Новости за 14.08.2016

The road to 270 electoral votes — the threshold to clinch the presidency — increasingly looks to be a series of uphill climbs and dead ends for Trump in the usual collection of most competitive states. The GOP nominee needs a place to reset the electoral map, and stops this past week in Michigan and Pennsylvania suggest he's looking at the industrial heartland states on the Great Lakes. [...] Clinton has a clear advantage in national and state preference polls at a critical moment in the campaign ... Читать дальше...

(AP) — For James Simpson, the four hot meals he eats every week at the Community Soup Kitchen in Glasgow can mean the difference between buying his asthma medicine or going without. While the economy appears to be improving on the national level, the hunger outlook and poverty level in Barren County paints a different picture. U.S. Census statistics show the median income in Glasgow in 2014 was $28,155, compared to $43,342 at the state level, and 26.3 percent of people living in Barren County in 2014 lived at or below the poverty level... Читать дальше...

The Anti-Defamation League is expressing solidarity with New York City's Muslim community in the wake of the fatal shootings of the leader of a mosque and a friend as they left afternoon prayers in Queens. New York City police have released a sketch of the suspect they say fatally shot the leader of a mosque and a friend as they left afternoon prayers. Police released a sketch early Sunday of a dark-haired, bearded man wearing glasses. [...] members of the Bangladeshi Muslim community served by the mosque worry it could be a hate crime. Читать дальше...

Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, on Sunday blamed news organizations for the GOP nominee's difficult week, saying the press focused on a pair of Trump comments for days rather than doing more stories about the economic plan Trump announced. Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, says the Republican presidential candidate will offer "real specifics" this week on how make the country safer. Pence also brushed off a recent letter from the nation's top national security experts, all Republicans... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Enrollment at Bradley University for the upcoming academic year increased with about 150 more freshmen than what the school has had in recent years. Roberts attributes the enrollment increase in part to data-driven analysis to target students likely to accept offers from the university.

BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better. At this weekend's Russian Mosquito Festival in the town of Berezniki, 9-year-old Irina Ilyukhina won the "tastiest girl" category with 43 bites to show for going berry-picking in the forest with her mother.

On Monday, the United Network for Organ Sharing is proposing a change, redrawing the map that governs how donated livers are distributed so patients wouldn't need to leave home for better odds. Livers are offered first to the sickest patients as determined by a ranking, a so-called MELD score, which uses laboratory tests to predict their current risk of death. Today, some regions are able to transplant patients before they're super-sick — with MELD scores as low as 23 — while others can't provide... Читать дальше...

[...] with the island's economy in shambles, many are fleeing to the U.S. mainland, potentially shifting demographic norms in some of the most closely contested states. The impact of Puerto Rican migrants on the election hinges on how successful voting advocates are in getting them to the polls, with many focused more on finding jobs, homes and schools. In the 2014 elections, only about one-quarter of eligible Puerto Ricans on the mainland voted, whereas nationally, voter turnout reached about 42 percent that year... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The path to the voting booth hasn't been easy for Hatoumata Tounkara, but the former West African refugee says she couldn't have picked a better election to cast her first ballot. The road to citizenship is full of challenges for those fleeing oppression and war back home. While most eligible refugees are excited and eager to participate in democracy, there are many hurdles to active involvement, said Ramla Sahid, executive director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Volkswagen says it's received approval from the country's motor vehicle authority for technical fixes for another 460,000 cars equipped with software to help them cheat emissions tests. Volkswagen said in a statement Sunday that the Federal Motor Transport Authority had approved the fix for vehicles with the 1.2-liter EA189 TDI diesel engine, including the smaller Polo and SEAT Ibiza models.

University officials say the two-day move-in Sunday and Monday may tie up traffic around the living quarters on Greene, Barnwell, South Bull and Whaley Streets. Some 5,100 new freshmen are joining the more than 31,000 students who are registered to attend class in Columbia on the university's largest campus.

More of the same is expected along the Gulf Coast from Texas through Louisiana as a slow-moving low pressure system continues to usher deep moisture into the area. [...] the border area between Texas and Louisiana could receive well over 4 inches of rain, with 2 - 3 inches possible for much of Louisiana. Elsewhere, warm temperatures are anticipated for much of the Northeast as warm air streams up from the south.

