Новости за 27.09.2018

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah State University piano professor has been removed from his teaching duties as the college investigates a sexual assault allegation made against him in a recent lawsuit. University President Noelle Cockett said Wednesday in a statement that professor Dennis Hirst's students will be reassigned to other faculty members this fall semester as the college investigates the claims. A former student accused Hirst in a lawsuit filed this month of sexually assaulting her in 1994... Читать дальше...

BONNEY LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Every time Chris Gilman leaves her home at the foot of Washington's Mount Rainier, she fights the gnawing urge to turn around and check that someone isn't about to shoot her. Sometimes she wins the battle. Sometimes she loses. In the year since the 48-year-old was nearly killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Gilman has had to get used to living with fear: She has nightmares about family members getting shot, she only sits in spots in restaurants where she can see the exits... Читать дальше...

Warner Bros. announced on Thursday that it will release Clint Eastwood’s next film, “The Mule,” on December 14. Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. What he doesn’t know is that he is actually being employed to smuggle drugs, and while he quickly gains the favor of the cartel and better pay, he also catches the attention of the DEA. Warner Bros. tells TheWrap that the... Читать дальше...

The drama surrounding President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court over the nominee's behavior in the 1980s has reinforced a warning today's social media-savvy high school students have grown up hearing: What they say and do now will live well past graduation. Judge Brett Kavanaugh faces a historic hearing Thursday over assault allegations dating back to his high school and college years. He has denied the allegations. Some teenagers today say they are more mindful of the enduring quality... Читать дальше...

Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing” returns to broadcast TV on Friday — just not on its original network. However, ABC’s presence will be felt on the Fox sitcom. TheWrap found half-a-dozen instances of Episode 701 referencing the show’s days on Disney-owned airwaves, starting with the half-hour’s actual title, “Welcome Baxter.” Get it? Welcome back, Baxters? Cute. Read the full article on The Wrap

Universal announced Thursday that it is moving the release date for DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon 3” up a week to February 22, 2019, adding to what is becoming a very crowded month on the release calendar. Earlier this week, Universal set the Blumhouse horror film “Happy Death Day 2U” for a Valentine’s Day release, and on Wednesday night, Fox released the first trailer for the Marvel film “Dark Phoenix,” which will also come out on Feb. 14. A week before that, WB will release “The Lego Movie... Читать дальше...

Have you ever sat around with a group of friends and dreamt about how much it might cost to rent a private jet to fly down to Mexico or Las Vegas for a long weekend? Or maybe you are a small business owner hoping to jet you and your staff to an all-hands-on-deck meeting in New York? Now there's an easy way to find out how much it might cost.

After 45 years, HBO said on Thursday that the network will no longer feature live boxing matches starting in 2019. “Going forward in 2019, we will be pivoting away from programming live boxing on HBO,” the network said in a programming statement. “As always, we will remain open to looking at events that fit our programming mix.  This could include boxing, just not for the foreseeable future.” Read the full article on The Wrap

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said Thursday that Christine Blasey Ford’s delivery of her prepared statement was a “disaster for the Republicans,” calling the psychology professor’s testimony in front of Senate Judiciary Committee was “extremely emotional, extremely raw and extremely credible.” Choking back tears, Ford described in detail the night in the 1980s in which she said a teenage Brett Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her and the long-lasting effects the alleged incident had on her life since. Читать дальше...

HELSINKI (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama is urging private businesses to engage more with governments when developing new products and services, particularly in the technology sector, to avoid problems like those challenging Facebook. Obama told business leaders Thursday in Helsinki, the Finnish capital, that "you cannot separate the business environment from the political and social environment." Obama was being interviewed by Niklas Zennstrom, the Swedish billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Parents of a former Boise charter school student are suing the school because they say administrators created a hostile school environment by failing to adequately respond after their daughter reported she had been sexually assaulted by another student. The Idaho Press reports the lawsuit was filed earlier this week in federal court against Sage International, a public charter school for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. In the lawsuit, the parents say the school violated... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former nurse accused of injuring several newborns at a Wisconsin hospital has been charged with child abuse. A criminal complaint filed in Dane County charges 43-year-old Christopher Kaphaem with 19 felonies relating to the infants' injuries. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says five infants suffered serious injuries in the newborn unit at UnityPoint Health-Meriter hospital in Madison. The charges include intentional child abuse and abuse of a patient causing... Читать дальше...

