Новости за 19.10.2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville trustees have fired athletic director Tom Jurich in the wake of its involvement in a national federal investigation of college basketball. The Board of Trustees voted 10-3 on Wednesday to fire Jurich after 20 years as the school's AD. Jurich, 61, had been placed on paid administrative Sept. 27 by interim university President Greg Postel. Louisville's Athletic Association fired men's basketball coach Rick Pitino on Monday. Postel did not take questions about Jurich's... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is stepping back into the political spotlight. Obama will publicly stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey on Thursday in preparation for this fall's elections. Obama will first drop in on campaign workers in Newark, New Jersey, for Democratic candidate Phil Murphy and then head to Richmond to help boost Democrat Ralph Northam. This won't be the last public event for Obama this month. Obama goes to Chicago to head up... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gunman who unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history first wounded an unsuspecting hotel security guard in a hallway who promptly radioed for help, according to a TV interview broadcast Wednesday with the guard and a hotel building engineer whose life he is credited with saving. In his only public recounting of the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people and wounded more than 500, guard Jesus Campos told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show that he was heading down... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Does the United States still have hard work ahead of it in enabling women to attain equality with men? The answer, according to a new large-scale survey, may depend on whether it’s coming from a Democrat or a Republican. The survey, released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, found a sharp partisan divide on several questions related to gender equality. According to Pew, Democrats are largely dissatisfied with the nation’s progress on this issue — 69... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fire that erupted at the largest oil refinery on the West Coast threatened storage tanks while sending huge flames into the sky and black smoke across California neighborhoods before crews quickly smothered it. Dozens of firefighters responded late Tuesday to the 1,000-acre Chevron El Segundo Refinery just south of Los Angeles, which processes nearly 275,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Nearby residents were urged to close windows and stay inside. Читать дальше...

A cupcake too far A backlash has quashed a Google Maps test feature that showed how many calories people could burn on a trip if they walked instead of drove, using pink cartoon mini-cupcakes to help illustrate the calorie savings. Although many said it could help promote a healthier lifestyle, others were outraged, according to TechCrunch. Some claimed the feature could be a trigger for the estimated 30 million Americans with eating disorders, pointing out that compulsive calorie... Читать дальше...

BINGEN, Wash. (AP) — Huge flames consumed part of a fruit processing plant in the Columbia Gorge community of Bingen, Washington. KING-TV reports the fire started at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Underwood Fruit and Warehouse Company plant. It caused power outages in Bingen. The packing warehouse continued to burn into the afternoon in Bingen, across the river from Hood River, Oregon. The fire also affected morning school bus routes. According to its website, Underwood Fruit and Warehouse packs and ships for 55 area growers. Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Highmark Health will spend $1 billion to expand its Allegheny Health Network hospital chain, including a new 160-bed hospital in Pittsburgh's North Hills suburbs, four smaller neighborhood hospitals, and renovations to existing hospitals, the Pittsburgh-based company announced Wednesday. Highmark Health, the parent of health insurer Highmark Inc. and its eight-hospital network, announced earlier this year that it's spending $315 million on a new cancer institute at its flagship Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former rival has endorsed New Mexico State Auditor Tim Keller for Albuquerque mayor. Brian Colon announced Wednesday he was throwing his support behind Keller because of his "strong message." The move comes after Colon came in third in an open mayoral race behind Keller and city council Dan Lewis early this month. Keller and Lewis are set to face each other in a run-off on Nov. 14. Colon, a Democrat, had sought to make the run-off by appealing to Hispanic voters but fell... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing a Florida priest in Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges including murder after reaching a deal with prosecutors to spare him the death penalty. Steven Murray, 30, was charged in the April 2016 shooting death of the Rev. Rene Robert, a priest with the Diocese of St. Augustine in northeast Florida who had been trying to help him. Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Natalie Paine said by phone that Murray pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve... Читать дальше...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's foreign ministry says it has summoned the top United States diplomat in Hungary over comments he made about the country's "negative trends" for press freedom. State Secretary Levente Magyar said the remarks by David Kostelancik, the charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, amounted to interference with parliamentary elections expected next year and eroded bilateral trust. Kostelancik expressed a long list of U.S. concerns during a speech Tuesday for the Hungarian Association of Journalists.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A poorly planned and executed police operation to remove a highway roadblock by protesters led to a chaotic confrontation in which six civilians were killed, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday. The independent governmental commission placed blame squarely on state and federal police officials who with little planning or foresight sent unprepared police into a situation that quickly turned volatile in Nochixtlan, Oaxaca, in June 2016. At least five of the state... Читать дальше...

Four bear cubs at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care are sick with a rare virus that recently killed two of their companions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville trustees have fired athletic director Tom Jurich in the wake of its involvement in a national federal investigation of college basketball. The Board of Trustees voted 10-3 on Wednesday to fire Jurich after 20 years as the school's AD. Jurich, 61, had been placed on paid administrative Sept. 27 by interim university President Greg Postel. Louisville's Athletic Association fired men's basketball coach Rick Pitino on Monday. Jurich shepherded Louisville's 2014 entry into the Atlantic Coast Conference. Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The senior adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday she has experienced repeated sexism and harassment during her career — including an inappropriate sexual comment from someone who is now a national leader in progressive politics. Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa did not identify who made the remark, which occurred on a work conference call several years ago. DeRosa was 25 at the time and says the man did not know she was on the call. She said that when her... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's governor launched a two-part strategy that could end protracted litigation over the state's so-called bathroom bill and its replacement. Plaintiffs who had sued the state claiming discrimination asked a judge Wednesday to approve an agreement with the governor that they say will expand transgender protections. The proposed consent decree would ensure that transgender people can use restrooms corresponding to their gender identity in facilities overseen by the executive branch. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is illegally jeopardizing a small herd of bighorn sheep with deadly diseases by allowing thousands of domestic sheep to graze in eastern Idaho as part of agricultural research activities, environmental groups have said in a lawsuit. Western Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians in the lawsuit filed Tuesday contend the grazing of sheep owned by the University of Idaho via permits issued to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Sheep Experiment Station risks transmitting diseases to bighorn sheep. Читать дальше...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators expect to consider proposals next year to make it easier for people wrongfully convicted of major crimes to win compensation from the state following the third recent high-profile release of men exonerated after years in prison. Lawmakers in both parties said this week that they want to discuss setting a rule for awarding compensation in such cases but acknowledged they don't yet see agreement on the details. The federal government and 32 states have compensation laws... Читать дальше...

2 p.m. Two victims from deadly wildfires in Sonoma County have been identified as Santa Rosa residents. Monte Neil Kirven, 81, and Marilyn Carol Ress, 71, were named as victims in the deadly Sonoma County wildfires, Sheriff Rob Giordano said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. At least 23 people in Sonoma County died in the fires, more than half the total fatality count of 42 in Northern California’s wildfires. The 23rd fatality was confirmed Wednesday morning. ... Читать дальше...

Wildlife authorities are investigating after a southern sea otter was found dead and skinned on a beach in San Luis Obispo County.

This week, with the burnt-log haze beginning to thin, the power came back on in downtown Sonoma, and restaurants began to think about what the weekend might bring. The selection in the pastry case at Basque Boulangerie on the Sonoma Plaza was sparse on Tuesday, but it was enough to draw a line of women in their 60s, who greeted each other with hugs. Nearby, at Mary’s Pizza Shack, managers from the chain’s other locations converged to help reopen the restaurant, covering for workers who were still out of town. Читать дальше...