Новости за 23.08.2017

HOUSTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the State Operations Center to elevate its readiness level and is making state resources available for preparation and possible rescue and recovery actions amid forecasts a tropical storm will make landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center says the remnants Tropical Storm Harvey cleared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and have been regenerating into a tropical depression over the Gulf of Mexico. Landfall could be as early as Friday. Forecasters say it will dump significant rain. Читать дальше...

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus. Despite taking more than a dozen pills and inhalers a day, the 53-year-old had to stop working and scale back doing the thing she loved best, horseback riding. Doctors saw no sense in trying an expensive new drug because it hasn't been proven to work in people with the rare type of cystic fibrosis that van der Heijden had. Instead, they scraped... Читать дальше...

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico county's events center has been issued a citation for serving alcohol to a minor. The Eastern New Mexico News reports (http://bit.ly/2wySxRp ) the Curry County Events Center was cited last week for selling to a minor during a Stefani Montiel & Ruben Ramos concert. State police did not have any additional information available. Jay Satenspiel, regional vice-president of Spectra Venue, which manages the center for Curry County, said Spectra officials were "in the... Читать дальше...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state senator wants the chamber to censure Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller over remarks about Roger Taney. A monument to the late U.S. Supreme Court justice, who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans, was removed Friday from the Maryland State House grounds in Annapolis. Miller criticized the removal of the statue without a public meeting beforehand. In a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan, Miller noted the... Читать дальше...

MYERSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple have been jailed on charges they tied and weighting down a mattress on top of their son's crib so he couldn't climb out, leading him to suffocate. Twenty-nine-year-old Justin Dwyer and 28-year-old Courtney Stash were arraigned Wednesday on involuntary manslaughter and other counts in the April death of their 2-year-old son. Detectives say the Myerstown couple was weighing down the mattress with two 50-pound bags of rock salt and securing it with bungee cords. Читать дальше...

SELBYVILLE, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police say 14 people are facing charges after a three-month drug investigation. Police say the investigation into the "open air drug market" in Sussex County resulted in the seizure of more than 5,500 bags of heroin, nearly 4 grams of powder cocaine and more than 11 grams of marijuana. Police say detectives also seized 10 suboxone strips, a loaded handgun and more than $51,500 in what authorities believe are drug proceeds. Police say they are still looking for six of the suspects... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson is looking to crowdfund enough money to buy Twitter so President Donald Trump can't use it. Wilson launched the fundraiser last week, tweeting: "If @Twitter executives won't shut down Trump's violence and hate, then it's up to us. #BuyTwitter #BanTrump." The GoFundMe page for the fundraiser says Trump's tweets "damage the country and put people in harm's way." As of Wednesday morning, she had raised less than $6,000 of the billion-dollar goal. Читать дальше...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — New Nebraska laws to accommodate breastfeeding students, nuns, telehealth services and the Libertarian Party will take hold on Thursday along with more than 100 other statutes approved this year. The 116 laws will go into effect three months after the end of this year's legislative session, the normal grace period for measures approved by lawmakers. Here's a look at some of the more high-profile measures: — BREASTFEEDING STUDENTS: Nebraska schools will have to give students a... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — School superintendents from central and southern Illinois are pushing legislators to reach an agreement on overhauling the state's school funding formula. Several spoke in Springfield Wednesday, the day they were supposed to hold a Capitol rally. However, they canceled it when House Speaker Michael Madigan scrapped Wednesday's legislative session citing progress in legislative leaders' negotiations. The leaders are scheduled to meet privately Thursday. Lawmakers from both parties agree the calculation Illinois uses is unfair. Читать дальше...

UTRECHT, Holanda (AP) — En distintas partes del mundo se están cultivando “miniréplicas” de órganos humanos para tratar de averiguar qué tratamientos podrían resultar beneficiosos para las víctimas de ciertas enfermedades. Por ejemplo en Holanda, grupos de expertos están desarrollando intestinos en miniatura para aplicarles tratamientos experimentales contra la fibrosis cística, en un intento por aclarar cuáles serían beneficiosos y cuáles serían nocivos. En distintas partes del mundo se están realizando experimentos similares... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players across the U.S. are scooping up $2 Powerball tickets in hopes of beating the odds and winning a massive $700 million jackpot as Wednesday night's drawing nears. Some details about the game and the giant prize: ___ WHAT IS POWERBALL AND HOW DOES THE GAME WORK? Powerball is played in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, all of which collectively oversee the game. Drawings are held twice a week, with the next one Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time in Tallahassee... Читать дальше...

A dangerous act wasn’t the only dramatic thing to happen on Tuesday’s episode of “America’s Got Talent.” When Simon Cowell made a crude joke about Mel B’s wedding night, she threw a glass of water at him and stormed off stage. Escape artist Demian Aditya performed a stunt in which he had to escape from a box he was cuffed to before the only rope holding the box above three burning spikes was burned through. At the end of the performance, it looked like there had been a problem, and the box got stuck mid-fall. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former University of Southern California kicker Matt Boermeester has filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court in an effort to overturn his expulsion following a school investigation of allegations that he abused his girlfriend. Boermeester was suspended from the football team in January, the same month he kicked the winning field goal in the Trojans' Rose Bowl victory, and he was later expelled for violating a school order to stay away from his girlfriend. The Los Angeles... Читать дальше...

