Новости за 06.07.2018

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a seemingly out-of-control city bus ran a red light, hit two cars, and then plowed onto a home's lawn where people were lounging in a splash pool, killing one man. Police say the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus carrying 15 passengers crashed into the pool and then a home in the city's Frankford neighborhood around 6:20 p.m. Thursday. Fifty-two-year-old James Derbyshire was killed as he swam. Police say a second swimmer and another person on the lawn were struck, and in stable condition. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Utility officials say a failed cable was the cause of a temporary power outage Thursday at two Las Vegas Strip casino-resorts. The power was out for about three hours at the Flamingo and The Cromwell. Caesars Entertainment owns the two properties and says in a statement that no one was injured during the outage. NV Energy says the power was restored around 5:30 p.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky's second-largest city say they've talked a wanted man into surrendering after he barricaded himself in a motel, forcing its evacuation and the shutdown of a busy road. Lexington police say Derek Garten threw his guns out the window and was taken into custody without injury. Police emergency response and crisis negotiators worked throughout Friday morning to resolve the standoff. News outlets report that police believe Garten is connected to the killing of a Margaret Elizabeth Smith... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A string of decisions by North Carolina regulators means electricity consumers could be seeing a multibillion-dollar bill to clean up mountains of waste Duke Energy created by spending decades burning coal to produce power. State utilities regulators late last month decided that both North Carolina divisions of the country's No. 2 power company could charge ratepayers the first $778 million chunk of a cleanup projected to cost about $5 billion. Cleanup became a priority after... Читать дальше...

ROME (AP) — Roughly one of every six migrants who set out in traffickers' unseaworthy boats from Libya perished at sea last month, U.N. refugee agency officials said on Friday. The period corresponds to crackdowns launched by Italy and Malta against private rescue boats operating in the area. Even taking into account that traffickers often send out more boats in the summer to take advantage of warmer weather, that mortality rate was "dramatic and exceptional," said Carlotta Sami, a Rome-based spokeswoman... Читать дальше...

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Family members are holding a funeral in Northern California for a girl at the center of a medical and religious debate over brain death. San Francisco Bay Area news station KTVU-TV reports that the service for 17-year-old Jahi McMath will be held Friday at an Oakland church. She will be buried in the nearby city of Hayward. Her mother, Nailah Winkfield, said that doctors declared Jahi dead on June 22 after an operation to treat an intestinal issue. The girl had already been... Читать дальше...

CHERAW, S.C. (AP) — A Florida teenager has died in a fireworks explosion, while several other people have blown off their fingers or injured their eyes. A Tampa police statement Friday says 16-year-old Joseph King was holding a firing tube and trying to launch a mortar when it exploded late Thursday night. He died early Friday morning at Tampa General Hospital of injuries to his chest and hand. In Cheraw, South Carolina, police said 24-year-old M.C. Gallion III died when a fireworks tube he was holding... Читать дальше...

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a Lawton man who police fatally shot emerged from his apartment holding two butcher knives and then charged the officers, cutting one. Police in Lawton released an incident report that identifies Millard Clark Jr. as the man who was killed. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting in Lawton, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City. The report says officers James Carr and Christopher Blessing were called to an apartment Tuesday on a disturbance report. Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Backers of a measure to change the North Dakota Constitution to explicitly bar non-U.S. citizens from voting say they've gathered enough signatures to get it on the November ballot. Gary Emineth, a Republican state Senate candidate in Bismarck, submitted more than 35,000 signatures to the secretary of state's office on Friday for review. "Hundreds" of people were paid to gather the signatures, he said. North Dakota's constitution already defines a voter as a U.S. citizen. But... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on growing calls for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations (all times local): 12:30 p.m. An Indiana lawmaker at the center of groping allegations lodged against Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill has come forward. Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon published her own account of the March 15 incident, which occurred at an Indianapolis bar, in The (Northwest Indiana) Times newspaper . She says Hill leaned toward her... Читать дальше...

