Новости за 28.09.2016

The first lady never mentioned Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the rally at LaSalle University. "If a candidate is erratic and threatening, if a candidate traffics in prejudice, fear and lies on the campaign trail, if a candidate thinks not paying taxes makes you smart, or that it's good business when people lose their homes; if a candidate regularly and flippantly makes cruel and insulting comments about women, about how we look, how we act — well, sadly, that's who that candidate really is," she said. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Hinds County judge will let three groups that favor charter schools intervene in a lawsuit challenging whether such schools can legally receive Mississippi education money. Lawyers for the three groups who want to intervene — the Midtown parents, the Mississippi Charter Schools Association and Midtown Partners — are drafting orders for Thomas to sign. The plaintiffs also say a 2007 Supreme Court decision bars the transfer of property tax collections from one school district to another. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Students at the University of Michigan can designate a personal pronoun to be used by professors. Provost Martha Pollack is telling faculty to check the rosters in a few weeks to give students time to designate one, although a registered pronoun is not required.

The Johnson County district attorney's office said Wednesday that the 15-year-old male is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, which is a felony, and lewd and lascivious behavior, a misdemeanor. School officials say internal disciplinary action was also taken as a result of the incident, but they could not comment because of privacy laws.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore should be removed from office for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage, a lawyer for a disciplinary commission argued on Wednesday. R. Ashby Pate, a lawyer for the Judicial Inquiry Commission, said marriage equality was settled law in all 50 states when Moore told Alabama’s 68 probate judges in January that they remained bound by his court’s order to refuse the licenses to same-sex couples. The outspoken Republican jurist could be removed from office... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the critical states of North Carolina and Florida than at this point in 2012, with Hillary Clinton the likely benefactor, as early voting shows signs of surging nationwide. Clinton may also benefit from an increase in ballot requests in Georgia, a traditionally Republican state where Democrats have made inroads. [...] Donald Trump is showing signs of strength in Iowa and parts of Maine, states won by Barack Obama in the last two presidential elections. Читать дальше...

The government of California will stop using San Francisco’s Wells Fargo & Co. for underwriting bonds and buying investments, California State Treasurer John Chiang announced Wednesday. At a press conference at City Hall, Chiang called on the company’s embattled CEO, John Stumpf, to resign. San Francisco, the home of Wells Fargo, last week removed it from a banking program for low-income residents. Authorities including the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Wells Fargo $185 million on Sept. Читать дальше...

TV producer also created spinoff NCIS: Gary Glasberg, the showrunner of CBS’ “NCIS” and creator of the spinoff NCIS: Ratings: NBC's 'This Is Us,' CBS' 'Bull' Premiere to Strong Numbers “Gary was our rock, our cheerleader, our team captain,” said the cast and crew of “NCIS” in a statement. ‘NCIS’ will not be the same without him, and each of us will miss his smiling face and unwavering humor, which lifted us every day. Added CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller: Today is an overwhelmingly... Читать дальше...

“Shepard Smith Reporting” averaged 1.58 million viewers during a quarter packed with breaking news. “Outnumbered” is extremely popular considering its noon ET time slot, averaging 1.58 million viewers. “Your World” with Neil Cavuto kept ratings momentum despite Cavuto missing the summer after heart surgery. “The Five” is regularly among the most popular shows in all of cable and has thrived during the presidential campaign with unique insight on the election. “Hannity” has emerged as the go-to... Читать дальше...

Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said communications intercepts showed that pro-Moscow rebels had called for deployment of the mobile surface-to-air weapon and reported its arrival on July 17, 2014, in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. The deadly surface-to-air weapon that blasted Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 out of the sky that same day at 33,000 feet, killing all 298 people aboard, was launched from farmland in the rebel-held area of Pervomaiskiy... Читать дальше...

BENGHAZI, Libya — A powerful Libyan general whose forces recently captured several key oil facilities has rejected a U.N.-brokered government and said the country would be better served by a leader with “high-level military experience.” In a series of written responses to questions from reporters this week, Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter said his army only recognizes the authority of the Libyan parliament based in the east, which has also rejected the U.N.-backed government in the capital, Tripoli. Читать дальше...

A police vehicle's in-car camera captured what happened after Ellen Sager struck the animal on Sept. 17 in Howell Township. The patrolman pulled over to help when the buck ran back across the road and tried to jump into Sager's driver's seat.

WASHINGTON — President Obama is preparing to send more troops to Iraq to help reclaim the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, in a statement posted on his official website, said the added troops would “provide support for security forces and the Iraqi heroes in the fight looming in the liberation of Mosul.” With Americans weary after years of an unpopular war in Iraq, Obama has tried to emphasize that the troops deployed there now are in advisory roles... Читать дальше...

