Новости за 25.05.2021

'I was afraid. Maybe this is it. I said, ‘I’m sorry for my sins, Lord.’'

The man on the Houston-bound flight asserted that face-mask wearing would not be enforced in Texas. 

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A conservative Christian group has filed suit against the University of Alabama, challenging rules that require students to obtain a permit to speak on campus days in advance.

OKEMOS, Mich. (AP) — A Lansing-area school district named for a Native American leader is dropping its Chiefs nickname, following similar changes at other Michigan schools.

CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — The Clackamas High School principal on Monday found the front doors of the school plastered with Donald Trump stickers and defaced with beans, a derogatory symbol against Latinx people.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A suspicious package sent to the Kentucky home of Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul appears to contain a non-toxic substance, the local sheriff's office said.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Phil Scott has signed a proclamation designating Tuesday as George Floyd Remembrance Day in Vermont on the anniversary of Floyd's death in Minneapolis.

MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus’ isolation deepened Tuesday as commercial planes avoided its airspace, the European Union worked up new sanctions, and a senior U.N. official said he was concerned for the welfare of an opposition journalist arrested in Minsk after his plane was diverted there, apparently on the orders of the country’s longtime strongman.

LONDON (AP) — Europe's top human rights court ruled Tuesday that British mass surveillance and intelligence gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Tuesday, May 25, 2021

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ZFPOUN

Zone Forecast Product

National Weather Service Norman OK

741 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021

TXZ086-252100-

Wichita-

Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls

741 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021

.REST OF TODAY...Showers early in the morning. A chance of

thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts contracting company accused of failing to pay employees for overtime worked also allegedly threatened a former employee he suspected of reporting the case, federal investigators say.

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The body of a 12-year-old boy who was missing for more than a week was recovered from a river in northwestern Indiana, police said.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12.

BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany has chosen two representatives supported by the hard-right wing of the party to lead it into the upcoming national election.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The government leaders of Poland and the neighboring Czech Republic held intensive talks Tuesday in an attempt to solve a years-long dispute that resurfaced recently over a Polish coal mine .

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — New mountain bike trails are coming to Bainbridge Island, thanks to an anonymous donor.

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) _ Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. (CBRL) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $33.5 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

DEAR ABBY: My grandma, who is in her 80s, had a stroke recently. She has trouble swallowing and speaking, so she's in a rehab facility 20 miles from her home, where she is doing strengthening exercises. She tires out from just walking around her room, so it's not yet clear if she will become a permanent resident or discharged with home health nurses. We are distraught over this.

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday as inflation fears eased and investors regained an appetite for risk. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced.

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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday defended Hong Kong as an attractive place for businesses, after a recent survey found foreigners were considering leaving the longtime Asian business hub.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television announced Tuesday that only seven candidates have been approved by the country's constitutional watchdog to run for president next month, drastically narrowing the field of hopefuls for who will replace outgoing President Hassan Rouhani.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world's crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and commercial cargo.

WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Monday, May 24, 2021

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ZFPOTX

Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho

National Weather Service Spokane WA

1052 PM PDT Mon May 24 2021

WAZ031-251100-

Northeast Blue Mountains-

Including the cities of Anatone and Peola

1052 PM PDT Mon May 24 2021

.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of

rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Читать дальше...