Новости за 24.01.2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration pledged Friday to step up efforts against the vast amounts of counterfeit clothing, medicine and other goods that have flooded into the U.S. in increasing waves with the rise in e-commerce.

HOUSTON (AP) — A massive explosion Friday leveled a warehouse in Houston, leaving at least two people dead, damaging nearby buildings and homes and rousing frightened residents from their sleep miles away, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix in their websites are raising concerns about the move.

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Expertos en ciberseguridad dijeron que todavía hay muchas preguntas sin responder de una investigación solicitada por Jeff Bezos _fundador de Amazon y propietario del Washington Post_, que concluyó que el teléfono del multimillonario fue hackeado, aparentemente tras recibir un archivo de video con spyware de la cuenta de WhatsApp del príncipe heredero saudí.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell in midday trading Friday over increased fears that a deadly virus could continue spreading globally.

DAVOS, Suiza (AP) — La activista climática Greta Thunberg restó importancia el viernes a las críticas y burlas del secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, afirmando que los comentarios de Steven Mnuchin “no tienen ningún efecto” sobre ella y sus compañeros.

Were You Seen at the Pine Hollow Arboretum's Second Annual Winter Gathering at Pat's Barn in Troy on Jan. 23, 2020?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio prison system wants to replace or renovate some of its high-security prisons in the near future, saying its current facilities for violent inmates are “functionally obsolete" and creating security risks for the agency, The Associated Press has learned.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — German finance minister says he is confident that his country won’t suffer from Brexit but that Britain will inevitably face “consequences” from its decision to leave the European Union.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands rallied in Baghdad on Friday to demand that American troops leave the country, though their numbers fell short of the “million-man” march called for by an influential Shiite cleric amid heightened anti-U.S. sentiment after a U.S. drone strike earlier this month killed a top Iranian general in the Iraqi capital.

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PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower shut down Friday as French unions held last-ditch strikes and protests around the country on the day the government unveils a divisive bill redesigning the national retirement system.

LONDON (AP) — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Hartford, Conn.

Crystal Dangerfield scored 14 points and No. 3 UConn used a dominant third quarter to beat 23rd-ranked Tennessee 60-45 on Thursday night — the first matchup in 13 years between the teams whose rivalry dominated the sport for more than a decade.

Trailing by three at the half, the Huskies (17-1) scored 17 of the first 19 points in the third quarter, taking a 45-33 lead on Dangerfield's 3-pointer with 1:45 left in the period. UConn led by 11 after three and Tennessee could get no closer in the fourth quarter. Читать дальше...

New York

LeBron James had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in his 10th triple-double of the season and the Los Angeles Lakers made a season-high 19 3-pointers to pull away and beat the Brooklyn Nets 128-113 on Thursday.

James closed within 17 points of Kobe Bryant for third place on the NBA's career scoring list with a flurry in the fourth quarter. He can pass Bryant on Saturday at Philadelphia, where the five-time champion with the Lakers was born.

James has 33,626 points. Читать дальше...

Melbourne, Australia

Serena Williams' bid to win a 24th Grand Slam title has been falling short with losses in finals. At this Australian Open, she didn't make it nearly that far.

Serving only so-so, failing to convert all but one of her break chances and missing groundstrokes with alarming regularity, Williams stunningly exited in the third round at Melbourne Park, beaten 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 by 27th-seeded Wang Qiang of China.

Williams was broken in the final game, fittingly ending things with a backhand into the net. Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass more than 20.5 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, even though the measures' potential for success is uncertain.

Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.

Miami

It'll be an All-Star rematch: Team LeBron vs. Team Giannis.

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks will be the captains for the NBA All-Star Game, just as they were last season. They earned the captaincies by being the top overall vote-getters from the Western and Eastern Conferences, respectively.

The other starters for the Feb. 16 game in Chicago: Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers... Читать дальше...

MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors announced Thursday that a sophisticated DNA match has led to the cold case arrest of a Florida man believed to be the “pillowcase rapist" who terrorized greater Miami with a series of assaults on women in the 1980s.

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1917 (R) 12:10, 3:30, 6:30, 9:50

Bad Boys for Life (R) 12:30, 3:50, 6:10, 7, 9:20, 10:10 (RPX) 1:10, 4:30, 7:40, 10:40

Dolittle (PG) 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30

Frozen II (PG) 12:45, 3:20

The Gentlemen (R) 12:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:35

Jumanji: The Next Level (PG-13) Noon, 3:10, 6:20, 9:40

Just Mercy (PG-13) 11:10, 2:30

Knives Out (PG-13) 11:30, 2:50, 6, 9:30

The Last Full Measure (R) 12:40... Читать дальше...

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a signing ceremony for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement on Wednesday, according to the White House.

NEW YORK — The Mets made it official, hiring Luis Rojas as their manager to replace Carlos Beltran. New York announced the move Thursday, a week after Beltran departed without managing a game.

RPI (13-2 overall, 8-0 Liberty League) is getting closer to the longest winning streak in program history. The 1990-91 team put together 18 consecutive victories on its way to the Division III NCAA Tournament.

It's the longest running non-musical play in the history of the United States; look it up in the Guinness Book of World Records if you don't believe me. There's been 50 different productions in the United States, and it has been translated into 23 foreign languages and performed in Spain, Brazil, France, South Africa and Israel (to name a handful of nations).