Новости за 30.05.2017

BERLIN (AP) — Police in western Germany say a neighborhood was evacuated after World War II-era grenades and other munitions bought at a flea market began exploding in summer-like heat. The 51-year-old homeowner, who's under investigation for weapons law violations, told police he bought the crate of munitions at a flea market and they apparently started exploding in the hot weather.

(AP) — Following a spate of crimes at nearby apartment complexes, a proposed plan would allow the Middle Tennessee State University police department to work off-campus at the request of the Murfreesboro Police Department. University officials say the plan would likely begin with MTSU officers inspecting off-campus apartment complexes, which are seeing increased numbers of non-student residents.

MADRID (AP) — Taxi drivers across Spain's are striking to protest the increase in cars run by private companies offering cheaper, mobile ride-hailing services. Unions claim these companies flout a law that stipulates there should be one private company vehicle for every 30 taxis.

Alexander is an assistant superintendent for Cabell County Schools where he has worked for more than 20 years. Board president Trey Morrone says pursuing a candidate with a strong financial background was a must as the county has fallen on hard financial times.

Facing solid Democratic opposition to demolishing former President Barack Obama's 2010 overhaul, Republicans will lose if just three of their 52 senators defect. In a report that complicated McConnell's task, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office delivered a damaging critique last week of the GOP-written bill the House approved May 4. Booting that many people off health care coverage is a nonstarter for many Republican senators. The number can be reduced by spending more on Medicaid, fattening... Читать дальше...

While more than 100 Americans have been charged with terror-related offenses connected to the Islamic State, most have been charged in sting operations, where the defendant only thought he had made a connection to the Islamic State. According to court records, he served as a bus driver for the region's Metro system. In Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital, prosecutors say Khweis went through a formal intake process, in which he indicated his willingness to serve as a suicide bomber, prosecutors say. Читать дальше...

(AP) — The man police say fatally stabbed two other men who tried to shield young women from an anti-Muslim tirade on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train makes his initial court appearance Monday and the city's mayor says he hopes the slayings will inspire "changes in the political dialogue in this country." Three other men on the train intervened before police say Christian attacked them, killing two and wounding one. Christian served prison time after holding up employees at a convenience store with a gun in 2002, court records show. Читать дальше...

(AP) — It was after midnight when a gunman burst into the living room of a southern Mississippi home where young people were playing video games. With his mother standing by his side Monday, Caleb spoke calmly as he recounted to The Associated Press how he felt the force of the impact as Blackwell was shot Sunday. Caleb's 11-year-old brother, Austin Edwards, was also shot to death in that living room early Sunday. Investigators said Willie Corey Godbolt, 35, will be charged with one count of capital... Читать дальше...

House GOP leaders are prepared to unveil Tuesday the rest of their state budget proposal, particularly their tax package and pay increases for teachers and state employees.

(AP) — President Donald Trump expressed the nation's "boundless" gratitude for the ultimate sacrifice paid by Americans defending the United States, dedicating his first Memorial Day address as commander in chief to a top Cabinet secretary and two other families who lost loved ones. Trump also singled out for special mention Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a retired Marine four-star general whose son, Marine 2nd Lt. Robert M. Kelly, was killed in November 2010 after he stepped on a land mine while on patrol in southern Afghanistan. Читать дальше...

[...] her family wound up in an unheated house in Oregon with no indoor plumbing, eking out a living by picking strawberries. U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, known by its acronym as ICE, already has focused on the town, stopping two vans loaded with workers in February and taking several people away. Some kids are even afraid to attend school, she said, worried they'll return to empty homes, their parents gone. Since becoming the first immigrant Latina lawmaker in Oregon's Legislature... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The future is uncertain for a Nevada program to provide public assistance for private school tuition, textbooks, uniforms, tutors and other costs after state leaders squabbled over details and held a three-hour hearing Monday. Democratic legislative leaders gave three hours' notice of the Legislature's first public debate on Education Savings Accounts in over two years. Parents and Republicans on one side argued that fully implementing the 2015 program could help families of meager means... Читать дальше...

According to Wikipedia, the definition of pansexuality is “the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction toward people regardless of their sex or gender identity.” While it may be empowering for you to disclose this information, it should be clear to you that your family — with the exception of your brother — is not open to hearing it. Recently, my mother-in-law started begging us to let her join our team. Dear C.F.Y.: Because you love your company “as it is now,” do not hire your mother-in-law to fill a job that doesn’t need filling. Читать дальше...

