Новости за 25.05.2018

Judy George Bretschneider, a sex psychologist who switched to international dance as a means of bringing young people together, died May 19 at her home in San Francisco after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 63. Though never a dancer herself, “Miss Judy,” as Bretschneider was known to her students, was the co-founder of the Presidio Performing Arts Foundation, which operates the Presidio Dance Theatre. The company celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala performance at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency. The emails were obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Center through the Freedom of Information Act. The emails show John Kokus... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to fondling a sleeping woman during a flight from Las Vegas has been sentenced to live three months in a halfway house. Wei-Ming Shi, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced Friday in federal court. The 59-year-old Shi also was sentenced to one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for the simple assault on an aircraft. Prosecutors say a female passenger sitting next to Shi on a flight in August 2016 woke up to the man putting his hands under her dress on her inner thigh... Читать дальше...

TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 335 FPUS54 KLCH 252047 ZFPLCH Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 347 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ180-261015- Tyler- Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe, Spurger, Warren, and Woodville 347 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds up to 5 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 689 FPUS54 KCRP 252048 ZFPCRP Zone Forecasts for The Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ343-261045- Coastal Nueces- Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. .SATURDAY...Mostly... Читать дальше...

TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 350 FPUS54 KAMA 252048 ZFPAMA Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles National Weather Service Amarillo TX 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ012-017-261330- Potter-Randall- Including the cities of Amarillo and Canyon 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 10 mph shifting to the southeast. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly... Читать дальше...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city has agreed to pay attorneys' fees and proclaim support for LGBT rights to settle a lawsuit over its denial of permission for a gay pride parade. Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill tells the Commercial Dispatch that aldermen approved the agreement 4-1 Friday. She says the city will pay $12,750, which includes fees for attorneys representing Starkville Pride, the group that sued. The city reversed course and issued the permit after the lawsuit. About 2,500 people... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A hit-and-run driver struck three women walking on a sidewalk in downtown Portland, seriously injuring two of them, and police said Friday they had taken a man into custody within hours of the incident. Someone called 911 after spotting a blue sport utility vehicle that matched the description of the car that struck the women near a light-rail station by the Portland State University campus, said Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson. Police have not yet determined a motive and know little about the man, Simpson said. Читать дальше...

If you missed it ... In a week when Tesla and Uber rode a fine line between self-driving and self-destruction, this also happened: •Fiat Chrysler is recalling 4.8 million vehicles in the U.S. because in rare but terrifying circumstances, drivers may not be able to turn off the cruise control. That can occur if the control accelerates at the same time a short circuit happens. The brakes could still stop the vehicles, but just tapping them or turning off cruise control won’t work. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A day after accusing North Korea of “open hostility” and calling off a June 12 summit with its leader Kim Jong Un, President Trump said Friday that talks with Pyongyang had resumed and expressed cautious optimism that the meeting could be held after all. “We’ll see what happens. It could even be the 12th,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House to give the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy. “We’re talking to them now. They very much want to do it. Читать дальше...

TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 425 FPUS54 KLUB 252045 AAA ZFPLUB Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 345 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ035-252145- Lubbock- Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton 345 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .REST OF TODAY...Sunny with isolated thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Читать дальше...

Even Trevor D. Traina, who was raised amid all the pomp and circumstance that San Francisco society can muster, had to have been impressed by the level of decorum at his coronation as U.S. ambassador to Austria Thursday morning. Arriving by motorcade to the 13th century Hofburg imperial palace in Vienna, the ambassador-designate presented his credentials in the form of a sealed letter from the White House to Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, federal president of the Republic of Austria. Читать дальше...

1 Remains found: A decomposing body found under a bridge in central Kansas is likely that of 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, a Wichita boy who has been missing since February, police said Friday. Law officers were called to the scene Thursday after Lucas’ stepmother, Emily Glass, led an investigator to the remains about 20 miles north of Wichita. Glass was jailed on suspicion of interfering with a law enforcement officer and obstruction. Glass has not been charged in the boy’s disappearance, but authorities have said she is a person of interest. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Residents of an Idaho town have been told not to drink its well water amid concerns that a fired municipal worker who killed himself in his home may have contaminated it, officials said Friday. Tom Young, 62, was found dead Thursday by emergency workers who were sent to a hospital after entering his residence in Dietrich. Lincoln County Sheriff Rene Rodriguez said Friday that Young's death has been ruled a suicide and the cause is asphyxiation by nitrogen gas released into the home from a tank. Читать дальше...

