Новости за 28.02.2018

TOKYO — Japanese women who say “Me too” do so at their own risk. Online comments accused Rika Shiiki of lying and being a publicity hound when she tweeted that she lost business contracts after refusing to have sex with clients. Some said that by agreeing to dine with a man, she led him on. “The comments I received were disproportionately negative,” the 20-year-old university student and entrepreneur told a TV talk show in December. “We need to create a society where we can speak up. Читать дальше...

“Last Men in Aleppo” producer Kareem Abeed’s appeal to the U.S. State Department was successful, and will be able to attend the Oscars on Sunday after being granted a travel visa. The film’s director tweeted on Wednesday, “Good news: My producer Kareem Abeed get his visa finally, finger cross that he mange [sic] to get in to U.S now,” adding, “Thanks for everyone involved to helping this process and thanks for all the solidarity and the effort from the American friends for facing Trump ban to help us to be with our film.” Last week... Читать дальше...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Officials say they found no threat when responding to a high school southeast of Houston that was placed on lockdown after students and teachers said they heard "popping sounds" outside. Santa Fe police said Wednesday that after responding to the report of shots being fired in the surrounding area, officers swept the campus. They found no threat and no injuries. The school district says in a release that a lockdown was ordered as a precautionary measure. Dozens of police officers... Читать дальше...

MUMBAI, India — Lining up for hours and visibly grief-stricken, thousands of mourning fans paid their respects Wednesday to Sridevi, the iconic Bollywood actress who drowned accidentally in a Dubai hotel bathtub over the weekend. Sridevi’s body was flown home late Tuesday night in a private plane owned by Anil Ambani, a Mumbai industrialist and entertainment baron. By early Wednesday morning, people had begun lining up along a security fence outside the private club... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Congress and guns (all times local): 3:40 p.m. President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to set aside efforts to expand the concealed carrying of firearms in legislation pending in Congress. He is telling lawmakers considering ways to respond to the deadly Florida school shooting, "You'll never get it passed." Trump says the concealed carry provision is a "whole new ballgame" and should be in a separate bill. The House approved the bill late... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump tells GOP to set aside expansion of concealed carry in bill responding to shootings: "You'll never get it passed"

A substitute teacher allegedly slapped a 6-year-old special education student last week in Vallejo, leading police to open an investigation. On Friday, Lyniqueah Hawkins got a call from the assistant principal of Highland Elementary School in Vallejo, who apparently told her that he was on his way to a classroom where her son, Famous, had been slapped by a substitute teacher. Famous is in first grade at Highland and enrolled in the school’s special education program. Читать дальше...

Infowars, a conspiracy website that suggested survivors of the Florida school shooting were coached on their pleas for gun control, said its video account was temporarily frozen by YouTube. The suspension for harassment and bullying was subsequently lifted, the site said. San Bruno’s YouTube, which is owned by Google, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Infowars said Tuesday it had multiple videos removed from YouTube, including one in which host Owen... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Congress and guns (all times local): 3:20 p.m. President Donald Trump says he wants Congress to put a number of gun safety measures into a Senate bill that would bolster background checks. Trump is urging lawmakers to add their best ideas to a proposal pushed by Texas Sen. John Cornyn to improve background checks. Trump is telling members of Congress that "you have a different president now," pointing to the failure of past attempts to address gun violence during past administrations. Читать дальше...

TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, February 28, 2018 _____ 383 FPUS54 KSJT 282027 ZFPSJT Zone Forecast Product for Texas National Weather Service San Angelo TX 227 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 TXZ127-011015- Taylor- Including the city of ABILENE 227 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 .LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...Partly sunny with chance of thunderstorms the rest of this afternoon, then mostly cloudy with slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on gun-restriction legislation in Springfield (all times local): 2:30 p.m. The Illinois House has voted to ban "bump stock" accessories that transform rifles into assault-style weapons. The legislation was the first of seven gun-restriction measures the House is considering Wednesday. The plan sponsored by Democratic Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines (dess PLAYNZ') was OK'd 83-31. Lawmakers are responding to the Parkland, Florida massacre on Feb. 14 that killed... Читать дальше...

