Новости за 13.04.2018

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the Alaska legislative session (all times local): 11:55 a.m. A key state Senate committee is trying to sweeten the pot to encourage the House to support legislation that would set in law a long-term draw rate from Alaska's oil-wealth fund. The Senate Finance Committee on Friday advanced a two-year education funding bill, starting with the fiscal year that begins July 1. For year two, the bill would not only provide funding but add $30 million for schools. However... Читать дальше...

With the fifth season of “Silicon Valley” in full swing, it only felt right to have Zach Woods swing by TheWrap HQ once again — and we had a lot to ask him. Woods has turned Jared Dunn —  the straight-laced financial guru of “Pied Piper” with a penchant for revealing the most shocking details about his character’s murky background — into a fan favorite. (Just last week, we find out Jared’s stepmom wouldn’t let him eat pizza as a kid because “Italians aren’t real white people.”) But does Woods, who... Читать дальше...

President Trump issued a full pardon Friday to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Trump said he does not know Libby, but “for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life,” according to a statement issued by White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders announcing the pardon. Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was convicted of lying to... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday that the criminal probe that led them to raid the offices of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is focused on the attorney's "personal business dealings" and has been going on for months. In the filing with a court in New York, prosecutors blacked out a section describing what laws they believe Cohen has broken, but they said the "crimes being investigated involve acts of concealment" and suspected fraud. They... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — With the chants of hundreds of teachers ringing in their ears, Kentucky House lawmakers voted Friday to override the Republican governor's veto of a $480 million tax increase that fuels record spending in public education. More than 30 school districts across the state were forced to close as thousands of teachers rallied at the Capitol, joining the chorus of teacher protests across the country. Teachers descended on the statehouse wearing red T-shirts and carrying signs that... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — James Comey’s searing tell-all book touched off a forceful attack on the former FBI director’s character by President Trump and his allies Friday, even as many Democrats struggled with conflicted feelings about the man they blame for Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election. Pointed and salacious details from Comey’s book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership,” leaked out Thursday night before the book’s official release Tuesday. In it, Comey denounces the president as “unethical... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings. Week of April 16:FirstCaribbean International Bank - Barbados, 9.6 million shares, priced $22-$25, managed by Barclays/UBS Investment Bank. Proposed NYSE symbol FCI. Business: CIBC-owned bank operating in Barbados, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands. GrafTech International - Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, 37.8 million shares, priced $21-$24... Читать дальше...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A University of Oregon law professor who wore blackface to a Halloween party in 2016 has returned to campus after a sabbatical. University spokesman Tobin Klinger confirmed to The Register-Guard newspaper that Nancy Shurtz is back at work. Shurtz wore a white coat, stethoscope and black face paint to portray Dr. Damon Tweedy, a black psychiatrist who wrote a best-selling memoir about his experiences with racism in medical school and in his profession. Shurtz said she was trying to provoke discussion about racism in society ... Читать дальше...

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A 24-year-old Milton-Freewater man has changed his guilty plea from manslaughter to murder rather than divulge details of the crime to authorities. Conor Michael Dayton entered the new guilty plea Thursday in a Umatilla County Circuit Court hearing that was held by remote camera, The East Oregonian reported. Dayton's defense attorney, L. Kent Fischer, said outside court that prosecutors were "adamant" that Dayton had not debriefed them on the crime — a stipulation that had... Читать дальше...

LEGGETT, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff: Body of a child found in Northern California river that a family's SUV plunged into last week.

BARCELONA, Spain — There are no membership fees, no roll calls, no official leaders and no headquarters. Attending the weekly meetings is optional. They are loosely organized groups of neighborhood activists known as defense committees, and they have taken a key role in Catalonia’s independence movement after its political leadership was jailed or fled the country. Ever since Spain’s crackdown on an unauthorized referendum on secession in October, hundreds of self-proclaimed... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia and Britain exchanged sharp accusations Friday over the suspected poison gas attack in Syria, and the U.S. Navy was moving an additional Tomahawk missile-armed ship within striking range as President Donald Trump and his national security aides mulled the scope and timing of an expected military assault. Trump's U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, said the president had not yet made a final decision, two days after he tweeted that Russia should "get ready" because a missile attack... Читать дальше...

TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Friday, April 13, 2018 _____ 650 FPUS54 KSJT 131937 ZFPSJT Zone Forecast Product for Texas National Weather Service San Angelo TX 237 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 TXZ127-140930- Taylor- Including the city of ABILENE 237 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust early in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the evening. .SATURDAY...Windy, sunny. Читать дальше...

NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Friday, April 13, 2018 _____ 925 FPUS51 KBTV 131936 ZFPBTV Zone Forecast Product for Vermont and Northern New York National Weather Service Burlington VT 332 PM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 NYZ028-140800- Eastern Clinton- Including the city of Plattsburgh 332 PM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...Rain until midnight, then rain or snow likely after midnight. Читать дальше...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's monitoring what happened to a teenage boy in Ohio who became trapped by a Honda minivan rear bench seat and died. The agency said Friday it's been in contact with local authorities and Honda "to understand all of the facts related to this tragic incident." Sixteen-year-old Kyle Plush died Tuesday after becoming trapped inside a 2004 Honda Odyssey. A coroner says Plush died of asphyxiation due to "chest compression." Plush... Читать дальше...

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court convicted a 19-year-old man on Friday of involvement in plans for two Islamic extremist attacks in Germany, one of which was supposed to be carried out by a 12-year-old boy. The defendant was convicted Friday at the Vienna state court of two counts of attempted incitement to murder as a terrorist crime, as well as membership in a terrorist organization and other offenses, the Austrian Press Agency reported. He was given a nine-year sentence. The Austrian of Albanian... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's pardon of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney (all times local): 3:35 p.m. A White House spokeswoman says President Donald Trump's pardoning of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby wasn't intended as a message to special counsel Robert Mueller in the Russia probe. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Friday that "one thing has nothing to do with the other and every case should be reviewed on their own merits."... Читать дальше...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An online pharmacy that bills itself as Canada's largest was fined $34 million Friday for importing counterfeit cancer drugs and other unapproved pharmaceuticals into the United States, a sentence that one advocacy group called too light for such a heinous crime. Canada Drugs has filled millions of prescriptions by offering itself as a safe alternative for patients to save money on expensive drugs, and its founder, Kristian Thorkelson, has been hailed as an industry pioneer for starting the company in 2001. Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby sexual-assault retrial (all times local): 3 p.m. Bill Cosby's chief accuser is undergoing cross-examination at his sex assault retrial. Andrea Constand told a jury outside Philadelphia on Friday that Cosby drugged her, then sexually molested her during a 2004 encounter at his home. Constand spent about three hours on the witness stand before Cosby's lawyer got a chance to question her. Cosby lawyer Tom Mesereau is poring over inconsistencies in... Читать дальше...

Leonard Stefanelli, who rose from a garbage collector to president of San Francisco’s largest refuse firm, died April 6 after a long illness. He was 83. Stefanelli had a key role in transforming the garbage business from simple collection into a major enterprise that recycles and reuses trash. Sunset Scavenger, the company he headed, is now part of Recology, Inc., which has revenues of over $1 billion a year and operates 45 solid waste companies from Bakersfield to Seattle. ... Читать дальше...

El Farolito will play its inaugural NPSL home match at San Francisco’s historic Boxer Stadium on Saturday against the Sacramento Gold. Kickoff is at noon. It has been an auspicious start for El Farolito in the league as they stand tied for the top spot in the Golden Gate Conference. In their first match, they

ALISO VIEJO, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Un par de videos muestran que el actor Will Ferrell fue tratado por paramédicos tras sufrir lesiones menores en un accidente automovilístico en una autopista en el área de Los Ángeles. El video de OnScene.TV muestra al actor de 50 años sentado a un lado de la carretera hablando con un bombero poco después del choque ocurrido el jueves por la noche. En otro, de LA-OC.tv, Ferrell aparece hablando por celular desde una camilla y a los bomberos subirlo a una ambulancia. Читать дальше...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of students have protested at the Vermont Statehouse to demand more political action to combat climate change. The third annual Youth Rally for the Planet took place Thursday, and students called for state spending on electric school buses, a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure and a carbon tax. The Times Argus reports Matt Henchen started the rally four years ago. Henchen teaches a Creating Sustainable Communities at Harwood Union high School. He says students feel... Читать дальше...

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — All hail the newest entry in Alabama weather record books. AL.com cites a release from state climatologist Dr. John Christy saying a hailstone that fell March 19 in Cullman County is the largest on record in the state. Weighing nearly 10 ounces (285 grams), the superlative chunk of ice measured 5.38 inches (13.7 centimeters) wide, with a total volume of 19.8 cubic inches (325 cubic centimeters). The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety says a baseball's volume is... Читать дальше...

KIMBALL, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol has announced a number of road closures in western Nebraska as a late-season blizzard sweeps the region. The patrol says an 88-mile stretch of Interstate 80 — a major cross-country thoroughfare — has been closed from Kimball east to Big Springs. A parallel section of U.S. Highway 30 has also been closed between Kimball and Big Springs. The patrol says a nearly 50-mile stretch of U.S. Route 385 from Sidney north to Bridgeport has been closed. Several other roads around Scottsbluff... Читать дальше...