Новости за 24.10.2016

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces and their allies captured strategic high ground Monday in embattled Aleppo as Russia — a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad — said it was not planning more “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting in the city’s eastern, rebel-held districts. The fighting in Aleppo came as air strikes hit towns in the northwestern province of Idlib, killing at least 13 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees. Government... Читать дальше...

A defiant Donald Trump blamed his worsening campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks. Just 14 days until the election, the Republican nominee campaigned in battleground Florida as his team conceded publicly as well as privately that crucial Pennsylvania may be slipping away. A day after suggesting the First Amendment to the Constitution may give the press too much freedom, he insisted... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh on Tuesday to campaign for Hillary Clinton. He'll be speaking at Chatham University. On Wednesday, Clinton's running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, will be holding rallies at Bucks County Community College's Newtown campus and at Muhlenberg College in Allentown. Jon Bon Jovi will perform Thursday night at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Pittsburgh in support of the Democratic presidential candidate.

BARTELLA, Iraq — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fought their way inside two villages Monday as they crept closer to Mosul a week into an offensive to retake the Islamic State-held city, but they also faced questions over a suspected air strike on a mosque that killed 13 people. [...] most of the fighting has been in largely uninhabited towns and villages, but the special forces found more than 70 civilians sheltering in Tob Zawa. Abdeljabar Antar, who had remained in Tob Zawa with his wife and four children... Читать дальше...

Hillary Clinton was among ecstatic fans celebrating Saturday night when the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1945, breaking a decades-long curse. [...] the appreciation between Clinton and the team is decidedly not mutual, as during the decisive Game 6 Saturday on Fox Sports 1, Clinton was bashed in several political ads painting the Democratic presidential nominee as being anti-women and responsible for the 2012 Benghazi attacks. Donald Trump... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Teachers in Vermont's largest school district have ratified a proposed contract that was reached hours before they were scheduled to go on strike. The agreement between the Burlington Education Association and the school board was reached Wednesday evening, hours before the strike was set to begin on Thursday.

A slide show made up of several hundred photos documenting Hutcherson’s entire life, from family snapshots and concert stills to publicity shots and vacation mementos, cycled throughout the three-hour memorial, providing several wondrous moments of synchronicity. Much the way he was the heart and soul of Keystone, Hutcherson, who died Aug. 15 at age 75, played an essential role in SFJazz, most recently providing gravitas and leadership as a founding member of the SFJazz Collective. Piano legend McCoy Tyner... Читать дальше...

Daniel Russel, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said he also relayed to Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. international concern over continuing killings under Duterte’s crackdown against illegal drugs. Duterte’s administration, however, has not formalized his public declarations to remove U.S. counterterrorism forces from the volatile southern Philippines and stop large-scale joint exercises involving American forces, creating confusion among even his Cabinet officials. Читать дальше...

BEIJING — Having punished more than a million Communist Party members for corruption, Chinese President Xi Jinping will use a key meeting that started Monday to drive home the message that his signature antigraft campaign is far from done and his authority remains undiminished. Yet Xi’s domestic challenges are legion, ranging from slowing economic growth to major layoffs resulting from the closure of steel and coal mines and other heavy industries in an effort to reduce industrial overcapacity.... Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With two weeks to go before the presidential election, the Pennsylvania Republican Party has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the state's law regarding poll watchers is unconstitutional. The current state law, established in 1937, allows poll watchers to monitor locations only within the county in which they are registered to vote. In the home stretch of the 2016 race, Trump has frequently mentioned widespread voter fraud and called for monitors, with Philadelphia often... Читать дальше...

The survey includes interviews with 520 African-Americans, 510 Latinos, 257 Asian-Americans and 508 non-Hispanic whites, along with 37 young people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Forty-eight percent of respondents are part of a custom panel of young adults that uses an address-based sample from a registered voter database of the entire U.S and is recruited by mail and telephone. No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus... Читать дальше...

Quince and Cotogna poach New York sommelier Jeff KelloggSommelier Jeff Kellogg. Photo: Christina Stetson / Courtesy of Quince and Cotogna Michael and Lindsay Tusk have announced that they’ve brought on Jeff Kellogg, lately of Danny Meyer’s Maialino restaurant in New York, to run the wine programs at Quince and Cotogna. It’s a high-profile hire. Kellogg, who built the list at Maialino into one of New York’s finest, starts tonight. His plans for the wine programs seem to match the Tusks’ ambition. “I think Quince is such a great restaurant... Читать дальше...

Internet comments are why we can't have nice things.

CHICAGO — Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in Southern states where smoking is more common and the rules against it are not as strict. The American Cancer Society study found the highest rate among men in Arkansas, where 40 percent of cancer deaths were linked to cigarette smoking. Lung, throat, stomach, liver, colon, pancreas and kidney cancers were among those included, along with leukemia. While U.S. smoking rates have been falling... Читать дальше...

