Новости за 05.04.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to show strength after a major provocation, President Donald Trump is forcefully denouncing a chemical attack he blames on Syrian President Bashar Assad but staying coy about how, if at all, the U.S. may respond. Years after Obama predicted that Assad's days were numbered, the Syrian leader remains in power in a country ripped apart by civil war, and a new U.S. president is struggling to establish a way forward. Yet it was a mainstay of Obama's approach to Syria to try to... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is talking in more urgent terms about North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons, as President Donald Trump's talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping approach. North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast on Wednesday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, in a reminder of the simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula. While aides insisted the timing was coincidental, the administration touted the moves as evidence of an aggressive but... Читать дальше...

(AP) — University of Arizona's new president will receive $988,000 a year under a proposed contract, more than any other university president in state history. The annual compensation for Dr. Robert Robbins is part of a three-year contract the Arizona Board of Regents is expected to approve Friday.

(AP) — Government inspections of railroads that haul volatile crude oil across the United States have uncovered almost 24,000 safety defects, including problems similar to those blamed in derailments that triggered massive fires or oil spills in Oregon, Virginia, Montana and elsewhere, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. The inspection program began two years ago following a string of oil train accidents across North America, including a 2013 derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Superintendent Tony Evers easily won a third term as Wisconsin's top education official over an underfunded conservative opponent dogged by questions over whether he broke state law by using a public school account to send campaign-related emails. Even though the race is officially nonpartisan, Evers had strong support from Democrats along with state and national teachers' unions who favored his positions in support of increased funding for public schools and opposition to private school vouchers. Читать дальше...

Wife in sexless marriage is looking for a way out Dear Abby: I have been married for three years. Five months after the wedding, my husband let me know that he wasn’t interested in having sex anymore. Other than the lack of affection, he isn’t a bad person and he pays all the bills. The Exit Plan Because that was not the truth and you were misled, consult an attorney to find out if the marriage can be annulled. When I asked him about it, he explained that it started in his 20s when a girlfriend painted his toes, and he liked it. Читать дальше...

Midway through the third quarter Tuesday night, after drilling back-to-back three-pointers, Stephen Curry took a seat on the Warriors’ bench during a timeout. In a game in which he endured uncharacteristic misses, Curry had returned to his torrid ways long enough to eradicate any doubt. Thompson, who attributed his stellar play of late to the sunny weather in the Bay Area, scored a game-high 41 points on 13-for-24 shooting (7-for-14 from three-point range). With four regular-season games left... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Some Chicago suburban school board members who approved a policy allowing a transgender student to use the locker room of the sex she identified with survived an election challenge mounted by angry parents. The Palatine Township High School District 211 policy allowing transgender students to use the locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender they identify with prompted three opponents to run for the school board. President Donald Trump's administration has rescinded Obama administration guidance... Читать дальше...

The State of Columbia reports (http://bit.ly/2oFQKml) the Lexington 1 district is dismissing middle and high school students at noon. Officials in the Lexington 2 district will dismiss middle school and high school students at 11 a.m. All after-school activities are canceled as well.

The Giants earned their first victory of the season Tuesday night, 8-4 over the Diamondbacks, with regular leadoff hitter and center field Denard Span on the bench nursing a tight hip and Johnny Cueto done after five innings of shimmying, hitting and sprinting into his teammates’ hearts. Gorkys Hernandez started in place of Span and drove in four runs with a single and double, matching his RBI total with the Giants last year. Hunter Pence and Joe Panik had three hits apiece, with Panik adding inspired defense and baserunning. Читать дальше...

With the A’s leading 6-4 in the ninth, Ryan Dull got the call, but he gave up singles to the first two batters of the inning, then Danny Espinosa lofted a home run to right to give the Angels a 7-6 victory at the Coliseum. [...] Espinosa’s blast, Rajai Davis was looking like the A’s hero of the night. With Oakland down a run and two men on in the seventh, Davis smacked a triple off first baseman Jefry Marte’s glove. The A’s helping of homers piled up, with Ryon Healy and Jed Lowrie belting their first home runs of the season... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a high school football player in East Tennessee is going on trial in another case in which he's charged with trying to murder a potential witness. Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword set limits Tuesday on how much Knox County Assistant District Attorney General TaKisha Fitzgerald can say in the North case about the December 2015 shooting death of Fulton High School sophomore Zaevion Dobson.

