Новости за 04.03.2023

The Biden administration is close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by American companies. It's an effort to limit China's ability to acquire advanced technologies that U.S. officials worry could improve Beijing's military prowess. That's according to a U.S. official familiar with deliberations who was not authorized to comment and spoke on condition of anonymity. An executive order expected to be issued soon by President Joe Biden will limit American investment in technologies that have national security applications ... Читать дальше...

California's reparations task force still has not made key decisions about what reparations may look like or how much Black Californians may be paid. But time is running out. The group has a July 1 deadline to issue a report to lawmakers with recommendations. Economists advising the task force say they still need access to data in order to come up with more complete dollar estimates that quantify the impact of discriminatory policies on African Americans. Any recommendations that go into the task... Читать дальше...

The winter-weary Northeast and upper Midwest are digging out from heavy snowfall. In parts of the South and Midwest, the clean-up is underway. That's after a sprawling storm system produced ferocious winds that left widespread damage and power outages and caused multiple deaths. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is reporting at least five deaths in his state. Powerful thunderstorms produced wind gusts surpassed 70 mph on Friday in Kentucky. Heavy snowfall is piling up from the upper Midwest into New England. Читать дальше...

A mistrial was declared after a jury in southern Arizona was unable to reach a verdict on a murder charge against a man accused of killing a 6-year-old girl. The Arizona Daily Star reports a judge declared the mistrial Friday in the case against Christopher M. Clements, who was charged with murder in the death of Isabel Celis. Isabel was reported missing from her bedroom in her parents’ home in Tucson in April 2012. In a separate case last year, Clements was sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 death of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez.

Paul Pierrilus was deported two years ago from the U.S. to Haiti where he has been trying to survive in a chaotic and violent country where he wasn’t born and had never lived. Both his parents are Haitian, but he was born in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin and grew up in New York. He was deported _ after a long delay _ because of a drug conviction two decades ago. Lawyers are still fighting the deportation order, leaving him in a legal limbo as the U.S. steps up deportations to the increasingly unstable country. Читать дальше...

Oklahoma voters are deciding whether to legalize marijuana sales for those 21 and older. Supporters say many in Oklahoma's medical cannabis industry are struggling because of a limited market. Industry proponents hope an influx of Texas consumers will be a boon for a market that’s become saturated. But the question that's on Tuesday's ballot is being opposed by a group of law enforcement officers, clergy and prosecutors. That group is led by former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, an ex-FBI agent. Current Oklahoma Gov. Читать дальше...

China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at meeting the complex security challenges and for China to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country. A new budget is set to be announced on the opening day of the rubber-stamp legislature's annual session on Sunday. At a news conference Saturday, congress spokesperson Wang Chao gave no indication of whether the rate of increase would be above or below last year's 7.1%. But he said the defense budget has remained stable as a share of GDP... Читать дальше...

Thousands of warm hubs have sprouted across Britain as high energy bills fuel a cost-of-living crisis. One of them is in the foyer of the Other Place theater in Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon, offering a cozy refuge from winter. The Royal Shakespeare Company set up the hub to welcome people one day a week who may be struggling to heat their homes because of sky-high energy prices. Warm hubs, like Britain’s food banks, are a crisis measure showing signs of becoming permanent. Utility... Читать дальше...

The No. 66 bus rattles just like a regular diesel bus on Chicago's west side, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go. That’s just what Chicago Transit Authority wants. Buses that don’t pollute the air yet can run reliably — even when cold weather cuts into the battery range. But to make electric buses work, the CTA has had to go to great lengths and expense. It built fast-charging sites on both ends of the route to keep the buses going. No. 66 is... Читать дальше...

Many electric vehicle batteries lose power when it's very cold. It's something that's long been known by engineers but thousands of people are confronting the issue now if they own an electric car and have to make a longer trip on a very cold day. Testing carried out by companies, agencies and governments show popular EV models can lose roughly 10% to 36% of their advertised range in temperatures below 20 degrees Fahrenheit. For some owners it comes as an unpleasant surprise; others worry this could... Читать дальше...

Increasingly sophisticated weapons are being trafficked into Haiti mainly from the United States and especially from Florida amid worsening lawlessness in the impoverished Caribbean nation, according to a new U.N. report. The report released Friday by the Vienna-based Office on Drugs and Crime said a network of criminal actors including members of the Haitian diaspora “often source firearms from across the U.S.” and smuggle them into Haiti illegally by land from the neighboring Dominican Republic... Читать дальше...

Southern states are more frequently turning to pay-to-use express lanes as a way to address highway congestion without raising taxes. Republican Gov. Bill Lee wants to consider them in Tennessee, one of 14 states without any toll roads. Opponents call them “Lexus lanes," but Lee prefers another name: “choice lanes.” The marketing pitch is important in the conservative South where voters have long resisted anything resembling a tax hike. But with fuel tax revenues and federal infrastructure payments... Читать дальше...