‘SNL’ Casts Alec Baldwin as Its Donald Trump (Video) The actor may stick around in the gig until the actual presidential election. With Trump taken care of, “SNL” just needs to contend with its President Obama issue — that was a job Jay Pharoah performed masterfully for most of his time on the sketch comedy staple. Who Will Play President Obama on 'SNL' With Jay Pharoah Gone? Earlier on Wednesday, Lorne Michaels‘ flagship program announced the booking of “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda as host for the October 8 episode. Читать дальше...

The acquisition of The Commonwealth Medical College and formation of a new Geisinger Commonwealth College of Medicine will be pending regulatory approval from local and state officials as well as accrediting agencies. The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reports that an accrediting agency put the medical college on probation in 2011 as it struggled to prove it could maintain financial stability.

Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott, who has turned heads with the impressive start to his NFL career, said today the 49ers expressed little interest in him prior to the draft. The 49ers didn’t draft a quarterback until the sixth round when they selected Jeff Driskel, who was among their final roster cuts. In his first three NFL starts, Prescott has completed 66 of 99 passes for 767 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions. “We looked at him just like all quarterbacks in the draft and... Читать дальше...

The study released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation appears to back up claims from supporters of a November ballot question that would allow a major expansion of charter schools. The foundation's president, Eileen McAnneny, says the report found no evidence that charter school funding leads to a "systemic financial disadvantage" for district schools.

Nearly 8,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco’s Noe Valley lost electricity Wednesday morning after the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. received reports of a power pole on fire in the area. Crews responded to calls of electrical outages that affected over 7,000 people throughout San Francisco’s Noe Valley on Wednesday morning. At 10 a.m., PG&E received word that 7,775 customers were without power in the neighborhood, said Andrea Menniti, a spokeswoman for the utility company.

After getting burned by No. 1 wide receivers the past two weeks, it appears the 49ers could avoid facing Dez Bryant when they host the Cowboys on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium. Dallas head coach Jason Garrett revealed that Bryant has a hairline fracture in a knee bone, an injury he sustained in a 31-17 win over the Bears on Sunday. Bryant sustained the injury early in the first quarter Sunday, but missed only six plays and finished with three catches for 40 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown. In Week 2... Читать дальше...

[...] did you know that it’s also the place where you can find Frank Gehry’s most dynamic building, where the coffee scene went from sludge to superlative in just a few years, where Cubist architecture sits next to Gothic structures, and where a handful of inspired restaurants have reinvented Czech cuisine? Below the famed 100 spires, underneath all the hype — remember when other European cities were deemed the “next Prague”? — a city lies waiting to be explored. Hit the tourist spots and schlep... Читать дальше...

The protagonist of “The Huntress” shot a leopard in India, a water buffalo in the Cardamom mountains and any number of quail — all before her 30th birthday. Patterson was expelled from a fancy boarding school for reading “Anna Karenina” on the sly, never went to college, and set speed and distance records as an aviator. In 1939, when she learned that the SS St. Louis, carrying 900 Jewish refugees, was turned away from U.S. ports, she led a campaign to change immigration quotas for Jews. After two brief... Читать дальше...

Tracy Morgan returns after tragic accident Tracy Morgan makes a return to the stage with his Picking Up the Pieces Tour — the former “30 Rock” star’s first time back to the Bay Area stage since surviving a 2014 bus accident that killed a close friend and put him in a two-week coma. The 47-year-old comedian has been edging back into the spotlight over the past year or so, returning to “Saturday Night Live,” where he got his start, and performing impromptu sets in New York steak houses.

Ship traffic, September 29 Ship traffic CSL Frontier SFO SFO Astoria, Ore. SFO SFO Port Unknown Busan, South Korea Horizon Enterprise SFO SFO Port Unknown Port Unknown SFO Source: S.F. Marine Exchange

(AP) — Apple is extending its push into selling business technology by forging a partnership with the Deloitte consulting firm to advise companies on using iPhones, iPads and Apple software in the workplace. While Apple primarily sells to the consumer market, it's confronting a global slowdown in consumer demand for smartphones and tablets. Deloitte has created a team of 5,000 consultants to advise corporate clients on how to deploy Apple devices for specialized business tasks, such as insurance claims adjusting or retail sales... Читать дальше...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former bridge authority official testifying in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial said Wednesday that Republican Gov. Chris Christie's staff asked him to produce a list of authority employees so the Democrats could be purged. Wildstein, a high school acquaintance of Christie's and a former political blogger, was director of interstate capital projects, a position created for him. Wildstein testified on cross-examination that Bill Stepien, Christie's deputy chief of staff at the time... Читать дальше...