Новости за 27.08.2016

ASCOLI PICENO, Italy — Mourners in Italy prayed, hugged, wept and even applauded as coffins carrying victims of the country’s devastating earthquake passed by at a state funeral Saturday, grieving as one nation after three desperate days of trying to save as many people as possible. In the central town of Ascoli Piceno, they gathered to bid farewell to 35 of the 291 people confirmed dead so far after the magnitude 6.2 quake hat struck a swath of countryside early Wednesday in the foothills of the central Apennine mountains. Читать дальше...

The new de facto borders established by the Kurdish fighters, known as peshmerga, raise the potential for conflict between Iraq’s Kurds and Arabs after any eventual defeat of the militants — just as in neighboring Syria, where Kurds have also dramatically expanded their zone of control. Largely with the help of U.S.-led coalition air strikes, Kurdish forces have taken territory equivalent to around 50 percent of the size of their recognized autonomous zone. [...] they have taken further territory in the nearby Ninevah province... Читать дальше...

Arkansas Business reports (http://bit.ly/2bZ1nKE ) that the school plans to use the money to build a welcome center at the northeast entrance to campus. Last year, Hendrix received a $26 million gift from the estate of Mary Ann Dawkins to support scholarships, promote college affordability and launch the school's fundraising effort for the new welcome center.

NEW DELHI — Police in Bangladesh killed three suspected militants Saturday, including an alleged mastermind of a major attack on a cafe last month that left 20 people dead. Police say Chowdhury is one of two masterminds of the attack on a popular restaurant in Dhaka on July 1 that that killed 20 people, including 17 foreigners. The men also set off explosions to destroy their computers and other evidence, said Sanwar Hossain, a senior police officer. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the restaurant attack... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Occupational therapy students at a Michigan university plan to live among retirees as part of a social and communication-based research project. Organizers say research will include the impact of isolation and loneliness, an in-depth look at aging, and stereotypes of retirees by college students and vice versa.

The Giants placed Jake Peavy on the disabled list on the day he was scheduled to come out of the bullpen and make a start. Peavy has a lower back strain, the Giants said, and he’ll be replaced by Albert Suarez, who’ll be recalled from Triple-A Sacramento and start Saturday night against the Braves. After losing his job in the rotation to Matt Moore, Peavy made eight relief appearances.

“Selma” director Ava DuVernay showed support for Leslie Jones on Twitter Saturday morning, telling the comedian that trolls are unconsciously boasting about her greatness on the heels of Jones being a victim of a cyber attack. Kierkegaard Explains the Psychology of Bullying and Online Trolling in 1847. On Wednesday, an unidentified hacker commandeered Jones’ Tumblr, posting personal photos from her iCloud account, which included several nude shots as well as pictures of her passport and driver’s license. Читать дальше...

Demi Lovato Says Rehab Helped Break Disney Mold In a joint Q&A with tourmate Nick Jonas in the Calgary Herald, Lovato said, For me, the transition was a little bit easier because I didn’t have to do anything to break out of the Disney mould [sic]. The former Disney star was treated for physical and emotional issues in 2010 when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.  “I kind of grew up really fast in the public eye in that way and so when it was time to release my music, I think people looked at me differently,” she said. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who caused chaos aboard a subway train by releasing a container of crickets and worms says it was all a prank. Zaida Pugh tells the New York Post (http://nyp.st/2bn2eUc ) she had the episode videotaped "to show what homeless people go through."

During a preseason game Friday night against the Packers, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem.  As expected, Twitter and other social media channels were on fire with reactions on the quarterbacks decision to take a stand on racial injustice on such a public platform.

When we think of sci-fi and fantasy, there’s a reason why we imagine it more in film, comic books and novels than in theater. If you want to bring more, newer and younger audiences into theater, why not tap into an interest group whose members have already proven themselves avid fans of storytelling and imagination? Though Mayra’s brilliance is so once-in-a-lifetime that Nevik (Casey Spiegel) courts her to be the first female member of a religious order of geniuses, she doesn’t crack the secret... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: 3-4-3, Sum It Up: 10 (three, four, three; Sum It Up: ten)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were: 2-5-8-4, Sum It Up: 19 (two, five, eight, four; Sum It Up: nineteen)

Owner of Vermont ski resorts seeks assets to pay legal fees (AP) — The owner of two Vermont ski resorts who's accused of defrauding foreign investors of more than $200 million through a visa program is asking a judge to release some of his frozen assets to pay his legal fees.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine is asking elected officials in Florida to help drive Democratic turnout, stressing the importance of the state on Election Day in November. Polls in the Sunshine State continue to show a close race between Clinton and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Iowa remains a bright spot for Trump on the 2016 election map amid a sea of challenging battleground states. Hillary Clinton has arrived at an FBI facility in White Plains, New York, for her... Читать дальше...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 39-year-old inmate who escaped from work release while serving a murder sentence has been captured. In 1997, he was sentenced to 50 years after being convicted of second-degree murder in Clinton County for the 1995 death of his girlfriend's 13-month-old son.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A committee of state lawmakers has held its first of five meetings aimed at determining whether Ohio's jobless benefits system for workers is sustainable and whether any solvency issues need to be addressed. The agency says the state could increase employer taxes, levy a surcharge on businesses or suspend or lower benefit amounts.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/2bIG92Z ) reports a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper observed several indicators of possible criminal activity after making the stop in Marion County. Troopers then located six cardboard boxes containing 83 vacuum sealed bags of high grade marijuana weighing a total of 100 pounds.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Newly released test results shows 67 percent of 11th graders meet college and career ready standards in English language arts but just 41 percent meet the benchmark in math. Results show female students performed better in English language arts and male students in math.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's Supreme Court says recent owners of a North Pole oil refinery share costs of cleaning up a contamination that has reached about 7 square miles of groundwater. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2bEDcDm) the Friday ruling keeps onsite cleanup costs attached to Flint Hills while former refinery owner Williams Alaska Petroleum is responsible for the plume that spread offsite.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were: 8-7-2-4 (eight, seven, two, four)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were: 8-6-9 (eight, six, nine)

The incident occurred Saturday morning at a residence near 57th Avenue and Thomas Road. Responding officers were talking to the woman at her front door when the suspect came into the hallway and allegedly aimed a gun at them.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Harvard Law School study reports that racial bias, over-aggressive prosecutions and inadequate representation for poor defendants plagues Harris County's handling of death penalty cases. Juries in Harris County, where Houston is, have imposed the death penalty more than any other county in the U.S. since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty, though the report by the school's Fair Punishment Project notes that the number of death sentences has fallen from 53 in 1998 through 2003 to 10 since 2010. Читать дальше...

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Eight soldiers were killed in an attack in Paraguay's north by suspected members of a little-known rebels group, authorities said Saturday, just days after Colombian officials and guerrillas reached a peace deal to end the longest running insurgency in Latin America. The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, on Wednesday announced the finalization of a peace agreement after more than four years of grueling negotiations in Cuba.