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces say they have launched an operation aimed at retaking a cluster of villages from the Islamic Sate group east of militant-held Mosul. Footage filmed by Rudaw, a local television network, showed smoke rising from a village in the distance as armored vehicles pushed across a field.

Special agent Scott Whitley of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations tells The Associated Press that Eastman Patrol Officer Tim Smith was fatally shot about 9:30 p.m. Saturday in a residential area of the city located about 60 miles southeast of Macon. Whitley says Smith was responding to a suspicious person call when he encountered the suspect, exited his patrol car and was shot.

(AP) — Several miles of Highway 1 by Big Sur on the Central Coast will be closed Sunday afternoon to help firefighters contain California's biggest wildfire. The fire, which was started by an illegal campfire on July 22, has burned more than 112 square miles, destroyed 57 homes and led to the death of a man in a bulldozer accident.

EASTMAN, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities say officer shot and killed by suspect who fled scene, remains on the loose.

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Legislature will remain controlled by Democrats after a primary election where many Democratic incumbents ran unopposed. There were 16 uncontested races in the elections for the state Senate and House, and all but one of the unopposed candidates were Democrats. The prospect of an all-Democrat state Senate gave even some Democratic voters pause Saturday.

The 29-year-old studied counseling expecting to find a civil service job, in line with what used to be a typical life path for college-educated Jordanians. The Dhiban unrest highlights what the Jordanian government now says is its biggest challenge— rising unemployment, particularly among the young, fueled by an economic slump and spillover from conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Youth unemployment is endemic in the troubled Middle East, where a demographic "youth bulge" has increased the number of jobseekers... Читать дальше...

Hanabusa is running to fill the post left vacant by U.S. Rep. Mark Takai, who died in July after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer. [...] it's an amazing sense to know that since we started to run in June...to have this type of support in that short period of time, it really is an amazing statement, and it tells me that people remember and have confidence in the job that I've done for them in the past. If she wins the general election, she plans to tackle homelessness, Hawaii's high cost... Читать дальше...

Hanabusa is running to fill the seat left vacant by U.S. Rep. Mark Takai, who died in July. Hawaii voters are casting their votes in the race to fill the seat left vacant by U.S. Rep. Mark Takai, who died in July. Some Democratic voters say they're happy to cast a vote for former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. Voter Charles Caywood says he cast a vote for Hanabusa because Inouye endorsed her. If Hanabusa wins, she'll head to the general election, where she will run for the two-year term that begins... Читать дальше...

Loretta Ann Rosales, who formerly headed the government's Commission on Human Rights, said she was tortured, electrocuted and molested with thousands of other detained left-wing activists under Marcos during a dark era in Philippine history that clearly shows why the brutal leader did not deserve to be accorded any state honors. Burying a dictator accused of massive rights violations and plunder at the heroes' cemetery has long been an emotional and divisive issue in the country, where Marcos was ousted by a "people power" revolt in 1986. Читать дальше...

The Hawaii Legislature will remain controlled by Democrats after a primary election where many Democratic incumbents ran unopposed. There were 16 uncontested races in the elections for the state Senate and House, and all but one of the unopposed candidates were Democrats. If Chang wins, the state Senate will have only Democrats. Democratic voter Ian Murakami says it wouldn't be so bad if there were only Democrats in the state Senate. The Hawaii Legislature is likely to remain controlled by Democrats after the state's primary election... Читать дальше...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Simmering anger over the fatal shooting of a man by police erupted in violence on Milwaukee's north side, with protesters skirmishing with officers over several hours and setting fire to at least four businesses in an outburst the mayor says was fed by social media. The uprising that broke out Saturday evening didn't subside until after midnight, after Mayor Tom Barrett and other city leaders appeared at a news conference to plead for calm. Police said three people were arrested... Читать дальше...

HONOLULU (AP) — Incumbent U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz won his Democratic primary race Saturday, defeating four challengers in his bid for his first full term in office. Schatz says his win in the Hawaii primary validates all the hard work he has done on behalf of the state, and he looks forward to continuing a robust campaign into the general election. If he wins the election in November, Schatz says he will continue to focus on combatting global warming by making the United States a global leader on clean energy. Читать дальше...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say pro-government troops, backed by forces from a Saudi-led military coalition, are launching an offensive to retake territory held by Islamic State and al-Qaida forces east of the port city of Aden. Both al-Qaida and its rival, the Islamic State group, have exploited the turmoil and expanded their footprint in the country's southern region.