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — La policía saudí arrestó durante unas horas a un chico de 14 años que aparecía en un video bailando “La Macarena” en un cruce de la ciudad de Yeda, se conoció el miércoles. El video, que se hizo viral en medios sociales en el reino en días recientes, muestra al adolescente con audífonos, pantalones cortos, una camiseta rayas y calzado de goma. Está moviendo la cintura y los brazos al ritmo de la famosa canción de la década de 1990, sonriendo todo el tiempo.

One southbound lane of the Golden Gate Bridge was closed Wednesday morning hours after a recreational vehicle crashed into the toll plaza, damaging it, officials said. The toll booth at lane No. 5 of the iconic bridge was damaged during the Tuesday night crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. Just before 9 p.m., a rented Cruise America RV driven by a 53-year-old Southern California man was traveling southbound approaching the toll plaza, but apparently... Читать дальше...

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NBC absolutely dominated another Tuesday primetime thanks to “America’s Got Talent.” On the back of its big two-hour reality competition, NBC actually topped ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW combined in the key 18-49 ratings demographic. Plus, lead-in “AGT” handed the 10 p.m. “Hollywood Game Night” its third-largest audience ever — you’re welcome, Jane Lynch. While a very distant second, ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise” ended up as the No. 2 show on broadcast last night. Fox finished behind both Univision and Telemundo in the main demo... Читать дальше...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A college professor in northeast Indiana is collecting solar eclipse glasses in preparation for the total solar eclipse in 2024. Christer Watson is a physics professor and observatory director at Manchester University. Watson tells The Journal Gazette that Fort Wayne will be on the edge of totality for an April 2024 total solar eclipse that will cross Indiana. Watson is collecting unwanted pairs of glasses and plans to distribute them for free in the future. NASA officials... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung is trying to move past last year's disastrous Galaxy Note 7 launch with a successor sporting a dual-lens camera, animated messages, expanded note-taking — and lower battery capacity. The South Korean tech giant is no longer trying to squeeze more battery power into each phone. Last year's Note 7 had to be recalled after dozens spontaneously caught fire because of defective batteries. Samsung responded by subjecting new phones to multiple inspections, including X-rays and stress tests at extreme temperatures. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, Nuevo México, EE.UU. (AP) — Para la mayoría de la gente en Nuevo México, las piñatas son esos coloridos animales o personajes de cartón rellenos de dulces que los niños rompen con un palo en las fiestas de cumpleaños. Pero el artista contemporáneo Justin Favela eleva la técnica del papel maché para convertirlo en arte plástico. Desde el lunes, Favela trabaja en el Museo de Arte del Centro Nacional de Cultura Hispana (NHCC por sus siglas en inglés), tratando de cumplir con un plazo que no quiere superar. Читать дальше...

EAGLE, Idaho (AP) — Officials in southwestern Idaho say a high school football field that had construction delays will be ready for Friday's home opener. The West Ada School District tells the Idaho Statesman (http://bit.ly/2wnBm4x) that the $600,000 field at Eagle High School will be ready for the team's game against defending state champion Mountain View. A company called Sprinturf delayed installing artificial turf amid concerns the gravel base supporting the field was too soft. Officials say... Читать дальше...

Hey remember puberty? Remember how terrible it was? Want to relive it again? In the upcoming Netflix comedy “Big Mouth,” multiple characters begin to experience the “joys” of puberty. To get an idea of what kind of “joys” these will be, a new clip gives a perfect example. In the clip, a young teenage girl gets a visit from the Hormone Monstress, who tells her about the joys of puberty. That includes listening to Lana del Rey, crying so hard no sound comes out, and yelling at your mom and calling her “Shannon.” Also Read... Читать дальше...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a Michigan utility's foundation are each committing $1 million to help fund college scholarships in Flint in the wake of the city's water crisis. The $2 million in combined pledges announced Wednesday aim to create a "Flint Promise," starting with students graduating next spring. It's not clear how much has been raised, though Gov. Rick Snyder's administration previously had a $5 million goal. Gores, a Flint native, says "every student who works... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five of Utah's 10 largest colleges are under federal investigation into the handling of various sexual misconduct claims. The Salt Lake Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2xs8zJ8 ) Tuesday that Utah Valley University joined the four other schools being investigated earlier this month. The other schools are Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Westminster College and Dixie State University. Dixie State is being investigated for accusations that it mishandled a sexual harassment dispute with a student... Читать дальше...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in state history, Florida is expecting to execute a white man Thursday for killing a black person — and it plans to do so with the help of a drug that has never been used before in any U.S. execution. Barring a stay, Mark Asay, 53, is scheduled to die by lethal injection after 6 p.m. Asay was convicted by a jury of two racially motivated, premeditated murders in Jacksonville in 1987. The planned execution — Florida's first since the U.S. Supreme Court halted... Читать дальше...