Новости за 21.01.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms retired Gen. John Kelly to head Homeland Security Department in Trump administration.

Champaign County Sheriff Michael Melvin says more people would have been wounded at the West Liberty school building on Friday morning without the intervention because the shooter's intent was to harm more people. Officials say a male student who was shot and wounded at an Ohio school is being treated at a hospital, and another student suspected in the shooting is in custody. Local media report the Champaign County sheriff's office confirmed the wounded person is a student but didn't immediately release other details. Читать дальше...

The Ravens’ leading tackler stunningly retired Friday after learning he has a congenital spinal condition. Orr, 24, joined Baltimore in 2014 as an undrafted free agent out of North Texas and became a starter this season at the middle linebacker position once held by Ray Lewis. “Everybody that broke down the situation to me was pretty much at a loss for words because they were trying to figure out how I had been playing football this long without anything major happening,” he said. Orr had 132 tackles... Читать дальше...

Every single interaction you might have with another person is ranked and reviewed, as if you’re a walking restaurant on Yelp or a driver for Uber. [...] when “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker dreamed up the story for the episode, he probably didn’t expect it to drop on Netflix near the end of Donald Trump’s insult-laden presidential campaign. Did Donald Trump's Inaugural Speech Echo 'Dark Knight Rises' Villain Bane? (Video) In the 10 days before the inauguration, the on-going saga of “I... Читать дальше...

The Republicans' FCC majority would help them roll back pro-consumer policies that upset many phone and cable industry groups, including net neutrality rules that bar internet service providers from favoring some websites and apps over others. Consumer advocates have been concerned that a deregulation-minded FCC could potentially allow more huge mergers, overturn new protections for internet users and lead to higher costs for media and technology companies that rely on the internet to reach consumers. Читать дальше...

The technological transition came just as Trump took the oath of office Friday, giving him a clean digital slate while preserving hundreds of tweets and posts made during President Barack Obama's time in office. Trump sent his first tweets as president from @realDonaldTrump, the personal account where his thousands of candid on everything from immigration to golf course conditions helped propel him into a political force. Turning over social media accounts is a modern twist on the complex presidential transition ... Читать дальше...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii lawmaker said Friday he plans to introduce legislation that could force Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg into mediation before he is allowed to buy real estate on Kauai island. Zuckerberg last month filed lawsuits to identify owners of 14 parcels interspersed with his 700-acre spread hugging a stunning white-sand beach so he could pay them and buy the land. The bill would allow a parcel's shareholders to band together in a group in mediation against the person seeking to buy the land. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's inaugural address held familiar echoes of the campaign speeches that led to his presidential win: downbeat about the state of the nation, to the point of hyperbole. Hardly. Since 2001, the U.S. has more than doubled the ranks of the Border Patrol, which now has nearly 20,000 agents. The Pentagon says it does have additional needs, including more ships, a replenished air fleet and bigger training budgets to prepare for large-scale combat. TRUMP: "We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Michigan announced Friday that it plans to close up to 38 underperforming schools in Detroit and other urban communities, potentially affecting 18,000 students and marking the first time that the state could close traditional public schools explicitly for academic reasons. The announcement came in conjunction with the release of Michigan's school rankings, which are based on standardized test results, students' improvement over time and the gap between the best and worst pupils. Fewer than... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States Friday, vowing that "through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other." Hundreds of thousands gathered in Washington to witness the peaceful handover of power, with outgoing President Barack Obama looking on as the billionaire businessman received the presidential oath of office. Meanwhile, across Washington, not everyone was celebrating. Hundreds protested — at times, clashing with police ... Читать дальше...

1 Pedestrians killed: A man with a history of mental health and drug abuse issues drove into a street crowded with pedestrians in Australia’s second-largest city Friday, killing at least four people, including a child, and injuring around 15 others, police said. An Afghan government official says two people, including a police commander, have been killed in an explosion in the country’s north after a sticky bomb was attached to the commander’s car. Russia signed a long-term agreement Friday to greatly enlarge its military presence in Syria... Читать дальше...

Mrs. Trump is the fifth first lady Lauren has dressed, and it is perhaps also an attempt to recompose her public image as both more sartorially American (Mrs. Trump was born in Slovenia) and supportive of the American fashion industry. During the presidential campaign, Mrs. Trump veered from the established tradition of candidates and their spouses — to support U.S.-designed fashion — by wearing primarily European labels, especially Italian houses Gucci and Fendi (for which Lagerfeld designs). The Gucci “pussy bow” blouse Mrs. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS — Billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s casino company is paying almost $7 million to U.S. authorities to end a more than five-year corrupt practices investigation of the firm’s former relationship with a consultant in Macao and China, company and federal officials said. With the agreement announced, Las Vegas Sands Corp. resolved twin probes of more than $60 million paid to an unnamed agent retained in 2006 to acquire a Chinese basketball team, plus other business dealings that include a Beijing... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump’s scathing criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will prevent the soldier from getting a fair trial on charges he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, Bergdahl’s attorneys said Friday. In a motion filed shortly after Trump was sworn in, defense lawyers asked a military judge to dismiss the charges against Bergdahl and argued the Republican violated his due process rights and military law against unlawful command influence. Defense attorneys... Читать дальше...

