Новости за 28.09.2016

Even in a high-priced city like San Francisco where studio apartments easily rent for $2,500 a month, $43 seems like a lot for a martini.

Is NoPa a legitimate San Francisco neighborhood? How about FiDi? Or MIDI?

The Kennebec Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2d5V6lM ) the seven-week program begins Oct. 27 and will provide students a path to earn a Federal Aviation Administration remote pilot's license. The school plans to offer a comprehensive series of courses that will prepare students for the FAA examinations required to become a licensed drone pilot.

The fliers seek to connect attractive, cash-strapped female students with "sophisticated (but fun!) gentlemen" who will pay students for being their "dinner companion." Amy Culp, director of UNH's Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program, says student safety is paramount for the university and bystander involvement is crucial to keeping them safe.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A restraining order filed against a North Carolina man killed by police last week shouldn't matter because officers who confronted him didn't know about that history before he was shot to death, a civil rights leader said. Tuesday evening, the police headquarters building had to be evacuated as a bomb squad checked out a suspicious package. Rakeyia Scott checked boxes on the form informing law officers who would serve the restraining order that her husband had neither a permit... Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Unanswered questions still surround the fatal police shooting of a black man by a black police officer in North Carolina despite a week of rallies and marches calling for wider investigations and more transparency by law enforcement. Authorities have said officer Brentley Vinson, 26, shot Keith Lamont Scott, 43, after the man refused to drop a pistol as he exited a vehicle parked at an apartment complex where officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were waiting to arrest someone else. Читать дальше...

A new survey finds that drivers remain deeply suspicious of fully autonomous vehicles that don’t give them the option of driving — the vision of the future embodied by Google’s bubble-shaped robot car. [...] they prefer the idea of cars that can drive themselves in all conditions but that still give humans the ability to take control if they want, according to the survey released Wednesday by the Kelley Blue Book auto information service. The survey of 2,264 people also found sharp generational... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah is launching a research center dedicated to understanding how to integrate refugees into American communities, marking the latest indication of the state's receptive tone at a time when some others are tightening the hatches. The Utah-based Mormon church, meanwhile, has urged women to help refugees in their communities.

(AP) — An Arizona State University student has been accused of taking videos and photographs of women in bathrooms on the Tempe campus. Due to a language barrier, Zhang was taken to the ASU police station and was interviewed by an officer who speaks Mandarin.

(AP) — A black man reportedly acting erratically at a strip mall in suburban San Diego was shot and killed by police after pulling an object from his pocket, pointing it at officers and assuming a "shooting stance," authorities said. Before police announced the death, dozens of protesters gathered at the shooting scene, with some claiming the man was shot with his hands raised. Police disputed that and produced a frame from cellphone video taken by a witness that appeared to show the man in the... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Little-known former Democratic state legislator Deborah Ross is counting on public anger over the GOP political takeover of North Carolina to help her upset two-term U.S. Senator Richard Burr, a victory that could also help hand control of the U.S. Senate back to Democrats. [...] Ross' strategy of attacking Burr's record and criticizing state GOP policies such as the law limiting protections for LGBT people seems to be working with the traditional Democratic and moderate independent voters she is courting. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's public schools are stepping up security after receiving a threat. The Detroit Public Schools Community District says classes aren't being interrupted Wednesday, but security is up as police investigate. The district's police department didn't release details about the threat, but said it was from an unidentified source. The district says the "safety of our students and staff is our highest priority." Officer Shanelle Williams, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Police Department... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A blaze in a rugged area south of San Jose threatened hundreds of structures and destroyed at least one home as it burned aggressively, after charring more than 3 square miles of dry brush and timber. A heat wave in parts of drought-stricken California worsened the wildfire that began Monday and forced hundreds of people from their homes in remote communities along the Santa Cruz Mountains. To the north, embers from eucalyptus trees engulfed in flames spread to 13 homes, destroying four houses in a Petaluma... Читать дальше...

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments on whether the city can remove the four monuments, which have become flashpoints for racial controversy. Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis and a monument honoring whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government in New Orleans. Mayor Mitch Landrieu urged the monuments be removed after police said a white supremacist who posed for photos... Читать дальше...

Minutes later, thousands of the tiny birds were swooping and swirling like a cloud of pulsating black ink as they circled a tall brick chimney silhouetted by the fading light. The swifts' noisy migratory stopover each fall has made this chimney famous with bird lovers as far away as Europe and is a quirky Portland tradition so embraced by locals that the school keeps the diminutive Vaux's Swift as its mascot. The birds were already struggling because of the destruction of old-growth forests and... Читать дальше...

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Police in Cranston have arrested three teenage high school students after they were found with two handguns and a stun gun on school property. The Cranston High School West students were charged Tuesday with several offenses including illegal possession of firearms and firing in a compact area.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The attorney for a former New Jersey school nurse who accused her bosses of discrimination based on her disability says his client has reached a $2 million settlement with a board of education. A representative for New Brunswick Public Schools says the tentative settlement must still be approved by the board of education.

(AP) — A western Pennsylvania school board has reinstated its superintendent after a law firm found administrators looked into reports and rumors that teachers were having sex with students. The Levin Legal Group says administrators investigated reports of inappropriate contact and found insufficient evidence to fire Plum Borough School District Superintendent Timothy Glasspool.

(AP) — When Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton's stamina on the debate stage, Pennsylvania voter Patricia Bennett said she heard a "dog whistle" that smacked of unmistakable sexism. Kris Stotler, an undecided Virginia Republican, was disappointed by Trump's jarring criticism of a former beauty queen's weight, comments Clinton forcefully condemned during the faceoff. While Clinton has held a lead in preference polls among female voters throughout her general election contest with Trump, she... Читать дальше...

[...] after a seemingly endless stretch of violence, Americans are confronting how far those rights extend, propelling gun issues to the forefront of this year's elections. Do Americans have the right to have AR-style firearms, the long guns with a military look used in the past year in several mass shootings? Trump casts himself as an ardent protector of the Second Amendment and proclaims that if more "good guys" were armed with firearms there would be fewer gun tragedies. Trump also has vowed... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to reject President Barack Obama's veto of a bill that would allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia even as lawmakers express fears the legislation could backfire on the United States. A group of senators pledged to find ways to improve the measure during a post-election, lame-duck session of Congress, but an override of Obama's veto scheduled for Wednesday appeared all but certain. [...] the legislation could lead to... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in two days, FBI Director James Comey will face questions from members of Congress about the agency's response to recent acts of extremist violence and whether more could have been done to prevent attacks in Orlando and New York. Comey told a Senate panel Tuesday that the FBI is transparent about mistakes, but under questioning from Republicans he offered little new information about the Orlando nightclub massacre or the Manhattan bombing. Republicans have... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's visit with U.S. troops is being billed as a chance to thank them for their service, but it will also provide him with an opportunity to reach out to an important voting bloc prior to an election in which Virginia could play a determining factor. Obama will travel Wednesday to Fort Lee, which serves as a training base for military supply and logistics operations. In Iraq, he steadily lowered troop levels and declared on Aug. 31, 2010, that their combat mission was ending... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Donald Trump won't publicly release his income tax returns, the New York businessman has turned them over when it suited his needs — if he stood to make a profit, needed a loan or when a judge forced him. In Monday night's debate, Democrat Hillary Clinton cited documents unearthed by reporters to question whether Trump doesn't want to release his tax returns because he has paid little or no federal income taxes. Voters know little about Trump's more recent finances beyond... Читать дальше...