Новости за 21.03.2020

Al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, the terrorist group’s largest and most active global affiliate, has issued specific new threats against Americans in East Africa and even the United States, U.S. commandos, counter-terrorism officials and intelligence analysts say.

ASTRAVETS, Belarus — Rising from the former potato and wheat fields of a collective farm, huge towers of concrete beckon to one of Europe’s poorest countries with the promise of cheap, plentiful supplies of electricity for generations to come.

With stunning speed, it has become clear that many mainstays of American industry are facing potentially existential risks from their looming financial losses, and that Congress and the Trump administration are determined to prevent widespread bankruptcies and corporate collapse.

DETROIT (AP) — Health officials in suburban Detroit's Oakland County issued emergency orders Saturday closing all shopping malls and banning adults and children from using playground equipment to help slow the transmission of the coronavirus.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina deputy shot and wounded a man after trying to stop him for a traffic violation, authorities said Saturday.

NY Binghamton NY Zone Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020

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ZFPBGM

Zone Forecast Product for Central New York and Northeast Pennsylvania

National Weather Service Binghamton NY

335 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2020

This is an automatically generated product that contains an area

forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each

zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact

location that you are interested in. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is scouring the globe for medical supplies and scouting field hospital locations in and around New York City. Flights were briefly suspended flights to New York City-area airports because of staffing issues. The number of coronavirus cases statewide soared above 10,000.

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift may have ended her feud with Katy Perry but the one with Kanye West seems simply not to want to die.

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 297,000 people and killed more than 12,750. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely in the elderly or those with existing health problems. More than 91,500 people have recovered so far, mostly in China.

TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020

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Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area

National Weather Service Lubbock TX

235 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2020

TXZ035-220915-

Lubbock-

Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton

235 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2020

.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the

evening. Patchy fog through the night. Lows in the lower 40s. Читать дальше...

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases in Arkansas is now 118 and the number is not expected to peak for another six to eight weeks, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday.

CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020

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ZFPALY

Zone Forecast Product for Eastern New York and Western New England

National Weather Service Albany NY

326 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2020

CTZ001-220800-

Northern Litchfield-

Including the city of Torrington

326 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2020

.TONIGHT...Clear, colder with lows around 18. North winds around

5 mph. Читать дальше...

NY Albany NY Zone Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020

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FPUS51 KALY 211926

ZFPALY

Zone Forecast Product for Eastern New York and Western New England

National Weather Service Albany NY

326 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2020

NYZ033-220800-

Hamilton-

Including the cities of Speculator and Indian Lake

326 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2020

.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows around 3 above. Читать дальше...

TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020

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ZFPAMA

Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles

National Weather Service Amarillo TX

226 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2020

TXZ012-017-221315-

Potter-Randall-

Including the cities of Amarillo and Canyon

226 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2020

.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the

evening. Patchy fog through the night. Читать дальше...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City woman who schemed with her husband to illegally harbor a 17-year-old Guatemalan girl in what authorities have called a human trafficking case has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Three-time Olympian and former Cal star Nathan Adrian had been pointed towards a fourth Olympics this summer. But he thinks postponing the Tokyo Games, as USA Swimming proposed, is the prudent thing to do during the coronavirus pandemic.

TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020

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SPECIAL MARINE WARNING

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...

Bays and Waterways from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas...

* Until 300 PM CDT.

* At 222 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Corpus

Christi Bay, or 7 nm southwest of Portland, moving east at 25

knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail. Читать дальше...

Florida

5,894 of 5,894 precincts - 100 percent

x-Donald Trump, 1,162,221 - 94 percent

Bill Weld, 39,275 - 3 percent

Joe Walsh, 25,449 - 2 percent

Roque De La Fuente, 12,165 - 1 percent

10,101 of 10,114 precincts - 99 percent

x-Donald Trump, 510,662 - 96 percent

Roque De La Fuente, 21,044 - 4 percent

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. elections have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. At least 13 states have postponed voting and more delays are possible as health officials warn that social distancing and other measures to contain the virus might be in place for weeks, if not months.

Some reactions from the world of music and beyond to the passing of Kenny Rogers, who died Friday night at age 81.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Amherst College has placed its men's lacrosse team on probation and is firing the team's coach following complaints that players used a racial slur.

Amid confusion over Gov. Newsom’s stay-at-home order over the coronavirus, the outdoors can still provide a refuge to find nature, health and hiking, mountain biking and trail running. County health orders quote Section 10(a)(iii): “Individuals may leave their residence…to engage in outdoor activity, provided the individuals comply with the Social Distancing Requirements, such as, by way of example and without limitation, walking, hiking, or running.”

With sports on vacation during the coronavirus pandemic, the A’s are getting creative, the 49ers are still building, but the real action is in the aisles of grocery stores.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the athletes are in limbo during the coronavirus pandemic, and the International Olympic Committee seems to be operating in the realm of magical thinking.

MARCH 14-20, 2020

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the North America region.

This week's selection includes a woman walking through a nearly empty Times Square in New York after bars and restaurants became takeout only business amid concerns over the coronavirus; a man receiving a shot in the first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19; a polling place worker using gloves outside of the... Читать дальше...