Новости за 23.02.2023

Authorities say the alligator that was rescued from a chilly lake in New York City over the weekend had swallowed a bathtub stopper. Bronx Zoo officials say the nearly 5-foot-long female alligator was lethargic and suffering from exposure to the cold when it was found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake on Sunday. Zoo officials say the alligator is too weak to eat on its own and is being tube-fed. It is also too weak for veterinarians to try to remove the stopper it swallowed. The alligator weighs only 15 pounds and is extremely emaciated.

The founder of the troubled digital start-up Ozy Media has been arrested on fraud charges as part of what prosecutors say was a scheme to prop up the financially struggling company. Carlos Watson was to be arraigned in a federal court in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon. The company hemorrhaged millions of dollars before it shut down amid revelations of possibly deceptive business practices. The arrest came after two of the company’s top executives pleaded guilty this month to fraud charges. Ozy’s then-chief operating officer... Читать дальше...

Siena (17-10 overall, 11-5 MAAC) and Rider (14-11, 11-5) are tied for second entering the 7 p.m. game televised on ESPNU. They're two games behind first-place Iona, which plays Siena on Sunday in New Rochelle.

Think your boss is bad? The one in the new TV series “The Consultant” phones his workers in the middle of the night, nixes all remote work, fires people with long-term illnesses and clips his nails at his desk. That’s what awaits the nervous employees of the fictional Los Angeles-based gaming company every day as a new consultant steers the firm through tough economic times. Starring Christoph Waltz as that boss, the Amazon Prime Video series which lands Friday also features Nat Wolff as a game developer... Читать дальше...

Pakistan has shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan, just hours after it was reopened. Thursday's developments are the latest twist in the controversial closure of the Torkham junction and key trade route between the two countries that has added to increasing tensions along the troubled and volatile boundary. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Sunday closed the crossing, claiming Islamabad was not aboding by an agreement with Kabul to allow Afghan patients into Pakistan for medical care. A... Читать дальше...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional fraud charges in a rewritten indictment that was unsealed in New York federal court. The new charges were included in an updated indictment unveiled Thursday. It wasn't known when Bankman-Fried would return to Manhattan for an arraignment. He has already pleaded not guilty to charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits at FTX, his cryptocurrency platform. He is free on a $250 million personal recognizance bond. The bail arrangement... Читать дальше...

Stocks are ticking higher, firming a bit following their longest losing streak in two months. The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher Thursday after falling for four straight days. Tech stocks were helping to lead the way after Nvidia reported stronger results for the latest quarter than expected, thanks to recovering strength in video gaming and demand for artificial intelligence products. It’s a turnaround for tech and high-growth stocks, which have struggled recently under the weight of worries about rising interest rates. Читать дальше...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in East Palestine, Ohio, to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment. The Feb. 3 derailment led to evacuations and fears of air and water contamination after a controlled burn of toxic chemicals aimed at preventing an explosion. The Biden White House has defended its response to the derailment, saying officials from the Environmental Protection Agency... Читать дальше...

Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh says he will take the stand in his own defense at his double murder trial. Murdaugh is charged with fatally shooting his wife and son, who were killed near kennels on their property on June 7, 2021. Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. Murdaugh told the judge in court Thursday that he wanted to testify. The 54-year-old's testimony could be a gamble. Prosecutors can question him about not only his wife and son’s death but also the roughly 100 other charges he faces. Читать дальше...

An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country’s first known human H5N1 infection since 2014. Bird flu normally spreads in poultry and most of the 870 human cases worldwide in the past few decades have involved direct contact with infected poultry. However, concerns have arisen recently about infections in a variety of mammals and the possibility the virus could evolve to spread more easily between people. Cambodia's health ministry said the girl from a rural village fell sick... Читать дальше...

China's state broadcaster CCTV says the death toll from the collapse of an open pit coal mine in northern China has risen to four, with 49 people still missing. Work had been suspended for several hours after an additional landslide at the gigantic facility following Wednesday's mine collapse in the vast Inner Mongolia region's Alxa League. The official Xinhua News Agency said the landslide struck at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, about five hours after the initial cave-in of one of the pit's walls buried people and mining trucks below. Читать дальше...

