Новости за 12.09.2018

Two vehicles crashed into a big rig early Wednesday on Highway 101 in San Francisco causing major traffic delays for early morning commuters, authorities said. A Toyota Prius and sedan collided with a big rig about 5 a.m. near the eastbound Interstate 80 connector and shut down two southbound lanes on Highway 101, according to the California Highway Patrol. There was no estimated time for when the lanes would reopen, CHP said. No injuries were reported. Tow trucks were expected about to arrive... Читать дальше...

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials in suburban Detroit hope the discovery of a large fatberg in a sewer line will help educate the public about what shouldn't go down the drain. The Macomb County Public Works Office says workers cleared an 11-foot-diameter (3.4-meter-wide) pipe in Clinton Township that was partially clogged by the collection of oils, grease, fat and solid items such as baby wipes. It was about 100 feet (30.1-meters) long and as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. Public Works... Читать дальше...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A city council in Ohio has postponed a vote about whether residents of a tent city on private property can continue living there. The Akron Beacon Journal reports Akron City Council members said Monday they wanted time to review a 1,000-page document prepared by legal advocates for 44 homeless people living in the northeast Ohio encampment. The encampment sits on property owned by local businessman Sage Lewis, who founded the nonprofit Homeless Charity after Akron... Читать дальше...

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut high school teacher and swim coach has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a student. The Record-Journal reports that 29-year-old Michael Cwirka, of Meriden, was released on $75,000 bond after his arraignment Tuesday on charges including second-degree sexual assault. Prosecutors say Cwirka was a math teacher and head coach of the girls' swimming team at Berlin High School at the time of the alleged relationship with the 17-year-old girl during the 2016-2017 academic year. Читать дальше...

“Dancing With the Stars” has revealed its celebrity cast and their dancer pairings for Season 27, where we’ll see Nancy McKeon, Nikki Glaser, Mary Lou Retton and others tango for the Mirror Ball Trophy. Here is the full list: Alexis Ren with Alan Bersten Bobby Bones with Sharna Burgess Danelle Umstead with Artem Chigvintsev DeMarcus Ware with Lindsay Arnold Evanna Lynch with Keo Motsepe Joe “Grocery Store Joe” Amabile with Jenna Johnson John Schneider with Emma Slater Juan Pablo Di Pace with Cheryl... Читать дальше...

From Kim Kardashian to Alfonso Ribeiro, TheWrap takes a look at the celebrities who have gone on to bigger and better things after “Dancing With the Stars” Julianne Hough/Derek Hough Read the full article on The Wrap

AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson brought out the big guns — or at least the big metaphors — Wednesday morning at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia conference. “I think of Netflix as kind of the Walmart of SVOD, HBO’s kind of the Tiffany,” Stephenson told those in attendance. Guess which one he owns? Read the full article on The Wrap

