Новости за 03.06.2023

Bills safety Damar Hamlin kicked off a multicity tour at his home stadium on Saturday to distribute medical equipment and promote techniques that saved his life in January. Hamlin handed out automated external defibrillators for close to 50 youth sports and community organizations on the Bills’ field at Highmark Stadium at the event launching his Chasing M’s Foundation CPR Tour. The launch event included free CPR training for more than 1,000 people. Additional stops on Hamlin’s tour are planned for New York City... Читать дальше...

A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution granted to a Missouri inmate who was convicted of killing two jailers. The order issued Friday reinstates the death penalty for 42-year-old Michael Tisius. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. Tisius was convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers in 2000. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough granted a stay of execution amid questions about a juror on his jury being illiterate. A federal appeals court ruled Friday that... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Una directiva de Twitter responsable de la seguridad y manejo de contenido ha abandonado la empresa, al presentar su renuncia poco después de que el dueño Elon Musk se quejó públicamente del manejo de mensajes sobre temas transgénero.

Democrats are deeply conflicted about the food aid requirements that President Joe Biden negotiated as part of the debt ceiling deal. Lawmakers worry that damage has been done to safety net programs and it'll be difficult to unravel that in the years ahead as Republicans demand further cuts. Bargaining over toughening work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is commonly known as food stamps, became the focal point for the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy up until the end. Читать дальше...

A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation is leaving the company. The executive quit Friday, shortly after Twitter owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics. Ella Irwin confirms her departure, but isn't saying why she left. Twitter has faced turmoil including mass layoffs, staff quitting, and the firing of top executives since Musk took over last year. Next to Musk, Irwin was the most prominent voice of the company’s... Читать дальше...

A three-year pause on student loan payments will end this summer regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the White House plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt. If Congress approves a debt ceiling deal negotiated by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, payments will resume in late August. Even if the deal falls through, payments will resume by 60 days after the Supreme Court decision. Regardless of what justices decide, more than 40 million borrowers will have... Читать дальше...

She was followed by Jessie Cardin of Sutton, Mass. in second in 16 minutes, closely followed in third by Annie-Marie Blaney of Ocala, Fla., in 16:02.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, dodging Monday’s deadline when the Treasury warned that the United States would start running short of cash to pay all its bills. The bipartisan measure, was passed by the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Thursday. It averts the potential of an unprecedented government default that would have rocked the U.S. and global economies. Raising the nation’s debt limit, which now stands at $31.4 trillion, will... Читать дальше...

Police officers had to separate protesters and counterprotesters outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for LGBTQ+ issues involving children in California during Pride month. Protesters outside Saticoy Elementary School on Friday wore T-shirts emblazoned with “Leave Our Kids Alone” — and carrying signs with slogans such as “Parental Choice Matters” and “No Pride in Grooming.” Tensions at the school have been rising since last month, when a social media page began urging... Читать дальше...

Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were sentenced Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges — the latest in a historic string of sentences in the Jan. 6. 2021 attack. David Moerschel, a 45-year-old neurophysiologist from Punta Gorda, and Joseph Hackett, a 52-year-old chiropractor from Sarasota, were convicted in January alongside other members of the antigovernment extremist group for their roles in... Читать дальше...

While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire, keep the American justice system buzzing, thousands of humble honeybees on the building’s roof are playing their part in a more important task: feeding the world. The Warren B. Rudman courthouse is one of several federal facilities around the country participating in the General Services Administration’s Pollinator Initiative. The goal of the program is to assess and promote the health of bees and other pollinators, which are critical to life on Earth. Читать дальше...

The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn. The confrontation in the council on Friday was the latest over the North’s escalating nuclear, ballistic missile and military programs. U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood warned that Pyongyang's actions are threatening international peace and security. The failed... Читать дальше...

Carson McCusker, who is leading the league with a .455 average, drove in all the ValleyCats runs with a two-run homer in the sixth and RBI double in the eighth.

