Новости за 09.06.2017

(AP) — Louisiana prosecutors say a former sergeant is charged with stealing money, drugs and guns from the evidence room for police who patrol the world's longest continuous bridge over water . [...] when Jones was arrested Feb. 1, Causeway Police Chief Nick Congemi said he'd asked the sheriff to investigate because drugs and $6,300 were missing from the evidence room.

The U.N. children’s agency warned Friday that the fight for the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa threatens more than 40,000 children, while overnight air strikes on the city in northern Syria killed more than a dozen people. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces launched an attack on Raqqa earlier this week, and air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition have intensified since then. The fighting broke out at a distribution site after some soldiers tried to steal food sacks meant for displaced... Читать дальше...

Other fireworks businesses are completing applications, including chains such as Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, Target, Big Lots and Bomgaars. The reviews of permanent structure site plans are taking more time than anticipated, and the office is looking to speed up the process without jeopardizing safety, the Department of Public Safety noted the statement. Retail firework licensing fees, designed to offset some of the start-up costs for the state, will probably not be available for use until the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

The data center real estate investment trust agreed to be bought by Digital Realty Trust in an all-stock deal. The maker of office furniture and fireplaces cut its forecasts because of slower sales and falling wholesale revenue. The business consulting services company denied reports that some of its founders want to sell their stake in the company.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney says Hillary Clinton encouraged him to take the job as President Donald Trump's secretary of state. The former GOP presidential candidate says he believes he did not get the job because he disagreed with Trump on foreign policy.

White House social media director Dan Scavino violated the law when he used an official-looking Twitter account for campaign purposes, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has concluded, issuing Scavino a letter of admonishment. The agency concluded that Scavino, one of President Trump’s most trusted aides, violated the Hatch Act, which bars most executive branch officials from using their government positions to influence elections. Chelsea Manning believed she had a “responsibility to the public”... Читать дальше...

Can Warriors complete Finals sweep of Cavs? Game 4, NBA Finals Mike Brown (interim), 1st season with Warriors (0-0 with Warriors and 347-216 overall); Tyronn Lue, 2nd season with Cavaliers (78-45 with Cavaliers and overall) On air: TV on ABC; Radio on ESPN and 95.7 The Game Cavaliers: PG Kyrie Irving (25.0 ppg, 5.3 apg), SG J.R. Smith (6.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg), SF LeBron James (32.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg), PF Kevin Love (17.1 ppg, 11.0 rpg), C Tristan Thompson (8.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg) Cavaliers injury report: C Edy Tavares (right hand fracture) is out. Читать дальше...

The merger will allow the schools to share resources, including virtual classrooms for general education and business courses, information technology services, finance and accounting, student services and recruitment. The colleges began collaborating this spring as VMCAD departments work to develop redesign plans for the interior of the Institute's restaurant La Brioche, NECI uniforms and NECI marketing materials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States is committed to the mutual defense of NATO members, casting aside concerns that his omission of the pact last month weakened the alliance. European countries and others expressed concern last month when Trump did not mention the clause in a speech at NATO headquarters in Brussels. [...] allies had questions about Trump's belief in the value of NATO, which he had termed "obsolete" during the presidential campaign.

(AP) — The Latest in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop (all times local): A Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter in a black motorist's death is explaining how he came to pull the man's car over. Yanez testified Friday that he was on the alert for two suspects following a convenience store robbery in the St. Paul suburb of St. Anthony. A Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of a black motorist... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator told President Donald Trump it's "nonsense" that the administration believes it can ignore requests for information from individual members of Congress, including Democrats. A legal opinion issued by the Justice Department on May 1 said the authority for official inquiries of executive branch programs and activities may be exercised only by the full Republican-led House or Senate, committees and subcommittees, or their chairmen. Grassley said that unless Congress... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS — Twelve employees of a group linked to Democrats focused on mobilizing black voters in Indiana are accused of submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications ahead of last year’s general election to meet quotas, according to charging documents filed Friday. According to a probable cause affidavit, a supervisor for those canvassers, Holiday Burke, was also charged, as was the group. During the campaign, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A whirlwind three-day special session is ending after the Florida Legislature approved a last-minute deal to boost money for public schools and money to repair the dike that surrounds Lake Okeechobee. The Florida Legislature on Friday approved two-budget related bills that would also set aside more money to economic development programs championed by Gov. Rick Scott.

