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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi fire marshal is closing a public library in the capital city because inspectors found fire code violations. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney doubles as the fire marshal. He said Thursday that inspectors went to the Eudora Welty Library in downtown Jackson on Wednesday and found problems. The same library has been plagued the past few months by black mold caused by a leaky roof. Chaney says his staff is working with officials from Hinds County and the city of Jackson. Читать дальше...

Harvey Weinstein cited Jay-Z’s “4:44” lyrics in his response to the New York Times’ explosive story about the sexual harassment allegations against him — but he seems to have gotten them wrong. “Jay Z wrote in 4:44, ‘I’m not the man I thought I was and I better be that man for my children.’ The same is true for me,” Weinstein wrote in his statement, expressing regret over the way he has conducted himself in the past. As Spin noted on Thursday, the only portion of the song similar to the quote is the beginning of the third verse... Читать дальше...

Gloria Allred, the celebrity women’s rights attorney, has publicly called another lawyer who’s represented sexual harassment victims for agreeing to work for indie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The catch? It’s Allred’s daughter, Lisa Bloom. “Had I been asked by Mr. Weinstein to represent him, I would have declined, because I do not represent individuals accused of sex harassment,” Allred said a statement Thursday just after a bombshell New York Times story had settled at least eight cases of sexual harassment spanning decades. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says. The study released Thursday is the latest by University of Utah professor David Strayer, who has been examining the impact of infotainment systems on safety for AAA’s Foundation for Traffic Safety since 2013. Past studies also identified problems, but... Читать дальше...

SOUTH DUXBURY, Vt. (AP) — The senior class at a Vermont high school has dedicated a new gazebo to the four classmates and a friend who were killed in a crash with a wrong-way driver a year ago. Harwood Union High School's class of 2018 dedicated the memorial on Thursday, after raising about $17,000 to build it. Harwood students Eli Brookens, Liam Hale, Mary Harris, and Cyrus Zschau were killed last October after their car was struck by a wrong way driver on Interstate 89. Janie Cozzi, who attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden... Читать дальше...

OK, Pussycats, Southside Serpents and River Vixens, it’s (finally) time for the return of Riverdale, our favorite small town with big secrets. Here’s all you need to know before Season 2 premieres Oct. 11 on the CW at 8 p.m. The Jason Blossom murder mystery Let’s start with the resolution to the murder mystery that started off Season 1. The death of Jason Blossom rocked the little town of Riverdale, but it turned out that his killer was as close as the town’s iconic maple syrup. Jason is twin to Cheryl Blossom... Читать дальше...

During its limited engagement in the Bay Area, the Museum of Ice Cream has quickly become a sacred space for San Franciscans snapping selfies. In an interview with New York magazine, Maryellis Bunn, the museum's co-founder and creative director, detailed her plans for expansion, and she's scheming on a grand scale.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A woman charged with leaking U.S. secrets must remain jailed until her trial, a federal judge ruled Thursday, saying her release would pose an "ongoing risk to national security." Reality Winner, 25, is a former Air Force linguist who worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency at a facility in Augusta, Georgia, when she was charged in June with copying a classified U.S. report and mailing it to a news organization. Winner's defense attorneys asked a judge to reconsider... Читать дальше...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republican Congressman Steve Pearce of New Mexico says his campaign for governor has raised more than $1 million in less than three months. Pearce said in a news release Thursday his campaign has received money from at least 930 contributors ahead of 2018 primary and general elections. The Pearce campaign has not yet made public its list of contributors and other detailed financial information due Monday at the Secretary of State's Office. Meanwhile, five nonprofit advocacy... Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Young people thrust into activism by the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson are leading a new wave of civil disobedience in St. Louis, mentored by a civil rights movement veteran and driven by the belief that change won't happen until the entire region is confronted with the uncomfortable reality of racism. Protests have been plentiful in St. Louis since the mid-September acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white former officer who fatally shot a 24-year-old black drug suspect... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, the larger-than-life Hollywood executive and Oscar-winner, is taking a leave of absence from his own company after an explosive expose revealing decades of sexual harassment against women, from employees to actress Ashley Judd, was published in The New York Times Thursday. The article includes first person accounts of Weinstein's alleged conduct, including from Judd, who recounts an incident from two decades ago in which she said she was asked to meet Weinstein in his hotel room. Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Facing political pressure to give a utility what it wanted, the Mississippi Public Service Commission on Thursday balked. The utility regulators voted 3-0 to reject a request to set terms of a debate over customer rates in a way favored by Mississippi Power Co. "Basically, it was to approve what they filed, and basically, we said no," Southern District Commissioner Sam Britton, a Republican, said of the vote. The commission instead will maintain its current plan for deciding... Читать дальше...