PANAMA CITY — Manuel Noriega, the brash former dictator of Panama and sometime ally of the United States whose ties to drug trafficking led to his ouster in 1989 in what was then the largest American military action since the Vietnam War, has died. Gen. Noriega had been in intensive care at a public hospital since March 7 after complications developed from surgery to remove what his lawyer described as a benign brain tumor. While imprisoned abroad he suffered strokes, hypertension and other ailments, his lawyers said. Читать дальше...

Local news outlets report Jason Adams was charged with attempted murder after his brother-in-law was shot following a domestic dispute Sunday afternoon. Police say officers responded to the family's home and found Adams' brother-in-law with a gunshot wound to the upper thigh.

MARAWI, Philippines (AP) — Lawmakers in the Philippines are calling for a public session of Congress to determine whether martial law is still necessary now that the military is taking control of a southern city from Islamic militants.

Local news outlets report the Monday evening shootings first began around 5 p.m. Metropolitan police arrested two people after finding more than 40 shell casings at the scene of an apparent shootout in northwest Washington, near where eight people were injured in Saturday's fatal shooting.

Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela wrote in his Twitter account that "the death of Manuel A. Noriega closes a chapter in our history." Noriega accused Washington of a "conspiracy" to keep him behind bars and tied his legal troubles to his refusal to cooperate with a U.S. plan aimed at toppling Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government in the 1980s. In 2016, doctors detected the rapid growth of a benign brain tumor that had first been spotted four years earlier.

"There will be new legislation which will make Australia a world leader in protecting vulnerable children in our region from child sex tourism," Bishop said. Independent Senator Derryn Hinch, who was molested as a child and was jailed twice as a radio broadcaster for naming pedophiles in contravention of court orders, took credit for the government initiative. Hinch, who was involved in drafting the legislation, said temporary passports could be provided to pedophiles who need to travel for legitimate business or family reasons... Читать дальше...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A suspect in the poisoning death of the North Korean leader's half brother wrote to her parents from jail, asking them to pray for her but saying "don't think about me too much." The suspects are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim's face in the crowded airport terminal; he died soon afterward. Defense lawyers fear the women will be scapegoats because other people believed to have knowledge of the case left the country. Siti's lawyer, Gooi Soon Seng, earlier... Читать дальше...

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A tropical storm lashed southern Bangladesh on Tuesday, destroying hundreds of poorly built homes in some remote islands in the Bay of Bengal, officials said. Cox's Bazar's chief government administrator, Ali Hossain, said the storm destroyed hundreds of homes on Saint Martins Island after it started hitting the area around midnight Monday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota police officer goes on trial this week in the killing of a black motorist that drew additional attention when video of the shooting's aftermath was streamed live on Facebook. Key figures in the manslaughter trial of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez in last July's death of Philando Castile: Castile, 32, was a longtime elementary school cafeteria worker who family members described as loving and laid-back. Quick with a high-five for students and always eager... Читать дальше...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad just after midnight on Monday, killing 13 people and wounding 24, hospital and police officials said. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, which Iraqi officials said involved apparently remotely detonated explosives inside a parked car. Last year, Baghdad was rocked by a huge truck bomb attack that targeted a popular retail district in the city center where young people and... Читать дальше...

Prosecution timeline of traffic stop in Castile shooting Philando Castile was shot to death by a police officer last July barely more than a minute after his car was pulled over in a St. Paul, Minnesota, suburb for an apparent broken taillight. Attorneys for St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who goes on trial this week for manslaughter, have maintained he was reacting to the presence of a gun and feared for his life. A criminal complaint gives a timeline of the July 6 traffic stop, as... Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The graphic video showing Philando Castile's final moments after he was shot by a Minnesota police officer made headlines nearly a year ago and led to calls for changes in policing. Prosecutors say Yanez shot Castile, a 32-year-old elementary school cafeteria worker, after Castile told him he was armed. Philip Stinson, a criminologist at Ohio's Bowling Green State University who tracks fatal police shootings, said convictions of officers are infrequent. Since the beginning of 2005... Читать дальше...