A federal judge is set to sentence singer R. Kelly for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and enticement. The 56-year-old will learn at Thursday's hearing if he must spend the rest of his life behind bars or have some hope of getting out alive. The central question for the judge is whether to order that Kelly serve a new sentence only after he completes a 30-year sentence imposed last year in New York for racketeering and sex trafficking. Prosecutors want a 25-year sentence served consecutively... Читать дальше...

Harvey Weinstein could get another long prison term at a Los Angeles court hearing. A judge is scheduled to sentence the former movie mogul on Thursday morning to up to 18 years in prison after he was convicted in December of raping and sexually assaulting an Italian model and actor during a 2013 film festival. That would come on top of the more than 20 years he is already serving for a similar conviction in New York. Before the sentencing, the defense will argue that Weinstein deserves a new trial. Читать дальше...

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Thursday following Wall Street's biggest one-day decline in two months after notes from a Federal Reserve meeting showed officials expect to keep U.S. interest rates high to fight stubborn inflation.

The government's $52 billion investment to develop advanced computer chips has become a rare source of bipartisan agreement. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell voted for it because of its importance for national security. But Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the U.S. needs a whole-of-society effort for the investments to succeed. Factories, autos, appliances, electronics, toys, toothbrushes and weapons systems all depend on semiconductors. Starting next week, the application process will... Читать дальше...

Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud. That's according to documents released Wednesday by his successor, Democrat Kris Mayes. Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich never released a March 2022 summary of investigative findings, which ruled out most of the fraud claims spread by allies and supporters of former President Donald Trump. Yet a month later, he... Читать дальше...

Lawmakers in Colorado and at least six other states are proposing bills to roll back legal protections for gun manufacturers and dealers. A draft version of Colorado’s bill is expected to be introduced Thursday. It not only repeals the state’s 2000 law — which prohibits firearm companies from being held liable for violence perpetrated with their products — but also outlines a code of conduct that targets in part how weapons are designed and marketed. Colorado would join California, New York, Delaware and New Jersey... Читать дальше...

A police detective says the 22-year-old accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in November ran a neo-Nazi website and used gay and racial slurs while gaming online. Detective Rebecca Joines testified Wednesday that Anderson Lee Aldrich used racial slurs while gaming, posted an image of a rifle scope trained on a gay pride parade and used a bigoted slur when referring to someone who was gay. Her testimony came on the first day of a three-day hearing... Читать дальше...

Federal wildlife officials are proposing classifying one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered. The decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comes after a lawsuit by multiple conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump administration decision not to protect the brown and white birds. The agency on Wednesday proposed that California spotted owls that have their habitats in coastal and Southern California be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Читать дальше...

Chinese state media say at least two people have died and more than 50 are missing following a collapse at an open pit mine in the country's northern Inner Mongolia region. The official Xinhua News Agency says people were buried under debris at the mine in Alxa League on Wednesday afternoon. It says six people were rescued with injuries and 53 others remain missing. China has recorded a slew of deadly industrial and construction accidents in recent months as a result of poor safety training and regulation... Читать дальше...

Norfolk Southern has become the third major freight railroad to offer some of its employees paid sick time. It announced a deal Wednesday with one of its unions in response to workers’ quality-of life complaints that arose during contract negotiations. The agreement to provide about 3,000 track maintenance workers with four days of paid sick time a year offers some positive news for the railroad as it works to clean up the mess after its fiery derailment in Ohio earlier this month. A union spokesman... Читать дальше...

UAlbany head coach Scott Marr likened the 6-foot-4, 190-pound Richmond to a righthanded version of Great Danes associate head coach Merrick Thomson, the former UAlbany star who recruited Richmond. Thomson, a lefthanded shot, graduated in 2007 as UAlbany's career scoring leader with 188 goals and 244 points, which currently rank third and fourth, respectively.

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang. The findings suggest the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these monster galaxies. While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies during its first year of work, it's the size and maturity of these six apparent mega-galaxies that stun scientists. That's because they expected to find little baby galaxies so close to the dawn of the universe, not these whoppers. Читать дальше...