Новости за 29.04.2023

The National Weather Service says the Mississippi River is cresting in Iowa as areas along the river continue to brace for flooding. The weather service said Saturday the crest in Dubuque is expected to reach 23 to 24 feet. The service said the levels would come close to crests records set in 2001 and 1993. The river is expected to crest at 21.6 feet Monday further downriver in the Quad Cities. The floodwaters have closed some roads and parks along the river. Officials in towns along the river say... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — After the deadly collapse of a parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building officials swept through dozens of parking garages and ordered four of them to immediately shutter because of structural defects that “deteriorated to the point where they were now posing an immediate threat to public safety.”

The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to stop using Twitter for service alerts Thursday. MTA officials say they balked at Twitter's recent decision to start charging for certain functions. The authority also was concerned with technical problems that had led to two recent outages of its Twitter alerts service. Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s first astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by the end of the year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after an illness forced him to cancel several days of appearances.

A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that came a week after an Associated Press report showed he donated tens of thousands of dollars to the archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the case involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims. U.S. District Judge Greg Guidry initially announced hours after the AP report that he would stay on the case. But amid mounting pressure, he changed course late Friday in... Читать дальше...

A federal judge has rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s antitrust case against it. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Friday that the lawsuit alleging Google wields monopolistic power in the world of online advertising can proceed in its entirety. Her ruling is the second setback for Google at the federal court in Alexandria. Google had earlier tried to get the case consolidated with a similar lawsuit that’s been ongoing for several years in New York. But Brinkema ruled last month... Читать дальше...

A Southern California man accused of killing three 16-year-old boys by intentionally ramming their car after they played a doorbell-ringing prank on him has been found guilty of murder. Anurag Chandra was convicted in a Riverside County courtroom Friday of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors say in January 2020, the teens played a game of “ding dong ditch” during which one boy rang Chandra's doorbell, exposed his buttocks and fled. Chandra, who didn't know the teens... Читать дальше...

As a slate of bills from the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature edges closer to Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s desk, little is known about how he will use his veto power. Nevada is one of the country’s 10 remaining state governments in which Democrats control one branch and Republicans control the other. Lombardo is the only Republican challenger to defeat an incumbent Democratic governor in the 2022 midterms. He has steered a moderate path in previous campaigns and declined to comment publicly... Читать дальше...

A former U.S. national security adviser has called for deeper interaction between his country and Taiwan during a visit to the self-ruled island, which has seen increasing military threats from China. John Bolton, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2024, said at a pro-Taiwan independence event on Saturday that national security teams from both sides must develop contingency plans on how to respond to actions Beijing might take, warning it would be too late once an attack occurs. Bolton... Читать дальше...

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for her resignation and the Democratic governor seeking investigations because Fagan took a consulting job with a marijuana firm. The matter came to a head after Fagan’s office released an audit of the state’s marijuana regulators. The audit called for the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to reform some rules for marijuana businesses, saying they are burdens when combined with federal restrictions on interstate commerce, banking and taxation. Читать дальше...

House Republicans are touting their debt limit package as a first step toward fiscal restraint. They say it’s past time for Congress to reduce the swelling deficits that they say are threatening the fiscal health of the country. But a group of Midwestern Republicans went to Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office this week on a mission to preserve billions of dollars in federal support for biofuels and ethanol. The lawmakers, who included Iowa’s four Republicans, forced McCarthy to make revisions to the... Читать дальше...

The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s House floor has showcased the rising power of hard-line conservatives who are leveraging divisive social issues to gain political influence. The conservatives are organized under the State Freedom Caucus Network, which now has a presence in 11 statehouses. The groups follow the playbook of the House Freedom Caucus, an alliance of GOP conservatives determined to pull their party to the right. The dispute gave a national stage to Democratic state Rep. Читать дальше...

More than a year after the maker of OxyContin reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids, the money isn't flowing yet. That's because a federal court is still considering whether it's lawful to give members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma protection from civil lawsuits in exchange for their contribution to the settlement: the company itself and up to $6 billion in cash. A federal appeals court heard arguments on the matter a year ago, but has not issued a ruling. Lawyers... Читать дальше...

As Jimmy Carter rests in hospice care at his home in Georgia, The Associated Press reached out to former political prisoners who credit him with saving their lives. Carter is known around the world for trying to put human rights at the center of America’s foreign policy. In Latin America, the Carter administration cut off military aid and pushed authoritarian regimes toward democracy. The turnabout was so shocking that dictators and dissidents alike found it hard to believe when Carter took office. Читать дальше...

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new U.S.-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat, which she insists shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong also lobbed personal insults toward U.S. President Joe Biden. After a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday, Biden had warned that any North Korean nuclear... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Army says Friday that it has grounded non-critical aviators for training after deadly helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky killed 12 in the past month. A U.S. Army team from Alabama has been making its way to the Alaska Interior to the investigate the midair collision between two AH-64 Apache helicopters. Three soldiers were killed and a fourth was injured Thursday. Much is still not publicly known about the crash in the remote interior of the state that’s 250 miles from Anchorage.... Читать дальше...

Sounds of R&B, rock ’n roll, Zydeco, pop, blues, country, rap, gospel and, of course, jazz flowed throughout the Fair Grounds race course Friday as the 2023 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opens its two-weekend run. Music fans wandered among 14 stages or tents featuring some of the best musicians in the world. Friday’s lineup includes performances by Lizzo; Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; Big Freedia; Tank and The Bangas; Wu-Tang Clan and The Soul Rebels; Nicholas Payton; Mavis Staples;... Читать дальше...

It's not unusual in Idaho to see a herd of sheep bleating as ranchers move them to higher elevation. But 2,500 of the wooly animals crossing a highway drew a crowd about 300 people earlier this week. The spokesperson for the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission says it's the largest crowd he's seen in 15 years. Steven Stuebner says it's typical in rural parts of Idaho, but is still a novelty to some people. KTVB-TV reports the sheep will continue the journey through the foothills for a few weeks and move into the Boise National Forest... Читать дальше...

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe are still hoping to take control of Manchester United after a third round of bidding. Persons with knowledge of the bids say the latest offers were submitted on Friday. The persons spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to comment publicly. Sheikh Jassim and Ratcliffe confirmed their intention to buy United earlier this year after current owners the Glazer family announced in November... Читать дальше...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on his first international trade mission in four years and he can't get away from questions about his feud with Disney World. While DeSantis projects the image of a fighter, the spat with Disney over an anti-LGBTQ law and the theme park’s right to self-govern is starting to distract from other messages, and could throughout an expected presidential campaign now that Disney is dragging DeSantis to court. DeSantis got a big bump in attention and support from his base when the feud first started... Читать дальше...