Новости за 22.04.2017

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed after a police shooting at an apartment complex in an Ohio city. The shooting in Hamilton in southwestern Ohio was reported around 3 p.m. Saturday. Hamilton police crime scene investigators were on the scene late in the day. Police used crime scene tape to place a large area of the apartment complex off limits. Hamilton is about 33 miles (53 kilometers) north of Cincinnati.

The Oscar-winning "Big Little Lies" star attended a party in New York on Friday night to celebrate Tiffany and Co. and said she backed the jewelry company's commitment to stop global trafficking and demand for elephant ivory. Last year, Tiffany & Co. partnered with the Elephant Crisis Fund to raise money to fight for the elephants. Fresh from a film shoot in South Africa, Dominic West also cheered the impact that the Elephant Crisis Fund has made on the poaching of elephant tusks.

Prosecutors struggled to prove those charges before Judge Allan Schmalenberger, who ruled in multiple cases that the Morton County State's Attorney office had failed to meet its burden of proving that protesters were given proper notice that they were on private land, either with signs or verbal warnings. Demonstrators staged months of protests near the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to try to stop the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline, saying it will pollute water and damage Native American sacred sites. Читать дальше...

The Hawk Eye reports (http://bit.ly/2p36yjy ) that a Louisa County jury found 39-year-old Gina Kerr guilty on Thursday of first-degree theft. Police say that when the thefts occurred, Kerr was the vault teller who had sole control of the vault for about eight months before her arrest.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Global finance leaders have dropped any sharp condemnation of trade protectionism and references to climate change from their statement following meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

American Airlines has suspended an employee while it investigates a confrontation between a male flight attendant and a passenger that began when a woman’s baby stroller was removed from a jetliner during boarding at San Francisco International Airport. Adyanthaya said in a caption posted with the video that a flight attendant “violently took a stroller from a lady with her baby on my flight, hitting her and just missing the baby.” A fellow male passenger gets up and demands the name of the flight attendant who removed the stroller. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Several thousand people rallied in downtown Chicago in a March for Science event, with participants saying science in under attack from the Trump administration. A brass band whose members wore white lab coats played "You Are My Sunshine" while stilt walkers in flashy costumes towered over them.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Two men who had been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a Rapid City man have pleaded guilty to reduced charges of manslaughter. Police Chief Karl Jegeris said investigators started out with "absolutely no suspects, no leads and no information" after Lowry's body was found in a parking lot, but cracked the case with surveillance video from local businesses.

[...] a string of political leaders passed around a megaphone and from the back of a pick-up truck repeated their demand of recent days for immediate elections and freedom for dozens of jailed government opponents they consider political prisoners. Many Venezuelans blame the socialist policies of President Nicolas Maduro's administration for triple-digit inflation and widespread shortages of food and medical supplies. Government leaders claim the violence is generated by right-wing opposition forces... Читать дальше...

The upcoming “Star Wars” standalone film about young Han Solo almost had a major meeting of fans: those in love with the franchise, and those in love with Harry Styles. The pop star, formerly of the boy band One Direction, hinted that he read for the part that wound up in the hands of “Hail, Caesar!” star Alden Ehrenreich. Styles also had enough chops to merit inclusion in Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming WWII epic “Dunkirk,” which Warner Bros. will roll out in July.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was pulled from the Kinnickinnic River in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Drive Team was called around 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The medical examiner's office says a man's body was pulled from the river. Few details have been released. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.

DENVER - I am amazed by how quickly fans and some in the press jumped to the contract issue upon learning that Madison Bumgarner got hurt in a dirt-bike crash. [...] the guy is still lying in his hotel room probably unable to turn over in bed without pain because of his rib and shoulder injuries. Section 5 (b) of the last Uniform Player Contract to be published, as an addendum to the 2012-16 Collective Bargaining Agreement, is entitled "Other Sports" and reads: The Player and the Club recognize... Читать дальше...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a suspect who killed a man and wounded another in a shooting in the Seattle suburb of Renton. KOMO-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2pofT8x) that one man died at the scene of the early Saturday shooting and a second man was taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds. An update on his condition was not immediately available. Police say it appears the victims drove to a Renton fire station after being shot at another location. No details about a possible suspect have been released. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials are planning controlled burns on 9,000 acres (3642 hectares) on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Washington state in an effort to reduce the threat of wildfires. The controlled burns this spring in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest are part of a plan to increase the pace of intentionally set fires to reduce fuel loads, The Seattle Times reported (http://bit.ly/2pNm0mF ) Scientists say controlled burns keep forests healthier by reducing dense stands of... Читать дальше...

