Новости за 19.10.2017

TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Thursday that he isn’t surprised or disappointed that a jury convicted a white former police officer of manslaughter instead of murder in his fourth trial for killing his daughter’s black boyfriend. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said he’s just relieved there was a conviction after former Tulsa officer Shannon Kepler’s three previous murder trials ended with hung juries. “I’m just grateful that the jury... Читать дальше...

Hovering over rows of split rolls, Jeff Mason is alone behind the counter of Pal’s Takeaway. Behind him, chicken glows between spinning grates in a hellish rotisserie. Piled empty takeout containers appear to sprout onion and cauliflower pickles. “Are you those guys with the big order?” Mason asks. Behind me, three Uptown Oakland office workers shrug, unsure. “OK,” Mason says to us all wearily. “It’ll be a while.” I’m in a hurry... Читать дальше...

Cornelia Bailey, a vivid storyteller who fought to protect a vanishing slice of African-American culture on Sapelo Island, off the coast of Georgia, died on Sunday in Brunswick, Georgia. She was 72. Inez Grovner, president of the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society, which Bailey helped found and where she was vice president, confirmed the death. The cause was not announced. Bailey was among a shrinking number of people to have been born and educated on the island... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES — As the U.S. obesity rate has galloped toward 40 percent, doctors, drug designers and dispirited dieters have all wondered the same thing: What if a pill could deliver the benefits of weight-loss surgery, but without the knife? New research brings that hope a notch closer. Scientists from the biotechnology company Amgen Inc. in Thousand Oaks (Ventura County) report they have identified and improved upon a naturally occurring protein that brought about significant changes in obese mice and monkeys... Читать дальше...

BERLÍN (AP) — La cantidad de insectos voladores ha disminuido “de forma alarmante” en Alemania, y los expertos advierten que ello podría tener severas consecuencias para los ecosistemas y la cadena alimenticia. De acuerdo con un estudio publicado el miércoles en la revista científica PLOS ONE, un equipo de investigadores utilizó diminutas trampas en 63 reservas naturales en el oeste de Alemania, y detectó que en el periodo de 1989 a 2016 la cantidad de estas minúsculas criaturas disminuyó un 76%. Читать дальше...

The National Park Service pulled the plug Thursday on a 14-year-long planning process for restricting dog access in the 80,000-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 10 months after revelations emerged that agency officials had improperly corresponded about the process from their personal email accounts. The park service abandoned efforts to draw up new rules for where dogs can be walked off-leash and said it would stick with regulations that have been in effect since 1979. ... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — An image of an American flag waves and the graphic promises "Real News Update." The re-election campaign of President Donald Trump, already sprung to life two-and-a-half years before his name is back on the ballot, is pushing its own online news source to counteract what it believes is an oppositional media. And its face is a rising star in the president's orbit: his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California insurance commissioner says preliminary wildfire losses exceed $1 billion, are expected to rise.

PHOENIX (AP) — A government report says the Bureau of Indian Affairs took insufficient action in responding to sexual harassment complaints by Colorado River Indian Tribes members involving a bureau employee. The U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Inspector General report states BIA supervisors didn't discipline an employee for sending Tribes workers and members sexually explicit text and Facebook messages. Several women reported being sexually harassed by the BIA employee over a two year period. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After being asked detailed questions about their views on Latinos, immigration and guns, a jury has been selected for the murder trial of the man who fatally shot Kate Steinle. Six women and six men were seated as jurors Wednesday after answering a 14-page questionnaire and questions from lawyers and judge this week in the murder trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 54. The dozen said they didn't have negative experiences or views of Latinos or persons who have entered the country... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is urging that large, personal electronic devices like laptops be banned from airline checked luggage because of the potential for a catastrophic fire. The Federal Aviation Administration says in a paper filed recently with a U.N. agency that its tests show that when lithium-ion batteries used in laptops, cellphones and other devices overheat in close proximity to an aerosol spray, they can cause explosions capable of disabling an airliner's fire suppression system. Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that the Legislature does not have an obligation to fully fund a school budget formula that was put into law two decades ago. The court ruled Thursday against 21 school districts that sued the state in 2015. They sought money to make up for years of shortfalls when lawmakers didn't fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. The attorney representing the districts is former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, who pushed the funding formula into law in 1997. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Iridium Communications says its next two launches of new-generation satellites will use refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage boosters that have flown previously. The announcement Thursday is another step in SpaceX's effort to reduce launch costs. The company has launched a few used boosters and is trying to expand acceptance of reusability across the industry. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has had successful landings of Falcon 9 first stages after launches from both coasts. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and honoring the nation's fallen (all times EDT): 4:30 p.m. The brother of a Marine from Maine who was killed in the crash of an Osprey aircraft says President Donald Trump never reached out to the family, either by letter or phone call. Capt. Ben Cross of Bethel was one of three Marines killed in the crash in August off the coast of Australia. His older brother, Ryan Cross, who's an Army veteran, says Trump portrays himself as a champion... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives are learning details of a tentative, bipartisan budget framework, including proposals to increase the cigarette tax and eventually eliminate local motor vehicle taxes. Top Democratic and Republican House leaders briefed rank-and-file members on Thursday. More meetings are planned next week. Rank-and-file senators are scheduled to be updated on Monday. There's hope for a budget vote next week, but that remains uncertain. Democratic... Читать дальше...

