Новости за 30.07.2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ron Dellums, a fiery anti-war activist who championed social justice as Northern California's first black congressman, died Monday from cancer, according to a longtime adviser. He was 82. Dellums died at his home in Washington. A former Marine who got his start in politics on the City Council of the liberal enclave of Berkeley, he defeated a labor-backed Democrat to win his first election to Congress in 1970. He retired in 1998 and was later elected mayor of his native Oakland in 2006. Читать дальше...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's returning $2,500 in speaking fees to public college scholarship funds after a GOP lawmaker raised concerns. Rep. Steve Drazkowski questioned those payments Monday. The Mazeppa Republican says it's a major ethical lapse for a lawmaker to take that money from an organization that lobbies at the Legislature. Economic disclosure reports filed with Congress and Drazkowski's own public records requests revealed the speaking fees she accepted... Читать дальше...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Corrections officials say a 57-year-old inmate who walked away from a minimum-security prison in southeastern Oklahoma has been apprehended. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says Morgan L. Mitzner was apprehended Monday after deputies tracked him to a stretch of train tracks a few miles northeast of the prison. Mitzner disappeared early Sunday from the 730-inmate Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester, about 105 miles (169 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. Читать дальше...

RAYMOND, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a 30-year-old woman died in a head-on collision in her hometown. Police say the crash happened on Monday morning in Raymond and killed Dioni Javiera Araya Arriagada. Police say she was driving with no passengers in her car and an initial investigation shows she traveled off the side of the roadway on a curve on Cape Road. She then overcorrected and traveled into the path of a vehicle towing a trailer. Police say the driver of the other vehicle and his passenger were not injured. Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man last month were justified in using deadly force, a prosecutor announced Monday, saying the man was fleeing police and turned toward them with a loaded gun before he was shot. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Thurman Blevins had refused commands to stop and show his hands, and was clearly a danger to the officers and community. “Their decision to use deadly force against Mr. Blevins... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM — Two Italian artists, arrested over the weekend for painting a large mural of a formerly imprisoned teenage Palestinian protester on Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, left Israel on Monday, their lawyer said. The two artists — Jorit Agoch and Salvatore De Luise — were arrested on Saturday in the West Bank city of Bethlehem after spending days creating the mural depicting Ahed Tamimi, a prominent protester imprisoned by Israel for eight months for slapping two soldiers. Читать дальше...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The largest association of Roman Catholic nuns in the United States is urging its members to report any sexual abuse of religious sisters by clergy and demanded that church authorities "take action to end a culture of silence, hold abusers accountable and provide support to those abused." The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents about 80 percent of Catholic sisters in the U.S., issued a statement Monday in response to an Associated Press report about several... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday he would have “no problem” shutting down the federal government this year if Congress doesn’t agree to provide additional border security funding. Trump’s declaration puts him at odds with members of his own party in Congress, where many Republicans are facing tough re-election fights this November. Government funding expires at the end of September, just weeks before the midterm elections. A shutdown would be the second under unified Republican control of Washington... Читать дальше...

Stock for Helios & Matheson, the parent company of bargain movie ticket service MoviePass, is back below one dollar after a rough week that included a sudden service outage affecting tickets for “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.” After opening Monday morning at $2, the company’s price per share closed at 80 cents at the end of regular trading, a one-day decline of 60 percent and well below the $1 minimum required to keep the company listed on NASDAQ. Read the full article on The Wrap

HONOLULU (AP) — Two visiting Army ROTC cadets were rescued after spending the night lost in a jungle warfare course in Wahiawa. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the Army's 25th Infantry Division spokesman, Lt. Col. Curt Kellogg, says the two college students became lost while participating Saturday in land navigation training in Schofield Barracks East Range. The cadets were in the jungle operations training course, which is about 6 square miles (15.5 square kilometers) in size and covered with dense vegetation. Читать дальше...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of an Australian archbishop convicted of covering up the sexual abuse of children by a priest, taking action after coming under mounting pressure from ordinary Catholics, priests and even the Australian prime minister. It was the second major announcement of a sex abuse-related resignation in as many days, after Francis’ sanctioning over the weekend of U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, suggesting he is determined to clean... Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania, EE.UU. (AP) — Los abogados de Bill Cosby están cuestionando la legalidad del proceso bajo el cual una junta de Pennsylvania recomendó que el comediante sea clasificado como depredador sexual violento. También alegaron en un documento presentado la semana pasada en la corte que la ley de registro de agresores sexuales del estado, recientemente revisada, es inconstitucional y no debería aplicarse retroactivamente. Cosby, de 81 años, será sentenciado el 24 de septiembre por tres cargos de abuso indecente agravado. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Young people are looking for a change this election season — a generational change. A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV found that most Americans ages 15 to 34 think voting in the midterm elections gives their generation some say about how the government is run, and 79 percent of this group say leaders from their generation would do a better job running the country. The poll found young people eager to vote... Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man last month were justified in using deadly force, a prosecutor announced Monday, saying the man was fleeing police and turned toward them with a loaded gun before he was shot. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Thurman Blevins had refused commands to stop and show his hands, and was clearly a danger to the officers and community. "Their decision to use deadly force against Mr. Blevins under those circumstances was authorized," Freeman said... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin schools Superintendent Tony Evers went on the offensive Monday as the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination winds down, preparing to launch his first television ad and announcing he'll seek $600 million for special education in the next state budget. Evers is one of eight Democrats running for governor. Voters will winnow the field down to one candidate in an Aug. 14 primary. The winner of that contest will advance to face Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the November general election. Читать дальше...

