Новости за 02.01.2020

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Five crew members missing after a crab fishing vessel sank in the frigid waters off Alaska were feared dead after authorities called off a search for those working in the one of the most dangerous industries in the U.S.

Stocks moved higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday, extending the market's gains after a strong finish to 2019.

CHICAGO (AP) — Two toddlers died early Thursday in Chicago after a woman believed to be their mother stabbed a 70-year-old man, left one of the children in a bathtub and threw the other child out an 11th-floor apartment before jumping herself, police said.

HUDDLESTON, Va. (AP) — Country singer Willie Nelson frequently sings about traveling and seeing things he may never see again.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The co-creator of a video and voice calling app suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates defended his work in an interview with The Associated Press and denied knowing that people and companies linked to the project had ties to the country's intelligence apparatus.

Phase I is complete. The nine America East basketball teams were finished with the nonconference position of their schedules as of Thursday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Golden Globes, known as the “party of the year,” is going with a meatless menu for its 77th annual awards show.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament convened Thursday to vote on whether to send Turkish troops to Libya to help the U.N.-supported government in Tripoli battle forces loyal to a rival administration that is seeking to capture the capital.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus met in Athens on Thursday to sign a deal for an undersea pipeline that would carry gas from new offshore deposits in the southeastern Mediterranean to continental Europe.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's justice minister said Thursday that Lebanon has received an international wanted notice from Interpol for Nissan’s ex-chair Carlos Ghosn, four days after he fled Japan to Lebanon before a trial on financial misconduct charges.

White evangelical Protestants stand noticeably apart from other religious people on how the government should act on two of the most politically divisive issues at play in the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll of Americans from various faith backgrounds.

Reporting for jury duty. Standing in line at the DMV. Going to the dentist. Making a budget.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlize Theron, Octavia Spencer and Daniel Craig are among the first presenters announced for Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal as regional markets opened the new year's first day of trading Thursday.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana mom and son who were devoted fans of Louisiana State University and were on their way to see the school's football team in the Peach Bowl when they died in a plane crash, will be laid to rest Thursday.

Orlando, Fla.

Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes, Jerry Jeudy became the first Alabama player to top 200 receiving yards in a bowl game and Alabama defeated Michigan 35-16 on Wednesday in the Citrus Bowl.

Jones connected with Jeudy for an 85-yard score on Alabama's first snap, and DeVonta Smith and Miller Forristall added touchdown grabs in the second half for the Crimson Tide (11-2), which trailed 16-14 at the break.

Jeudy finished with six catches for 204 yards.

New York

Mitchell Robinson made all 11 shots and had 22 points, Julius Randle added 22 points and 13 rebounds, and the New York Knicks spoiled Carmelo Anthony's strong return to Madison Square Garden by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 117-93 on Wednesday night for their season-high third straight victory.

Anthony scored 26 points, his most since returning to the NBA, and was cheered before and during the game at the arena where he played 61/2 seasons. But he was on the bench at... Читать дальше...

Couples kissed. Others cheered and waved balloons as fireworks burst into the night sky and confetti fell to welcome the start of 2020 in New York City's Times Square.

Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the New York Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90.

Few decades in history have brought more change to retail shopping than the last 10 years.

Were you Seen at Vanderheyden’s New Year’s Eve Black and White Gala at Sixty State Place in Albany on Dec. 31, 2019?

My family didn't have a "thing." You know what I mean, the kind of thing that you see pictures of other families doing on Facebook. They're all smiling and laughing as they climb yet another high peak. They all love Broadway shows. Or going to art museums.

In October, I flew to Paris to visit a friend living there. We were there to do research in Normandy for her next book and spent days driving around the French countryside — eating moules frites in Etretat, cobbling together dinner from a French grocery store while staying in a remote 17th-century chateau in La Pommeraye — and, of course, drinking lots and lots of cidre.

Peter Zemmer Riserva Giatl

Pinot grigio

Italy 2016

$34.95

Complex and elegant, crispy, creamy and spicy, mint and honey, tangerine and lime. From the superb Alto Adige. Distinctive. A cut above what is usually a simple, breezy style.

Well suited for a special dinner party featuring seafood or poultry.

This wine is available at the Saratoga Wine Exchange, Ballston Lake.

— Fred LeBrun

If you got an air fryer this holiday season, you're in for a treat.

These $60 to $250 machines have been the next best way to get dinner on the table (after the Instant Pot, of course) for two years now, and its fans are more like devotees, spreading the good word of perfect french fries, crusted salmon, quick and easy kale chips, chicken wings that the family can't eat fast enough and the most succulent steak you've ever tasted.

Unlike electric pressure cookers or slow cookers,... Читать дальше...