GEISMAR, La. (AP) — Shell is considering a $1.2 billion expansion in Louisiana that would create 23 permanent positions and support more than 1,000 temporary construction jobs. The Advocate reports the oil and gas company's expansion of its Geismar facilities would add a world scale mono-ethylene glycol or MEG unit. MEG is a syrup-like liquid vital for making polyester fibers, engine coolants and other products. Shell Chemical LP Geismar spokesman Kevin Hardy says in a statement the company has applied... Читать дальше...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say a man who was fatally shot was demanding money from the shooter after a road rage confrontation. Lt. Todd Ojile says 23-year-old Jose DeLeon was shot to death Wednesday night after DeLeon and an 18-year-old step-brother pulled in front of a truck. He says DeLeon got out of his vehicle and began demanding money from the 39-year-old male driver of the truck. The Wichita Eagle reports Ojile says after a brief verbal confrontation, DeLeon began smashing the truck's back window with a golf club. Читать дальше...

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s duet, “Shallow,” from “A Star Is Born” has finally been released — and be prepared with tissues handy. In “A Star Is Born,” Gaga’s character Ally writes a song when she meets Cooper’s Jackson, and he brings her out on stage to sing the song together at one of his shows. It is probably one of the most emotional and overwhelming parts of the film. Read the full article on The Wrap

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local): 1 p.m. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will chair a vast group of developing countries at the United Nations, in a boost to his efforts for official Palestinian statehood. Members of the Group of 77 formalized the decision to give Palestine the chairmanship of the group in 2019 at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. Abbas welcomed the decision and urged other world leaders to recognize Palestine as a state. Читать дальше...

HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say four bronze plaques taken from a World War II-era submarine in New Jersey have been recovered. The Record reports the plaques — valued at approximately $10,000 — were recently returned by a member of the Submarine Memorial Association, which maintains the USS Ling. The member said he was "safe guarding" the plaques ahead of the mid-August eviction of the New Jersey Naval Museum, and the association won't pursue charges against him. Meanwhile... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 12:51 p.m. Christine Blasey Ford says no one helped write the letter she sent privately to Sen. Dianne Feinstein outlining her sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Asked Thursday by attorney Rachel Mitchell at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing if Ford had any help, Ford answered flatly, "No." Ford explained how she was weighing whether to come forward about the incident from 35 years ago. Читать дальше...

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 7-4-7-3 (seven, four, seven, three)

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the nerve agent poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain (all times local): 8 p.m. Britain's foreign secretary says he has warned Russia it will pay a "high price" if it continues to use chemical weapons like the nerve agent used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. Jeremy Hunt said Thursday he had a "frank" discussion with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov when they met during the UN General Assembly meetings in New York. "It... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was postponed until next week to avoid conflicting with a dramatic Senate hearing involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the White House said Thursday. The two were set to meet Thursday following news media reports that Rosenstein last year discussed possibly secretly recording the president and using the Constitution's 25th Amendment to remove him from office. But White... Читать дальше...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana jury has ruled that the Jehovah's Witnesses organization must pay $34 million to a woman who says the church covered up her sexual abuse as a child at the hands of a congregation member. Neil Smith, an attorney representing the 32-year-old woman, says the jury's verdict Wednesday in the lawsuit sends a message to the Jehovah's Witnesses' New York headquarters to stop prioritizing church secrecy over children's safety. Jehovah's Witness officials did not immediately respond to a call or email for comment. Читать дальше...

CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 27, 2018 _____ 500 FPUS56 KMFR 271656 ZFPMFR Zone Forecast Product for Southern Oregon and Northern California National Weather Service Medford, OR 956 AM PDT Thu Sep 27 2018 CAZ080-272300- Western Siskiyou County- Including the cities of Callahan, Etna, Fort Jones, Greenview, Happy Camp, Scott Bar, and Somes Bar 956 AM PDT Thu Sep 27 2018 .REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Patchy smoke. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the west this afternoon. Читать дальше...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that his people's rights "are not up for bargaining" and he accused the U.S. of undermining the two-state solution, a day after President Donald Trump suggested for the first time in office that he "liked" the long-discussed idea as the most effective way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Abbas halted ties with Trump's administration in December after the U.S. recognized contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital... Читать дальше...

The New York Times apologized on Thursday after posting an “insensitive” online poll asking Twitter users whether they believed Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee was “credible.” “We’re sorry for this tweet. In retrospect, a Twitter poll is insensitive in light of the gravity of this hearing. We’ve deleted it,” read a terse statement posted to the Twitter account of the New York Times opinion section. Read the full article on The Wrap