Gary Garfinkel, co-head of content acquisitions at Showtime Networks, has died at the age of 55. The executive passed away of an illness at his home surrounded by family, the company said in a statement on Friday. “Gary was one of the most warm and welcoming people I’ve known, and was beloved by everyone who worked with him at Showtime over the past 25 years,” Showtime president and CEO David Nevins said in a statement. Also Read: Showtime Orders Ben Affleck's 'City on a Hill' Starring Kevin Bacon... Читать дальше...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on a possible shooting at an Indiana middle school (all times local): 4:40 p.m. An Arizona man says his brother, an Indiana teacher, has undergone surgery after being shot three times when he intervened in a school shooting at his middle school. Indianapolis news media identified Jason Seaman as the Noblesville West Middle School teacher who a student says tackled the shooter after he fired four to six shots inside a science classroom Friday morning. Jeremy Seaman... Читать дальше...

1 Boat overturns: At least 49 people died after a boat tipped over on Congo’s Momboyo River, a tributary of the Congo River in the country’s northwest, authorities said Friday. The vice governor of Tshuapa province, Richard Mboyo Iluka, said the boat was taking people from Monkoto to Mbandaka city on Thursday and capsized just outside Wafania. He said he did not know how many people were on the boat or how many survived. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a 5-year-old Kansas boy who was reported missing in February (all times local): 3:20 p.m. The Sedgwick County coroner's office has identified the body of a child as that of 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez. Police say the boy's identity was confirmed through an autopsy and dental records. Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said at a news conference Friday that Emily Glass, the boy's stepmother, showed private investigator David Marshburn where the remains were hidden... Читать дальше...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A male student armed with two handguns opened fire at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday, wounding another student and a teacher before being taken into custody, authorities said. Seventh-grader Ethan Stonebraker said the science teacher likely prevented even more injuries by confronting the shooter, who he said pulled out a gun and opened fire while the class was taking a test. “Our science teacher immediately ran at him, swatted a... Читать дальше...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Teacher who intervened in Indiana school shooting was shot 3 times and was undergoing surgery, brother tells newspaper.

Orlando doesn’t have a lock on theme park news this summer. Sure, Toy Story Land at Disney World and a new “Fast & Furious” attraction at Universal Orlando will be getting attention. But there are lots of other exciting openings around the country. Fans of Wonder Woman can ride the first coaster named for her, Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster, at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. The coaster has a unique design, built on a slender twisting monorail with... Читать дальше...

SALALAH, Oman — Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm’s power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, Indians and Sudanese, were reported missing on Socotra, where flash floods washed away thousands of animals and cut power lines on the isle in the Arabian Sea. Officials feared some may be dead while authorities... Читать дальше...

A: My real estate career started 20 years ago after a house cleaning client, who was a Realtor, told me that anyone who loves the service industry would do well in real estate. Well, I did housecleaning, waitressing, and bartending and loved it. Real estate has a few jobs wrapped into one. Prospecting for clients, marketing for home sellers, and helping people buy. It's mostly all service though. It's a service that we offer as well. To get your real estate license, it takes approximately... Читать дальше...

Views stretching from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond await at this midcentury penthouse that crowns a boutique building set on a cul-de-sac near the crest of Telegraph Hill. Both bedrooms enjoy en suite bathrooms with marble accents, and each bedroom opens to a private deck looking at Coit Tower. Large windows in the great room showcase the postcard views as the open floor plan offers built-in sitting areas and a granite-clad fireplace. An Otis commercial elevator services all levels of the building... Читать дальше...

Designed by Jarvis Architects, this luxurious Spanish Revival boasts panoramic views of the cityscape and bay from all levels. Professional appliances, bullnose counters and display cabinets finish a light-filled kitchen with scenic vistas. The top floor plays home to an owner’s suite with a custom walk-in closet that stretches the length of the room, as well as a spa bathroom hosting a jetted tub and stall shower. A guest bedroom and large family room dominate a lower level that opens to a spacious view deck. Читать дальше...