Новости за 14.12.2018

CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police have charged a Pennsylvania man with drunken driving after a pedestrian was struck and killed. Authorities say 42-year-old Bruce C. Bryan of Chester was driving southbound on Governor Printz Boulevard in Claymont about 12:45 a.m. Friday when his SUV hit a 38-year-old Wilmington man. Police say the victim was not carrying a light or reflective clothing. He was pronounced dead at Christiana Hospital. His name has not been released. Bryan was charged with DUI.

ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man who is suspected of fleeing to Missouri after officers shot him during a struggle in Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police identified the man as 34-year-old Todd Lockhart. Police officers in Alton, Illinois, tried to arrest him early Friday after a domestic disturbance call. Police confronted him while he was in a car in the street. They tried to arrest him and pull him from the vehicle, but he drove off. Illinois State Police Lt. Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A well-known Rhode Island adult entertainment club will remain closed for several more days as police and city officials investigate allegations of prostitution at the site. The Providence Board of Licenses voted Thursday night to keep the Foxy Lady closed through Monday, when the board meets again. The club was closed Tuesday after three dancers were arrested for allegedly offering to perform sex acts for $300 to undercover police officers. Police say the dancers were operating with the knowledge of club management. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): ___ 9:35 a.m. U.S. stocks are following global market indexes lower after some weak economic reports from China. Retail sales and industrial production in China both slowed in November. Technology and internet companies slumped in early trading on Wall Street Friday. Cisco Systems lost 2.5 percent and Facebook fell 1.5 percent. Software maker Adobe lost 4.7 percent after its fourth-quarter profit fell short of Wall Street's estimates... Читать дальше...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of nearly 11 years for a man convicted of cyberbullying dozens of young women and gay men around the world. Amsterdam Appeals Court on Friday confirmed the maximum 10 years and eight months sentence imposed in March last year on the man identified by Dutch authorities as Aydin C., who was convicted of fraud and blackmail via the internet for the online abuse. He pretended to be a boy or girl and persuaded his victims to perform sexual acts in front of a webcam... Читать дальше...

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — District officials are planning to put to use the buildings that housed two Kodiak Island schools that were shut down because of low enrollment. Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintendent Larry LeDoux said the school buildings in Larsen Bay and Karluk will serve as hubs for general community needs, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Thursday. The district closed both schools after enrollment dropped below 10 students at each site. Schools with fewer than 10 students cannot qualify for state funding. Читать дальше...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A man has been remanded in custody in Sweden on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack and illegal weapons possession. The man in his 20s, who was not named, appeared at a closed-door hearing Friday in Goteborg, Sweden's second largest city. His attorney Mikael Hansson said his client denies wrongdoing, the Swedish news agency TT reported. Sweden's security service SAPO has said "preparations for the suspected terrorist offense have been underway for some time" and added that... Читать дальше...

Think teenage girls are bad? Watch what these boys do when their parents turn off third-person shooter video game “Fortnite,” per Jimmy Kimmel’s latest YouTube Challenge request. Yeah, the footage from this one is really horrible. As if the cursing isn’t bad enough, like half of the young men (we’re using that phrase VERY loosely) physically attack their moms and dads for cutting off their TV power mid-match. Read the full article on The Wrap

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A 30-year-old Mississippi man has been ordered to stand trial for murder in the fatal off-campus shooting of a 22-year-old Michigan State University student. East Lansing District Court Judge Richard Ball ruled Thursday there's enough evidence to send Steven Washington of Tunica to trial. Isai Berrones of Alamo, Texas, was shot at an apartment building on Oct. 12. Police say shots were fired and people were fighting at the scene, roughly 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) north of the Michigan State campus. Читать дальше...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Augustana University in South Dakota will pursue a move to NCAA Division I athletics. It's one of a number of initiatives in a strategic vision for the next dozen years that was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees for the Sioux Falls school. Other goals deal with academics and research. The school currently competes in Division II athletics, as part of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The commission issued a statement saying Augustana hopes to secure... Читать дальше...

