Новости за 22.08.2016

Three blazes in the Spokane region erupted Sunday afternoon, sending families rushing to pile pets and keepsakes into vehicles and hit the road. The blaze destroyed at least 10 homes as it raced across the parched landscape, consuming almost 4 square miles of wheat stubble, brush and trees. All the park’s main tourist facilities and roads were open Monday, although the fire was creeping toward a key road linking the West Entrance with the park’s interior. The blaze has charred mostly remote forest between West Yellowstone... Читать дальше...

Edward Yang’s recently restored 1991 masterpiece “A Brighter Summer Day” clocks in at nearly four hours, but that’s not what makes it epic. Using a large cast of amateurs, just a few sparse sets and lots of night shooting, Yang presents a layered, complex portrait of Taiwan at the dawn of the 1960s. A teenage gang member is forced to attend night school, his civil servant father comes under suspicion for his supposed Communist contacts, a girl tries to break into the burgeoning Taiwanese film industry... Читать дальше...

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — The 74-year-old driver of a car that slammed into a crowd at an outdoor concert in Ohio injuring nine people, two of them seriously, confused the brake with the gas pedal, police said. The woman drove onto a small dance floor Sunday night in the parking lot at Greenbrier Commons in Parma Heights, about 10 miles south of Cleveland, said Detective Sgt. Steve Scharschmidt. The incident happened during a Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin summer band tribute concert, part of a series of outdoor performances. Читать дальше...

Former Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich has been arrested in Irvine after being found naked in a stranger's backyard, police said on Monday.

Andrew Lippa might be best known as the composer of the oratorio “I Am Harvey Milk” and the Broadway musicals “The Wild Party,” “The Addams Family” and “Big Fish,” but he’s also a charismatic performer of musical theater in his own right, with excellent comic timing. “The Life of the Party” is a musical revue of Lippa’s canon, and Lippa himself performs, alongside Damian Humbley, Sally Ann Triplett and Teal Wicks. Featured songs include “Let Me Down,” “I Do What I Do” and “Love Somebody Now.”

John Legend to Develop Black Wall Street Series for WGN America Grammy winner also executive produces “Underground” for cable network John Legend is continuing his relationship with WGN America by executive producing a new series based on the true story of the so-called Black Wall Street, TheWrap has confirmed. [...] a race riot broke out in 1921, during which white citizens destroyed much of the neighborhood and killed upwards of 300 black people. Legend currently serves as an executive producer... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump insists that he’s not flip-flopping when it comes to his proposal to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally — even though his new campaign manager now says his stance is “to be determined.” Trump had previously proposed using a “deportation force” to remove the 11 million people living in the United States illegally — a proposal that excited many of his core supporters, but alienated Latino voters who could be pivotal in key states. Читать дальше...

The presidents warned in a letter delivered Monday that the Obama administration's order requiring public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms consistent with their chosen gender identity could violate "the privacy and modesty of students" who object based on religious values. [...] mandates "could ultimately deny us the ability to fulfill our faith-based missions by taking away our freedom to hire and dismiss employees, provide health care for our employees, protect the privacy of our students in restrooms... Читать дальше...

Man kicked out of bar bites off bartender's finger in fight SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police are searching for a man who bit off a bartender's finger after being kicked out of a San Francisco bar at closing time.

If you’ve done groundbreaking work in the field of reconfigurable animatronic horses, vector-based drawing tools or ray-tracing production renderers supporting physically-based shading and light transport, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would like to hear from you. The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards Committee has begun investigating 12 different areas, and made their investigation public so that individuals and companies that have done significant work in these areas can submit their achievements for review. Читать дальше...

MANILA — Philippine senators opened an inquiry Monday into the killings of more than 1,700 suspected drug dealers and users amid a crackdown spearheaded by President Rodrigo Duterte, with witnesses accusing some police officers of gunning down suspects or being involved in illegal drugs. Sen. Leila de Lima, who heads the Senate justice committee leading the investigation, said she was worried about the widespread killings, and that law enforcers and vigilantes may be using the crackdown “to commit... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A former teacher has pleaded no contest to battery after being accused of holding a 9-year-old student and telling another student to hit the boy last year. At a prosecutor's request, the judge dismissed a charge of contributing to juvenile delinquency against 35-year-old Randy Louis of Jeanerette.