GOSHEN, Indiana — The sermon had been preached, the last prayers offered. Now, Mike Yoder decided, the time had come to share unsettling news. As congregants at Silverwood Mennonite Church chatted around a potluck spread, Yoder, a Republican county commissioner, huddled with Pastor Jeremy Shue. There was a good chance, Yoder confided, that a 1,200-bed immigration detention center would soon rise north of town. “One of the only positives is that it would be less of a drive to protest,” Shue said. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies seeking to be exempted from President Donald Trump's tariff on imported steel are accusing American steel manufacturers of spreading inaccurate and misleading information, and they fear it may torpedo their requests. Robert Miller, president and CEO of NLMK USA, said objections raised by U.S. Steel and Nucor to his bid for a waiver are "literal untruths." He said his company, which imports huge slabs of steel from Russia, has already paid $80 million in duties and... Читать дальше...

Charlie Sheen “can relate” to Roseanne Barr’s “tone of absolute despair” in the weeks since her show was canceled by ABC, the once-disgraced actor said Monday. Sheen, who was fired from the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men” after his erratic behavior and feud with creator Chuck Lorre came to a head in 2011, said in an Australian radio interview on Monday that he can empathize with Barr’s current situation. Read the full article on The Wrap

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Technology companies took sharp losses for a third day in a row and U.S. indexes are closing lower. Twitter skidded 8 percent and Google's parent company Alphabet gave up 1.8 percent. Technology companies have done far better than the rest of the market for more than a year but weak reports from Twitter and Facebook have sent it lower. Energy companies rose with oil prices. U.S. crude climbed 2.1 percent to... Читать дальше...

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) _ Athenahealth Inc. (ATHN) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $36.4 million. On a per-share basis, the Watertown, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of 89 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.09 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 19 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 92 cents per share. The maker of billing and medical practice management software posted revenue of $323.3 million in the period... Читать дальше...

RAFINA, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the July 23 wildfire in Greece (all times local): 10:50 p.m. More than 500 people have gathered outside Greece's parliament to attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of a wildfire near Athens a week ago. The fire killed more than 90 people and gutted seaside resorts east of the capital. Divers found a body Monday while continuing to search the coastal waters where residents fled to escape the flames. A group of people at Monday's vigil placed candles on the ground to mark July 23... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two political outsiders, President Donald Trump and Italy's new premier expressed solidarity on migration issues Monday as they showed signs of a fledgling alliance at a time when the U.S. has dealt with strained relations with European leaders. Trump greeted Italy's Giuseppe Conte as "my new friend" and said they bonded at the recent G7 meetings in Canada, crediting the prime minister for taking a "firm stance on the border." The president said the U.S. and Italy would pursue a new strategic dialogue on security issues... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — With his well-coiffed hair, tailored suits and keen ability to charm the powerful, Paul Manafort spent decades wheeling and dealing with U.S. politicians and foreign despots before he became Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016 and ran the Republican National Convention. As a Republican political strategist, he had helped run successful campaigns for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. As a lobbyist and consultant, he had pocketed tens of millions of dollars working for autocratic leaders... Читать дальше...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Texas Roadhouse Inc. (TXRH) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $44.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Louisville, Kentucky-based company said it had profit of 62 cents. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 67 cents per share. The restaurant chain posted revenue of $629.2 million in the period, which also missed Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government regained control of the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the first time in seven years on Monday, after Islamic State-linked militants gave up their last pocket of territory in the area. The breakthrough against the militants, reported by state media and an opposition-linked war monitoring group, capped a six-week-long campaign to retake the southwest corner of the country. Rebels captured the area along the Golan Heights after a popular uprising... Читать дальше...