Новости за 24.07.2018

ARLINGTON, Texas — Kendall Graveman, the A’s Opening Day starter, will have Tommy John surgery Monday in Dallas and will be out 12 to 14 months. “It’s been kind of tough,” Graveman told The Chronicle on Tuesday. “But in the long run, it’s going to work out. I’m going to work as hard as I can to get back.” Graveman, who has been on Triple-A Nashville’s disabled list much of the season, said that an MRI earlier in the season showed possible damage to his ulnar collateral ligament... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — A veteran writer for "The Simpsons" says the show isn't based in Massachusetts despite several references to the state. The Boston Globe reports Mike Reiss recently sat down for a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to discuss the show and his new book, "Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons." Reiss says the Springfield where the show is set is "nowhere." He explains the writers chose Springfield as a location because there... Читать дальше...

The story of a Bolinas estate listed for $4.175 million all started with a marooned ship carrying a load of shingles along the Marin County coast.

Stars have flocked to Twitter to show their support for pop star Demi Lovato, who was hospitalized after an apparent heroin overdose, according to a report. The 25-year-old singer had previously shared that she had relapsed following a period of sobriety, hinted at in her song, “Sober.” She also discussed her experience with addiction in her 2017 documentary, “Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated,” where she admitted that when she first attempted to get sober at 18, she would still sneak cocaine onto planes and bathrooms. Читать дальше...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of two men whose bodies were found under a door floating in the Flint River in eastern Michigan, and they say two more suspects have been arrested in the case. Police said Tuesday that the bodies of 32-year-old Rodney Harden Jr. and 19-year-old Tedmundo Meeks were found near a riverbank on July 12 by a fisherman who moved the door so his line wouldn't get tangled. Twenty-four-year-old Robert Wheeler Jr. already faces first-degree murder and other charges in the case. Читать дальше...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary James Mattis and top Australian officials on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons and touted the strong relationship between the two countries as they ended two days of meetings. Pompeo told reporters at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University that reports that North Korea was dismantling a satellite launch site were "entirely consistent" with the commitment North Korean... Читать дальше...

OTTAWA, Canada — Justin Trudeau’s latest headache — the border — is unusual for a country bounded by three oceans and just one neighbor. Canada has seen a steady flow of asylum seekers since Donald Trump’s election, with people who fear the U.S. will deport them or reject their bids for asylum crossing the 4,000-mile undefended border and filing a claim. While the total numbers are relatively modest, the influx has strained resources and prompted calls for more funding. ... Читать дальше...

Jason Ropell has stepped down as head of Amazon’s film division, an individual familiar with the decision told TheWrap. While abrupt, the insider said the move was amicable as new Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke continues to put her stamp on the streaming giant. Production chief Ted Hope and international distribution and strategy head Matt Newman will serve as interim leaders until Ropell is replaced. Salke is looking to change direction up in the group, the individual said, which has focused... Читать дальше...

It’s the dog days of summer, which in the TV world can only mean one thing: Time for another Television Critics Association (TCA) Summer Press Tour. The twice-annual TCA event officially begins Wednesday morning, with HBO kicking off the weeks-long festivities at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. But before it wraps on Aug. 8, broadcast, cable and a small (but growing) sampling of streaming networks will present their fall series to TV critics, serving up their casts, showrunners and a few executives for a little Q&A. Читать дальше...

AT&T reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that missed Wall Street expectations on revenue but surpassed them on an earnings-per-share basis. The telecommunications company said in its quarterly filing that diluted earnings per share were 91 cents, above analysts’ consensus expectations of 85 cents per share, according to forecasts on Yahoo Finance. However, revenue for the second quarter was $39 billion, below the $39.4 billion analysts on Wall Street projected. AT&T’s stock dropped... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's highest court agrees that a man's social media posts violate a protection order. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court says Tuesday it rejects Richard Heffron III's argument that his Facebook posts didn't constitute contact, that his posts are a protected form of speech, and that he wasn't told that social media posts violated the order. The Bath man has been sentenced to 21 days in jail for violating the no-contact order. Heffron and the subject of the no-contact order... Читать дальше...

Josh Hader will suit up Thursday at AT&T Park, which normally would be a non-news item except for the racist, homophobic and misogynistic tweets that he posted seven years ago, which re-emerged last week. Hader, 24, is a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, who will be in town for a four-game series. It’ll be Hader’s first road games since the tweets were uncovered during the All-Star break and since he received an odd standing ovation Saturday in Milwaukee. In Hader’s tweets... Читать дальше...

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles police were called to a Hollywood Hills home around 11:39 a.m. for a 25-year-old female victim of a possible overdose. It is on the same block were Lovato lives.