Community members are grieving the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a South Carolina gas station owner. A Friday evening prayer vigil across the street from the Xpress Mart Shell station in Columbia featured calls to channel righteous anger into community support and political action. The station owner Rick Chow is accused of killing Cyrus Carmack-Belton on Sunday night after chasing down the teenager, who he wrongly suspected of stealing four water bottles. Читать дальше...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms. At the same time, the measure prohibits people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol and movie theaters. Private businesses allowing guns will have to post a sign to that effect. The legal overhaul comes in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from last year that expanded gun rights by saying Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. Читать дальше...

ALBANY — Anne-Marie Blaney, Jessie Cardin and Olivia Pratt, teammates competing for the first time Saturday in the 45th Freihofer’s Run for Women, had an interesting practice run along the 5-kilometer course on Friday.

The Boston Red Sox have placed left-hander Chris Sale on the injured list with shoulder inflammation. It’s another setback for the seven-time All-Star as he attempts to re-establish himself as a reliable member of the rotation. Sale hasn’t had an injury-free season since 2017. He left Thursday night’s start against Cincinnati in the fourth inning after two visits from the medical staff. The team was awaiting the results of an MRI. Sale has been to the IL in each of the last six seasons. Sale spoke... Читать дальше...

Saturday's action will begin at 1 p.m. with Redwoods vs. Atlas, televised on WTEN (Ch. 10), followed by Cannons vs. Archers at 3:30. Sunday's doubleheader will be Chaos vs. Waterdogs at 1, also on WTEN, and Whipsnakes vs. Chrome at 3:30.

The Boston Red Sox have placed left-hander Chris Sale on the injured list with shoulder inflammation. It's another setback for the seven-time All-Star as he attempts to re-establish himself as a reliable member of the rotation. Sale hasn’t had an injury-free season since 2017. He left Thursday night’s start against Cincinnati in the fourth inning after two visits from the medical staff. The team was awaiting the results of an MRI. Sale has been to the IL in each of the last five seasons. He missed... Читать дальше...

Customers of Chase’s online banking services have seen double transactions, fees and payments in their accounts. But by late Friday the bank said it had fixed the glitch. Numerous Chase customers had posted on social media that their rent or bill payments were taken out of their accounts twice and reported hold times with customer service approaching more than an hour. The New York-based bank is one of the country’s largest financial institutions with millions of online customers.

A U.S. official says CIA Director William Burns went to Beijing in May to meet with Chinese counterparts. It's the highest level visit by a Biden administration official since a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down by American forces. First reported by The Financial Times, Burns' visit comes as Washington tries to cool tensions with Beijing. U.S. officials have long worried about miscommunication causing conflict between the world’s two largest economies and geopolitical rivals. Beijing rejected... Читать дальше...

The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could be next. The Davis School District north of Salt Lake City banned the Bible from its elementary and middle schools in response to a parental complaint. After news of the Bible ban, the district said it received a complaint about the Book of Mormon. Читать дальше...

As Louisiana’s legislative session nears adjournment, lawmakers are pushing forward controversial LGBTQ+-related bills, including advancing a resurrected ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths. Earlier this week, lawmakers advanced a bill that would broadly ban K-12 public school employees in Louisiana from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom. A similar measure, which would require teachers to use the pronouns and name that align with a student’s sex assigned at birth... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding that the judge in his New York City criminal case step aside, echoing the former president’s complaints that he’s “a Trump-hating judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.” Trump's lawyers said Friday that Judge Juan Manuel Merchan has shown anti-Trump bias in previous cases related to the businessman-turned-politician. They also say he has a conflict of interest arising from his daughter’s work for some of Trump’s Democratic rivals. The decision on recusal is up to Merchan himself... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden will address the nation Friday evening from the Oval Office on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default. The legislation was passed by the Senate late Thursday night after being approved by the House the previous night. Biden is expected to sign the measure on Saturday. That will end a tumultuous episode in Washington that threatened an unprecedented default on the country’s debt, which would have sent shockwaves through the global economy. Читать дальше...