Новости за 18.05.2018

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A teenager used a 9mm semi-automatic rifle in firing shots at a northern Illinois high school before he was shot by a school resource officer, police said Thursday. Illinois State Police also said 19-year-old Matthew Milby's mother bought the weapon in 2012 and that investigators were working to determine how he obtained it. Classes were canceled Thursday at Dixon High School, a day after authorities say Milby showed up in the morning as seniors met for a graduation rehearsal and fired several shots inside the building. Читать дальше...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Pardoned Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that decades-old affirmative action policies for the country’s Malay majority must be discarded in favor of a new program to help the poor regardless of race. The prime minister-in-waiting also said he plans to run in a by-election this year to become a member of Parliament but that he isn’t in a rush to take over the top job. Anwar, 70, was convicted of sodomy in 2015 in a case he said was politically motivated. Читать дальше...

CRETE, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska university has sold land used as a prairie dog research lab to neighboring farmers who plan to get rid of the animal colony. Doane University's Board of Trustees sold the 320-acre plot last month for $2.6 million to the Lovegrove family, whose farming operation surrounds it. The board will return the proceeds to its endowment, the Lincoln Journal Star reported . Maureen Franklin, Doane's former vice president for academic affairs, said she thinks the university should have done more to save the colony... Читать дальше...

More than two years ago, as she prepared to write the essays on her Stanford application, Albane Valenzuela reached the prompt asking prospective students to describe a person who had a significant impact on their life. Valenzuela needed no time to choose her subject. She wrote about her younger brother, Alexis, who was diagnosed with autism as an infant. He barely talked at all in his first five years — and now, at 16, he speaks three languages and hopes to follow... Читать дальше...

As the Warriors and Rockets head to Oakland: •Make way for the “Tuckwagon,” everybody. The Rockets are feeling so good about their Game 2 win, they’re issuing a challenge to the Warriors’ fearsome smallball lineup known as the “Hamptons 5.” They actually feel they have something better. The key is forward P.J. Tucker, who replaces center Clint Capela in the Rockets’ alignment. “We feel like we’re the best at that, when we go small,” Tucker told USA Today after pouring in 22 points on 8-for-9 shooting. Читать дальше...

16 years after they teamed up on “Catch Me If You Can,” Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg are in early talks to star in and direct a biopic about the life of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, two individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. The project will adapt the biography “Grant” by Ron Chernow, with DiCaprio already set to produce through his Appian Way banner after the rights to the book were picked up in November. Now DiCaprio could also star as Grant, with Spielberg as director. Читать дальше...

MUKRAN, Germany (AP) — Sparks fly and machines whir as workers busily prepare thousands of steel pipes that will become part of a vast undersea pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Germany's northeastern Baltic coast. The Nord Stream 2 project will double the amount of natural gas Russia can funnel directly to the heart of Europe from newly tapped reserves in Siberia, intentionally skirting Eastern European nations like Poland and Ukraine. It also promises much-needed jobs in this poor German backwater, some three hours' drive north of Berlin. Читать дальше...

Pharmaceutical companies that spend billions to develop drugs do not want competitors to profit from inexpensive generic copies of blockbuster medicines. So they fight for patent extensions, seek new uses for old products and, sometimes, prevent generic drug companies from obtaining samples. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, calls this “gaming the system,” and has vowed to stop it as part of the government’s campaign to lower drug prices. On Thursday... Читать дальше...