CHICAGO (AP) — Companies cannot discriminate against LGBT employees in the workplace because of their sexual orientation, a federal appeals court said, in a ruling that a gay rights group called a "game changer." In an opinion concurring with the majority, Judge Richard Posner wrote that changing norms call for a change in interpretation of the Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin or sex. Late in January, the White House declared Trump would... Читать дальше...

Warriors forwards Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green will sit out Wednesday night’s game at Phoenix, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said. Kerr has been trying to sit Iguodala periodically throughout the season; at 33, Iguodala deals with an achy back and a nagging hamstring injury. The trainers’ recommendation came after they reviewed data from SportVU, a system of six cameras that measures the movements of the players on the court during games. The Warriors, riding a 12-game winning streak... Читать дальше...

The school says in a statement that Mary Ellen Barbera, the chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, will address graduates during the ceremony on May 15. Barbera earned her undergraduate degree from Towson State College and her law degree from the University of Maryland law school.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez and city planner Robert Lee Ahn, both Democrats with immigrant parents, emerged Tuesday from a crowded field to lead the race for an open congressional seat from Los Angeles. County election officials said a sample from 15 precincts in the district mostly within the city of Los Angeles showed turnout was in the single digits. Ahn criticized Trump and "extremists" in Congress for attempting to undo the Affordable Care Act, believes climate change is an urgent threat... Читать дальше...

2 lightning scores spark Sharks’ series sweep of Canucks The Sharks brushed off recent injury adversity by setting a franchise record with their two fastest goals en route to a 3-1 win over Vancouver on Tuesday night at SAP Center. By sweeping the Canucks in a home-and-home series, San Jose clinched no worse than a third-place finish in the Pacific Division by virtue of its third win in 11 games. Rookie Kevin Labanc and Joel Ward scored within 12 seconds during the opening 30 ticks to get the Sharks off to their fast start. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Wyoming sixth-grader Maddie Bradley wore a weighted haversack, a parachute, two ammunition bandoliers and a steel pot helmet. Close to 800 sixth-graders packed Cam-plex Energy Hall for the Campbell County Rockpile Museum's World War II Day, an annual event where students see, hear, taste and feel what life was like in the early 1940s on the home front as well as on the front lines. The museum had done a Civil War Day for at least the past 11 years, but Director Robert Henning wanted to do something that had more of a local connection. Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S.'s ambassador to Somalia is visiting Maine this week and plans to stop by a Portland high school. Stephen Schwartz is the country's first ambassador to Somalia in 25 years and has served in that capacity since last year. He is in the midst of a nationwide tour and is visiting cities that have Somali communities, such as Portland and Lewiston. Schwartz will be at Deering High School in Portland on Wednesday talking to students in a moderated question-and-answer session... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Ferguson, Missouri, voters opted for experience over change in re-electing a mayor who has led them through a tumultuous 32 months since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown thrust the St. Louis suburb into the national debate over race. Ferguson voters also approved a ballot measure adding strict police body camera requirements to the city charter. A settlement calls for significant changes in operations — sensitivity training for officers, adoption of community policing techniques, court reforms, and other measures. Читать дальше...

The keynote speaker will be Washington, D.C., attorney Kevin Goldberg, who will focus on the First Amendment, the Freedom of Information Act and intellectual property issues. Facebook is working with The Associated Press, FactCheck.org and other organizations to curb the spread of fake and misleading news on its influential network.

Immigrants who are still coming say many people in their home countries are staying home amid fears about President Donald Trump's immigration rhetoric, putting off coming to the U.S. until they see how his policies play out. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, in testimony submitted to a Senate committee, called the decline "no accident" and credited Trump. Trump's vows to step up deportations and build his signature border wall were widely spread in Central America, according to three migrants... Читать дальше...

Kawhi Leonard had 32 points and 12 rebounds as host San Antonio rallied in the final seconds of regulation before winning in overtime in a matchup of likely first-round playoff opponents. Gordon Hayward scored 30, and host Utah controlled the game most of the night with a defensive effort that bottled up everyone not named C.J. McCollum. Danilo Gallinari scored 28 points, and visiting Denver moved a half-game back of Portland for the final playoff spot in the West and a likely first-round matchup with the Warriors. Читать дальше...

The city is making a $335 million bet that the service will attract millions of passengers traveling between Manhattan and waterfront neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx that are now a distant walk from overcrowded subways. Transportation infrastructure in the city has a tendency to take many years, if not decades, to get built, but in this case workers are under pressure to get the new ferries and docks built in a New York minute. In an interview with The Associated Press this week... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A retired Ohio State University professor has sued the university for allegedly withholding details of a proposed $1.1 billion deal between OSU and a French energy company.