TX Marine Warning and Forecast TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Sunday, April 23, 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS Texas, Marine Warnings and Forecast

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified a man shot to death outside a Des Moines apartment building. Police said Saturday that 41-year-old Stephen Pausuan Kim, of Des Moines, was shot around 10:30 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of the University Terrace Apartments. Responding officers found Kim with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police say detectives have been interviewing witnesses and processing evidence. No arrests have been reported. The fatal shooting was the city's 11th homicide of the year.

DURANGO, Iowa (AP) — A jury has found a Durango woman guilty of stealing more than $400,000 from an aunt who suffered from dementia. The Telegraph Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2p2ZDqy ) that the Dubuque County jury took less than two hours to find 45-year-old Molly Bodish guilty Friday of ongoing criminal conduct.

PARIS — Early voting began overseas Saturday in France’s most nail-biting election in generations, and the 11 candidates seeking to become the country’s next president silenced their campaigns as required to give voters a period of reflection. Opinion polls showed a tight race among the four top contenders vying to get into the May 7 presidential runoff that will decide who becomes France’s next head of state. Polls suggested that far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist and former economy minister... Читать дальше...

In an age of cellphone videos and social media, airlines are learning the hard way that it is essential to deescalate tense situations that occur during air travel, even as there are more passengers, less room and fewer flight attendants than ever before. Days after Dao was dragged off the United Express flight from Chicago to Kentucky to make room for airline crew, his lawyer spent a good part of a news conference railing against what he said was the industry-wide shabby treatment of airline passengers. Читать дальше...

[...] we've got a government that is saying that climate change is a Chinese hoax, said Danny Leserman, 26, who was carrying a sign showing a sad polar bear wishing for more ice. Before they set out under a glaring morning sun, they cheered recitations of scientific achievements and booed mentions of two Trump administration appointees who are climate change skeptics. Michael Roukes, a physics and biological engineering professor at Caltech, spoke of immigration and travel by foreigners to the United States... Читать дальше...

Reliever John Axford said Saturday that he’s probably just days away from resuming throwing as he recovers from a right shoulder strain. Axford said he had some issues Wednesday with sock throws - throwing a baseball down the length of a long sock to mimic a normal delivery - but he believes that was because he found the sock toss “really awkward.” Axford tried to warm up April 4 but felt some shoulder discomfort and the next day was placed on the DL retroactive to April 2, so the set-up man has not pitched this season.

The two-day benefit kicked off on Thursday, April 20, with headlining concert at the ACL Live – The Moody Theater.

A dispute about the euthanization of a cancer-stricken monkey at the San Francisco Zoo has highlighted growing tension between employees and management over animal care at the facility, which in the past decade has come under scrutiny following a tiger’s killing of a guest and the accidental crushing death of a baby gorilla. Zookeepers and other animal care workers at the facility have accused Executive Director Tanya Peterson of unnecessarily allowing a 15-month-old patas monkey to suffer for almost a week before it was put to sleep. Читать дальше...

(AP) — University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance has received a $5 million gift from two prolific philanthropists. The university says the donation pushes the school beyond its multi-year fundraising campaign goal of $90 million.

Bay Area political events: Political events Rallies and protest events are a part of political life in the Bay Area. Hosted by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont, at 1 p.m. at Newark Memorial High School, 39375 Cedar Blvd., Newark. Sexual assault conversation: Loosid Projects, Planned Parenthood and Bay Area Women Against Rape host a discussion called Locker Room Talk: Confronting Sexual Violence in the Age of Trump. Marin County Supervisor Kate Sears will discuss the recent findings of the BayWave Project... Читать дальше...