Новости за 17.07.2017

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — New assessments and a school accountability system in Oklahoma has led to the omission of a U.S. history state test in the upcoming school year and high school juniors taking a new science test. State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister said the Oklahoma State Department of Education and content officials are developing a new U.S. History assessment that more accurately reflects the breadth and scope of the subject to better prepare students for college and their careers.

DALLAS (AP) — A white former Texas police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of a black teenager who was leaving a party, prosecutors said Monday. Oliver was fired in May for violating department policies after police department officials reviewed body camera footage of the incident, which showed Oliver shooting his rifle into a moving vehicle that was traveling away from him and another officer. Police arrived at the scene in Balch Springs, a suburb about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of downtown Dallas... Читать дальше...

(AP) — FedEx Corp. says it is still working to recover from a cyberattack that hit its European TNT Express unit, and the incident could have a material impact on its financial results. FedEx said in a regulatory filing that the June 27 attack was causing lost revenue and higher costs for Netherlands-based TNT, which FedEx bought for $4.8 billion last year.

(AP) — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll use his amendatory veto power to remove money for Chicago teacher pensions from a school funding bill. Lawmakers approved a state budget this month that requires school funding be distributed through a new, more equitable formula that isn't law yet.

Fox News’ Judge Napolitano Says Trump Jr-Russia Meeting Merits Criminal Investigation (Video) Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said on Monday that Donald Trump Jr.’s now-infamous meeting with a Russian lawyer to find dirt on Hillary Clinton merits a criminal investigation. During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 17, Trump deflected a question about his tweet accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower by blaming a report by Napolitano. Trump... Читать дальше...

A Napa County judge who took a couple of card-holders from the San Francisco City Club during a dinner last year has agreed to resign from the bench, the state’s judicial disciplinary agency said Monday. Superior Court Judge Michael Williams will take leave on Oct. 19 and formally resign on Dec. 5, said the Commission on Judicial Performance. The commission issued a censure of Williams for conduct that “undermines public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary” and said he has also agreed not to seek judicial office in the future. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A driver struck a barrier and a police cruiser near the Library of Congress on Monday, injuring a U.S. Capitol Police officer, the police said. Police subsequently sent out an email stating that all test results were negative, but the immediate area remained closed to pedestrians for further investigation.

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal trial considering whether an Arizona law that shuttered a popular Mexican-American studies program in Tucson was enacted with discriminatory intent resumes this week and will include testimony from the man behind the effort to end the program. The 2010 law prohibits courses if they promote resentment toward a race or a class of people, are designed primarily for peoples of a particular ethnic group, or advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of peoples as individuals. Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A white former Oklahoma police officer will face a fourth trial in the shooting death of his daughter's black boyfriend, a prosecutor said Monday. "The very nature of our criminal justice system is premised upon the finality of a verdict," Kunzweiler said. Kepler, who retired from the force after he was charged, was a 24-year police veteran who has said he was trying to protect his 18-year-old daughter, who had run away from home and was living in a crime-ridden neighborhood. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A sketch authorities released Monday of a man considered the main suspect in the February killings of two northern Indiana girls was drawn in part from descriptions provided by someone who saw the suspect around the time the girls were slain, a sheriff said. Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby said the witness saw the man walking near Delphi, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis, but only recently met with an FBI sketch artist to provide facial details for the rendering released by State Police. Читать дальше...

Netflix keeps racking up accolades — and subscribers around the world — which helped carry the streaming giant to a glowing second quarter, and sent its stock up 8 percent in after-hours trading. The company, which plans to spend $6 billion on content this year, leverages its collection of movies, original series and stand-up specials from the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Chappelle to drive incremental subscribers, hoping to draw them with an ever-expanding suite of A-list programming. [...] the company’s breadth of new shows... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM — Islamic leaders called on Muslims on Monday to boycott a Jerusalem holy site at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a gesture of protest after Israel set up metal detectors at the site’s entrance gates following a deadly Arab attack there last week. For the first time in decades, Israel closed the site — sacred to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount — on Friday, after three Arab Muslim Israeli citizens opened fire from the holy compound with automatic weapons... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police are investigating how a top aide to a state lawmaker received nearly $50,000 in free tuition. A state police spokeswoman said Monday that an investigation has been launched at the request of the attorney general's office.

