Новости за 01.08.2018

Les Moonves has been suspended from his position on the Board of Councilors at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. “The USC School of Cinematic Arts has suspended Les Moonves from its Board of Councilors,” the school said in a statement. “The School takes the recent allegations very seriously and will discuss further action when the Board convenes in October.” Read the full article on The Wrap

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The reward for the safe return of a missing University of Iowa college student has jumped to $30,000. Television station KCCI reports that the reward for the safe return of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts comes mostly from donations. A fund for the reward is set up at First State Bank in Brooklyn. Tibbetts was last seen jogging on the evening of July 18 in Brooklyn, a small Iowa town where the University of Iowa student had been living this summer. Her family reported her missing the next day after she didn't show up to work. Читать дальше...

Frontier Airlines shot out fare sale this week screeching about its "best sale of the season" which includes $15 fares. To get the deals you have to book by tonight at midnight and travel in late summer or fall.

Frontier Airlines shot out fare sale this week screeching about its "best sale of the season" which includes $15 fares. To get the deals you have to book by tonight at midnight and travel in late summer or fall.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A certificate of inspection for the Missouri tourist boat that sank last month, killing 17 people, shows that it was on the lake at a time when the wind speed far exceeded allowable limits. The Coast Guard on Wednesday announced it has convened a formal Marine Board of Investigation into the accident involving a Ride the Ducks of Branson boat. The vessel sank July 19 at Table Rock Lake. The lake was calm when the excursion began, but weather turned violent and the boat sank within minutes. Читать дальше...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — July was the hottest month in Reno in 125 years of record-keeping. The National Weather Service said Wednesday the mean average temperature for July was 81.8 degrees at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. That's 6.9 degrees above normal and 1.3 degrees higher than the second warmest July on record. That was last summer. Reno also tied the warmest overnight low of 77 degrees for July on Monday. The weather service says there were 14 days last month when the high reached 100 degrees. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government has put on hold one of the largest-ever projects to remove juniper trees in an effort to help an imperiled species after an appeal by an environmental group seeking to halt the plan. A U.S. Department of the Interior administrative panel on Wednesday granted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's motion to set aside its decision in May to remove juniper trees from about 1,100 square miles (2,800 square kilometers) in Idaho's Owyhee County. Federal officials... Читать дальше...

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Not all firefighters carry a hose or shovel. The adrenaline junkies who steer heavy bulldozers across steep ridges face serious hazards, from smoke and flames but also from unsteady dirt and steep terrain that can flip them over. The deaths of two bulldozer operators battling California wildfires in July highlighted the dangers confronting these less visible firefighters. Braden Varney, 36, was clearing a fire line near Yosemite National Park on July 14 when his vehicle overturned and rolled down a ridge. Читать дальше...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Frank Sinatra impersonator asked Luck to be a lady as he bet on the New York Yankees on Wednesday and an Elvis impersonator thanked the clerk very much for handing him a similar bet slip as Harrah's became the fourth Atlantic City casino to offer sports betting. The casino started taking sports bets two days after its sister property, Bally's, did, joining the Borgata, Ocean Resort, Bally's and two horse racing tracks, the Meadowlands and Monmouth Park. "I did one with... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say a 2-year-old boy with a graze wound is one of three people who were hurt when gunfire broke out at an Interstate 10 exit. Other victims of the midday Wednesday shooting were a 16-year-old boy with a leg wound and a 22-year-old man hit in the leg and forearm. A police news release says none of the wounds is believed to be life-threatening. Another adult and a 3-year-old child were also at the scene of the shooting but were unharmed. There was no word on whether... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $716 billion defense policy bill that would raise military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest pay hike in nine years. The 87-10 vote Wednesday sends the bill to the White House for President Donald Trump's expected signature. The compromise bill weakens a bid to clamp down on the Chinese telecom giant ZTE and allows the president to waive sanctions against countries that bought Russian weapons but now want to buy U.S. military equipment. Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's Museum Month in New Orleans. There are more than 45 museums in the city, and 16 of them are opening their doors free to each others' members during August. They range from small museums such as the New Canal Lighthouse and the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum to the New Orleans Museum of Art and the National World War II Museum. Their individual annual membership fees range from $30 to $125 for one person, with two-person or family memberships from $50 to $150. A membership card... Читать дальше...