1 School shooting: A male student who was shot and wounded at a school in West Liberty, Ohio, was hospitalized Friday, and another student suspected in the shooting was in custody, officials said. 2 Gold theft: A man has been arrested in Ecuador in the brazen theft of an 86-pound bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million from an armored truck in midtown Manhattan, New York City police said Friday. Surveillance cameras showed the thief swiping the 5-gallon bucket off the back of the vehicle on Sept. Читать дальше...

ORLANDO — An autopsy shows that an Orlando police officer gunned down outside a Walmart last week was struck four times and the fatal shot hit her neck, apparently as she lay on her back, according to an arrest affidavit filed Friday. The bullet from the fatal shot appeared to strike concrete, suggesting that Lt. Debra Clayton was on her back, according to the affidavit. Security video showed Markeith Loyd running out of the store and Clayton pursuing him about 10 feet behind after the lieutenant... Читать дальше...

On the National Mall, far fewer showed up than the throng that attended Obama's 2009 inauguration, and some protesters downtown hurled bricks and broke windows in a show of defiance. Obama's staffers left one reminder on the wall near a West Wing entrance: a collection of newspaper front pages from Obama's proudest moments, including the day he signed the Affordable Care Act and the day the Senate confirmed his nomination of the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. He sat stoically as Trump, in his inaugural address... Читать дальше...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chuying on Friday called the Taiwanese presence at the inauguration a "publicity stunt, which aims to undermine and disrupt the China-US relationship." [...] he said Taiwan would like a free trade agreement and investment treaty with the U.S.; its support in participating in international organizations like Interpol, currently blocked by China; and stronger defense capabilities to ensure stability in the Asia-Pacific. Speaking through an interpreter, Yu... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS — An off-duty police officer and a woman he was helping were shot and killed Friday in a New Orleans suburb, and authorities were searching for a man who had been involved with the woman, officials said. Authorities shut the Mississippi River bridge from New Orleans’ east bank to its west bank to conduct the search, causing traffic to back up for miles. Munch said he joined the department in July 2015 and “finished first in everything” in his police academy class of roughly 20 recruits. Читать дальше...

White students continue to still be the state's largest single ethnicity, but the overall white student population in Oklahoma declined by almost 4,000 students from the 2015-2016 school year. Hispanic enrollment, representing Oklahoma's second largest single ethnicity, increased by more than 4,000 in public schools. According to a 2016 report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Oklahoma leads all other states in cuts to education since 2008.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms retired Gen. James Mattis to run Pentagon in President Donald Trump's new administration.

[...] it’s evidently Vikings assistant general manager George Paton or Cardinals vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough. Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, the 49ers’ presumptive head coach, can’t be hired until Atlanta’s season ends. The 49ers turned to Shanahan after their top choice, Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, withdrew from consideration Monday. Shanahan became their final remaining candidate after Seahawks offensive line coach Tom Cable withdrew Tuesday... Читать дальше...

Job postings for home health aides say applicants need to be “sympathetic” and “caring,” “empathetic” and focused on “families.” The study was done by Textio, which has analyzed 50 million job listings for language that provokes disproportionate responses from men or women. Common key words in the job descriptions were sympathetic, care, fosters, empathy and families — all of which Textio has found appeal more to female candidates — and are more likely to result in a female hire. Job listings... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Hamilton County school officials are considering bringing busing in-house and expanding the role of its pool of independent bus drivers in the wake of a bus crash in which six children were killed last year. News outlets report that the school board on Thursday night discussed the possibility of phasing out contractor Durham School Services and bringing in more independent contractors.

Author and TV personality Monica Crowley found it’s really hard getting a job in national security, especially after CNN reported dozens of instances of plagiarism in her 2012 book. Bloomberg News reported that the Mac Jr. will have only one patty and no middle bun — don’t you call that, you know, a cheeseburger? — and the Grand Mac will be about 1½ times the size of the original, and will weigh in at 860 calories. A Wisconsin sheriff posted on Facebook that “hundreds of thousands of Skittles” were spilled on a rural highway... Читать дальше...