Новости за 11.06.2018

GREENBELT, Md. — Lawyers for Maryland and the District of Columbia accused President Trump in federal court Monday of “profiting on an unprecedented scale” from foreign government interests using his Washington, D.C., hotel, but a Justice Department lawyer insisted Trump isn’t breaking the law because he provided no favors in return. At issue is the Constitution’s “emoluments” clause, which bans federal officials from accepting benefits from foreign or state governments without congressional approval. Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Bud grew to Category 3 force off Mexico's Pacific coast Monday, though forecasters said it was likely to weaken before a possible brush with the resort-dotted southern tip of the Baja California peninsula late in the week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Bud had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph) at midafternoon Monday. It was centered about 440 miles (705 kilometers) south-southeast of the tip of the Baja peninsula and was moving northwest at 7 mph (11 kph). Читать дальше...

BOX ELDER, S.D. (AP) — Investigators say the cause of last month's fire that destroyed a South Dakota ammunition plant appears accidental. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the May 8 fire at the Ultramax Ammunition company in Box Elder started as a result of work being done on the building's heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. South Dakota Department of Public Safety spokesman Tony Mangan told the Rapid City Journal the state fire marshal, which is still looking into the incident... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, trying to win back his seat from incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, said Monday that his fellow Republican offered to help try to get him a presidential pardon for his felony conviction for tax fraud. Donovan denied making the offer. The issue came up as the two men engaged in their first campaign debate before the June 26 primary, frequently arguing and interrupting each other. The 11th Congressional District covers conservative Staten Island as well as a slice of Brooklyn. Читать дальше...

WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) — An investigator says a Mississippi man charged in the decapitation death of his own mother had been telling relatives that she was away on a cruise. Stone County Sheriff's Capt. Ray Boggs said Monday that 29-year-old Terrell (tuh-RELL) Johnson had given that information to aunts and uncles. Boggs says 51-year-old Sherry Johnson was assaulted multiple times, and investigators are trying to determine whether more than one person attacked her. Deputies who were asked to check on... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson called a rare meeting Monday with Missouri's congressional delegation, earning bipartisan praise from lawmakers. The group met to discuss a variety of issues facing the state, including infrastructure and the opioid crisis. Stepping out of Parson's office a little before noon, several lawmakers said their relationship with the current governor was already better than the one they had with Eric Greitens, who resigned less than two weeks ago. Both Parson and Greitens are Republicans. Читать дальше...

Science advisers to the federal government say safety regulators should do more to speed the integration of commercial drones into the nation’s airspace. The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine said in a report Monday that federal safety regulators are often “overly conservative” and need to balance the overall benefits of drones instead of focusing only on their risk to airplanes and helicopters. Academy experts say the Federal Aviation Administration... Читать дальше...

Was the Trump administration’s foreign policy team partly inspired by “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s 2004 animated satire “Team America: World Police”? At least one unnamed Trump official suggested as much in an interview with The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published Monday.

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Monday, June 11, 2018 _____ HGXZFPHGX FPUS54 KHGX 112027 ZFPHGX FPUS54 KHGX 112027 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 327 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018 TXZ211-120900- Austin- Including the cities of Bellville and Sealy 327 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy until late night then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Читать дальше...

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — A former Sioux Center private school teacher has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child and agreed to a 15-year prison sentence. The Sioux City Journal reports Curtis Van Dam pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to one count of sexual exploitation of a child as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. He agreed to a 15-year term, which is the mandatory minimum required by federal sentencing rules. Police arrested Van Dam on Oct. 23 after the... Читать дальше...

True crime fans watching “The Staircase” over the weekend might have noticed a familiar face examining the murder scene — Werner Spitz, the forensic pathologist whose cases have included JonBenet Ramsay and John F. Kennedy’s. “The Staircase” is Netflix’s newest true crime documentary which looks at the death of novelist Mike Peterson’s wife, Kathleen. It investigates his involvement in her death, which he claims resulted from a fall down stairs in their home. Spitz worked on Peterson’s defense team alongside Dr. Читать дальше...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton has directed his agriculture department to move forward with its proposal for reducing nitrate levels in groundwater in farm country, despite an effort by GOP lawmakers to block it. The House and Senate agriculture committees published notices in the State Register on Monday prohibiting adoption of the rule until after next year's legislative session, which adjourns May 20, 2019. But Dayton spokesman Matt Swenson says the Democratic governor believes he still has authority to proceed with the rulemaking. Читать дальше...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A dozen rural Tennessee counties faced with a low number of college-educated workers are digging into how their residents can further their education. The Tennessean reported Sunday that the counties are organized into five regional councils that are part of a newly launched pilot initiative by Complete Tennessee focused on clearing hurdles to obtain a college degree or certificate. Lauderdale and Lake are among the pilot counties. The pilot "College Completion Communities"... Читать дальше...

