Новости за 27.11.2018

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Faculty at Oakland University in suburban Detroit have received hockey pucks and are being trained to use them to thwart active shooters. WDIV-TV reports the American Association of University Professors has distributed pucks to its 800 members. University Police Chief Mark Gordon says to fight effectively, faculty and students need to be prepared to throw heavy objects that will cause a distraction. He says pucks fit the bill and can conveniently be carried in brief cases or backpacks. Читать дальше...

Building on the buzz surrounding the upcoming “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures is looking at ways to continue its expansion of the animated franchise. The studio is planning a Spider-Verse sequel that will continue Miles Morales’ story, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Joaquim Dos Santos, whose recent credits include Netflix’s “Voltron” series, has been tapped to direct the sequel. The studio is also looking for other spin-offs, and one that is gaining... Читать дальше...

Samuel Hadida, a French producer and distributor with over 70 producing credits including “True Romance,” the “Resident Evil” franchise and most recently as a co-executive producer on this year’s “Hunter Killer,” has died. He was 64. Hadida died unexpectedly on Monday at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital following a short illness, his brother, Victor Hadida announced in a statement. Read the full article on The Wrap

Iraqi director Mohamed Al-Daradji can remember the exact day he was held hostage by Al Qaeda: Dec 16, 2004. Al-Daradji and his film crew at the time had guns pointed at their heads, seconds away from death. It was during a time when he thought terrorists were only evil men. In the coming years, Al-Daradji realized there was something more sinister behind the madness. “Usually the victims are women, but a lot of women since 2003 have become suicide bombers,” the director told TheWrap’s Steve Pond... Читать дальше...

Nearly 50 years after winning an Oscar in the original film adaptation of “West Side Story,” Rita Moreno is returning to play a new role in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming remake of the classic musical. Moreno will also serve as an executive producer. Instead of playing Bernardo’s strong-willed girlfriend, Moreno will play Valentina, a reimagined and expanded version of the character of Doc, the owner of the corner store where Tony works. In the original movie, Doc’s store serves as the spot where the... Читать дальше...

Zoey Deutch is joining the apocalypse. The star of Netflix’s hit rom-com “Set It Up” has joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ sequel to the 2009 apocalyptic comedy “Zombieland.” Read the full article on The Wrap

Winter is almost here and that means the holidays are right around the corner — and so is midseason TV. While fall brought with it the returns of your favorite broadcast shows — and the debuts of many new ones — the colder months mark the time when many of those programs go into hibernation and fresh programming wakes up. Read the full article on The Wrap

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A new trial date has been set for a man convicted in the 2012 killings of two co-workers at a Coast Guard communications station in Alaska. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports James Wells is scheduled for trial April 29 in Anchorage. The new date comes nearly a year after a federal appeals court panel concluded Wells did not receive a fair trial. The three-judge panel reversed Wells' conviction on murder and weapons charges and ordered a new trial. Members of the panel took issue... Читать дальше...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of a Virginia man convicted of raping and beating a woman to death in 2008. Mark Lawlor was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in the killing of Genevieve Orange, a tenant in a Fairfax County apartment complex where Lawlor worked as a leasing agent. In recommending the death sentence, a jury found that it was likely Lawlor would commit additional violence "that would constitute a continuing serious threat to society." On Tuesday... Читать дальше...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire in southern Arizona started when an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent shot at a target to reveal a baby's gender. The 2017 fire near Green Valley burned 73 square miles (190 square kilometers) of state and federal land. The damage and firefighting costs topped $8 million. A video released Monday by the U.S. Forest Service shows the target explode after being hit with gunfire, sending a blue substance into the air. The tall, dry grass immediately bursts into flames. Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has reconvened, with its chief task to pass a voter identification law that implements a constitutional amendment approved by a majority of voters on Election Day. The Senate and House gaveled in the session Tuesday, three weeks since Democrats won over a dozen legislative seats and broke the Republicans' veto-proof majorities come January. GOP leaders still have veto-proof control during a two-week lame-duck session. They're pressing forward... Читать дальше...

