Новости за 16.08.2017

Insurance premiums for health plans in the individual market would jump 20 percent in 2018 if the federal government stops funding billions of dollars in payments to insurance companies that help lower health care costs for poor Americans, according to an analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday. Insurers pass on the savings to consumers, who buy plans on the insurance exchanges and can as a result get lower insurance deductibles, co-pays, prescription drug costs and other out-of-pocket costs. Читать дальше...

Jurors can hear about New Jersey bombs at the October trial of a man charged in a 2016 New York bombing that injured 30 people, but they will not be told that he was arrested after a shootout with police, a judge ruled Tuesday. 2 Terror plot: A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. The U.S. attorney’s office says in a news release that 32-year-old Mohamed Elshinawy entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Baltimore. According to his plea deal... Читать дальше...

Google snaps up startup, Netflix spends big, Amazon speeds up Google reportedly has bought Senosis Health, a Seattle startup that has created smartphone apps that help people monitor such things as their pulmonary function and hemoglobin counts. GeekWire reported on the deal, citing anonymous sources, but no details were available on the purchase price or where Senosis would fit within Google’s parent company, Alphabet. The streaming service spent more than $6 billion last year, Ted Sarandos said in an interview with Variety... Читать дальше...

After lengthy, heated debate, Huberty's chamber approved the Senate changes 94-46, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott, who plans to sign it into law. The rest includes money for educating dyslexic and autistic students, and for some school districts facing declining property tax revenue and an expiring program that previously provided aid.

(AP) — A judge overseeing a civil lawsuit in northeast Arkansas on Monday awarded $150 million to the families of five people who were fatally shot outside an Arkansas school in 1998. "If either of them tries to sell their story for a book or a movie deal, or wins the lottery, this judgment means they can't get rich without paying these families first," McDaniel said. In a news release, McDaniel said Johnson spent time in federal prison after completing his sentence for the shootings, and was located in Texas this year.

SCE&G and state-owned utility Santee Cooper decided July 31 to halt construction on two partly built reactors they've already jointly spent $10 billion on, much of it paid by customers through rate hikes since 2009. [...] before moving forward with the regulatory process, we believe it would be appropriate to allow more time for our state's governmental officials to fully review and understand how we arrived at our decision to file for abandonment. Legislators are looking to undo the damage... Читать дальше...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Five African nations putting together a 5,000-strong force to fight the growing threat from extremists in the vast Sahel region appealed to the international community Tuesday for money, military equipment and logistical support. "The cross-border dimension of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region as well as the serious challenges posed by transnational organized crime and its links with terrorism continue to pose a serious threat to stability, prosperity and growth in the Sahel," he said. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A psychologist at a California prison facility is alleging she was twice locked in a room with a dangerous inmate in retaliation for reporting mistreatment of LGBTQ inmates. Corrections press secretary Vicky Waters says the department does not comment on pending litigation.

The NFL wide receiver’s unfortunate summer took a turn for the worse Tuesday when the Jets announced that he has a broken foot and will be sidelined indefinitely. A college football announcer for ESPN since 2005, Mowins will become the first woman to do NFL play-by-play for CBS. The network said Mowins — who has done play-by-play for preseason Raiders games — will team with former NFL kicker Jay Feely for her debut Sept. 24 when Cleveland plays at Indianapolis.

The electronic pop band Neon Indian, experimental act Kilo Kish and dreamy lo-fi group Hoops are among the acts slated to perform at this year’s 20th Street Block Party, Noise Pop’s annual free daytime music festival, set for Saturday, Aug. 19. In the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District, the outdoor concert takes place on 19th and 20th streets around and between Bryant and Harrison streets, with two stages, local vendors and food trucks lining the sidewalk. [...] as with last year, the festival... Читать дальше...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man who doctors say came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart while working on his house calmly drove himself to the hospital and even parked his pickup truck in the lot before walking into the emergency room. Bergeson told The Associated Press he was working on framing in a fireplace at his house near Peshtigo in northeast Wisconsin when his nail gun accidentally fired, sending a nail ricocheting off some wood and into his chest. Читать дальше...

U.N. observers on Tuesday removed the last of more than 8,000 guns once carried by the guerrillas of Colombia’s largest rebel army and collected at 26 demobilization sites around the South American nation under a historic peace deal. “This puts the country on the path to a new future,” Jean Arnault, head of the United Nations’ mission in Colombia, said at a ceremony where President Juan Manuel Santos put a lock on the final container as leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, looked on. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A fugitive who escaped custody in Wyoming four years ago has been added to a list of U.S. environmental crimes fugitives and is being sought by investigators for illegally dumping radioactive oilfield waste in North Dakota in incidents dating back to 2011, authorities said Tuesday. EPA spokesman Richard Mylott did not directly respond to email and telephone messages seeking comment about why Ward was considered dangerous and why he had been added to the fugitive list three years after he was linked to the illegal dumping. Читать дальше...

