taken to a Tulsa hospital, where he died of his injuries the next day. Читать дальше...

The university says its trustees last week unanimously approved a contract for James L. Gaudino through July 31, 2021. There are about 12,000 students and 1,500 employees at the public university in Ellensburg.

Loveland police say in court documents that Crawford called 911 on Sunday indicating someone took the baby from his car parked at a store in the Cincinnati suburb.

(AP) — A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs report says medical test results for at least 14 military veterans have been erroneously mailed to other patients of the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. Deana Bonner, privacy and Freedom of Information Act officer for the VA Medical Center in Michigan, reviewed the incorrect mailings, but couldn't determine if the error was a result of an equipment malfunction or employee handling. WANE-TV reported July 12 that a Fort Wayne veteran received medical... Читать дальше...

MILAN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says an Italian criminal investigation involving his son could complicate relations with Rome. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said that magistrates and law enforcement were fully engaged in fighting the Mafia "and don't need any one's encouragement."

LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) — The search is on for the pet cat of an elderly woman rescued last week after being stranded for several days in a hot car near a New Jersey military base without food or water. Soldiers from the Massachusetts Army National Guard had been training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and were on a scouting mission when they found the Egg Harbor Township woman, 87, slumped over in the backseat on a dirt road off of Route 539 near the base. The Hunterdon County woman is working... Читать дальше...