Новости за 05.05.2024

The actress has at last sold her gorgeous mansion in Beverly Hills, CA, but she had to settle for less money.

A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record in the Sierra Nevada. The wet weather system had mostly moved out of the state by Sunday morning, but officials warn that roads would remain slick after around two feet of snow fell in some areas. The University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab says the storm dropped 26.4 inches of snow, making for the snowiest day of the season. Treacherous... Читать дальше...

Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their feed — even if that means shutting it off entirely. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Meta Platforms on behalf of an Amherst professor... Читать дальше...

The mansion was once owned by actress Billie Burke, who is best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wizard of Oz."

Mexican authorities say thieves killed two Australians and an American on a surfing trip in Baja California to steal their truck. State prosecutors released grisly details of the slaying, but have not yet officially confirmed the identification of the bodies. They said family members of the victims are viewing the bodies to see if they can be identified by sight. The corpses were decomposing after the thieves dumped them into a remote, 50-foot deep well. If relatives can't identify them, further tests will be conducted. Читать дальше...

Authorities say massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days and another 103 are reported missing. Damage from the rains has forced more than 80,000 people from their homes. Approximately 15,000 have taken refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. Landslides, flooded roads and collapsed bridges have left devastation in their are leaving a wake of devastation in the state. Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. Читать дальше...

Temperatures may rise more than 40 degrees in the SF Bay Area this week.

Grant Cardone is selling a luxury home on each coast: one in Malibu, CA, the other in the Miami area.

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump dijo a los donantes republicanos en su residencia en Florida este fin de semana que el presidente Joe Biden está dirigiendo una “administración tipo Gestapo”, el ejemplo más reciente del expresidente empleando el lenguaje de la Alemania nazi en su retórica de campaña.

A Bay Area man is in custody on suspicion of murder after police found a body hidden in the dirt.

The two-story Gold Coast unit with Hollywood history has been thoughtfully modernized but still features many period details.

Michael Probst has been working as a photographer and editor in Germany for over 40 years. He’s covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Olympics and soccer World Cups, but one of his favorite things to do is make feature photos, the off-the-news assignments that tell their own story. Here’s what he had to say about creating this extraordinary feature image.

Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running what Trump says is a “Gestapo administration.” It's the latest example of the former president using the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The remarks Saturday at Mar-a-Lago were described by people who attended the event and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press to discuss the private session. The Biden campaign called out Trump for “once again making despicable... Читать дальше...

Actor Bernard Hill who starred in “Titanic,” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy has died. Hill's agent Lou Coulson says he died Sunday at age 79. Hill delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Return of the King,” the third in the “Lord of the Rings” franchise that won 11 Oscars. He went down with the ship as the captain in “Titanic,” which also won 11 Academy Awards. Hill first made a name for himself in “Boys From the Blackstuff,” a 1982 British TV miniseries about... Читать дальше...

Police say one person was killed and 23 others were injured when a bus crashed on Interstate 95 in northern Maryland. State police say the bus was carrying 24 people when it lost control on Sunday. It hit a guardrail in Harford County at around 6 a.m. One bus passenger died at the location of the crash. The driver and 22 other passengers were taken to a hospital with injuries. Northbound lanes of I-95 were closed for the investigation, but they have since reopened. Police say the vehicle is a Ford E-450 built for multiple occupancy. Читать дальше...

A San Francisco woman used self-checkout kiosks to shoplift $60,000 in merchandise from one store.

As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate at the current target range of 5.25% to 5.5% on Wednesday.

Police say a 14-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were wounded in a shooting in Buffalo. Police responded to the call of a shooting in a parking lot just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Details about what prompted the gunfire were not immediately available. Buffalo police say the girl who died and four other teenagers were transported to a hospital. Police say a 16-year-old boy was grazed by gunfire but declined medical treatment. A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition. Three other boys are in stable condition.

A 49ers wide receiver who recently parted ways with the team is making his feelings known.

It's six months before Election Day, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump are locked in a presidential rematch. 

Three friends who went missing on a trip to Mexico have likely been found dead in a well.

Israel’s main cable provider has halted broadcasts of the Al Jazeera news station, citing a ban on the channel approved Sunday by the government. The “Hot” cable provider on Sunday afternoon turned off Al Jazeera’s broadcasts in both English and Arabic. In Israel, the channel’s websites in Arabic and English remained operational, and the station could still be watched live on YouTube in both languages. Earlier, Israel said a major crossing point used to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has come under fire by Hamas militants... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom. The case centers on allegations that Trump falsified his company’s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements. It's the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and the first of Trump’s four indictments to go to trial. It also has some unique terminology. There's hush money and “catch and kill.” Other words and phrases included in a glossary of the trial are conspiracy, election interference... Читать дальше...

Protesters left a Pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they might face arrest if they didn’t go.The move, days before commencement events are set to begin on the Los Angeles campus, came after the university said campus safety officers, assisted by the Los Angeles Police Department, were clearing the area and that anyone not complying would be arrested.“If you are in the center of campus, please leave. People... Читать дальше...

A teenager has surrendered to police over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has fueled concern about intimidation and violence in the run-up to next month’s election for the European Parliament. The 17-year-old turned himself in at a police station in the eastern city of Dresden at 1 a.m., Saxony state police said. Matthias Ecke, a candidate for the Social Democrats in the June 9 election, was attacked by four people while putting up posters in Dresden on Friday evening. Читать дальше...