CARACAS, Venezuela — It was 10 a.m. and the newly promoted lieutenant was already sweating under his plastic face shield and black flak jacket. Several miles away on the other side of the city, tens of thousands of Venezuelans in white shirts and homemade gas masks gathered to march toward Catire and his unit, part of a bloody protest movement that has seen dozens of deaths in more than two months of turmoil. President Nicolas Maduro has greatly expanded the military’s authority and is leaning... Читать дальше...

Joe Smith - not the former Warriors forward but the relief pitcher - might have had an advantage over Steph Curry. Smith had arm surgery when he was young and, because he always loved basketball, practiced left-handed shooting. A left-handed three-pointer. “Everybody has their take on LeBron,” said Smith, whose Blue Jays’ played a series at the Coliseum this past week. [...] LeBron is Smith’s guy. [...] it was his duel with Curry that stunned onlookers after a Warriors practice in April 2016. Читать дальше...

DOHA, Qatar — Four Arab nations on Friday placed dozens of people and groups with suspected links to energy-rich Qatar on a terrorism blacklist, deepening a diplomatic dispute between key U.S. allies that threatens to destabilize the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt designated 59 individuals and 12 charities as terrorists in a joint statement published by the Saudi news agency. The list included the spiritual leader of the Sunni Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood... Читать дальше...

MARAWI, Philippines — It was during a lull in the fighting that Rohaina Salic first heard it, the bellow of a distant voice telling civilians trapped in the war-shaken city of Marawi they could finally emerge from their homes. “We didn’t really know whether it was safe to come out,” said Salic, 38, who walked out of the rubble of Marawi on Thursday with six members of her family. More than two weeks after Islamic militants plunged the lakeside town into chaos with an unprecedented attack that has... Читать дальше...

Two weeks after the plan was outlined in President Trump’s budget proposal, his daughter and adviser signaled she is open to other strategies for providing the benefit for new parents. “She said that was just a placeholder or a stake in the ground and they’re open to other ideas,” said Isabel Sawhill, a scholar at the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution who came to the White House to present the alternative plan she authored with Aparna Mathur, of the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Читать дальше...

[...] in the year since a gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub, these men and others have sought to strengthen their wounded community, forming support groups and community organizations, seeking seats at the tables of power, and creating a foundation to champion gays and Latinos. “There’s no question that the tragedy at Pulse has created an entire new generation of grassroots leaders who are young, who are queer, people of color, who want to make a difference and affect change,” said Smith... Читать дальше...

The 4-3 divided court, in a significant ruling that could have broad consequences for those living in Iowa illegally and using fake credentials to obtain work, concluded prosecution of crimes such as identity theft and forgery when related to immigration fall under federal jurisdiction and cannot be prosecuted in state court. Martinez in 2013 received temporary lawful immigration status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy implemented under President Barack Obama. [...] the Iowa Department of Transportation... Читать дальше...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A prosecution witness insisted Friday in a police officer's murder retrial she heard a gunshot before the car driven by an unarmed black motorist moved. Alicia Napier took the stand during the second day of testimony in defendant Ray Tensing's case to tell about what she saw and heard as she was getting her two small children situated inside her car parked near the shooting scene. The fired white University of Cincinnati police officer has said he feared for his life when Sam... Читать дальше...

Brooke Champlain stood nude in one of New York's busiest areas Friday with the slogan "We're All Just Stardust" painted around her bellybutton during Body Notes, an event organizers say was designed to uplift people. The nude models were painted in full view of gawking tourists and heavily armed police.

The president's eldest son, whose Twitter feed can at times be as inflammatory as his father's, was a one-man rapid-response team as the fired FBI director testified before a Senate panel Thursday. Trump Jr.'s Twitter barrage was all the more striking when compared to his father's silence, which the president broke with a Friday morning tweet accusing Comey of lying under oath. [...] while Trump Jr. told The Associated Press this spring that he would not, as had been rumored, be a candidate for governor of New York... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Law officers in Tulsa fatally shot a man while trying to pick him up for a mental health issue, triggering a street protest and a corresponding show of force by police in riot gear. Police officer Leland Ashley says sheriff's deputies were attempting to serve a pickup order Friday when the man walked away and to a nearby convenience store.

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country’s first monarch to abdicate in 200 years, but delayed debate over how to tackle the shrinking royal population and whether to allow women to ascend the throne. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative government supports male-only succession. After Naruhito’s daughter was born, a government panel discussed the possibility of allowing female ascension, but the talk quickly faded after Hisahito’s birth. Читать дальше...