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock is poised to finally have his say. Rock will on Saturday night perform his first stand-up special since last year’s Oscars. And he’s doing it in grand style, with “Selective Outrage,” a special streaming live on Netflix at 10 p.m. EST. Not only will Rock present about an hour of stand-up from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, but Netflix — in its first ever live show — will bookend the special with star-studded commentary.

Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial brought a business boost and frenzy of attention to a small South Carolina town. The spectacle altered life for over a month. Teachers adjusted drop-off and pickup routines at the school down the street from the courthouse. Walterboro Police Chief Kevin Martin said the city incurred $35,500 in overtime pay, facilities rentals and technology upgrades related to the trial — not including this past week’s costs. Still, residents also enjoyed the sight of trial figures like... Читать дальше...

Newton, a University of Miami product who was hampered by a groin injury and a sprained ankle most of last season, said he signed a contract to return to the Patroons before Brown resigned in December to pursue other coaching opportunities.

Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, has died at age 61. His manager Charles Lago said Sizemore died at a hospital in Burbank, California on Friday. He had suffered a brain aneurysm early Feb. 18 at his Los Angeles home. Sizemore became a star with acclaimed appearances in “Natural Born Killers” and Michael Mann’s cult-classic crime thriller “Heat.” But serious substance dependency, abuse... Читать дальше...

Some residents stranded in Southern California mountain communities by a huge snowfall could be stuck for another week. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus' Friday estimate is an improvement in the outlook. The estimate has ranged up to two weeks. The sheriff attributes the change to the arrival of state assistance. A late-February blast of arctic air produced a rare blizzard east of Los Angeles in the San Bernardino Mountains. Thousands of people live at high elevations there in forest communities or visit for year-round recreation. Читать дальше...

The fate of abortion clinics in Utah now lies with Gov. Spencer Cox after lawmakers finalized and passed a measure to ban them in the state. After passing through the state Senate on Thursday with minor amendments, it returned to the Utah House of Representatives Friday morning, where it was approved and then sent to the governor for final approval. Cox told reporters last month that he planned on signing the measure, which also clarifies the definition of abortion to address legal liability concerns... Читать дальше...

Defense attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death have asked the Idaho Supreme Court to keep a gag order in place. The attorneys for Bryan Kohberger filed the opposition to the media challenge on Friday. They say a challenge to the order filed by 30 news organizations is premature and that media coverage of the case has been “twisted.” Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths in Moscow, Idaho. The news organizations... Читать дальше...

Six states in Nigeria have withdrawn a suit asking the country’s Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election. The six states from the opposition party had accused Nigeria’s electoral commission of failing to follow its own rules and election laws in conducting the vote and announcing a winner. They did not give a reason for withdrawing the challenge Friday night. Separately, the Supreme Court extended the deadline until the end of the year for the government to finish... Читать дальше...

Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did that. The drugstore chain’s announcement Thursday signals that access to mifepristone may not expand as broadly as federal regulators intended in January. That's when they finalized a rule change allowing more pharmacies to provide the pill, which is one of two used in medical abortions. The Food and Drug Administration requires pharmacies to go through a certification process before they dispense the pills. Читать дальше...

Ford says it will increase production of six models through the year as the company and the auto industry start to rebound from sluggish U.S. sales in 2022. The automaker announced Friday that it plans to build more of the Mustang Mach-E, the Bronco Sport SUV and Maverick small pickup. Also slated for production increases are the F-150 Lightning electric pickup and the Transit and E-Transit gas and electric full-size vans. For roughly the past two years, U.S. auto sales have been depressed largely... Читать дальше...

Siena has won only once at Saint Peter's since 2010. That victory came last year when the Saints built a 24-point lead with 10 minutes left before holding on to win 60-58.

Prosecutors produced no direct evidence linking South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to the killings of his wife and son, yet a jury took less than three hours to convict him. Legal experts say that is thanks, in large part, to the defendant himself. Observers say Murdaugh did himself no favors by taking the witness stand, where he admitted to stealing money from clients and lying to investigators about being at the kennels with his wife and son Paul shortly before their killings. Murdaugh maintained... Читать дальше...

A large storm system spouting heavy winds and possible tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky damaged homes and buildings, downed trees, left thousands without power and was blamed for the deaths of two people Friday as it marched eastward, threatening heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast. The system spawned likely tornadoes in Texas and Louisiana that damaged homes, businesses, a university campus and left thousands without power. Rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow and strong winds are reported in Michigan and Indiana. Читать дальше...