As “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” hits theaters, Universal is preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Jurassic Park,” the film that helped define modern blockbuster filmmaking as we know it. With so many famed actors and Michael Crichton began working on the novel that became the basis for “Jurassic Park” in the 1980s, writing from the perspective of a young boy at a theme park who was present when dinosaurs escaped. He received negative feedback from early readers and reworked the novel into an adult story. Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says domestic and gang violence will generally not be considered grounds for asylum. Sessions ruled Monday in a Board of Immigration Appeals case involving a woman from El Salvador whose asylum status was upheld in 2016 on claims that she was a victim of domestic violence. The decision comes as no surprise, three months after the attorney general reopened the case for his review. Asylum is granted on grounds of persecution for race, religion, nationality... Читать дальше...

Lou Trivino has the best diet secret ever devised by a professional athlete: Donuts. The reliever, who zoomed out of the minors into the A’s primary set-up role in the span of a month, was a tad plump his second year in Oakland’s system. He was 225 pounds when the team drafted him in 2013, and coaches asked him to drop five pounds over the offseason. “Funny story,” Trivino said. “The next spring, I showed up at 250 pounds. And they were like, ‘This... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayors from six U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana said Monday they have formed a coalition to push for federal marijuana policy reform just days after President Donald Trump expressed support for bipartisan congressional legislation to ease the federal ban on pot. Mayors from Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and West Sacramento — all in marijuana-friendly states — sponsored a resolution at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston that... Читать дальше...

SINGAPORE — To protect one of the highest-profile diplomatic events so far this century, Singapore has enlisted the help of its fearsome Nepalese fighters whose large curved knives, according to custom, must “taste blood” whenever they’re drawn. Wearing brown berets and equipped with body armor and assault rifles, the elite Gurkha police officers are a conspicuous part of the enveloping security force Singapore has deployed for Tuesday’s summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Читать дальше...

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Koreans got their first big dose of news Monday that their leader Kim Jong Un had arrived in Singapore for what even the state-run media was calling a historic meeting with President Trump. The news covered the front page of the ruling party’s newspaper and was the top — and only — item on the first news broadcast of the day on Korean Central Television, which for many North Koreans is the only channel available.

With BART anticipating half a million riders Tuesday, it's going to be a mess trying to leave the Warriors victory parade. But, as luck would have it, fans will be plopped down in a vibrant part of the Bay Area with no shortage of options to spend some time.

The United Nations was withdrawing its staff Monday from the besieged Yemeni port city of Hodeida, after member countries were told that an attack by forces led by the United Arab Emirates was imminent, according to two diplomats briefed on the matter. The evacuation followed a weekend of frantic diplomacy by international officials to stave off what many see as an impending humanitarian and military catastrophe in Yemen’s continuing civil war. Hodeida is a crucial... Читать дальше...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Latest on a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump in Singapore (all times local): 4 a.m. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. has picked up no indications that North Korea's military is in a heightened state of alert in the run-up to the Singapore summit. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon on Monday that "All's quiet" in North Korea. Mattis is declining to discuss his expectations for President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Читать дальше...

JARABLUS, Syria — Nearly 50 children orphaned by the Syrian war escaped the hell that was their hometown of Aleppo after they appeared in a video and appealed for their lives as government forces moved in under a hail of fire. In the year and half since, the children and their instructors have been uprooted twice more: once to escape similar bombardment in another rebel stronghold and again when they fled a town that has been overwhelmed by people seeking shelter from Syria’s war.

Sophie Brunet, an editor for Netflix’s “The Staircase,” was romantically involved with Michael Peterson, the subject of the docuseries, director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade said in an interview. But he added that it didn’t affect the narrative. Lestrade told the French news weekly L’Express that Brunet had a relationship with Peterson while working on the series. He was responding to a reporter’s comment that Brunet “fell in love (‘qui est tombée amoureuse’)” with Peterson. “This is one of the incredible... Читать дальше...