American Animals Writer-director Bart Layton has made an interesting movie, a narrative feature with documentary elements, about an inept group of would-be thieves who join forces to steal a rare book from a college library. The movie is funny, but with an extra undertone of uneasiness, partly because we know it’s a true story. Rated R. 116 minutes.—M.LaSalle Ant-Man and the Wasp A sequel better than its original in nearly every way... Читать дальше...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette held a meeting with his aides in a state office building to discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention, according to newly released emails. The liberal group Progress Michigan on Wednesday released hundreds of emails it obtained in a lawsuit that alleges Schuette has illegally used his public job to aid his political campaigns. One email shows a scheduled 45-minute afternoon meeting at the attorney general's state office in Detroit... Читать дальше...

HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — While authorities search for the owner of a pit bull puppy left to drown in a cage, the woman who rescued the animal says she plans to adopt him. Jennifer Vaz tells ABC News she is fostering the dog and hopes to adopt it. Vaz was walking along the beach in Highlands, New Jersey, early Monday when she spotted the dog cowering in the cage as the tide came in and rescued it. The dog is being cared for at the Monmouth County SPCA and has a new name — River. He's estimated to be about 10 months old. Читать дальше...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge in Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial warned prosecutors Wednesday against using the word "oligarchs" to describe wealthy Ukrainians, and admonished lawyers for spending so much time documenting the former Trump campaign chairman's extravagant lifestyle. It's not a crime to be wealthy, said U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III. And the pejorative term "oligarchs" and evidence of home renovations aren't necessarily relevant to the charges in question, he added. At one point... Читать дальше...

The cameras are ready to roll on “Star Wars: Episode IX,” as J.J. Abrams announced the start of production on the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga in his first ever tweet. With a picture of one of the cameras on the set, Abrams tweeted out a message thanking “The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson for his contributions to the trilogy while noting how bittersweet it is to work on another “Star Wars” film without the late Carrie Fisher on set. Bittersweet starting this next chapter without Carrie... Читать дальше...

The cameras are ready to roll on “Star Wars: Episode IX,” as J.J. Abrams announced the start of production on the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga in his first ever tweet. With a picture of one of the cameras on the set, Abrams tweeted out a message thanking “The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson for his contributions to the trilogy while noting how bittersweet it is to work on another “Star Wars” film without the late Carrie Fisher on set. Bittersweet starting this next chapter without Carrie... Читать дальше...

A proposal for a five-story, 57-unit building in South Berkeley has come back in its latest iteration after a failed attempt in 2013 to get city approval.

After publishing two books of photographs of Bay Area jazz and blues musicians, Jessica Levant got the impulse to elevate her documentary pictures into fine art. Working with one of her standard color digital images of electric bassist Tom Lander, she replaced the musicians in the background with fake leaves. Then she changed it from color to black-and-white. That image took honorable mention in an international art contest, so Levant began a series of jazz silhouettes... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE, Washington, EE.UU. (AP) — Los investigadores están observando a una orca en peligro de extinción que lleva una semana manteniendo a flote a su cría muerta en aguas frente a la costa noroeste de Estados Unidos. El caso que ha conmovido a todo el mundo subraya la difícil situación de la población en declive de estos cetáceos, que no han tenido un nacimiento exitoso desde 2015. La orca en duelo, conocida como J35, ha estado empujando a su cría muerta durante varios kilómetros en las aguas del estado de Washington y Columbia Británica. Читать дальше...

Jessica Vogel, a former contestant on the Fox cooking competition series “Hell’s Kitchen” has died at age 34. Vogel, who competed on Season 12 of the series airing in 2014, died on Monday. Her fiance, John Michael Keyser, told NorthJersey.com that Vogel was being treated for the inflammatory bowel disease colitis at a New Jersey hospital when “her heart gave out.” Read the full article on The Wrap

Although “Friends” creator Marta Kauffman has said time and again that a reboot of the beloved sitcom isn’t going to happen, Jennifer Aniston is now saying she would jump at the chance to step back into Rachel Green’s Ralph Lauren shoes. In a new cover story for InStyle magazine, the superstar said that even before “Friends” left the air, fans wanted to know if it would eventually get the reboot treatment. Read the full article on The Wrap

Jennifer Aniston discussed her experiences with sexual harassment in the entertainment industry during an interview with InStyle Magazine published on Wednesday. Aniston, who gained worldwide recognition for her role as Rachel Green on “Friends,” acknowledged that she has been subjected to some “sloppy moves” by other actors, but said that her most negative experiences have stemmed from interactions with other women. “In my personal experience I’ve been treated worse verbally and energetically by some women in this industry,” she said. Читать дальше...

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