SEOUL — South Korea on Monday offered talks with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s. [...] Moon’s overture, the first formal offer of talks since his inauguration in May, indicates he wants to use dialogue to defuse the international standoff over North Korea’s weapons programs, despite having condemned the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test on July 4 and vowed a firm response. Ties between... Читать дальше...

Two Bay Area counties and a Southern California city concerned about rising sea levels sued 37 of the world’s biggest oil and coal companies Monday, claiming the fossil fuel giants are literally putting them under water and should pay for the damage. Lawyers for the three communities worked together to make the case that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel development are directly tied to the climate-related problems facing coastal areas, from more frequent flooding and beach erosion to the possibility that water will inundate roads... Читать дальше...

In telling the story of the rescue of hundreds of thousands of blockaded Allied forces in the early days of World War II, Nolan has crafted a film that’s sensational in every sense of the word; it aims for both the heart and the head, to be sure, but arrives there via the central nervous system. “Dunkirk” is gripping from its very opening moments, in which we see soldiers getting picked off by invisible snipers in the middle of the titular town as propaganda flyers shower from overhead, announcing to the British... Читать дальше...

Sunday’s Season 7 premiere episode scored 10.1 million linear viewers, which grows to a massive 16.1 million when counting multiple platforms. More specifically, that latter figure factors in those linear plays, along with same-day DVR playback and HBO Go/Now. Season 6 of “Game of Thrones” ended up as the most-watched season of any HBO series on record.

The Emmy-winning actor will star in NBC’s upcoming live “A Few Good Men” production as Col. Nathan Jessep, originally played in the 1992 film version by Jack Nicholson.  Aaron Sorkin, who will adapt the script from his play, will also executive produce. “Alec Baldwin is the gift that keeps on giving at NBC, and we’re excited to have him starring in Aaron Sorkin’s towering work as we expand our live theater imprint beyond musicals,” NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said in a statement. Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri became the final state to create a prescription drug-monitoring program Monday when Republican Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order aimed at combatting a scourge that killed more than 900 residents last year. Greitens signed the order following a news conference at Express Scripts, the St. Louis-based online pharmacy benefits manager that will help provide data analytics as part of the effort. State lawmakers have considered drug monitoring programs repeatedly but legislation has failed... Читать дальше...

MANILA — The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group said Monday a peace accord it’s trying to implement with the government is “the best antidote” for violent extremism exemplified by a bloody siege of the southern city of Marawi by Islamic State group-aligned militants. Government and rebel representatives submitted a new draft law to President Rodrigo Duterte that aims to establish a more powerful Muslim autonomous region in the country’s south under a 2014 peace deal that stalled in Congress under his predecessor. Читать дальше...

CNN political commentator Angela Rye refused to call President Trump her president on Monday during a panel discussion related to Russia meddling in the election, angering a former GOP congressman who was part of the discussion. Let’s at least acknowledge that, Rye said as the panel debated the ramifications of Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. Trump campaign adviser and former GOP congressman Jack Kingston responded, Your president, too, Angela.

‘Leatherface': Watch the Bloody, Violent First Trailer for ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Prequel (Video) Learn the origins of the infamous killer of the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” in the first trailer for the film’s prequel, “Leatherface.” Read original story ‘Leatherface': Watch the Bloody, Violent First Trailer for ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Prequel (Video) At TheWrap

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California judge is losing his job after swiping two art deco-style business card holders from a judges' dinner in San Francisco. Williams was attending a dinner hosted by a matrimonial lawyers association in March 2016 when he took two cardholders in the art deco decor of The City Club of San Francisco.

After an initial meeting last month where the structure of the talks was determined, Britain’s Brexit minister, David Davis, met up with the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator in Brussels ahead of four days of discussions. The estimated 3 million EU citizens in Britain would all have to apply individually for permission to stay, and it’s unclear what the plan would mean for those who have been in the United Kingdom for a shorter time or what rights family members will have. The European Parliament warned... Читать дальше...

AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian soldier was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being convicted of killing three U.S. military trainers last year, but some said questions lingered about his motive for the shooting at a Jordanian air base. Jordan has ruled out terrorism in the November shooting in which the convoy of the U.S. Army Green Berets came under fire at the base entrance. [...] relatives of the slain U.S. troops have described security camera footage that they say shows him shooting for six minutes... Читать дальше...