Новости за 18.05.2017

LANGLEY PARK, Md. (AP) — At least 138 pedestrians have been struck by vehicles in the past eight years on a lethal two-mile stretch of state highway that runs through this low-income immigrant community in the Washington suburbs. On a drizzly morning in April she balanced on a 4-foot-wide concrete median strip on University Boulevard, worrying she might "slip and fall and get hit" as three lanes of cars whizzed by her on either side. A Capital News Service analysis of state accident data from 2009... Читать дальше...

The Labor and Industry Review Commission weighs appeals from administrative law judges' decisions in disputes involving unemployment benefits, worker's comp and workplace equal rights. The Joint Finance Committee voted Thursday to retain the commission but eliminate 7.8 vacant positions and ask state Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack to survey LIRC decisions and report back by mid-2018. The governor included a proposal in his last budget to eliminate the board and move its responsiblities to the Department of Agriculture... Читать дальше...

Proponents say updating marriage laws, which in many states are more than a century old, will help protect children from being pushed into marriages by parents and predators. Some lawmakers, disturbed by instances of pregnant girls heading to the courthouse to marry older men, argue that marriage licenses should not be given to men who have committed statutory rape. “Fourteen was just ridiculous,” said New York Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Democrat who sponsored a bill this year that would align... Читать дальше...

Warriors’ Curry, Durant and Green make All-NBA teams For the third time in franchise history, three Warriors players have been named All-NBA in the same season. Klay Thompson earned 14 votes, but didn’t make a team. The two-time reigning MVP, he averaged a team-high 25.3 points per game to go with 6.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 33.4 minutes. After breaking his own NBA record with 402 made three-pointers last season, he led the league in three-pointers for a fifth consecutive year with 316. Читать дальше...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia is making every effort to dazzle and impress President Trump on his first overseas trip, seizing on the visit to cement itself as a major player on the world stage and shove aside rival Iran. The kingdom has arranged a dizzying schedule of events for the two days Trump will be in town — inviting figures as varied as Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court; Bret Baier, a host on the Fox... Читать дальше...

Jury acquits Tulsa officer in shooting of unarmed black man A jury acquitted a white Oklahoma police officer who says she fired out of fear last year when she killed an unarmed black man with his hands held above his head. The family of Terence Crutcher burst into tears and expressed outrage Wednesday after jurors found Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the Sept. 16 shooting. Shelby testified that she fired her weapon out of fear because she said Crutcher,40... Читать дальше...

The Soundgarden frontman, who committed suicide Wednesday, May 17, at age 52, seemed to have everything going for him: that plutonic four-octave voice, the brooding good looks and the ability to shift gears from blistering metal to tender acoustic moments. After storming the charts with hit singles like “Black Hole Sun,” “Fell on Black Days” and “Spoonman,” the band unraveled in 1997 — just three years after releasing the platinum-selling “Superunknown.” While never exactly defining whether Soundgarden had broken up or gone on hiatus... Читать дальше...

Hansen, one of the captains on the Discovery Channel reality series, was arrested for assault early Thursday after allegedly kicking an Uber driver’s car and spitting at the driver, KOMO News reports. According to police, the incident occurred at approximately 2 a.m. in the Ballard area of Seattle, after the driver picked up a group of passengers celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day. According to the driver, Hansen at one point kicked his car, denting it, and spat at him.

As the school year wraps up, it’s time to start thinking about summer vacation and, usually, some summer travels. But think twice before booking an exotic vacation with the kids, a leading British child psychologist warned The Telegraph. “Home-based holidays are what most children really want,” says Oliver James. That doesn’t mean you can’t leave the

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation that makes killing a state or local police officer an aggravating factor juries would consider in death penalty cases. Under current law, killing a federal law enforcement officer is already an aggravating factor in death penalty deliberations.

[...] even the simplest message sent is not always the message received, says workplace performance consultant Rex Conner, and that is not good for either employee or employer. “It will cause inefficiencies in the workplace, create conflict and it’s going to hurt productivity,” said Conner, lead partner and owner of Mager Consortium in Utah. While short declarative sentences — “You’re not a team member” — may sound clear enough from the sender’s standpoint, Conner labels these trite phrases fuzzy communication. Читать дальше...