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont law enforcement officials are working to identify human remains found by a hunter in Williamstown. Police say that on Nov. 11, the hunter came across what appeared to be a lower jawbone. Investigators collected the jawbone, which was taken to the office of the chief medical examiner in Burlington, where experts determined it was human. The state police search team scoured the area around where the jawbone was found, but did not locate any additional human remains. Police... Читать дальше...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say eight people have been indicted in connection with the shooting death of a man whose burning body was found in a western Massachusetts field in March. Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan announced the indictments Tuesday. The body of 44-year-old Daniel Cruz was found in Hatfield on March 10. Sullivan says the ensuing investigation found that Cruz was shot three times during an argument at a Northampton apartment complex by 22-year-old Nerkin Omar Morales.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of a Tohono O'odham woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. A U.S. District Court jury in Tucson found 26-year-old Warren Miles guilty in the case two months ago and he was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say Miles and members of his gang accosted a group of people alongside a road in Sells on the Tohono O'odham Nation on Nov. 22, 2017. They say gang members pointed shotguns at the group and Miles... Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For the first time since its creation, Louisiana's income forecasting panel has a vacancy. LSU economist Jim Richardson announced Tuesday that after 30 years on the Revenue Estimating Conference, he is stepping down. The panel determines the income projections used to build the state's budget. It adopts multiyear forecasts for state tax, license and fee collections. Richardson is the independent economist on the four-member conference. The other three members are the governor's commissioner of administration... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators are considering more than doubling state tax breaks offered to companies that promise to bring lots of high-paying jobs but aren't quite "transformative." Legislation introduced Tuesday in the state General Assembly would raise the maximum tax break allowed for those companies by nearly 150 percent to $16,000 per job each year. The change would apply to high-profile projects that aren't the so-called "transformative" companies eligible for massive state subsidies. Читать дальше...

TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration announced in June it would open a temporary shelter for up to 360 migrant children in this isolated corner of the Texas desert. Less than six months later, the facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers — and it shows every sign of becoming more permanent. By Tuesday, 2,324 largely Central American boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 17 were sleeping inside the highly guarded facility in rows of bunk beds in canvas tents... Читать дальше...

Marin's Cowgirl Creamery isn't just a hit with Bay Area locals, it's also popular with one very famous Food Network star. Ina Garten, host of Food Network's Barefoot Contessa, picked Cowgirl Creamery's Classic Cowgirl Collection as part of her favorite foodie holiday gift picks under $100.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina legislator's political committee will pay $4,500 while ending a campaign finance investigation stemming from a complaint filed by a Democratic activist against the Republican senator. The state elections board voted unanimously Tuesday to accept the agreement offered by the campaign committee of four-term Sen. Ralph Hise of Mitchell County. The committee must give up $500 and reimburse the board $4,000 for investigation expenses. Greg Flynn of Raleigh filed a... Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A new financial dispute has emerged between Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration and House Republican leaders, stalling changes to Louisiana's income forecast. House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry on Tuesday blocked proposals to adjust the financial projections used to build Louisiana's budget. The action, during a Revenue Estimating Conference meeting, could keep the Edwards administration and lawmakers from funding $43 million in spending plans for the current budget year. Читать дальше...

Following a well-received night of acoustic covers benefiting charity earlier this month, Metallica has announced that they will release the live recording of the show to further extend the performance's philanthropic purposes.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lawyers representing the parents of three toddlers have filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the St. Francis Learning Center, where they say a teacher sexually abused the children. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas alleges the archdiocese and preschool did not properly screen the lay teacher to make sure he did not pose a threat to children and did not notify parents of other children once the accusations were levied. Former... Читать дальше...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Defense lawyers are asking a judge to keep jail records about Parkland shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz's mental condition private. Lawyers for the 20-year-old Cruz said at a hearing Tuesday that the Broward County jail records are similar to medical records that must stay sealed to protect his privacy. They are from daily observation reports done by corrections officers because... Читать дальше...

DESTIN, Fla. — When Polly Varnado’s 9-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, it didn’t take long for the family to hear about insulin pumps. In September 2012, the girl picked out a purple one — her favorite color. Over the next seven months, she proceeded to be hospitalized four times in a McComb, Miss., medical center with high blood sugar. But when Varnado asked about all her daughter’s problems, she said, her doctor blamed user error. “They said it wasn’t the insulin pump, it was my daughter,” said Varnado... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's "very disappointed" in GM closing plants, White House "looking at cutting all subsidies" for auto giant.