Новости за 11.02.2017

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — As her students stood in the Fulton Elementary School gym, Daniele Halfhill showed them how to bend their knees and perform a "hip hit," as though they were pushing opponents aside in the roller derby rink. Halfhill, a fourth-grade teacher, is spending this semester weaving roller derby into her curriculum. On Friday, Halfhill had students slide across the gym floor in their socks and practice a T-stop before they moved over to a wall to practice the hip hit. Afterward, students... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — This week in New York state government news, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to decide whether the state should block New York City's impending fee on non-reusable shopping bags and lawmakers take a close look at the state budget. [...] the Legislature will intensify its scrutiny of Cuomo's $152 billion state budget proposal with a week of hearings in Albany dedicated to examining spending on schools, environmental protection and transportation. Lawmakers have scheduled a full week of hearings on Cuomo's budget proposal... Читать дальше...

Belil said he was living in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, which is now separate from South Sudan, which gained its independence in July 2011. [...] South Sudan has plunged into armed conflict between rival political factions, while Sudan has remained peaceful. [...] he mentioned the opportunity to send money back to Sudan to help family members who still live there. Having relatives who live halfway around the world in Sudan is definitely the hardest thing about Belil's decision to come to the United States. Читать дальше...

WSB-TV reports (http://2wsb.tv/2kDNZSk ) 58-year-old Deborah Alford, a special education teacher at Westside Elementary School in Cedartown, was arrested in Alabama on Thursday and extradited to the Polk County Jail Friday. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome says the video was disturbing, but he wouldn't describe the physical contact seen in the video.

LONDON (AP) — Apple chief executive Tim Cook says fake news is "killing minds," and governments and tech firms must act to stop it. Cook says firms have a duty to "create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news" without curbing free speech.

Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio says his body camera plan, announced during a proposed labor deal last month with the police officer's union, is crucial to restoring trust between officers and the communities they serve, "creating an atmosphere of transparency and accountability for the good of all." The 2014 killing of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri, and other deaths at the hands of police around the U.S. led to increased demands that officers be issued wearable cameras to deter misconduct and document shootings and other clashes. Читать дальше...

Why is it hard? Because it's been repeated and entrenched over more than 30 years, including by President Donald Trump during last year's election, when he called Ohio and Pennsylvania places where "everything is rusting and rotting." The industry was devastated by a combination of economic changes in the 1970s and 1980s, including foreign competition and strict environmental regulations. Mondale attacked the economic policies of incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan for "turning our great... Читать дальше...

Many don't rise to the level of an international audience because they cause no casualties, or little or no property damage, or are carried out by unknown assailants for unclear reasons. Many are attacks undertaken for right-wing or left-wing causes that have nothing to do with Islamic extremism or xenophobic attacks on mosques. The database defines a terrorist act as one aimed at attaining political, religious, social or economic goals through coercion or intimidation of the public, outside acts of war. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Britain plans to give afterschool cybersecurity training to thousands of teenagers in a bid to protect the country from online attacks. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said Saturday it hopes almost 6,000 students aged 14 to 18 will complete the extracurricular course by 2021 and that many will go on to cybersecurity careers.

WELLS, Maine (AP) — Scientists working on an assessment of salt marshes along the U.S. coast say half of those they studied will be gone in 350 years if lost ground isn't regained. Salt marshes provide vital habitat for animals and are important for their role in coastal protection.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Petty got his band the Heartbreakers back together for a high-class gig to launch Grammy weekend. Petty was toasted for his musical achievements and philanthropic work two days before the Grammy Awards. Wearing his signature black hat, Strait rocked out on "You Wreck Me." Randy Newman performed a piano version of "Refugee," and the Head and the Heart played "You Got Lucky." Among the crowd in the vast Los Angeles Convention Center hall were Starr, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Jam, model Kate Upton... Читать дальше...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked Afghan soldiers in southern Helmand province.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The head of Cambodia's opposition party has announced his resignation from the group after the country's long-serving prime minister announced plans for a law that could lead to the party's dissolution. Sam Rainsy is in self-imposed exile to avoid a prison sentence for criminal defamation.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Prime Minister, Beata Szydlo, is in stable condition and can carry out her government duties as "nothing serious happened to her" when her limousine was involved in a car crash, her spokesman said Saturday. TVP INFO, a state TV program, said she suffered bruises to her chest from her seat belt. The driver could face up to a three-year sentence if convicted of causing a traffic accident which resulted in injuries, Hnatko said.

(AP) — A California fire department says a freight train that derailed in suburban Sacramento has sent 22 rail cars into the mucky and swollen Cosumnes River. Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Justin Jacobs apologized for the disruption and said the company was thankful there were no injuries and no hazardous material involved.

Kathleen Neset was among three people chosen by a nominating committee to be interviewed for the seat. Neset is a geologist and president of Neset Consulting, which provides services to the oil and gas industry.

He's all metal riffs onstage, but at home, Metallica's lead guitarist and songwriter Kirk Hammett is all about luxury living. But don't take our word for it: The 54-year-old rocker listed his grand neoclassical estate in San Francisco for a head-banging $16 million.

Upon stepping inside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts latest exhibition, Lynn Hershman Leeson: Civic Radar, you are greeted by your own reflection.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in the capital, Baghdad, as demonstrators loyal to influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr demanded that local elections be held on schedule this year. Some Iraqi politicians have called for a delay due to the ongoing fight against the Islamic State group, where Iraqi forces are battling to take back the country's second largest city, Mosul.

[...] the state's ability to dispense that largesse has come under intense strain as the price for natural gas — Turkmenistan's only significant export commodity — has plummeted. [...] a few years ago, Turkmenistan could count on selling gas to China, Russia and Iran. The economic crisis triggered by the collapse in gas revenue has led to devaluation of the national currency, the manat, and shortages for many staples including cooking oil and sugar. Because of the intense secrecy which the government imposes on economic data... Читать дальше...

Warnings of genocide hang over South Sudan, where a 2015 peace deal has failed to stop the three-year civil war that has killed tens of thousands and forced 1.5 million to flee. Non-Dinka tribes in South Sudan are being neglected, Swaka writes, and "soldiers from the Dinka ethnic group have been strategically deployed and posted in non-Dinka areas to support the policy of land occupation and enforcing the agenda of forceful Dinkanization and domination of the country." "The risk that mass atrocities... Читать дальше...

The reforms would grant the president the power to appoint government ministers and senior officials, dissolve parliament, declare states of emergency, issue decrees and appoint half of the members in the country's highest judicial body.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Faeroe Islands' premier says a referendum on a new constitution for the semi-autonomous Danish North Atlantic territory will be held next year on April 25. Aksel V. Johannesen says his three-party governing coalition wants a "broad support" both among lawmakers in the 33-seat Lagting and voters.

Najum Abbasi, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said Saturday that the fishermen who hail from coastal areas in the provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh, had crossed international water boundaries 10 years ago and were detained by authorities in Yemen.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The government of Brazil's southeastern state of Espirito Santo and military police have reached an agreement to end a strike that had paralyzed several cities and led to an uptick in violence. Some family members interviewed by local media said they had not been consulted and did not agree, raising the possibility that some barracks might continue to be blocked on Saturday. Because of the absence of police patrols, schools have been closed and medical services at public hospitals interrupted.