WHAT'S HAPPENING The United States and China have launched what Beijing called the "biggest trade war in economic history," imposing tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's goods in a potentially harmful fight over technology that could soon escalate. The Trump administration is confronting China over tactics it says include stealing technology and pressuring foreign companies to hand it over as the price of admission to China's vast market. The administration contends that U.S. industrial... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team because of derogatory text messages about President Donald Trump is expected to speak publicly to members of Congress next week. The House judiciary and oversight committees announced a Thursday morning hearing for agent Peter Strzok (STRUCK). Strzok was interviewed by lawmakers behind closed doors for hours last week. The judiciary panel subpoenaed him to appear publicly to answer questions. He was initially supposed to testify this coming Tuesday. Читать дальше...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An online petition is part of a push to encourage a northern Indiana police department to allow a police dog to retire and join his former handler's family. The South Bend Tribune reports that St. Joseph County police have rejected calls for retiring Flash, saying the 5-year-old German shepherd is capable of working several more years for their K-9 unit. A public outcry began after Mike Beigelbeck left the department last month to take a private security job... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is closing in on his choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, telling reporters that he's focused on two or three people ahead of his Monday announcement. "I think I have it down to four people. And I think of the four people I have it down to three or two," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Thursday, as he traveled to a campaign rally in Montana. Trump was at his private golf club in New Jersey Friday and planned to spend the weekend there... Читать дальше...

“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” Universal’s second installment in the updated “Jurassic Park” franchise, crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office on Thursday. The movie, directed by J. A. Bayona and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, is Universal’s seventh film ever to reach $1 billion worldwide. “Fallen Kingdom” has beenNo. 1 movie at the international box office for four straight weeks–including two weeks in China, where it is the second-highest-grossing imported film this... Читать дальше...

The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said Friday morning that a person was killed by the fire raging near the Oregon-California border. The Klamathon fire jumped Interstate 5 just south of the Oregon border on Thursday afternoon and Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Siskiyou County, noting that people are in “extreme peril.” The fire, which started near the town of Hornbrook in Siskiyou County, has forced evacuations, damaged or destroyed multiple structures... Читать дальше...

In mid-April 2018, I flew from San Francisco to Medellín, Colombia for a week of immersive Spanish classes, followed by a week of touring in Cartagena and Bogotá. I flew on Copa Airlines first-class from SFO to Colombia via Panama City, then Avianca within Colombia, and again for the long-haul return from Bogota to San Francisco via Los Angeles.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A white man who challenged a black family's use of a private community's pool has not only resigned from the homeowner's association board — he's also lost his job. Sonoco announced Friday that Adam Bloom is no longer employed by the packaging and industrial products company, saying it doesn't condone discrimination of any kind, even if it happens outside its workplace. A video posted on the Facebook page of Jasmine Edwards on July 4, seen more than 4 million times, shows... Читать дальше...

A fire jumped Interstate 5 just south of the Oregon border on Thursday afternoon, leading Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in Siskiyou County. The Klamathon fire, which started near the town of Hornbrook in Siskiyou County, has forced evacuations, damaged or destroyed multiple structures, and “continues to threaten additional homes and livestock,” according to the emergency proclamation. The fire forced the closure of the southbound lanes near Ashland, Ore. Читать дальше...

NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, July 7, 2018 _____ SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1156 AM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WINDS AND SEAS...Southwest winds becoming Northwest 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 25 to 33 knots are expected to produce hazardous wave conditions to small craft. Читать дальше...

PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the search for survivors from boat capsizing off Thai resort of Phuket (all times local): 10:30 p.m. The Chinese Embassy in Thailand says its ambassador had an "emergency conversation" by phone with Thailand's deputy prime minister after a boat sinking off Phuket in which at least 33 Chinese tourists died. The statement late Friday said Chinese Ambassador Lyu Jian spoke with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and called on Thailand to quickly mobilize... Читать дальше...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana state trooper has pleaded guilty to committing malfeasance in office by putting false information on traffic tickets he wrote during overtime shifts. Jimmy Allen Rogers was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay more than $2,500 in restitution. The Advocate reports that the he pleaded guilty Thursday in state court in Lake Charles. The 35-year-old Rogers was charged after a statewide investigation of the Local Area Compensated Enforcement program. Читать дальше...

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Transportation says Interstate 5 near the California state line has reopened, but motorists should expect major delays. Authorities had closed the highway near Ashland on Thursday because of a wildfire in Northern California. The fire started Thursday afternoon and forced evacuations in the small town of Hornbrook, California. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said multiple structures were threatened, damaged or destroyed.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster is removing $16 million for health care from the South Carolina budget to make sure no taxpayer money goes to abortion providers, even though some fellow Republicans said less than $100,000 of it would go to Planned Parenthood. Other Republicans urged McMaster, who is running for re-election this year, to veto $34 million from the $8 billion budget. But the governor's office said eliminating all that money would keep 700,000 women and children from getting prescriptions through Medicaid. Читать дальше...

TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Friday, July 6, 2018 _____ 663 FPUS54 KCRP 061548 ZFPCRP Zone Forecasts for The Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1048 AM CDT Fri Jul 6 2018 TXZ343-062115- Coastal Nueces- Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff 1048 AM CDT Fri Jul 6 2018 .REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon. Читать дальше...