A group of Weinstein Company staffers sent a lengthy statement to The New Yorker asking the company to allow them out of their non-disclosure agreement and denying any awareness of the dozens of allegations of sexual harrassment against co-founder Harvey Weinstein. “We know that in writing this we are in open breach of the non-disclosure agreements in our contracts.” the staffers wrote. “But our former boss is in open violation of his contract with us — the employees — to create a safe place for us to work. Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY — Wearing a hard hat, Rodrigo Diaz Mejia steps onto the hood of a crushed car and then gingerly into an apartment cracked open by the Sept. 19 earthquake. Inside he spots a photo of two young boys hanging on a wall spider-webbed with deep cracks. He puts it under his arm to carry it out for the family. For weeks, the mechanic by trade has been climbing through broken walls and over buckled floors in the increasingly unstable buildings of the Tokio 517 apartment complex... Читать дальше...

San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Commission narrowly voted Thursday afternoon to strip Justin Herman’s name from the plaza seated next to the city’s Embarcadero Center amid mounting pressure to rechristen the iconic public space. In what was perhaps a reflection of the divisiveness that has come to define Herman’s legacy in San Francisco, the parks commission voted 4-3 to temporarily re-name the space as Embarcadero Plaza. The vote to change the plaza’s name came down to Commissioner Larry Mazzola... Читать дальше...

Pauley Perrette’s fans apparently want every possible interaction with her that they can get before she signs off for good from “NCIS.” The actress, who recently announced that the CBS procedural’s currently airing 15th season will be her last, did not tweet at all during this week’s new episode, and some viewers took to Twitter to express their disappointment. Perrette, a typically frequent Twitter user, had tweeted in the evening on Oct. 16 but posted nothing on Oct. 17, when the episode aired. Читать дальше...

On Wednesday Jimmy Kimmel publicly thanked fellow television star Kelly Ripa for some cookies sent by the daytime host — but in the process included a bizarre remark about diabetes. “Thank you for the cookies @KellyRipa,” he said, adding, “You are sweeter than diabetes #KimmelinBrooklyn” Thank you for the cookies @KellyRipa – you are sweeter than diabetes #KimmelinBrooklyn pic.twitter.com/fywxdqvMI3 - Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) October 17, 2017 I guess the joke was that the sweetness of her... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As wildfires rage across California and the West, a bipartisan group of senators is seeking to help rural communities better prepare for and prevent catastrophic wildfires. A bill sponsored by senators from three Northwestern states would authorize hundreds of millions in new spending to help at-risk communities prevent wildfires and create a pilot program to cut down trees in the most fire-prone areas. Under a streamlined approval process, forest managers would "thin" pine forests... Читать дальше...

BAMAKO, Mali — The Islamic militants came on motorcycles toting rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, killing four American service members after shattering the windows of the unarmored U.S. trucks. In this remote corner of Niger, where the Americans and their local counterparts had been meeting with community leaders, residents say the men who came to kill that day had never been seen there before. “The attackers spoke Arabic and Tamashek, and were light-skinned,”... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's parent company is throwing its financial support behind ride-hailing service Lyft, deepening its rift with market leader Uber. Alphabet Inc., which gets most of its money from Google's digital ad network, is leading a $1 billion investment in Lyft that values the privately held company at $11 billion. The investment announced Thursday is being made through Alphabet's CapitalG venture capital arm. Lyft is still far smaller and worth far less than Uber, another privately... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — The number of flying insects in Germany has been dropping at an "alarming" rate that could signal serious trouble for ecosystems and food chains in the future, scientists say. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers using funnel-shaped traps at 63 sites across western Germany recorded a 76 percent decline in bug volume from 1989 to 2016. The midsummer loss during the 27-year-period was as high as 82 percent. "The widespread insect biomass decline is alarming... Читать дальше...