Новости за 10.05.2017

Senate Democrats are asking Republican leaders to drop their effort to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Democrats say they’d work with the GOP to reduce premium and drug costs, stabilize insurance markets and help small businesses provide health coverage. Democrats noted that the House-passed measure would take coverage from an estimated 24 million Americans, cuts Medicaid and pares back protections for people with preexisting conditions and others. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray... Читать дальше...

Sanchez has a “lengthy history of weapons, gang and violent offenses,” said sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Crum in a statement. According to the agency’s account of the shooting, the trouble began after 2 a.m. Friday, when a pair of Cotati officers who were breaking up fights in downtown Cotati with the help of a Sonoma State officer were alerted to a fight across the street, and heard four gunshots. Near the area where the shots were fired, the officers found four shell casings and discarded clothing, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX — A former city bus driver suspected in a string of nine deadly shootings that spread fear in Phoenix declared “I’m innocent” as residents of the terrorized neighborhoods Tuesday expressed both relief over the arrest and frustration that it took so long. Aaron Saucedo, 23, spoke up during a brief court appearance late Monday night after his arrest on suspicion of being the killer dubbed the Serial Street Shooter. Police say Saucedo killed nine people and carried out 12 shootings from August 2015 to July 2016... Читать дальше...

By one estimate, 300,000 eligible voters in the state lacked valid photo IDs heading into the election; it is unknown how many people did not vote because they didn’t have proper identification. [...] it is not hard to find the Navy veteran whose out-of-state driver’s license did not suffice, or the dying woman whose license had expired, or the recent graduate whose student ID was deficient — or Harris, who at 66 made her way to her polling place despite chronic lung disease and a torn ligament in her knee. Читать дальше...

The San Francisco Deltas announced today the signing of Canadian International Maxim Tissot on Tuesday from DC United. The left winger was a regular for the Montreal Impact in MLS from 2013-2016. This preseason he won a contract with DC United. He featured once this year for the MLS side and played four games on

HELENA, Mont.— Dozens of universities and organizations that applied for federal grants to help young people from poor families prepare for college were turned down by the U.S. Education Department because of mistakes that consisted mostly of incorrect margins, the wrong size type or lack of double-spacing. The rejections have triggered an outcry from members of both parties on Capitol Hill and thrown into jeopardy programs that help thousands of high school students a year. Amid the uproar, Education... Читать дальше...

A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to consider reviving the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against AT&T for reducing the data speed of iPhone customers with unlimited-data plans after their use exceeds a certain amount. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco had ordered dismissal of the suit in August, reversing a federal judge’s ruling to let the case proceed. The panel said the FTC lacked authority over AT&T because the telecommunications... Читать дальше...

Read Donald Trump’s Kiss-Off Letter to Ousted FBI Director James Comey The missive is mixed with gratitude and not a little bit of self-exoneration on Donald Trump’s part, but makes clear that the decision is final, noting, “It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence.” Trump, who was arguably aided in the 2016 presidential election by Comey’s decision to announce an FBI investigation into rival Hillary Clinton’s email server 11 days before the election... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is taking the unusual step of hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants as it decides whether to allow them to continue participating in a humanitarian program that has shielded tens of thousands from deportation since an earthquake destroyed much of their country. The inquiries into the community’s criminal history were made in internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services emails. The program is intended to help people from places beset by war or disasters and... Читать дальше...

Irate passengers swarmed ticket counters and some started a near-riot at Fort Lauderdale’s airport after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights, blaming the decision on pilots’ failure to show up. Deputies arrested three people from New York in the Fort Lauderdale airport, charging them with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and trespassing. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said about 500 people were crowded into Spirit’s terminal at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport... Читать дальше...

Dornan will play a journalist who meets "Fantasy Island" actor shortly before his death Peter Dinklage will get to play one of his dream roles — as one of the most famous dwarf actors in Hollywood history, Hervé Villechaize, in a new film called “My Dinner with Hervé.” “Fifty Shades of Grey” actor Jamie Dornan is set to costar as Danny Tate, a struggling journalist based on Sacha Gervasi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sean Macaulay and is also directing. According to HBO, the film will explore... Читать дальше...

Officers went to the 1300 block of Crowley Lane in Fairfield about 4:32 a.m. on Monday after receiving multiple reports of gunfire and at least one person shot, police said. Martinez was declared dead at the scene, and two other victims were taken to a local trauma center, both in stable condition although one had serious injuries, police said. The block was also the site of a fire that displaced several people in September, and has been targeted by city programs because of an uptick in crime.

Coffee-free beverages have been making headlines lately (see: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino), but Peet's Coffee is doing things a bit differently.

First teaser for Matt Nix drama has also been released Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants who must fight to survive. Show creator Matt Nix previously told reporters that his series would have nods to Fox’s big-screen “X-Men” cinematic universe, and fit within the world set up by the movies.

Oscar-winning director-producer Steve McQueen will direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur, Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment announced Tuesday. The authorized account of the late rapper’s life will be produced by Nigel Sinclair’s White Horse Pictures and Jayson Jackson (“What Happened, Miss Simone?”). “I am extremely moved and excited to be exploring the life and times of this legendary artist,” the director of Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave” said in a statement. In addition... Читать дальше...

Possibly no network has benefited more from the traditional pay-TV bundle than Disney’s ESPN, which has by far the highest carriage fees of any channel at more than $7 per person. [...] as Americans have moved away from their fat cable bills and toward streaming services with skinnier offerings, ESPN has disproportionately suffered, shedding about 12 million subscribers since 2011 and weighing down Disney’s stock even as its studio continues its record run. [...] even the mighty Mouse House has to adapt to the changing times... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A top aide to Hillary Clinton did not forward “hundreds and thousands” of emails to her husband’s laptop as FBI Director James Comey recently testified to Congress, and never sent anything that was marked classified, according to a person familiar with the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server. Comey, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, provided new details about the email-server investigation and his reason for alerting Congress just before... Читать дальше...

Fox News Channel was the most-watched network among all of cable for the 18th straight week as the network makes changes to revamp its leadership with female voices after a series of sexual harassment allegations. Though the network came in second overall thanks to its daytime numbers, TNT’s NBA Playoff-heavy lineup averaged 3.1 million viewers to win the primetime crown, as Fox News finished second averaging 2.1 million. During Scott’s first week running the programming, Fox News’ 2.1 million... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has upheld as lawful the government’s bailout of American International Group in the heat of the financial crisis. The ruling Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said a company controlled by ex-AIG head Maurice Greenberg didn’t have a legal right to pursue its claim against the government. The previous decision by a judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims validated Greenberg’s allegations in principle, though the judge rejected Greenberg’s... Читать дальше...

With an Amazon Echo speaker today, you can talk to Alexa, the virtual assistant that powers the device, and ask it to play songs, order diapers and even turn on your air conditioner. On Tuesday, Amazon introduced the latest model in its expanding family of Echo products, the Echo Show, which has a 7-inch touch-screen and a video camera that let people place video or voice calls to each other over a Wi-Fi connection. The changes, which thrust Amazon into the crowded landscape of Internet communications tools like Microsoft’s Skype... Читать дальше...