Driving the shift are white voters, who were divided between the two candidates just a month ago and were more likely to support GOP nominee Mitt Romney than President Barack Obama in 2012. The first-of-its-kind poll pays special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation. "There's a gray area with her, where maybe she hasn't broken any laws, but she's always skirting the edge, it seems," said Galen Mosher, 30, a lighting technician from Sandy... Читать дальше...

Jeffrey Dean Morgan returns as new villain on AMC series in shocking Season 7 premiere “The Walking Dead” Season 7 premiere finally revealed which characters got killed by Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), which was one of the most closely guarded secrets in TV history. [...] according to one of the cast members who got killed off, he did reveal his character’s demise to a few people beforehand. Michael Cudlitz, who has played Abraham on the show since Season 4, says that he told a few family members out of necessity. Читать дальше...

“This is my Scorsese, ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Taxi Driver,’ or Brian De Palma‘s ‘Untouchables,'” executive producer says of series’ grisly Season 7 premiere “The Walking Dead” Season 7 premiere contained not one but two of the most gruesome deaths the show has ever portrayed, which has set a new benchmark in the mind of executive producer Greg Nicotero. “This is my Scorsese, ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Taxi Driver,’ or Brian De Palma‘s ‘Untouchables,'” Nicotero said on a conference call Monday morning. [...] Read:... Читать дальше...

Black feminists and comedy fans go after “Trainwreck” star and Wanda Sykes for appearing in Tidal video After a gushing initial response, Amy Schumer‘s recent parody of Beyonce’s “Formation” has been blasted by African Americans, feminists and social media users for its appropriation of black culture. The clip was shot in Hawaii during the filming of Schumer’s new comedy, and features her costars Goldie Hawn, Joan Cusack and Wanda Sykes. The women gyrate to Beyonce’s controversial hit, that... Читать дальше...

The unlikely friendship of Long Beach rapper Snoop Dogg and home cooking and crafting guru Martha Stewart is reaching its highest point.

Californians have until midnight to register to vote or update their voter registration, Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a statement. Online voter registration is mobile-friendly, so you can even register from your smartphone or tablet. In San Francisco, voters can register in person until 5 p.m. at the Department of Election office in the basement of City Hall. On Monday, city election workers will be at the front entrance of City Hall from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. to register voters. Californians can register to vote... Читать дальше...

Top 25 high school rankings: Metro’s best testing each other Four of The Chronicle’s Top 25 teams from last week lost over the weekend, but two of them fell to other teams in the rankings: previous No. 8 California-San Ramon to No. 1 De La Salle-Concord and previous No. 21 Mitty to No. 16 Serra. Mitty and previous No. 22 Half Moon Bay, which lost to unranked King’s Academy, dropped out of the rankings and were replaced in the final two spots by Los Gatos and Rancho Cotate. Cotate’s only losses have been to No. Читать дальше...

Margot Robbie to Star in Sony’s Live-Action ‘Peter Rabbit’ Margot Robbie is in final talks to join Sony’s live-action “Peter Rabbit,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. James Corden, Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki are already set to star in the film directed by Will Gluck. Peter Rabbit will be voiced by Corden, while Gleeson will voice McGregor. Zareh Nalbandian of Animal Logic Entertainment is also producing.  Robbie recently starred... Читать дальше...

PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police say a pot advocacy company's RV carrying marijuana-laced candy burst into flames on a bridge that connects New Jersey and Delaware, causing lane closures and tying up traffic for hours. Weed World Candies tells WCAU-TV more than $50,000 in merchandise was destroyed Sunday evening when one of its vehicles heading to Philadelphia from Washington, D.C., caught fire on the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple's iPhone 7 Plus is getting a new camera capability — the blurring of backgrounds to focus attention on people or other objects in the foreground. Apple first announced the "portrait mode" feature in September but it wasn't available until the company released its iOS 10.1 software update Monday. [...] take a few steps back, as the feature taps the zoom on the iPhone 7 Plus's second lens, meaning images are enlarged two-fold.

Tyler Perry is celebrating his box office victory from this weekend, which ushered in the $27.6 million debut of “Boo! A Madea Halloween,” telling TheWrap on Sunday, “I’m having a pretty good day.” The comedy sequel, featuring Perry as his famously reactive grandmotherly character, opened at No. 1, and the film had enough momentum to unseat Paramount’s Jack Reacher: Tyler Perry Talks Massive 'Madea Halloween' Debut, Chris Rock Credit, Global Game Plan Perry pointed out that Paramount’s Tom Cruise action sequel... Читать дальше...