Новости за 12.02.2020

As David McDonald heard the story over the on-and-off decade he's lived in Hudson, a teenage Ella Fitzgerald served time in the early 1930s at a state reform school for girls in the Columbia County city along the Hudson River. After she escaped, Fitzgerald won a talent show at the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem, launching a jazz-singing career that would last for most of the rest of the 20th century.

Choreographer Kyle Marshall views the dancing body as a "container of history," and dance itself as a space for "contemplation and conversation."

For nearly a decade, Zan Strumfeld was primarily a solo artist, writing, recording and performing with little accompaniment.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Two law enforcement officers with a fugitive task force were injured and a suspect died in a shooting Wednesday in Baltimore, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kors is so over leggings and sports bras. He used Wednesday’s fall collection as a reminder that staying in and cozying up by the fire can still be chic and glamorous.

MUSIC

CLASSICAL

Vacation Daze - 4th Wall - Fruit Flies Like a Banana, Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Ave., Albany. 10 a.m. Tuesday. $15-$20. 518-438-5503 or steamer10theatre.org. Classical music has never been performed like this. Working at breakneck speed, the three multi-talented performers of The Fourth Wall combine music, theater and dance in this sprint-triathlon variety show. The audience chooses the show order by picking cards from a deck and even determines parameters for some pieces created on the spot. Читать дальше...

Thursday

Author Damon Young's compelling essays about growing up as a black man in Pittsburgh haven't gone unnoticed. Young, a journalist and a humorist, won Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award last month for his first book, "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker." Young, a senior editor at The Root, talked about his book in a 2019 interview with The New York Times, saying "So much of the national dialogue about race deals with either terrible trauma or black excellence. Читать дальше...

"Ford v Ferrari": It's 1963, and a livid Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts, in an absolutely dominating performance) demands new ideas from his employees, as the car manufacturer isn't what it used to be in stature. Ford Vice President Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) pitches an idea to fuel the company into the racing world to increase sales, with a subsequent attempt to acquire the sleek and glamourous but broke Ferrari, the longtime winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. A furious Enzo Ferrari (Remo Girone)... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal regulators don't believe a Maine plan to reduce risk to endangered whales goes far enough, and that means fishermen in the state could face more restrictions.

JERUSALEM (AP) — After repeated delays, the U.N. human rights office on Wednesday released a list of more than 100 companies it said are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Why would an NFL team, even one called the Saints, strike a behind-the-scenes alliance with the Roman Catholic Church on an issue as emotionally fraught as clergy sex abuse?

Greece's 10-year government bond yield has fallen below 1% for the first time, bolstering the country's effort to ease strict budget conditions set by bailout lenders.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military has switched from trying to degrade Islamic extremist groups in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel region to merely trying to contain them as their deadly threat increases, a new U.S. government report says.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blazed through fabric and machinery, officials say. Seven people died in the weekend blaze, and families were still waiting on Wednesday to recover loved ones' bodies.

With the start of the 2020 census just a month away for most U.S. residents, Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is going to Capitol Hill to update lawmakers about the agency's readiness for the federal government’s largest peacetime operation.

Clifton Park

Five starters played the entire first half for the Saratoga girls' basketball team Tuesday night and four of them scored. Senior star Dolly Cairns was the lone player not to register a point in the opening 16 minutes against Shenendehowa.

In a contest filled with piercing swings of momentum, Cairns came to life after intermission as she helped fuel a comeback.

But perhaps the game's most significant play involved a pair of Saratoga juniors as small forward Katie... Читать дальше...

Syracuse

Devon Daniels scored 23 points, including seven straight in the second half, C.J. Bryce added 19 and North Carolina State defeated Syracuse 79-74 on Tuesday night.

Syracuse played all but three minutes without leading scorer Elijah Hughes, who suffered a lower body injury during pre-game warmups. He went out with 17:27 remaining in the first half and did not return.

Freshman Joseph Girard III of Glens Falls scored a career-high 30 points for Syracuse (14-10, 7-6 ACC). Читать дальше...

Saratoga Springs

Shenendehowa senior Lucas Seyoum has not been the usual leading scorer for the Plainsmen this season.

On Tuesday, his evolution as a complete player was on full display in a critical matchup at conference rival Saratoga Springs.

Seyoum was the key ignitor in fueling Shen to a late 14-5 run in the third quarter as it defeated the Blue Streaks 63-50 to clinch the overall championship in the Suburban Council.

Just as Saratoga was beginning to nip away... Читать дальше...

New York

Ryan Pulock scored the tiebreaking goal with 41 seconds left and the New York Islanders recovered after giving up a three-goal lead to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 Tuesday.

Josh Bailey, Jordan Eberle and Leo Komarov each had a goal and an assist, and Matt Martin also scored to help New York win its fifth out of eight (5-1-2). Mathew Barzal had three assists.

Semyon Varlamov had 35 saves as the Isles beat their Metropolitan Division rival for the third time in three meetings this season. Читать дальше...

Philadelphia

Ben Simmons had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 110-103 on Tuesday night.

Joel Embiid also scored 26 points and Tobias Harris added 17 points and 12 boards for Philadelphia, which has the NBA's best home record at 25-2. Josh Richardson scored 17 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.

Kawhi Leonard led Los Angeles with 30 points, and reserve Landry Shamet scored 19 against his former team.

Richardson... Читать дальше...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments.

NEW YORK (AP) — In celebration of the grit and eclectic glamour of his adopted New York City, Prabal Gurung staged his New York Fashion Week show Tuesday night at the famed Rainbow Room high above Midtown with his favorite street musician on a piano emblazoned with the message: “This Machine Kills Fascists.”

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday reported another drop in the number of new cases of a viral infection and 97 more deaths, pushing the total dead past 1,100 even as the country remains largely closed down to prevent the spread of the disease.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday that 39 new cases of a virus have been confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined at a Japanese port.