Новости за 21.02.2020

The Capital Region is home to large labor unions, including the Civil Service Employees Association, New York State United Teachers and Teamsters Joint Council 18. Women have figured prominently in organized labor ever since Irish washer woman Kate Mullany started the Collar Laundry Union in 1864 and led a strike that resulted in a 25-cent raise for the laundry workers — all women. More than 150 years later, women are in the forefront of both the movement and in major wins for workers.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Schools were shuttered, churches told worshipers to stay away and some mass gatherings were banned as cases of a new virus swelled Friday in South Korea, the newest front in a widening global outbreak.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Free speech concerns that were raised following the arrests of two University of Connecticut students accused of saying a racial slur have led state legislators to consider repealing a century-old law that bans ridicule based on race, religion or nationality.

Technology companies led stocks lower on Wall Street Friday afternoon as investors fretted over new signs that a viral outbreak is spreading and a report showing a sudden weakening in U.S. business activity.

HONOLULU (AP) — The disappearance of an Idaho boy and his teenage sister last year has led to the arrest of their mother in Hawaii, a major development in a bizarre case that spans multiple states, includes three mysterious deaths and touches on the mother’s doomsday beliefs.

MONROVIA, Calif. (AP) — A bear wandered a Los Angeles foothill suburb Friday, drawing curious onlookers and news media.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los principales indicadores de las bolsas de valores en Wall Street caían el viernes luego del mediodía mientras los precios de los bonos subían, en momentos en que los inversores se mostraban inquietos ante nuevos indicios de un incremento de un brote viral y un informe de un súbito debilitamiento de la actividad comercial de Estados Unidos.

"How do you feel about commas after em dashes?" a writer asked on Twitter recently. "For instance: If you want to have a great Sunday—and by 'great' I mean emotionally and spiritually satisfying—, then you should consider the one-hour bath."

We can't get enough of Catskill. Upstate magazines are declaring a creative new dawn as this historic Hudson River town, in recovery from its last economic downturn in the 1980s, basks in an arts- and music-driven renaissance. The upswing has been fueled by the arrival of HiLo, a charismatic cafe-bar on Main Street; and kicked into high gear with Lumberyard, a multidisciplinary performance space; and music venue Avalon Lounge (HiLo's sibling) attracting international acts upstate. With locals... Читать дальше...

Had Ted Wolfstich's childhood home ever been on the real estate market, its listing would have caught every house-hunter's eye.

Homeownership comes with a lot of responsibilities, which is why many people are opting into condominiums or townhomes because it alleviates some chores homeowners are faced with.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Severalstates have begun picking up the tab for family planning services at clinics run by Planned Parenthood, which last year quit a $260 million federal funding program over a Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.

LONDON (AP) — Business in the 19-country eurozone has picked up in February from a deep slump, particularly in Germany's big industrial sector, despite disruption from the new coronavirus, a report showed Friday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Major contributors to the European Union's budget blocked progress at an emergency summit on Friday, insisting that they would not stump up more funds for the bloc's next long-term spending package, worth around one trillion euros ($1.1 trillion).

BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday suspended more punitive tariffs on imports of U.S. industrial goods in response to a truce in its trade war with Washington that threatened global economic growth.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — An Olympic wrestler on Thursday accused a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inappropriately during medical exams at the school and said the physician's reputation for such conduct was well known among his teammates.

Columbia, S.C.

Aliyah Boston had 13 points, nine rebounds and five blocks and No. 1 South Carolina held off LSU 63-48 on Thursday night for its 20th straight victory.

South Carolina (26-1, 13-0 Southeastern Conference) was well on the way to doing what it's done so often this season, taking a quick first-quarter lead and counting on its defensive tenacity to stay in front.

Louisville 58, Georgia Tech 47: Jazmine Jones scored 18 points, Dana Evans added 14 points and No. 5... Читать дальше...

Newark, N.J.

The New Jersey Devils finally have found a winning formula. Just put Mackenzie Blackwood in goal.

Blackwood made 36 saves in winning his fifth straight start and the Devils beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Thursday night.

Blackwood — who played for the AHL Albany Devils in 2016 and five games for the Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL the following season — downplays the success, saying his teammates are playing well and he had benefited from working with goaltending coach Rollie Melanson. Читать дальше...

Atlanta

Trae Young had a career-high 50 points and the Atlanta Hawks scored the last 10 points of the game to beat the Miami Heat 129-124 on Thursday night.

Young made 18 of 19 free throws and 8 of 15 3-pointers to set his scoring high in his first game after starting in the NBA All-Star Game.

Shenendehowa graduate Kevin Huerter had 17 points and seven rebounds for Atlanta.

Bam Adebayo had 28 points and a season-high 19 rebounds for Miami. Adebayo, the NBA All-Star skills champion, added seven assists. Читать дальше...

CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — A California prison inmate confessed in a letter that he beat two child molesters to death with a cane while behind bars just hours after his urgent warning to a counselor that he might become violent was ignored, a newspaper chain reported Thursday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican lawmakers have pulled a contentious proposal to enshrine a ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” in the state constitution.

This is the first of two annual prediction stories regarding the 2020 Section II basketball tournaments. We start things with the girls' brackets.

TOKYO (AP) — You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus.

"The Assistant" is a #MeToo-inspired drama that comes at the issue of workplace harassment from an unexpected and interesting perspective. It doesn't ever show the abusive boss, a Harvey Weinstein-like mogul; nor do we ever hear anything conclusive about what the boss might be doing. Instead, we see the culture that pervades an office where the man in charge is doing awful things.

He's furry, endearing, and loyal, and his expressions do not appear to be manipulated by computer. Harrison Ford is the best part of "The Call of the Wild," the latest screen adaptation of Jack London's classic 1903 novel.