Новости за 30.03.2018

LOS ANGELES — Closer Mark Melancon went on the 10-day disabled list ahead of Thursday’s season opener with a strained flexor in his pitching arm, and his replacement will be Hunter Strickland. “Hunter Strickland will be the closer today, and he will be the closer till we get Mark back,” Bochy said two hours before their season’s first pitch. “With that said, if we need some help we’ve got other guys who can help out there.” No Giant threw the ball better in spring training than Strickland... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry a cancer warning label. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said in a proposed decision Wednesday that Starbucks and other coffee companies failed to show the threat from a chemical compound produced in the coffee roasting process was insignificant. A nonprofit group had sued coffee roasters, distributors and retailers under a state law that requires warnings on a wide range of chemicals that can cause cancer. Читать дальше...

Saba Mahmood, a professor, theorist and author from Pakistan whose work focused on the intersection of Islam and feminist theory, died on March 10 at her home in Berkeley. She was 57. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said her husband, Charles Hirschkind. In her studies, Mahmood, a scholar of modern Egypt who specialized in sociocultural anthropology at UC Berkeley, also challenged entrenched notions about secularism and religion, particularly in Muslim societies. Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The judge in Bill Cosby's retrial rejected demands Thursday from the comedian's defense lawyers to step aside during a hearing in which they made clear they plan to attack his accuser as a greedy liar who falsely accused the comedian of sexually assaulting her to collect a payoff. Judge Steven O'Neill shot down what amounted to a last-ditch effort to postpone the trial by defense lawyers who lost their bid to overturn his ruling allowing up to five additional accusers to testify against Cosby.

David Hogg does not appear to accept Laura Ingraham’s apology. The vocal Parkland shooting survivor is now urging his 600,000+ followers to target an expanded list of more than 100 sponsors who currently advertise on Ingraham’s primetime Fox News program. “Tweet away,” said Hogg publishing a link to the names of dozens of company’s that run commercial on “The Ingraham Angle.” “If you want to help I would suggest contacting 3-4 of these companies. Lets do this.” Also Read: Tomi Lahren Admits: I... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened Thursday to “hold up” the trade agreement his administration finalized with South Korea this week in an effort to gain more leverage in potential talks with North Korea. Speaking on infrastructure in Ohio, Trump highlighted the recently completed renegotiation of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, but he warned: “I may hold it up until after a deal is made with North Korea.” The announcement comes as the two Koreas have announced plans to... Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a pretrial hearing in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case (all times local): 5 p.m. Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges won't begin until at least April 9. The judge and lawyers agreed to the start date during the first of two days of pretrial hearings on Thursday. Jury selection in the case is scheduled to begin on Monday. Cosby's lawyers made clear during Thursday's hearing they plan to attack his accuser as a greedy liar who falsely accused the comedian... Читать дальше...