Новости за 10.11.2016

Two bodies found on the rural property of a South Carolina man linked to five other deaths were a couple who had a history of panhandling and had been buried there for nearly a year, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities caught a break in the cold cases last week when investigators searching the property in Woodruff, S.C., discovered a woman alive and chained in a large storage container, yelling for help. After his arrest, deputies say he confessed to killing four other people in the county at a motorcycle shop in 2003. Читать дальше...

Golden Gate Fields Riser led start to finish to win his 6-furlong debut at Golden Gate Fields, then set a blazing pace and faded to ninth in the 1-mile Zuma Beach Stakes on the grass at Del Mar. Aqua Frio has two wins and four seconds in six starts — with two of the runner-up efforts coming in stakes races. The other entrants are Uncle Grumpy, who has won three straight against lesser competition; Right Hand Man, who beat Aqua Frio by 2½ lengths in the Cavonnier Juvenile Stakes, and Silver Assault... Читать дальше...

Bensouda said the court also intends to study the feasibility of opening an investigation into alleged criminal acts against refugees and migrants in Libya, “including any alleged acts of sexual violence or crimes against children” that come under the court’s jurisdiction. Since 2014, Libya has been split between rival governments and parliaments based in the western and eastern regions, each backed by different militias and tribes.

Authors across the United States have wasted no time in sharing their views about the stunning election of Donald Trump as the nation’s 45th president. Like millions of their fellow citizens, countless writers are expressing outrage and despair on social media. Some are trying to remain optimistic, and others are celebrating the moment. And many are viewing it all in the only way they hope will help: with dark humor.

[...] in the fourth week of a U.S.-backed alliance’s pincer-like move to retake the northern Iraqi city, the whereabouts of the Islamic State chieftain are unknown — though a rare audio recording posted online last week by the militant group and attributed to him urged followers to fight to the death. Al-Baghdadi and his senior lieutenants have been the targets of an intensive manhunt by Iraqi and U.S. forces working from land and air, but experts disagree on how and where Islamic State’s top leadership might seek to regroup and recoup ... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX — Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an enduring symbol of Arizona’s unforgiving stance toward illegal immigration, lost his bid for a seventh term Tuesday, effectively ending the career of perhaps the most divisive law enforcement figure in the country. [...] Arpaio’s bid for re-election as sheriff of Maricopa County was undone by Latino voters who responded to his hard-line position on illegal immigration, which included workplace raids, frequent traffic stops and harsh talk. The race attracted millions of dollars from outside the state... Читать дальше...

When Trump takes office in January, world leaders will confront a man whose stated views represent a sharp break with U.S. foreign policy orthodoxy. Putin sent Trump a congratulatory telegram Wednesday and made a televised statement expressing the hope that frayed U.S.-Russian relations could be put back on track. Russia became a focal point during the presidential campaign, with government officials and Hillary Clinton supporters suggesting Moscow was involved in hacking her campaign’s emails. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Republicans will command the House for two more years as Donald Trump’s astounding White House triumph helped them keep their record-size majority nearly intact. “He earned a mandate,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, who now faces working with a president with whom he had a turbulent relationship during the campaign. Democrats had envisioned that voters repulsed by Trump’s comments about women and Latinos could provide potentially big election-day gains in suburban and ethnically diverse areas. Читать дальше...

Republicans have expanded their power in state capitols to their strongest levels in decades, picking up several previously held Democratic governorships while also claiming control of some key legislative chambers. By Wednesday, they were inching toward their historical high of 34 governorships set in 1922, but Democratic challenger Roy Cooper claimed victory early Wednesday over Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory in a close race. Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens defeated Democratic... Читать дальше...

Bay Area voters ensured Tuesday that, along with $3.5 billion to rebuild its rail system, BART will have three new directors and funding to extend service to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara. In San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, voters agreed by approving Measure RR to increase their property taxes to pay for the BART overhaul. Two sales tax proposals that included money to buy more new BART cars failed in San Francisco and Contra Costa counties. The debate over the issue became unusually contentious with opponents... Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. — Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration has seized power in Atlantic City, taking control of the assets and major decision-making in the struggling seaside gambling resort that is half a billion dollars in debt. The New Jersey Local Finance Board voted Wednesday to take over the city’s main governmental functions after the state government rejected a proposed five-year financial turnaround plan. The state can now sell assets including the former Bader Field airport property and the city’s much-coveted water utility.

SolarCity Corp. reported net income for the third quarter as the rooftop developer’s cash sales gained on leases, improving its balance sheet a week before shareholders are expected to vote on its pending acquisition by Tesla Motors Inc. Net income was $53 million (48 cents per share), compared with a loss of $19.1 million (20 cents) a year earlier, the San Mateo company said Wednesday. Chief Executive Officer Lyndon Rive in August trimmed the 2016 forecast because of the company’s strategic shift... Читать дальше...

