Новости за 24.04.2017

NEW ORLEANS — A monument to a deadly white-supremacist uprising in 1874 was removed under cover of darkness by workers in masks and bulletproof vests Monday as New Orleans joined the movement to take down symbols of the Confederacy and the Jim Crow South. The Liberty Place monument, a 35-foot granite obelisk that pays tribute to whites who tried to topple a biracial Reconstruction government installed in New Orleans after the Civil War, was taken away on a truck in pieces before daybreak after a few hours of work. Читать дальше...

The search for a Sonoma County couple and their single-engine plane that went missing in the Sierra Nevada last Monday was called off after rescuers fruitlessly combed wooded and snowy terrain for six days, officials said Monday. Civil Air Patrol officials speculated that snowy weather may have created dangerous flying conditions for the lost plane. The Civil Air Patrol, with the help of the California National Guard, California Highway Patrol and Sierra County Sheriff’s Office, began searching... Читать дальше...

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The phone conversation came after Trump had already used a meeting with Xi in Florida, a follow-up phone call, interviews and Twitter messages to press Xi to do more to deter North Korea from holding additional nuclear and missile tests. “China adamantly opposes any actions in contravention of the United Nations Security Council resolutions,” Xi said, according to the report, evidently referring to a series of decisions by the council to punish North Korea for its nuclear and missile programs. ... Читать дальше...

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters Monday that Russian officials haven’t seen any information confirming the reports but added that Moscow is concerned about “any human rights violations.” Lavrov was speaking at a joint news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who said she raised human rights at talks with Lavrov earlier in the day and met rights activists to discuss the reports of persecution. Rights activists and Chechnya experts say it is improbable... Читать дальше...

Scott Baio had a blunt response to former “Happy Days” co-star Erin Moran’s death on Monday, telling “The Bernie and Sid” show on WABC radio: “For me, you do drugs or drink, you’re gonna die.” [...] in his radio interview Monday, the 56-year-old actor said he was a “little shocked but not completely shocked that this happened” after news broke Saturday that Moran had died in her in Indiana home. The official cause of death was confirmed on Monday as “complications of stage 4 cancer.” Toxicology test results are still pending... Читать дальше...

Get ready to clack your coconut shells together, say “ni” and “always look on the bright side of life.” The Tony-winning “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” affectionately adapted from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” features many of the classic film’s best bits, as well as original material by longtime Python member Eric Idle. Musical theater insiders who attend Palo Alto Players’ production will especially appreciate “The Song That Goes Like This,” which deconstructs sappy show tunes, down to where they typically change key.

A day after announcing that he will step away from in-game coaching indefinitely, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr attended shoot-around Monday morning at Moda Center. When doors opened to reporters, Kerr was chatting with trainer Chelsea Lane on the sideline. Mike Brown, the interim head coach with Kerr out, handled media responsibilities. “Sometimes I hate saying this about the organization, ownership, management, even Steve because it sounds so cliché or I’m making stuff up,” Brown said. Brown... Читать дальше...

Like any self-respecting new-music ensemble, the choral group Roomful of Teeth has a host of unorthodox performing techniques at its command. The eight members can whoop and wail, mumble and whisper, sing from their throats and heads and everywhere in between. [...] the group’s signature stroke — one that recurred repeatedly during Roomful’s dazzling local debut on Sunday, April 23 — is one of the oldest tricks in the choral arsenal. When one of those harmonies hits, especially in the midst of something more eclectic or elusive... Читать дальше...

The suit also mentions recently-ousted Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, claiming that he and Ailes were “supported by a cabal of senior executives” in their “highly complex and extremely high-tech” criminal conduct. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday, charges the Fox News network, former CEO Roger Ailes, co-president Bill Shine, PR executive Irena Briganti, and social-media consultant Peter Snyder for “digital character assassination” involving hacking and threats. The lawsuit describes an elaborate campaign against Tantaros... Читать дальше...

Sara Hauman signs on to Octavia.

John Lynch: 49ers content to draft ‘cornerstone’ player at No. 2 General manager John Lynch indicated today the 49ers are still open for business when it comes to trading the No. 2 pick, but added that they are content to stand pat if a deal can’t be consummated. [...] otherwise we’re going to pick a player at (No. 2) that we feel is a cornerstone for this franchise for years to come. [...] we’ll be very passionate about that pick and what that player can do us for us moving forward. [...]... Читать дальше...