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the two Russians named by Britain as suspects in the spy poisoning case do not work for the military and that there is "nothing criminal" about them. Britain last week charged two alleged agents of Russia's military intelligence agency in absentia with the nerve agent poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury. Britain blames the Russian government for the March attack, a claim that Moscow has vehemently denied. Читать дальше...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Belgrade airport has reopened after an Egyptair jet burst tires and blocked the only runway. Airport authorities said numerous flights had to be diverted and thousands of passengers were stranded after the Boeing 737-800 landed at 4:11 a.m. local time (0211 GMT). Flights resumed at 11:20 a.m. Photos from the scene show two burst tires below the right wing and possible undercarriage damage. TangoSix.rs, a specialist aircraft portal, said it was evident that the plane landed... Читать дальше...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local): 8:30 a.m. The National Weather Service says Hurricane Florence "will likely be the storm of a lifetime for portions of the Carolina coast." That's saying a lot, given the impacts from Hurricanes Diana, Hugo, Fran, Bonnie, Floyd, and Matthew. Forecasters in Wilmington, North Carolina, are emphasizing the potential for what they're calling "unbelievable damage from wind, storm surge, and inland flooding." With predicted rainfall measured in feet not inches... Читать дальше...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The FBI has arrested a Puerto Rico senator who has been indicted by a federal grand jury indicted on corruption charges. Spokesman Carlos Osorio told The Associated Press that Abel Nazario was arrested Wednesday at his home without incident. Nazario also is the vice president of the governor's New Progressive Party. Officials said the case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor and is related to funds Nazario received when he was mayor of the southwest town of Yauco. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell unexpectedly last month for the first time since February 2017, pulled down by falling prices for transportation and warehousing services. The drop suggests that inflationary pressures may be easing despite the strength of the U.S. economy. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — fell 0.1 percent in August after being flat in July. Producer prices were up 2.8 percent from August 2017. Читать дальше...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri boy is recovering after he tumbled from a tree house and was impaled through the skull by a meat skewer. The Kansas City Star reports that 10-year-old Xavier Cunningham, of Harrisonville, landed on the skewer Saturday afternoon while trying to escape from a group of attacking yellow jacket insects. His mother, Gabrielle Miller, says she went running when she heard screaming. The skewer had pierced her son's face, penetrating his skull all the way to the back of his head. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming audiobook will feature former Vice President Joe Biden talking about his late son Beau with such interviewers as Stephen Colbert, Constance Wu and Aaron Sorkin. "Conversations With Joe" will be released Oct. 16 by Audible, the publisher and distributor owned by Amazon.com. The recordings are taken from Biden's "American Promise" tour from last year, when he was promoting his memoir "Promise Me, Dad." He centered the book on his reflections on Beau Biden, who died in 2015 of brain cancer. Читать дальше...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A senior Myanmar official has confirmed that the country's leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, will not attend the U.N. General Assembly session beginning next week in New York. Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin, who is accompanying Suu Kyi at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Vietnam, said "She has no plan to go there." He was responding to a report in the Myanmar newspaper 7 Days citing a Myanmar foreign ministry official as saying that Suu Kyi would not attend the U.N. meeting... Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland teenager is accused of raping and killing his 83-year-old neighbor, and charging documents say police found his fingerprints on a condom wrapper at the scene. News outlets report 14-year-old Tyrone Harvin was arrested Friday and charged as an adult with rape and murder in the death of Dorothy Mae Neal. Neal was found beaten unconscious in her Baltimore apartment last month. She suffered fractures to her face and signs of sexual assault. She was taken to a hospital and died from blunt force trauma. Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman is accused of binding her children by the hands or feet to keep them under control. Polk County court records say 38-year-old Jessica Henderson is charged with child endangerment. The records don't list an attorney who can comment on Henderson's behalf. Her next court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 22. School officials contacted police last month about a photograph taken in March that shows the children tied up on the floor. Authorities haven't said who took the photograph. Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — A German theater company is ending a tour of China early after a theater canceled two showings of Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People." German authorities say they regret the cancellation. Tobias Veit, the director of Berlin's Schaubuehne theater, told German news agency dpa Wednesday two planned performances in the eastern city of Nanjing won't go ahead. The official reason given by the Chinese theater was "technical problems." The Schaubuehne has been touring with the Ibsen play since 2012. Читать дальше...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — An autopsy report identifies Mississippi police officers involved in the shooting of a man who was killed when officers entered the wrong house last year. News outlets report it says the Southaven police officers were Zachary Durden and Samuel Maze. A grand jury in July declined to indict the officer who shot Ismael Lopez on murder or manslaughter charges. The report says Durden shot Lopez, and Maze shot the family's dog. Durden has since resigned. The nine-page report says... Читать дальше...

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — Investigators say a man accused of crashing into a rental car and killing four Spanish tourists won't be going to jail. Instead officials in the Florida Keys have decided to send Carlos Manso Blanco to traffic school and suspend his driver's license for six months. Monroe County Assistant State Attorney Gail Connolly called the crash "horrific" but said on Tuesday that there wasn't enough evidence to show it was anything more than a tragic accident. Investigators say blood... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday the government is ready for massive Hurricane Florence and insisted that his administration's response to the devastation in Puerto Rico last year was an "underappreciated great job." In a series of morning tweets as Florence bore down on the Southeast U.S. coast, Trump bristled over criticism of the response to Hurricane Maria, in which 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico. "We got A Pluses for our recent hurricane work in Texas and Florida (and did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico... Читать дальше...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say they plan to evacuate thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and scramble to harvest rice and corn as the most powerful typhoon so far this year menacingly roars toward the country's north. Forecasters said Wednesday that Typhoon Mangkhut, which was churning 1,190 kilometers (738 miles) in the Pacific off the eastern Philippines with sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 mph)... Читать дальше...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state fire captain is accused of groping a woman during a training exercise in Oregon. The Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon says 52-year-old Scott Taube was charged Tuesday with third-degree sexual abuse and harassment. The sheriff's office says Taube was arraigned Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court, booked and released. In July, court documents say a woman reported Taube grabbed her buttocks while leading a training exercise at a Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue facility in Sherwood... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's view of the government's response to hurricanes (all times local): 7:30 a.m. President Donald Trump says the U.S. government is ready for Hurricane Florence and he's rejecting criticism of the response to last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, where thousands of people died. Trump tweeted Wednesday, "We got A Pluses for our recent hurricane work in Texas and Florida (and did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though an inaccessible... Читать дальше...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The death of an airman at the Grand Forks Air Force Base is under investigation. Base officials say Airman First Class Christian Clark was found dead in his dorm room Sept. 6. The cause of his death has not been released. Clark, from Monroe, Georgia, was a high-frequency global communications system operations technician who joined the Air Force in January 2016. The 319th Communications squadron commander, Lt. Jonathan Guerrero, said in a statement that "there's a great deal... Читать дальше...