VIENNA — The U.N. agency monitoring the nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers said Wednesday that Iran is in violation of the deal meant to curb its ability to make atomic arms by storing marginally more heavy water than the agreement allows. The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential report that Iran had exceeded the heavy water allotment of 143.3 tons only slightly — by 220 pounds. Wednesday’s report said the agency verified the overhang Tuesday, just days after... Читать дальше...

Michael Moore shared his plan to save the country on Facebook Wednesday following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election. Titled his “Morning After To-Do List,” the “Trumpland” director listed five things voters should do if they’re feeling upset about Trump’s win on Tuesday. Number one on the list: “Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people.” Moore, who was an outspoken critic of Trump during the campaign and a supporter of Bernie Sanders during the primaries... Читать дальше...

KABUL — Afghanistan’s president on Wednesday welcomed home Sharbat Gulla, National Geographic’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl,” just hours after she was deported from Pakistan, the latest in the odyssey of the globally recognized refugee. The case has drawn international attention and criticism of Pakistani authorities over their perceived harsh treatment of Gulla — and other Afghans who Islamabad says will be expelled as illegal immigrants. Gulla gained international fame as an Afghan refugee girl in 1984... Читать дальше...

For many San Francisco voters, the surprising election of Donald Trump has cast a pall (or, alternatively, a "fat, turgid shadow") over the post-election dawn. And by many voters, we mean the 228,211, or roughly 84.3%, who voted for Hillary Clinton. (This is per the Department of Elections' numbers, which are still unofficial as of 2am this morning, with some provisional and mail-in ballots still to be counted.)

TALLINN, Estonia — Estonia’s government collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Taavi Roivas lost a confidence vote in Parliament, after months of Cabinet squabbling mainly over economic policies. [...] political observers in the country of 1.3 million say the other parties have also grown tired of the long reign and style of the center-right Reform Party, which has led governments since 2005 and was part of every coalition for the past 17 years. The crisis escalated this week as the Social Democrats and IRL urged Roivas ... Читать дальше...

Authorities caught a break in the cold cases last week when investigators searching the property discovered a woman alive and chained by her neck and ankle in a large storage container, yelling for help. After his arrest, deputies say he confessed to killing four other people in the county at a motorcycle shop in 2003, leaving behind their bodies and a mystery the local sheriff thought he may never solve. Kohlhepp acknowledged the grisly cold case after authorities granted him several requests, including letting him speak to his mother. Читать дальше...

LONDON — Seven people were killed and more than 50 injured when a tram derailed while rounding a tight curve in a rainstorm in south London Wednesday, police said. Emergency workers labored for hours to free five people trapped in the wreckage of the two-carriage tram tipped over next to an underpass in the Croydon area. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the tram derailed as it was negotiating a sharp curve with a speed limit of 12 miles per hour. Liam Lehane of the London Ambulance... Читать дальше...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — When both of Texas A&M's top quarterbacks left the school within days of each other in December, the Aggies were left scrambling to find someone to run Kevin Sumlin's high-powered offense. Plenty of other schools in the league have received contributions from graduate transfers, too. Knight started 15 games in his first two seasons with the Sooners, with the highlight coming when as a freshman he earned MVP honors in a 45-31 Sugar Bowl win over Alabama by throwing for 348 yards and four touchdowns. Читать дальше...

Brad Pitt Cleared in Child Abuse Investigation The L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services concluded their investigation into an alleged incident between Pitt and their son Maddox, finding that the actor had not harmed the child, per TMZ. Jolie, who filed for divorce in September, will continue to have sole custody of the six children with Pitt in a joint agreement reached by the actors, according to her representative. “Brangelina,” as they had dubbed by the media, met on the set of the 2005 action movie “Mr. Читать дальше...

Trump received minority votes in his stunning win over Democrat Hillary Clinton, and he made conciliatory comments about unity in his victory speech. In Los Angeles, just hours after Trump was projected as the next president, Martha Arevalo of the Central American Resource Center said her office already was fielding calls from immigrants who fear they will be targeted for deportation under a Trump presidency. Exit polls and unofficial returns reflected that his backers were older, more male and... Читать дальше...

Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Debut Ratings: Netflix’s “The Crown” didn’t draw viewership worthy of a king, despite its reported palatial price tag. The original series debuted to just 496,000 total viewers over its opening weekend, according to Symphony Advanced Media data that was provided exclusively to TheWrap. [...] Read: 'Amanda Knox' Ratings Are No Killer on Netflix, Firm Says Symphony measures viewership through audio recognition software found in a panelist’s cell phone. Hulu first appears at No. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maggie Hassan wins election to Senate from New Hampshire.

Misunderstandings about the recommended amount of vitamin D have led to misinterpretation of blood tests and many people thinking they need more than they really do, some experts who helped set the levels write in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine . Too much vitamin D can lead to high levels of calcium in the blood, which can cause nausea, constipation, kidney stones, an abnormal heart rhythm and other problems. "If you're chasing a lab number, that will lead to many people getting higher... Читать дальше...