Новости за 18.03.2018

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 50-year-old San Antonio man has been arrested and charged with capital murder for the slayings of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says Casey Farell Marshall made a 911 call to report he'd killed the girl and her 48-year-old mother Saturday morning. Police believe the slain woman is Marshall's girlfriend. Authorities said they initially went to the woman's home after emergency medical personnel received a call about people hurt in a bathroom. Читать дальше...

NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 18, 2018 _____ 623 FPUS51 KBUF 181436 ZFPBUF Zone Forecasts for Western New York National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1036 AM EDT Sun Mar 18 2018 NYZ001-182115- Niagara- Including the city of Niagara Falls 1036 AM EDT Sun Mar 18 2018 .THIS AFTERNOON...Partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 mph or less. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25. Light winds, becoming north 10 to 15 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly sunny and colder with highs in the lower 30s. Читать дальше...

CAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Ill. (AP) — A preservation group is looking for more money to renovate and move a one-room school house in Kane County that's been around since before the Civil War. The (Elgin) Courier-News reports that the Skyline Council of Landmarks Illinois says tens of thousands of dollars are still needed to cover the estimated $153,000 that the group says is needed to save the Whitney Schoolhouse in Campton Township. The schoolhouse built in 1854 sits on land that's for sale. Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If you bought a Powerball ticket in Pennsylvania for Saturday's drawing, you may be holding a piece of paper worth $457 million. Powerball officials say a single winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania that matches all of the winning numbers: 22-57-59-60-66 and Powerball 7. The specific location where the winning ticket was sold has not been announced. Powerball is played in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The largest jackpot in Powerball... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday questioned the impartiality of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and raised doubts about whether a fired top FBI official kept personal memos outlining his interactions with Trump. Trump, in a series of tweets, elevated his simmering grievances to a boil against Mueller, whose team is examining Trump campaign ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice; onetime FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who was dismissed Friday by the... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russia's presidential election (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Russia's Central Election Commission says the turnout in the presidential election has exceeded 50 percent. The commission says 51.9 percent of Russia's nearly 111 million eligible voters have cast ballots as of 5 p.m. Moscow time (1400 GMT). Election officials say efforts to encourage a higher turnout are in line with the law. Some Russians have reported being pressured by employers to show up and vote. Election... Читать дальше...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Groundwater regulators in Nebraska could have a tougher time financing water conservation projects after a bill they endorsed died in the Legislature, but some lawmakers say the measure wasn't necessary and would have led to higher property taxes. The issue has divided rural senators, pitting those who saw the tax as a way to protect Nebraska agriculture against opponents who fought to kill it in hopes of lowering property taxes. The measure would have allowed many of the state's... Читать дальше...

NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 18, 2018 _____ 216 FPUS51 KOKX 181428 ZFPOKX Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service New York NY 1028 AM EDT Sun Mar 18 2018 NYZ072-182100- New York (Manhattan)- 1028 AM EDT Sun Mar 18 2018 .TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph late this morning. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight. .MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Читать дальше...

CT New York NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 18, 2018 _____ 216 FPUS51 KOKX 181428 ZFPOKX Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service New York NY 1028 AM EDT Sun Mar 18 2018 CTZ005-182100- Northern Fairfield- 1028 AM EDT Sun Mar 18 2018 .TODAY...Sunny, cold with highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Isolated flurries after midnight. Lows around 20. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening... Читать дальше...

People keep exploiting Facebook in ways that could sway elections and even undermine democracy. News reports that Facebook let the Trump-affiliated data mining firm Cambridge Analytica abscond with data from tens of millions of users mark the third time in roughly a year the company may have been outfoxed by crafty outsiders. First it was fake news providers. Then it was Russian agents. Now it's a company that helped Donald Trump win the White House, and which aims to help other campaigns identify... Читать дальше...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior North Korean diplomat who handles North American affairs was heading to Finland on Sunday for talks with the United States and South Korea. Choe Kang Il's trip comes ahead of a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Choe was seen at a Beijing airport on Sunday before boarding a flight to Finland. The report cited unnamed "diplomatic sources" in Seoul as saying Choe would take part in a meeting with former U.S. diplomats... Читать дальше...

TravelSkills recently caught up with Lufthansa Group's senior leadership for a wide ranging conversation about swapping planes at SFO, its return to Mineta San Jose International Airport this month and plans for a California expansion.

FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — A group that promotes trails and greenways is trying to persuade officials in two Indianapolis suburbs to include both a railway and a trail in the redevelopment of an old rail line. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that Fishers and Noblesville announced plans last year to remove the tracks along a 9.2-mile stretch of the Nickel Plate corridor through part of Hamilton County and turn it into a greenway trail. But the Hoosier Rails to Trails Council wrote... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The sounds of drums and pipes will ring out as the frigid streets of South Boston become packed with thousands of green-clad St. Patrick's Day celebrators. The city's 117th St. Patrick's Day Parade will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Broadway MBTA station, and will wind its way along East and West Broadway. Mayor Martin Walsh announced Wednesday that the parade would follow a shortened snow route used three of the past four years due to the buildup of snow from three recent nor'easters. Читать дальше...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte urged other governments on Sunday to abandon the International Criminal Court, saying the world tribunal — where he's facing a possible complaint for the thousands of killings of drug suspects under his crackdown — is "rude." Although the Philippine Senate has ratified the Rome Statute that established the ICC, Duterte said in a speech that the treaty was never enforced in the country because it was not published in the government journal as required by law. Читать дальше...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state censors have prohibited the performance of a play on the day of its Cairo premiere, saying it cannot be shown without the removal of five scenes. As a result, director Ahmed El Attar cancelled the Sunday and Monday showings of Before the Revolution, a two-actor piece that depicts oppression and stagnation in Egypt before its 2011 popular uprising, In a statement, organizers say El Attar has appealed for a second censorship committee to watch the show on March 19th, hopefully... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — The head of the British Parliament's media committee on Sunday accused Facebook of misleading lawmakers by downplaying the risk of users' data being shared without their consent. Conservative legislator Damian Collins said he would ask Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg or another executive to appear before his committee, which is investigating disinformation and "fake news." Collins said Facebook has "consistently understated" the risk of data leaks and given misleading answers to the committee. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director, and the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election (all times local): 9:30 a.m. President Donald Trump is reviving concerns that the special counsel team investigating Russian election interference may be biased against him. Trump tweeted Sunday: "Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added...does anyone think this is fair? Читать дальше...

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — Some sensor-equipped warning signs in parts of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula are advising motorists of when they should take extra care due to road conditions. The Michigan Department of Transportation 's North Region in recent years has installed so-called active warning systems at three locations with bridges, curves or both in Otsego and Cheboygan counties along Interstate 75 and Michigan highway 32. Each roadway location has sensors that monitor pavement conditions. Читать дальше...

TX Fort Worth TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 18, 2018 _____ 250 FPUS54 KFWD 181334 AAA ZFPFWD Zone Forecast Product...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 834 AM CDT Sun Mar 18 2018 TXZ119-182115- Dallas- Including the city of Dallas 834 AM CDT Sun Mar 18 2018 .TODAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning...then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the south this afternoon. Читать дальше...

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Lewis will be honored for his civil rights accomplishments by a university in Ohio. Miami University will award its Freedom Summer of '64 Award to the Democratic congressman from Georgia at the Sam Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on Monday. Lewis was a leader in the 1964 Freedom Summer voter registration drive of blacks in the South. College students were recruited to aid that effort. Miami says nearly 800 volunteers came to the then-Western College... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish official: War with Turkey enters "new phase" after its troops enter Afrin .

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russia's presidential election (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has boycotted the presidential election and is advising other Russians to do the same. Navalny has been barred from the presidential campaign because of a criminal conviction widely seen as politically motivated. He has urged his supporters not to vote because of the absence of any real competition in Sunday's election, which President Vladimir Putin is set to win easily. Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An exhibit at Philadelphia's National Museum of American Jewish History looks at flamboyant conductor Leonard Bernstein (BURN'-styn) through the lens of his social activism. "Leonard Bernstein: The Power of Music" is now on display. Bernstein thrilled the world with his compositions, theatrical works like "West Side Story" and over-the-top conducting style. But the exhibit focuses on the lesser-known side of Bernstein — the second-generation American Jew who inspired social progress. Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's education department has divvied up a $1.5 million federal grant aimed at improving early childhood education to eight parishes. The department says the grant will help pay for teachers at low-performing early childhood education centers with training aimed at helping improve classroom instruction and kindergarten readiness. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education backed the distribution of funds. The parishes that will share in grant dollars are... Читать дальше...