Kirsten Powers will make her CNN debut Monday night on “Anderson Cooper 360” after it was announced this afternoon that the political analyst is leaving Fox News. Powers joins CNN as a political analyst and will continue to write columns for USA Today. In a column that recently appeared in USA Today, Powers wrote that Donald Trump “has a curious understanding of what freedom of speech means.” The piece goes on to mock the GOP nominee for his claim that negative newspaper stories about him are not protected speech. Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey vowed Monday to fight Islamic State militants at home and to “cleanse” the group from its borders after a weekend suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding, an attack that came amid recent gains by Syrian Kurdish militia forces against the extremists in neighboring Syria. The attack came after the Syria Democratic Forces, a coalition led by the main Kurdish militia groups in Syria, captured the former Islamic State stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria under the cover of air... Читать дальше...

Watch ‘Stranger Things’ Star Millie Bobby Brown Shave Her Head for Role (Video) The actress, who’s captivated audiences with her portrayal of mystery child Jane “Eleven” Ives on the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” shared a video with her Twitter followers on Sunday, depicting her getting un-locked in a big way for the role. The video, set to the Beyonce song “Pretty Hurts,” depicts Brown in the barber’s chair, making goofy faces as her tresses are reduced to boot-camp readiness. Watch 'Stranger... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A firefighter who left his dog with friends as he battled wildfires in Washington state will get back his dog weeks after the animal ran away and got adopted by another family. After Jones left, the black Labrador retriever jumped a fence, got picked up by animal control and was brought to a shelter earlier this month.

Devo frontman and “Lego Movie” composer is on board to score the upcoming Marvel movie Mark Mothersbaugh, best known as the lead singer, co-founder and keyboardist of the New Wave band Devo, is composing the score for Marvel’s Thor: Production recently began on the superhero movie, which will be directed by Taika Waititi (“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”) and star Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Mark Ruffalo. Mothersbaugh is no stranger to film work. A representative for Marvel declined to comment;... Читать дальше...

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. (AP) — In a story Aug. 17, The Associated Press reported data about student loan debt incurred by students at Centenary College in Hackettstown, as cited in a new study compiled by a private web marketplace for student loans and refinancing.

The American Federation of Teachers says it hopes the California Supreme Court's decision upholding the state's teacher tenure law closes the book on the flawed argument linking educators' workplace protections with student disadvantage. The high court said it would not take up a lawsuit by a group of students who claimed that incompetent teachers were almost impossible to fire because of tenure laws and that schools in poor neighborhoods were dumping grounds for bad teachers. The Supreme Court's... Читать дальше...

Born in Oneonta, New York in 1829, Watkins moved to California during the Gold Rush and through his photography, made a mark on the preservation of one of the nation's most treasured natural sites, Yosemite Valley.

[...] this morning, the shots from The Donald came thick and fast, with a personal edge, describing hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as clowns and calling Brzezinski Scarborough’s “very insecure long-time girlfriend.” Tried watching low-rated @Morning_Joe this morning, unwatchable! @morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess! CNN reports on concerns at MSNBC parent company NBC Universal over the seemingly closeness between Republican presidential candidate and the two “Morning Joe” hosts. Читать дальше...

Has Donald Trump given up on winning the White House and "pivoted" (this might be his real pivot) to a full-blown effort to build a national following that will outlast the election, perhaps allowing him to establish a media empire with him at the helm -- one that caters, at least to some degree, to a white nationalist or "alt-right" audience? Was that his plan all along?

‘Real Women Have Curves’ in Hayward Set in a small sewing factory in Los Angeles, the play follows a band of tough, hardworking Latinas who say irresistible lines like, Thank God I’m legal. The chief storyteller is Ana (Janelle Aguirre), an 18-year-old who dreams of college and a career as a writer but who feels trapped in the factory. Katja Rivera directs a cast of five in a new version of the script that the playwright updated last year; the original premiered at Mission Cultural Center in 1990.

When one has released an album with the title “Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space),” it goes without saying that the concept of a linear progression of days, months and years may not hold that much interest. “It’s amazing to be transported back to that mind-set, and have all of these sonic triggers and melodies and rhythms that can take you back,” he says. Butler and his bandmates Ladybug Mecca and Cee Knowledge (formerly Doodlebug) are back in that world for a reunion tour, one that’s... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Answers to common questions about a ruling by a federal judge who blocked an Obama administration directive on bathroom rights for transgender students in U.S. public schools: Hundreds of school districts reopening Monday after summer break awoke to news that the judge had ruled that the Obama administration, at least for now, cannot require public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Legal experts say schools that allow transgender... Читать дальше...