Emmit, The handsome Parking Lot King of Minnesota, sees himself as an American success story, although he made a bad deal recently. [...] chief of police and newly divorced mother Gloria Burgle (Carrie Coon) is trying to understand the new world around her, where people connect more intimately with their phones than with the people around them. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Ray’s girlfriend, Nikki Swango, a crafty and alluring recent parolee with a passion for cards. David Thewlis stars as V.M. Vargas... Читать дальше...

The Warriors’ Kevin Durant, Shaun Livingston and Matt Barnes are still questionable for Game 4 on Monday night, interim head coach Mike Brown said after shoot-around. Durant, who has missed the past two games, was seen after the workout with ice around his strained left calf. Head coach Steve Kerr, who will miss Game 4 as he continues to deal with nagging pain, has said that Golden State will only play Durant if the eight-time All-Star is 100 percent healthy. A 3-0 series lead over the Trail... Читать дальше...

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Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy, chronicles her grief and road to recovery and resilience. [...] Sandberg is a firm believer in pre-traumatic growth — that is, people's ability to build up resilience before something bad happens so that they are able to cope with it better. What we don't see coming — or at least I didn't — is that trauma can also lead to self-doubt in all aspects of our lives. To try to make ends meet, many have more than one job — not including the job of being a mother. Читать дальше...

Can Warriors sweep Blazers? Mike Brown (interim), 1st season with Warriors (0-0 with Warriors and 347-216 overall); Terry Stotts, 5th season with Blazers (223-187 with Blazers and 338-355 overall) On air: TV on TNT, NBC Sports Bay Area; Radio on 95.7 The Game Warriors (67-15, 3-0); Blazers (41-41, 0-3) Warriors: PG Stephen Curry (27.3 ppg, 6.0 apg), SG Klay Thompson (18.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg), SF Patrick McCaw (6.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg), PF Draymond Green (11.3 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 8.7 apg), C Zaza Pachulia (4.7 ppg... Читать дальше...

The show is set in a local TV newsroom where Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan) is struggling to get her boss, Greg (Adam Campbell), to give her real stories to produce and not just fluff. The show was created by Tracey Wigfield, who also plays the wacky and weird weather reporter at the station (she dreams of being able to actually control the weather, and she’s not kidding). Oh, and Tina Fey is among the executive producers, as is her producing partner and “30 Rock” showrunner, Robert Carlock. The... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Caitlyn Jenner opened up Monday in an Associated Press interview about her rocky road to transition and why she wrote a tell-all memoir, “The Secrets of My Life.” Jenner says she just needed to get it all out, from thoughts of suicide as she was pursued by paparazzi to the women she loved, married and shared certain aspects of her gender dysphoria with. The goal, she says, is to remain a strong voice for others in the LGBTQ community without massive, media platforms like her own.

[...] as a New Yorker profile Monday revealed that “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David is very unhappy that the former Breitbart News boss benefited financially from the show’s success. He was brought in to help Westinghouse Electric negotiate a minority stake acquisition in Castle Rock Entertainment — the producer of the iconic Jerry Seinfeld comedy — a person familiar with the deal told TheWrap. [...] in the New Yorker story, Connie Bruck noted that Bannon’s profit participation in “Seinfeld” may have been capped out and paid out around 1995... Читать дальше...

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(AP) — A Mexican wolf born this month at a wildlife center in suburban St. Louis is offering new hope for repopulating the endangered species through artificial insemination using frozen sperm. The semen is stored at the St. Louis Zoo's cryopreservation gene bank, established specifically for the long-term conservation of endangered species. The Fish and Wildlife Service began reintroducing Mexican wolves in New Mexico and Arizona starting in 1998, though the effort has been hurt by everything from politics to illegal killings and genetics. Читать дальше...

At his confirmation hearing in March, Perdue assured nervous farm-state senators that he will advocate for rural America, even as President Donald Trump's administration has proposed deep cuts to some farm programs. Current farm policy expires next year, and lawmakers on the House and Senate agriculture committees will have to find a way to push it through Congress amid heightened partisan tensions and concerns over spending. Trump has proposed a 21 percent cut in USDA programs and has harshly criticized some international trade deals... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A southern Indiana man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty in the child abuse death of his former girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter. The News and Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2paMlbs ) 28-year-old Joseph Manske of Clarksville also was sentenced Monday to five years on probation after pleading guilty March 21 to two charges of neglect of a dependent involving Alexis Arensman and the girl's 4-year-old sister

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say two people are facing charges after a man was accused of inappropriate contact with a teenage girl. The Pitt County Sheriff's Office told local media outlets that deputies went to a home outside of Greenville on Saturday in response to a call about a dispute.