In 1853, a few short years before succumbing to madness and a tragic early death, Schumann wrote a violin concerto for the brilliant young virtuoso Joseph Joachim. Joachim, his friend Brahms, and Schumann’s wife Clara — the three musicians most inclined to look favorably on anything the composer undertook — gave one another embarrassed glances (here I’m speculating) and shoved the concerto into a drawer, where it remained unplayed and practically unseen until 1937. The piece is still a problem child ... Читать дальше...

Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade highlighted a trend toward “green burials” in an industry booming as Asia’s population rapidly ages. Basket-weaving dates to the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907) in northeast China’s Shandong province, where Sun’s factory uses fast-growing willow reeds to make caskets that are an eco-friendly alternative to wood. From China, Truthkobo Jewelry offered pendants made with ashes from deceased relatives or pets... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump, asked if he urged FBI Director James Comey to drop Russia investigation, says, 'No, no'

Catherine Zeta-Jones Set to Star as Infamous Columbian Drug Kingpin in Lifetime Movie The network announced Thursday that the Oscar winner is set to star as drug kingpin Griselda Blanco in the upcoming Lifetime movie “Cocaine Godmother.” Blanco is suspected of ordering over 200 murders, was killed in 2012 during a motorcycle drive-by in Columbia as she walked out of a butcher shop. Steven Michaels, Jonathan Koch (“The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe”), Joan Harrison (“Manson’s Lost Girls”) and Alisa Tager (Enemy at the Gates) are producing... Читать дальше...

Andre Iguodala and Zaza Pachulia are listed as questionable for Saturday’s Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against San Antonio, Warriors acting head coach Mike Brown said. Pachulia didn’t return after leaving Game 2 in the first quarter with a right heel contusion. Iguodala, in his third season as a leader of Golden State’s second unit, led the league in assists per turnover (4.5) and was seventh among players who played at least 70 games in steals per turnover (1.3). The Warriors’ starting center... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Chris Cornell, one of the most lauded and respected contemporary lead singers in rock music with his bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, hanged himself Wednesday in a Detroit hotel room, according to the city's medical examiner. Cornell was a leader of the grunge movement with Seattle-based Soundgarden — with whom he gained critical and commercial acclaim — but also found success outside the band with other projects, including Audioslave, Temple of the Dog as well as solo albums. The band... Читать дальше...

University leaders said they've embarked on the branding deals to help fill budget gaps as lawmakers have stripped hundreds of millions of dollars in state financing from their campuses. Glover, a Democrat, said he understands the difficult budget circumstances, but worries about using a university brand to promote alcohol amid national concerns about binge drinking and alcohol abuse among students. Broadwater also said he couldn't "get past the irony" that lawmakers recently authorized LSU and Southern University to grow medical marijuana... Читать дальше...

Music fans, look out: if you've got $800 (plus fees), you might be able to get yourself access to more than 90 music festivals this year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says appointment of special counsel for Russia investigation 'divides the country'

Rare necropsies conducted on carcasses that washed ashore show how orcas dominate the marine food chain at the expense of great white sharks, whose ferocious reputation (thanks partly to the 1975 movie “Jaws”) belies their vulnerability to shark nets, fishing, poaching, pollution — and the biggest member of the dolphin family. The livers of all three sharks were removed, suggesting the orcas, also known as killer whales, targeted the nutrient-rich oil and fat in the organs and discarded the rest of their prey. Читать дальше...

(AP) — In the weeks leading up to Montana's special congressional election, Democrat Rob Quist and his surrogates fanned out across college campuses throughout the state, hoping to tap into a trove of progressive votes in a place where conservative values are as sturdy as the nearby Rocky Mountains. With just a week left to campaign before the May 25 election, Quist is counting on college-age voters to provide the sliver of ballots he needs to prevail in a nationally watched election for Montana's open congressional seat... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter's new privacy policy suggests ambitions of becoming more like Facebook — more tracking of users and more targeting of ads to rake in more money. With the changes, Twitter expands the pool of people it can track and lets the company collect more data about those people when they are visiting sites around the web, said Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, an industry-backed think tank in Washington. [...] the company will now keep data about users' web activities for 30 days instead of 10... Читать дальше...

Pope embraces Huntington’s disease sufferers in bid to end stigma VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis embraced weeping mothers, fathers and children with Huntington’s disease on Thursday as he sought to remove the stigma of an incurable genetic disorder that causes such devastating physical and psychiatric effects that its sufferers are often shunned and abandoned. The disease causes cells in parts of the brain to die, resulting over time in involuntary movements, personality and mood changes and slurred speech. Читать дальше...