Новости за 24.02.2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of union workers, activists, faith leaders and labor supporters are headed to the Ohio Statehouse to draw attention to upcoming arguments in a high-stakes U.S. Supreme Court case. Organizers say Saturday's Working People's Day of Action rally is being observed nationwide. The lawsuit challenges a 41-year-old ruling that allowed states to require government employees who opt out of union membership to pay their share for activities the union undertakes on behalf of all workers, not just members. Читать дальше...

GLOUSTER, Ohio (AP) — As years of work to cleanse southeastern Ohio's Sunday Creek of acid mine drainage from old coal mines start to produce cleaner water and more fish species, a new coal mine is proposed to open in the region. The prospect of a new mine opening while work is underway to clean up years of pollution left from old mines has outraged some Athens County residents. Oxford Mining Co. plans to operate a surface mine on 299 acres in Trimble Township near Glouster. The company says in its... Читать дальше...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says an off-duty police officer who shot and wounded a 17-year-old armed robbery suspect who pointed a gun at him in southwest Ohio won't face criminal charges. Montgomery County's prosecutor said in a statement Friday that a grand jury heard testimony and evidence in the Feb. 5 shooting in the Dayton suburb of Miamisburg and decided not to indict the officer. Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. says the Miami Township officer saw the teen trying to carjack a group of people at gunpoint after the teen robbed a gas station. Читать дальше...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of another teen in an apparent fight over a girl in Marysville. The Daily Herald reports the boy admitted in Snohomish County Juvenile Court Friday that his negligence was a factor in the death of 16-year-old Robert Myrick Jr. Myrick died after the fight in the woods in August. Prosecutors alleged that the suspect had delivered a fatal kick to the head after Myrick tripped over a log and was on the ground. The... Читать дальше...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — A university in northwestern Ohio has selected a new president. The Board of Trustees at Bowling Green State University announced Friday that it has named Rodney Rogers to replace former President Mary Ellen Mazey. Rogers was named interim president when Mazey stepped down at the end of December. Rogers served as provost and senior vice president at Bowling Green starting in 2012 and previously served as dean of the school's business college for six years The native Ohioan... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — With boos and whistles, French farmers gave President Emmanuel Macron a piece of their mind at a major agriculture event where he was trying to promote his policies. Macron was supposed to visit the Paris Agriculture Fair all day Saturday — a key moment to address French farmers' concerns. He had a tense exchange with cereal producers loudly protesting his government's proposal to ban a pesticide called glyphosate by 2020. Macron, visibly irritated, promised to find "solutions" to replace glyphosate... Читать дальше...

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says experts are planning to dive on a sunken tugboat that went down off the Maine coast to see if it and the fuel that was on board can be recovered. The Capt. Mackintire sank Thursday off Kennebunkport as fuel was being transferred to the Helen Louise, the boat that was towing it. No one was on board the Mackintire when it went down. There were no injuries The Portland Press Herald reports the Capt. Mackintire was carrying diesel fuel in several drums and a fuel bladder. Читать дальше...

ADDISON, Maine (AP) — Maine fishing regulators are shutting down more areas to scallop fishing for the season to protect the health of the shellfish. The state shuts down scalloping areas to prevent the valuable resource from being overfished. The Maine Department of Marine Resources says it has shut down the Harrington and Pleasant rivers, including Pleasant Bay. The state's also shutting down the Skillings River and Taunton Bay in the Frenchman Bay area. The scallop fishing season begins in December and can last until early April. Читать дальше...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The man appointed to temporarily lead New Hampshire's only veterans' hospital after several top officials were removed last summer has been named the facility's director. Alfred Montoya had been serving as interim director of the Manchester VA Medical Center since July, when The Boston Globe reported on allegations of substandard care and treatment at the hospital. He came to New Hampshire from Vermont, where he served as medical director at the White River Junction VA facility. Читать дальше...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — The head of the SIT Graduate Institute says it will retain its link to the Brattleboro community as it scales down Vermont operations to focus on its study abroad program. An SIT spokeswoman tells the Brattleboro Reformer that current plans call for 19 employees to be laid off at the Brattleboro campus. Four jobs will also be cut at the Washington, D.C, campus. SIT president Sophia Howlett says those numbers could change as plans evolve. The institute is not accepting new... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security and judicial officials say authorities in Beirut are interrogating a man who is suspected in the death of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait. A senior official with Lebanon's General Security Directorate refused to provide details other than that the man is being held by the agency and undergoing questioning. A judicial official said Saturday Lebanese citizen Nader Essam Assaf was handed over by Syrian authorities to Lebanon Friday. Читать дальше...