Wheat for March advanced 21.25 cents at 4.8450 a bushel; March corn was up 4 cents at 3.7450 a bushel; March oats rose 3 cents at $2.63 a bushel; while March soybeans gained 7 cents at $10.45 a bushel. Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle was off .52 cent at $1.2750 a pound; March feeder cattle fell 1.80 cents at $1.4475 a pound; while April lean hogs lost 2.73 cents $.6722 a pound.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) _ CareTrust REIT Inc. (CTRE) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The results met Wall Street expectations. The San Clemente, California-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $23.6 million, or 31 cents per share, in the period. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 31 cents per share. Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Homeless people in San Diego are being offered jobs to pick up trash, pull weeds and clear brush as the city wrestles with one of the worst homeless problems in the country. Mayor Kevin Faulconer said the effort that started Monday will restore people's dignity by paying them $11.50 an hour. A dozen U.S. cities have similar programs. The "Wheels of Change" program in San Diego is funded for six months by a private donor and run by Alpha Project, a homeless services provider. Alpha... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Congress and guns (all times local): 3:10 p.m. President Donald Trump is convening a bipartisan group of lawmakers to find ways of addressing gun violence. Trump says, "We have to do something about it." Trump tells the members of Congress that he's going to "come up with some ideas" and he's expressing hope that those ideas could be put in a "bipartisan bill." The president says he doesn't want to wait several weeks and then have people forget. Читать дальше...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Legislative leaders say school security will likely be on the agenda again during next year's session in North Dakota. House Majority Leader Al Carlson says it's unfortunate that proposals to add more security to schools failed in the past two sessions. He says other states are taking action. Carlson says larger districts, such as Fargo, have done a good job in improving security in school buildings, but smaller districts don't have the money to make those improvements.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced plans to commit an additional $125 million to make schools safer from violence like shootings. Hogan said Wednesday the money would be used to accelerate and enhance improvements such as secure doors and windows, metal detectors, security cameras and panic buttons. The Republican governor also says he will commit an additional $50 million a year in new school safety grants to supplement and improve state and local school safety efforts. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Richards says he regrets saying Mick Jagger needed a vasectomy after recently having his eighth child. In a story posted Wednesday morning, The Wall Street Journal magazine reported that Richards said "it's time for the snip — you can't be a father at that age. Those poor kids!" The 74-year-old Jagger welcomed his eighth child in December 2016. But Richards says "I deeply regret the comments I made about Mick" in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. He says his words "were... Читать дальше...

(Bloomberg) -- New York’s banking regulator has asked Deutsche Bank AG and a pair of local lenders to provide information about their relationships with Jared Kushner, his family and the Kushner Cos., according to people familiar with the matter. The state’s Department of Financial Services sent letters to the German lender as well as Signature Bank and New York Community Bank last week, said one of the people, who described the letter. The request was broad, covering the banks’ relationships with... Читать дальше...

Vero quickly rose to the top of the iOS App Store this week with users touting the social media platform as a newer, better Instagram. Then its Saudi Arabian founder's shady past came to light and the tune quickly changed from #DeleteInstagram to #DeleteVero. The web moves fast these days.

LONDRES (AP) — Meghan Markle dijo el miércoles que espera “comenzar a trabajar inmediatamente” como miembro de la familia real británica y usar su posición para subrayar el empoderamiento femenino. Markle, quien se casará con el príncipe Enrique en mayo, asistió a un evento en Londres con Enrique, el príncipe Guillermo y Catalina, la duquesa de Cambridge. Fue el primer compromiso al que asistieron las dos parejas reales y en el mismo celebraron el trabajo de la Fundación Real, que apoya a organizaciones... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California stands in "complete opposition" to a Trump administration plan to scrap a policy slashing climate-changing emissions from power plants, its top air official said Wednesday at a U.S. hearing in a state helping lead the fight against global warming. State officials joined hundreds of other opponents, including technology billionaire Tom Steyer, in speaking out against ending the Obama-era Clean Power Plan at the hearing in San Francisco, billed as the latest in a series... Читать дальше...

“Grown-ish” star Emily Arlook says that playing an LGBTQ character isn’t all that different from playing a straight character. “I mean, she’s just a person,” Arlook said when asked about what it’s like portraying an LGBTQ character in a recent interview with TheWrap. “So I just played her how any human I thought would behave.” Arlook said that playing Nomi Segal gave her the opportunity to learn more about the LGBTQ community. “I didn’t know that bi people make up a majority of the community and are the least represented,” she said.

Fans of Derrick Comedy are well aware it’s where Donald Glover got his start. But while the Emmy winner may be the best-known alum from the internet sketch comedy group formed in 2006, it turns out he wouldn’t consider himself the funniest one. In fact, former Derrick actors Dominic Dierkes and DC Pierson, their director Dan Eckman and the crew’s producer Meggie McFadden tell TheWrap that Glover used to insist he was living in the shadow of someone who wasn’t even a member of Derrick Comedy: his little brother, Stephen. Читать дальше...

Fans of Derrick Comedy are well aware it’s where Donald Glover got his start. But while the Emmy winner may be the best-known alum from the internet sketch comedy group formed in 2006, it turns out he wouldn’t consider himself the funniest one. In fact, former Derrick actors Dominic Dierkes and DC Pierson, their director Dan Eckman and the crew’s producer Meggie McFadden tell TheWrap that Glover used to insist he was living in the shadow of someone who wasn’t even a member of Derrick Comedy: his little brother, Stephen. Читать дальше...