RAFINA, Greece — Wildfires raging through seaside resorts near the Greek capital have torched homes, cars and forests, killing at least 74 people. Authorities say 26 of the dead were found huddled together in a compound. Other bodies were recovered from the sea, where victims had fled to escape the flames and smoke. The fires that broke out Monday were the deadliest to hit the country in decades. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared three days of national mourning. Читать дальше...

ITASCA, Ill. (AP) _ Knowles Corp. (KN) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $4.6 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Itasca, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 5 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 18 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 14 cents per share. The maker acoustic components... Читать дальше...

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Central Community College in Hastings is in the midst of its first major gift campaign in its 50-year history in an effort to begin major improvements to the campus. Television station KSNB reports that the college is seeking to expand and renovate the Hamilton Building, which houses the advanced manufacturing design technology program and the welding technology program. Constructed in 1943, the building will undergo a 17,000-square-foot-expansion and renovation of 15,000-square-foot of existing space... Читать дальше...

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, July 24, 2018 _____ 536 FPUS54 KHGX 242013 ZFPHGX FPUS54 KHGX 242012 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 312 PM CDT Tue Jul 24 2018 TXZ211-250900- Austin- Including the cities of Bellville and Sealy 312 PM CDT Tue Jul 24 2018 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy early in the evening then clearing. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming light after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks are ending mostly higher after several big U.S. companies turned in strong quarterly results. Google's parent company Alphabet climbed 3.9 percent and Harley-Davidson jumped 7.7 percent. Drugmaker Biogen rose 4.1 percent. Appliance maker Whirlpool plunged 14.5 percent after its results came in well under analysts' forecasts. The company said tariffs on imported steel and aluminum were hurting its profits. Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) _ Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $1.41 billion. The Dallas-based company said it had net income of $1.40 per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, came to $1.37 per share. The chipmaker posted revenue of $4.02 billion in the period. For the current quarter ending in October, Texas Instruments said it expects revenue in the range of $4.11 billion to $4.45 billion. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $3.88 billion. Texas... Читать дальше...

BELLWOOD, Ill. (AP) — An autopsy report shows that an ambulance driver had cocaine in his bloodstream when he crashed into a suburban Chicago building, killing himself, a co-worker and a patient. Television station WLS reports the Cook County medical examiner's office found that 51-year-old emergency medical technician James Wesley also had significant cardiac disease at the time of the March 31 crash in Bellwood. The autopsy couldn't determine whether a heart attack or cocaine intoxication led to the crash. Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Funerals have been set for five more members of an Indiana family who lost nine relatives when a tourist boat sank on a Missouri lake last week. A church spokeswoman says services will be held Saturday at Eastern Star Church in Indianapolis for 70-year-old Horace Coleman; his 69-year-old wife, Belinda Coleman; 76-year-old Ervin Coleman; 45-year-old Angela Coleman; and her 2-year-old son, Maxwell Coleman. Eleven members of the Coleman family were aboard the duck boat when it sank Thursday in Table Rock Lake in Branson... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A supermarket worker was killed by a bullet fired by Los Angeles police — not the gunman they were trying to stop — the city's police chief acknowledged Tuesday, defending the decision to use deadly force as an attempt to stop what officers feared could become a mass shooting. The suspect, Gene Evin Atkins, 28, already had shot his grandmother, kidnapped his girlfriend and shot at officers Saturday afternoon as they chased his car and then as he ran into the Trader Joe's in the city's congested Silver Lake neighborhood... Читать дальше...

A petition calling for Netflix to cancel its upcoming dark comedy series “Insatiable” has already gained 120,000 signatures, five days after Twitter commentators criticized the trailer for being “toxic” and promoting fat-shaming. The petition, titled “Stop the Release of Netflix’s Body-Shaming Series ‘Insatiable,'” was created four days ago on Change.org. Netflix dropped the trailer for “Insatiable” last Thursday. It showed Patty (Debby Ryan) as an overweight girl who loses weight after having... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Russian election interference (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell distanced Republicans from President Donald Trump's invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington. McConnell said he and House Speaker Paul Ryan have made it clear that "Putin will not be welcome up here at the Capitol." The Republican Senate leader also backed away from Trump's suggestion Tuesday that any potential Russian... Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is suing the nation's largest student loan processor, saying Delaware-based Navient Corp. has pushed "risky and expensive" loans. Hood announced the lawsuit Tuesday, a week after filing it in Hinds County Chancery Court. The California attorney general filed a similar lawsuit in late June, and Navient president and CEO Jack Remondi said the allegations in the California suit were unfounded. The Mississippi lawsuit says Navient employees... Читать дальше...