Sibling bonds have sinister consequences in “Barracuda,” Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin’s Austin-set drama about two sisters connecting for the first time in the wake of their famous father’s death. With their sophomore feature, Cortlund and Halperin (“Now, Forager”) demonstrate a gift for not only creating beautiful images in unexpected moments, but also avoiding narrative shortcuts or tonal clichés to tell a story that covers familiar territory while ultimately defying easy categorization.

Larry’s not one to pig out on a trip to the Philippines, especially if we’re talking about an actual pig. The TLC reality show subject is presented with a lovely (head-on) roast pig on Sunday’s “90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days” episode, part of a welcome party thrown by his girlfriend Jenny’s family. Unfortunately, Larry gets all sorts of queasy at the mere sight of the oinker. (The pig, NOT Jenny.) “I’m not really an adventurous eater,” Larry says to-camera in the above preview clip, which is exclusive to TheWrap. Читать дальше...

Themes and conceits swirl in “Barbecue,” now in its Bay Area premiere at San Francisco Playhouse. Playwright Robert O’Hara delves into the intractability of addiction, how we talk about it, how some exploit it for profit, how others might intervene only to mask their own problems, how one’s family can enable it with their stubbornly low expectations, their unbending concept of who the addict is, the schadenfreude they derive from the addict’s escapades, the comfort they get knowing at least they’re not that bad. Читать дальше...

By the very nature of the enterprise, a period-instrument ensemble like the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra is going to devote nearly all of its attention to the music of the 18th and early 19th centuries. So the rare occasions when the group turns to contemporary fare take on added significance. It was that heightened sense of the moment that made Philharmonia’s season-opening concert in Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall on Wednesday night, Oct. 4 — featuring the U.S. premiere... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested Thursday that the Senate Intelligence Committee investigate news media companies that he believes are reporting information that is “just made up.” “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!” the president tweeted from his personal account early Thursday morning. The president’s tweet comes one day after leaders of the committee... Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man already serving 20 years in state prison for killing his wife has pleaded guilty to a federal charge expected to add more years to his time behind bars. Clay Waller pleaded guilty Thursday to interstate domestic violence. He pleaded guilty in 2013 to second-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors that allowed him to avoid the death penalty. He admitted killing Jacque Sue Waller in 2011 and burying her body on Devil's Island on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Читать дальше...

A Chainsmokers concert at AT&T Park being held as part of a tech conference was audible all the way over on Potrero Hill Wednesday night, residents complained.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Nate (all times local): 3:20 p.m. Authorities in Costa Rica have raised that country's death toll blamed on flooding fed by Tropical Storm Nate to seven and say 15 others are missing. Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Organism updated the toll from an earlier two on Thursday. President Luis Guillermo Solis said earlier that more than 5,000 residents were being housed in shelters due to flooding. Tropical Storm Nate, which formed Thursday off the coast of Nicaragua... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have introduced a bill banning bump stocks, devices that convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic weapons. Authorities say Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had such devices with him. Congressional Republicans have said they should consider regulating them. The National Rifle Association has announced its support for regulating them. State Reps. Chris Taylor, Lisa Subeck and Terese Berceau, all from Madison, introduced a bill Thursday that would prohibit the possession... Читать дальше...

Canada unveiled its first National Holocaust Monument less than a week ago with much fanfare. But the moment soon became an embarrassment for the government because of a glaring omission. The monument’s dedication plaque made no mention of Jews. No one seemed to notice the oversight until after the dedication of the striking $8.9 million memorial, which features six concrete triangles that form a diagonally-stretched Star of David. Ottawans proudly hail it as the... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by the Treasury Department's inspector general says that Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not violate any law in the seven trips he has taken on government airplanes but did fail to provide enough proof of why he needed to use the more expensive modes of travel. The report prepared by Rich Delmar, counsel to the Treasury inspector general, says that in many cases Mnuchin's office relied on "a single boilerplate statement" to justify the use of military aircraft rather than... Читать дальше...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Housing Authority will forfeit $26 million of the $96 million in federal dollars it was awarded for affordable housing projects as part of a settlement. The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development had accused the housing authority of failing to use the federal funds to complete affordable home projects in 2012 as it had planned. An investigation by the Arizona Republic found that the housing authority had a history of wasteful spending. Many of the newspaper's... Читать дальше...