Mika Brzezinski apologized Friday on “Morning Joe” after calling Mike Pompeo a “butt-boy” for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman after the Secretary of State defended him on “Fox & Friends” earlier this week. “The term is crass and offensive and I apologize to everyone, especially the LGBTQ community and to my colleagues for using it. It was a mistake,” Brzezinski said. “But I just wanted to say on camera, looking the viewers straight in the eye, I am really, really sorry.” Read the full... Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A bill to name a Virginia post office for a U.S. Army captain whose Muslim father spoke out against candidate Donald Trump is now heading to the president's desk. The bill renaming a Charlottesville post office after University of Virginia alumnus Humayun Khan passed the Senate by unanimous consent, and now only needs Trump's signature to take effect. The Daily Progress reported Thursday that Rep. Tom Garrett, a Republican, proposed the bill more than a year ago and plans... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The newly appointed chief historian of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum says he hopes it will become "the major Holocaust museum in Poland" when it opens in 2023. The Polish government announced plans in March to create a museum dedicated to the Jews imprisoned in the ghetto and tortured and murdered by German forces during their occupation of Eastern Europe. Daniel Blatman, a Holocaust historian at Hebrew University of Jerusalem who has been tapped as the museum's chief historian, believes it will be even more. Читать дальше...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Latest on Kosovo's vote to create an army (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Serbia's foreign minister says the country will seek an urgent session of the U.N. Security Council over Kosovo's decision to form an army. Serbia maintains the vote in Kosovo's parliament was in violation of a U.N. resolution on Kosovo brought at the end of the 1998-99 war and NATO's military intervention against Serbia. NATO bombed Serbia for 78 days in 1999 to stop its crackdown against Kosovo separatists. Читать дальше...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia says it will seek urgent session of UN Security Council over Kosovo's decision to form an army.

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is accused of biting his girlfriend's two young boys, and their mother is charged with neglect. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says Rashawn Davis was arrested Thursday. He faces two charges of aggravated child abuse and was being held in jail Friday on a $50,000 bond. Court records show no attorney listed for him. Detectives say the 2-year-old boy had eight bite marks on his back, buttock and face and 35 lacerations on his back. The 3-year-old boy had a bite mark on his buttock. Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Flags on all New York state government buildings will be lowered to half-staff in honor of a Hudson Valley Marine and five other Marines killed when two U.S. military planes collided off the coast of Japan last week. Flags are currently at half-staff in honor of the late President George H.W. Bush. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that the flags will be lowered again on Dec. 31 to honor the six Marines killed in last Thursday's accident during a refueling mission. Five of the Marines were aboard a KC-130 refueling plane. Читать дальше...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A middle-aged man charged with raping a child almost 30 years ago is asking a judge to treat him as a youthful offender. WALA-TV reports a defense attorney is making the request in Mobile County on behalf of Timothy Lee Robinson. Robinson was arrested earlier this month on charges of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl in 1989. Court records show he's 46 years old, but the defense says he was 17 then. Robinson's lawyer is citing his client's age at the time of the alleged assault... Читать дальше...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says an assault on Taliban positions in northeastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, which included U.S .air strikes, killed at least 20 insurgents, contradicting Taliban claims of civilian casualties. In southern Helmand province, a U.S. drone strike killed four suspected insurgents. Sakhi Mushwani, a Parliamentarian from Kunar province, said several civilians were injured in the attack late on Thursday. U.S. military spokesman Sgt. 1st class Debra Richardson... Читать дальше...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A former Clallam County employee's sexual harassment lawsuit against a county prosecuting attorney has been settled for $350,000. The Peninsula Daily News reports Tina Hendrickson signed the pact Monday, and Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols signed it Tuesday, according to documents obtained by the newspaper. Interim county Administrator Rich Sill said Wednesday the county is in a statewide insurance risk pool that will pay Hendrickson. Hendrickson expects to receive $160,000 to $170,000 after legal fees... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales increased a slight 0.2% in November, as strong sales tied to holiday shopping were offset by lower gasoline prices. The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales have climbed a solid 5.3% so far this year. In November, non-store retail sales — a category that includes Internet brands such as Amazon — jumped 2.3%. Furnishers, electronics stores and health stores also enjoyed a solid bump as the holiday shopping season got into full swing. But some of that sales growth was hampered by gas stations... Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS (AP) — UK Prime Minister May rejects suggestion of quitting over Brexit impasse, says there's still a job to be done.

TX Fort Worth TX Zone Forecast for Friday, December 14, 2018 _____ 537 FPUS54 KFWD 141300 ZFPFWD Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 700 AM CST Fri Dec 14 2018 TXZ119-142215- Dallas- Including the city of Dallas 700 AM CST Fri Dec 14 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... .TODAY...Rain this morning...then rain likely this afternoon. Breezy and Much cooler with highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph this afternoon. Wind gusts up to 35 mph are possible. Читать дальше...

CT Forecast for Sunday, December 16, 2018 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;High Temp (F);Low Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Bridgeport;Periods of rain;49;35;NE;6;74%;75%;0 Chester;A bit of rain;48;34;NE;6;74%;72%;1 Danbury;A little rain;48;29;NNE;5;84%;67%;1 Groton;A little rain;50;36;NE;6;81%;72%;1 Hartford;A little a.m. rain;47;33;NNE;5;70%;66%;1 Meriden;Occasional rain;48;33;NNE;6;77%;72%;1 New Haven;A little rain;49;35;NE;7;77%;72%;1 Oxford;A... Читать дальше...