President Trump on Charlottesville protest Remarks by President Donald Trump following a discussion on infrastructure with top advisers, followed by a Q-and-A with journalists, as transcribed by Federal News Service: Great to be back in New York with all of our friends, and some great friends outside the building, I must tell you. Thank you all for doing a — a really incredible and creative job on what we're going to be discussing today, which is infrastructure. Just blocks away is the Empire State Building. Читать дальше...

U.S. water managers said Tuesday there will be no water cutbacks in 2018 for millions of residents and farmers served by the Lake Mead reservoir on the Colorado River that lies behind the Hoover Dam. January water levels are expected to be 8 feet (2.5 meters) above the point that triggers a drought-shortage declaration on the lake, according to a 24-month projection by the water system management agency. The project would be among the first hit by cutbacks in the event of a shortage, although officials... Читать дальше...

El puesto de comidas "Spotted Cheetah" (guepardo moteado), que solo estará funcionando tres días, abrió el martes como parte de la semana del restaurante en Nueva York, con un menú creado por la chef Anne Burrell. Ryan Matiyow, director de mercadotecnia de la empresa Frito-Lay _la compañía que fabrica los Cheetos_, dijo que la empresa se dio cuenta de que los fanáticos de los Cheetos estaban subiendo a las redes sociales sus propias recetas que incorporaban el tentempié industrializado.

Highlights of President Donald Trump's remarks Tuesday about the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia: What about the fact they came charging — that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Are we going to take down — excuse me — are we going to take down, are we going to take down statues to George Washington? ... Are we going to take down the statue? Because he was a major slave-owner. You're changing culture. [...] you had people, and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists... Читать дальше...

(AP) — While Illinois schoolchildren romp the neighborhood grasping at summer vacation's final hours, political leaders in Springfield are locked in a showdown over paying for their education. [...] Democrats who control the chamber will put the Republican governor's changes into a new piece of legislation and call it for a vote — sending it to almost certain defeat. The action would allow Democrats to showcase a lack of support for Rauner's expansive edits and give them time to gather votes necessary... Читать дальше...

Justin Bieber’s Manager in Talks for Singing Competition Series at CBS The network is developing a singing series with Scooter Braun, the music manager who represents such stars as Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Carly Rae Jepsen. Read original story Justin Bieber’s Manager in Talks for Singing Competition Series at CBS At TheWrap

The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical “Next to Normal” brought a serious, complicated portrait of mental illness to Broadway in 2009. Eight years later, as Broadway by the Bay produces the show at Redwood City’s Fox Theatre, under the direction of Jasen Jeffrey, the stigma surrounding depression and other disorders stubbornly persists. With a book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, the show envisions each character — not just Diana (Caitlin McGinty), the matriarch and the most visibly troubled ... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Un hombre de Wisconsin logró llegar manejando al hospital con un clavo en el pecho, que se le incrustó debido a un disparo accidental de su pistola para clavar. Doug Bergeson dijo a la televisora WBAY-TV que estaba trabajando en junio en una casa que está construyendo cerca de Peshtigo cuando se le disparó la herramienta, colocándolo peligrosamente cerca de morir.

Dumervil, who spent his first 11 seasons in the AFC, was reminded about the talent in his new division. After enduring a humiliating opening drive, however, the 2016 fourth-round pick was unfazed: The defensive back known for his trash-talking swagger kept his motor mouth moving. In the first six minutes, Robinson allowed completions of 32 and 29 yards and badly whiffed on a third-down tackle that would have prevented a first down on Kansas City’s game-opening touchdown drive. [...] he bounced... Читать дальше...

Jennifer Aniston in Talks to Headline Parenting Comedy for STX Jennifer Aniston is in talks to star in an untitled parenting comedy for STX Films, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. The film is about an over-scheduled and over-burdened suburban couple who go to great lengths to try to recapture the fun of their youth. Safehouse previously teamed up with Goodheart on “My Blind Brother,” which premiered last year at SXSW and starred Adam Scott and Nick Kroll as brothers competing for the same woman... Читать дальше...

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The threatened missile attack by North Korea on Guam has prompted calls for peace from the island's indigenous people, who are weary of yet another conflict after enduring centuries of hostilities. An expert on Guam says it would be "disastrous and tragic beyond words" for the island's indigenous culture if it were targeted in a war between the U.S. and North Korea. Chamorros have their own traditions, including open ocean navigation of the kind recently highlighted in the... Читать дальше...

Creator and star of "Better Things" says even her daughters now warn her not to use their conversations in her TV show “Better Things” is inspired by (and sometimes based on) Adlon’s life as the single mother of three daughters, juggling acting, comedy and voiceover work with parenting. When her longtime pal and collaborator Louis C.K. told her he’d recommended her to FX boss John Landgraf, who was looking for a female-driven comedy, she said she was initially angry: “I was like, ‘Are you f—ing insane? Читать дальше...