Новости за 09.02.2018

Elizabeth Olsen is headed to the small screen — the really small screen. The actress is set to star in and executive produce a dramedy picked up by Facebook. The half-hour, female-driven show has been given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order by the social media giant. The untitled project — which has a plot that’s being kept tightly under wraps — will air on Facebook Watch, the company’s streaming platform. The series was created and written by Kit Steinkellner (“Z: The Beginning of Everything”)... Читать дальше...

Elizabeth Olsen is headed to the small screen — the really small screen. The actress is set to star in and executive produce a dramedy picked up by Facebook. The half-hour, female-driven show has been given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order by the social media giant. The untitled project — which has a plot that’s being kept tightly under wraps — will air on Facebook Watch, the company’s streaming platform. The series was created and written by Kit Steinkellner (“Z: The Beginning of Everything”)... Читать дальше...

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A Republican precinct committee in southwest Arizona has nominated three people to fill the state House seat vacated by Rep. Don Shooter. The Sun reports the committee members on Thursday nominated Yuma residents Paul Brierley, Tim Dunn and Cora Lee Schingnitz. The Yuma County Board of Supervisors will appoint one person on Monday to fill the seat for the remainder of the current legislative session. Brierley is the executive director of the Yuma Center for Excellence in Desert Agriculture. Читать дальше...

NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Friday, February 9, 2018 _____ 749 FPUS51 KBTV 091720 ZFPBTV Zone Forecast Product for Vermont and Northern New York National Weather Service Burlington VT 1215 PM EST Fri Feb 9 2018 NYZ028-092100- Eastern Clinton- Including the city of Plattsburgh 1215 PM EST Fri Feb 9 2018 .REST OF TODAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs in the lower 20s. South winds around 10 mph. .TONIGHT...Snow likely. Snow accumulation a dusting to 2 inches. Lows around 19. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Читать дальше...

TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Friday, February 9, 2018 _____ 382 FPUS54 KSHV 091717 AAA ZFPSHV Zone Forecasts...UPDATED National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1117 AM CST Fri Feb 9 2018 TXZ096-100815- Red River- Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata 1117 AM CST Fri Feb 9 2018 .REST OF TODAY...A 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TONIGHT...Slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber has settled a lawsuit alleging that it ripped off self-driving car technology from Google's autonomous vehicle division. Under the deal, Uber will pay Waymo, which is part of Alphabet, Inc., a settlement valued by Waymo at $245 million. Both confirmed the settlement early Friday, four days into a federal court trial in the case. Waymo says Uber agreed to take steps to make sure Waymo technology isn't used in Uber's autonomous vehicles. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says in... Читать дальше...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has sued the federal government, saying it denied the tribe an opportunity to appeal a 32 percent cut to Head Start funding. The lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services is in federal court in Washington, D.C. The tribe generally receives about $23 million annually for Head Start and Early Head Start programs, based on enrollment numbers. But the Health and Human Services Department says the tribe's enrollment numbers don't justify the higher amount. Читать дальше...

Call Me by Your Name This is an emphatic celebration of the mystery and power of sexuality, set in a small Italian town, where the sun, the water and the surrounding beauty reinforce lust and longing. Timothée Chamalet and Armie Hammer are superb in the central roles, and despite an unignorable bathetic turn in the supporting performances, this is an important film. Rated R. 132 minutes.—M.LaSalle Coco Pixar’s new Dia de los... Читать дальше...

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — L.L. Bean's generous return policy is going to be a little less forgiving: The company, which has touted its 100 percent satisfaction guarantee for more than a century, is imposing a one-year limit on most returns to reduce growing abuse and fraud. The outdoor specialty retailer said returns of items that have been destroyed or rendered useless, including some purchased at thrift stores or retrieved from trash bins, have doubled in the past five years, surpassing the annual revenue from the company's famous boot. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — MoviePass is trying to bring to movie theaters what Netflix did for DVDs and online streaming: Let subscribers watch as many movies as they want for $10 a month. In doing so, MoviePass has struck a chord with moviegoers and a nerve with the movie industry. For many people, going to the movies is worth it only a few times a year. Ticket prices keep rising, and moviegoers have plenty of cheaper alternatives, including Netflix. MoviePass believes it can get people to theaters more often. Читать дальше...

If you’re a journalism nerd, you’ll probably appreciate this more than anyone else. Seth Meyers took aim at heroic-journalism films in a sketch on “Late Night” on Thursday, giving every reporter everywhere a chance to laugh at themselves. The clip is a 6-minute long trailer for “Newspaper Movie” — a flick as “intense” as you’d imagine based on that title. Mocking not just Steven Spielberg’s 2018 Oscar-contender, “The Post,” but also Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight” and Alan J. Pakula’s “All the President’s... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has signed a deal with an international consortium to start exploratory offshore drilling for oil and gas in what the country hopes will help boost its struggling economy. The signing ceremony was held Friday in Beirut and was attended by President Michel Aoun and officials from the three oil companies, Italy's Eni, France's Total and Russia's Novatek. The agreement came two months after Lebanon's government approved the licenses for the international consortium to move forward with offshore oil and gas development. Читать дальше...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — If winter weather doesn't arrive soon, Oregon could be facing a summer drought. The Statesman Journal reports this has been one of the warmest winters on record in Salem, the capital city. That has meant rain instead of snow in the Cascade Range, where snowpack is 35 to 40 percent of normal. Snowpack forecasts are used by farmers to see how much irrigation water they can expect, utilities to plan for hydroelectric plant outputs, and fisheries managers for conditions facing salmon... Читать дальше...

SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — More than 30 years ago, a piece of Sycamore was at the start of two Olympiads. Turner Brass of Sycamore designed and made the Olympic torches that traveled to and lit the flames of the Lake Placid Winter Games and the Los Angeles Summer Games, and the torches still are here. Sycamore resident Jerry Pelan was superintendent of the Turner Brass plant at the time and, after the success of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, was presented with a plaque from the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing... Читать дальше...

NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Friday, February 9, 2018 _____ 206 FPUS51 KBUF 091645 ZFPBUF Zone Forecasts for Western New York National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1145 AM EST Fri Feb 9 2018 NYZ001-092215- Niagara- Including the city of Niagara Falls 1145 AM EST Fri Feb 9 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... .THIS AFTERNOON...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Highs in the mid 20s. Light winds, becoming east around 10 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent. Читать дальше...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Army helicopter airlifted an injured Canadian musher from the Yukon Quest Trail. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 43-year-old Quest veteran Jason Campeau of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, was stable Thursday night at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Campeau's brother says he suffered concussions. The Yukon Quest is a long-distance sled dog race between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon. Race officials say Campeau pressed the help button on his race-tracking... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was fell 4.80 cents at $4.5614 a bushel; March corn was off 2.20 cents at $3.64 bushel; March oats was down 5.40 cents at $2.67 a bushel while January soybeans lost 1.20 cents at $9.8540 a bushel. Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. February live cattle was up .92 cent at $1.2685 a pound; January feeder cattle fell 1.30 cents at $1.4673 a pound; February... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — A man who was spent nearly a quarter of century in prison after being convicted of rape and murder before DNA testing prompted authorities to drop charges has filed a wrongful conviction lawsuit that alleges he was coerced by Chicago police detectives into confessing. Nevest Coleman's lawsuit comes three months after he and co-defendant Darryl Fulton were released from prison. Fulton has already filed a similar lawsuit. Coleman and Fulton were convicted in the 1994 slaying of a 20-year-old... Читать дальше...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's retired archbishop warned Friday that a deal between the Vatican and China that cedes too much power to Beijing would place the country's Catholic followers in a big "birdcage." Cardinal Joseph Zen said the Holy See should abandon talks with China over contentious bishop nominations if it would have to compromise too much to please the country's Communist rulers. Zen compared China's "underground" Catholics to birds and said Beijing wants "the Vatican to help them to... Читать дальше...

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — The parents of a Connecticut elementary school student have filed a lawsuit claiming their daughter was sexually assaulted at school. The Hartford Courant reports the parents filed a complaint in November in Hartford Superior Court. The suit seeks damages of more than $15,000 from Wethersfield Public Schools. According to the lawsuit, the kindergartener was assaulted in a bathroom at Emerson Williams Elementary School in 2015. The parents said their daughter's teacher and... Читать дальше...

LYONS, Mich. (AP) — Officials in a central Michigan community have said no to allowing a cat to stay in the public library. The Sentinel-Standard of Ionia reports the Lyons Township District Library Board of Directors recently reached its decision on the gray and white cat, known as Aww Kitty. The board had decided in December that the cat would have to leave the Lyons Public Library because some patrons are allergic, but local residents last month asked the board to reconsider.... Читать дальше...

Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault continued to voice her dismay with the Trump administration, expressing regret during a conversation with Ross Mathews on “Celebrity Big Brother.” The former director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison told Mathews that she would never vote for Donald Trump in a million years. “God no. Never,” she answered. “In a million years, never.” Also Read: Omarosa Says America Is 'Not Gonna Be OK' Under Trump (Video) The former Jay Leno intern... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu. That ties the highest level seen in the U.S. during swine flu in 2009. And it surpasses every winter flu season since 2003, when the government changed the way it measures flu. This season started early and has been driven by a nasty... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in two attempted child kidnappings that occurred within minutes of each other. According to witnesses, a man had attempted to force a 6-year-old girl into a car on Tuesday evening. Ten minutes later, a witness saw a man approach a 7-year-old girl at a playground and attempt to take her. Police say in both cases, neighbors or family stepped in when they heard the little girls' screams. Police describe the suspect as a white or Hispanic man... Читать дальше...

ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) — A proposed wind energy project could add 100 turbines in southern Minnesota's Freeborn County and northern Iowa's Worth County. The Freeborn Wind Farm is planned for 40,000 acres near Glenville. Consultants spoke to the Albert Lea City Council Thursday night to provide an overview of the project, which needs permit approval from the Minnesota Public Utility Commission. The wind farm has been approved at the county level in Iowa. KTTC-TV reports consultant... Читать дальше...