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WA Forecast for Sunday, February 25, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;High Temp (F);Low Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Arlington;A touch of rain;42;31;S;9;71%;87%;1 Bellingham;A little rain;45;33;SSE;10;67%;80%;1 Bremerton;A little rain;45;30;SSW;9;62%;66%;1 Chehalis;Chilly with rain;42;29;SSW;6;75%;73%;1 Deer Park;A little a.m.

CA Forecast for Sunday, February 25, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;High Temp (F);Low Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Alturas;A shower in the p.m.;42;21;WSW;10;56%;91%;2 Arcata;A p.m.

CT Taunton MA Zone Forecast for Saturday, February 24, 2018 _____ 744 FPUS51 KBOX 241216 ZFPBOX Zone Forecast Product for Southern New England National Weather Service Taunton MA 715 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018 CTZ002-242100- Hartford CT- Including the cities of Hartford and Windsor Locks 715 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... .TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain this afternoon. Patchy fog this morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. Читать дальше...

Small space living is becoming trendy, with more people living in a van, schoolbus, sailboat or tiny home with a significant other or an entire family. See how these couples get along in a super small space.

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A Ukrainian opposition lawmaker who helped uncover off-the-books payments to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman says a one-time Austrian chancellor was among the European politicians secretly paid to lobby for Ukraine. The lawmaker's claim to The Associated Press on Saturday came after the United States indicted Paul Manafort for paying former politicians to lobby on behalf of his client at the time, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Serhiy Leshchenko, a lawmaker in Ukraine... Читать дальше...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Three female Nobel Peace laureates have begun a weeklong trip to Bangladesh to meet Rohingya women who were tortured and raped by Myanmar soldiers before fleeing the country. During the trip that began Saturday, Iran's Shirin Ebadi, Yemen's Tawakkol Karman and Northern Ireland's Mairead Maguire will assess the Rohingya refugees' situation and the violence against the Rohingya women, according to the Nobel Women's Initiative, a platform of six female peace laureates established in 2006. Читать дальше...

In route news, Alaska Airlines drops some San Francisco routes; United reveals plans for deployment of its first new 737 MAX 9s; Air India will add flights to San Francisco; Finnair extends its SFO and Chicago schedules; Emirates puts its largest plane back onto a U.S. route. Don't miss out Lufthansa update.

After years of planning, protected bike lanes may soon be coming to Lake Merritt in Oakland.

CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Friday, February 23, 2018 _____ 554 FPUS55 KREV 241130 ZFPREV Western Nevada-Eastern Sierra-Northeast California Zone Forecast National Weather Service Reno NV 330 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 This is an automatically generated product that provides averaged values for large geographic areas and may not be representative of a specific area. To get a more specific forecast for your area, please visit www.nws.noaa.gov/wtf/udaf/area/?site=rev CAZ072-NVZ002-250300- Greater Lake... Читать дальше...

CA Sacramento CA Zone Forecast for Friday, February 23, 2018 _____ 244 FPUS56 KSTO 241130 ZFPSTO Interior Northern California Zone Forecasts for California National Weather Service Sacramento CA 330 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for today, tonight, and Sunday. CAZ013-250100- Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County- Including the city of Shasta Dam 330 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated rain and snow showers in the morning... Читать дальше...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Authorities say the death toll in a pair of explosions Friday evening in Somalia's capital has risen to 21. The director of Aamin Ambulance service, Dr. Abdirahman Abdulqadir, gave the new toll Saturday. It was confirmed by police Capt. Mohamed Hussein, who said it was based on figures from hospitals. The two car bomb blasts shattered a months-long period of calm in Mogadishu, which is often the target of attacks by the al-Shabab extremist group. The first blast occurred... Читать дальше...

CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Friday, February 23, 2018 _____ 821 FPUS56 KMFR 241116 ZFPMFR Zone Forecast Product for Southern Oregon and Northern California National Weather Service Medford, OR 316 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 CAZ080-250000- Western Siskiyou County- Including the cities of Etna, Fort Jones, and Happy Camp 316 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow this morning, then rain and snow showers likely this afternoon. Snow level 1500 feet rising to 2000 feet this afternoon. Читать дальше...