Новости за 20.06.2020

EDUCATION

GIRLS EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE

Brianne Szopinski joined as a board member of the Buffalo-based nonprofit, which provides gender equity education to underserved regions of the world. She will serve a three-year term on the board. Szopinski is an associate attorney at Hodgson Russ LLP. She earned her bachelor's degree from state Univeristy at Geneseo and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law.

WOODLAND HILL MONTESSORI SCHOOL

Erika Solomon and Sara Stevens joined the board of trustees. Читать дальше...

A few days after buying a sweater at Macy's, Erin Chisman returned to get the same one in a different color, only to realize it was 50 percent off. Upon seeing the new price tag, the Wisconsin-based business owner was determined to save.

Putting the right price on a house is one of the most challenging jobs for an owner looking to sell their property. Price is based on many things. Location is on top of the list — we see that in the Capital Region when we compare similar houses in different counties — but market conditions, age, condition and "comps" (the price other buyers paid for similar homes in the area) play a role. Ultimately, the answer to the question "What is my house worth?" is: "Your house is worth what someone will... Читать дальше...

Putting the right price on a house is one of the most challenging jobs for an owner looking to sell their property. Price is based on many things. Location is on top of the list — we see that in the Capital Region when we compare similar houses in different counties — but market conditions, age, condition and "comps" (the price other buyers paid for similar homes in the area) play a role. Ultimately, the answer to the question "What is my house worth?" is: "Your house is worth what someone will... Читать дальше...

DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend and I split up, but she doesn't want to tell anyone or change stuff on Facebook. When I told her that, for now, I just want to be friends, she got mad at me for changing the password on my account. She can get mean and hateful when she doesn't get her way, and she keeps bringing up my past and won't let it go.

HONOLULU (AP) — Former longtime television reporter Angela Keen knows how to track people down.

FRANKFURT, Germany — An official in northwest Germany says the number of workers infected in a coronavirus outbreak at a slaughterhouse in Germany has risen to 1,029 from 803 reported a day earlier but there is no evidence of a “significant” spread into the community.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The racial reckoning sweeping the country after the killing of George Floyd in police custody has generated momentum at state capitols for widespread reforms addressing a range of inequities.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Protesters in North Carolina's capital pulled down parts of a Confederate monument Friday night and hanged one of the toppled statues from a light post.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported 67 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, the largest daily jump in about three weeks amid an upward trend in new infections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters toppled the only statue of a Confederate general in the nation's capital and set it on fire on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Calling all Class of 2020 graduates: Did you create something – a poem, a work of art, a song to sing – based on your experiences graduating amid coronavirus? We want to share contributions from Capital Region students in our Unwind section.

Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau were trading birdies with vastly different games. Rory McIlroy ran off enough birdies to make the cut. And the biggest move of the day at the RBC Heritage belonged to a player who made it to the course, but not the tee.

Nick Watney became a footnote in golf history Friday as the first player to test positive for the coronavirus.

"I was a little shocked, to be honest," said Vaughn Taylor, who played with Watney in... Читать дальше...

Bradley Beal grabbed a microphone and asked the crowd that joined the Washington Wizards and WNBA's Washington Mystics on a march to collectively raise a fist into the air and join together in saying "Together we stand."

Actress Nicole Kidman is 53. Actress Bonnie Bartlett is 91. Actress Olympia Dukakis is 89. Director Stephen Frears is 79. Actor John McCook is 76. Singer Anne Murray is 75. TV personality Bob Vila is 74. Producer Tina Sinatra is 72. Singer Lionel Richie is 71. Actor John Goodman is 68. Musician John Taylor is 60. Musician Jerome Fontamillas is 53. Actor Peter Paige is 51. Actor Josh Lucas is 49. Singer Chino Moreno is 47. Singer-songwriter Amos Lee is 43. Singer Chuck Wicks is 41. Actress Tika Sumpter is 40. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The city of Phoenix on Friday approved a measure requiring people to use face masks in public to ward off the spread of the coronavirus as Arizona hit an all-time high for new daily cases.

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the national and global response, the work place and the spread of the virus.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Once a week, barber Josué Yacahuanca makes his way up the dusty hills of Peru's capital, heading into its poorest neighborhoods carrying a treasured golden briefcase that holds his life's passion — five clipper blades, 20 combs, four scissors and a bottle with alcohol.

GUADALUPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Hispanic immigrant working at a fast-food restaurant in North Carolina is rushed to the hospital after she contracts COVID-19. A sickened Honduran woman in Baltimore with no health insurance or immigration status avoids the doctor for two weeks and finally takes a cab to the hospital and ends up on oxygen.

Jack Knowlton of Saratoga Springs has been waiting for this day for months.

Apple's Friday decision to close stores in four states with surging coronavirus cases highlights a question that other businesses may soon face: Stay open or prepare for more shutdowns?

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said he was approving a $58 billion plan by the nation’s largest utility to end a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after Pacific Gas & Electric’s outdated equipment ignited wildfires in California that killed more than 100 people, wiped out entire towns and led the company to confess to crimes driven by its greed and neglect.

PINOLE, Calif. (AP) — Family and friends mourning a federal law enforcement officer who was fatally shot while guarding a U.S. courthouse in Oakland voiced poignant pleas Friday for an end to the violence that cut short his life, saying America needs to overcome discrimination and hatred.

Breaking down the field for the 152nd Belmont Stakes.

I thought about not picking Tiz the Law in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

After about two seconds thinking that way, I dismissed that absurd notion.