Новости за 06.06.2023

The Frontier League honored McCusker on Monday as its Player of the Week after he batted .565 with three homers and nine RBIs over six games against the Trois-Rivieres Aigles and Empire State Greys.

CUPERTINO, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Apple develó el lunes unas gafas que sitúan al usuario entre la realidad virtual y el mundo real, poniendo a prueba una tecnología que hasta ahora no ha cautivado al público.

The most disruptive year in golf is coming to an end. The PGA Tour and European tour have agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia’s golf interests. They're creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world. As part of the agreement, all sides are immediately dropping lawsuits involving LIV Golf. Still to be determine is how players who defected to LIV can return next year and what LIV Golf will look like going forward. The agreement combines the tours' commercial business... Читать дальше...

Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is considering whether to join the 2024 Republican governor’s race, nearly three years after his reelection bid was derailed by allegations that he drunkenly groped four women during a party. Hill built a following among social conservatives and his entry into the governor’s race could further complicate what already is shaping up to be an expensive fight for the Republican nomination. Hill said in a statement that he expects to make a decision in the coming weeks. Читать дальше...

A federal magistrate has ruled to make public the names of the cosigners on indicted Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 release bond, but said she’ll keep them secret for now to give his lawyer time to appeal the decision. U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields’ ruling came a day after Santos’ lawyer said the New York Republican would risk going to jail to protect the identities of his cosigners whose backing enabled his pretrial release. The decision was a victory for news outlets including The Associated... Читать дальше...

World War II veteran Jake Larson survived D-Day on Omaha Beach. Now he's a TikTok star. The 100-year-old American is best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake” He enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy for D-Day commemorations. Larson has more than 600,000 followers on TikTok. He attended a ceremony on Tuesday at the American Cemetery marking the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. Larson... Читать дальше...

Sounding the alarm about the current political climate, the Human Rights Campaign has declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. The civil rights group warns of what it calls an “unprecedented and dangerous” spike in discriminatory legislation sweeping state houses. It says more than 70 anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed into law so far this year, more than double last year's number. Along with its warning on Tuesday, the HRC released a guidebook with summaries of laws in each state, “know... Читать дальше...

Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without giving you inaccurate information or sending money to the wrong place? That’s what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking in a report released Tuesday, where the bureau lays out a number of concerns about the growing use of chatbots by banks to handle routine customer service requests. Among the agencies' concerns is that banks may cut back on human customer service employees and that chatbots... Читать дальше...

Prince Harry has entered a courtroom witness box and has sworn to tell the truth in testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale” to get scoops. Publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims. Harry faced cross-examination by the company’s lawyer on Tuesday. The 38-year-old son of King Charles III is the first senior... Читать дальше...

Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular category but still redefine the market. With the company unveiling a headset equipped with virtual and augmented reality technology already available in other devices, The Associated Press takes a look at back Apple’s other breakthrough products, starting with the 1984 release of a Macintosh computer that realized Steve Jobs' vision to build technology that could serve as a “bicycle of the mind.” But the iPhone... Читать дальше...

The Atlanta City Council has approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.” The vote is a significant victory for Mayor Andre Dickens, who has made the $90 million project a large part of his first term in office, despite significant pushback to the effort. For about 14 hours, residents again and again took to the podium to slam the project... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show the positive impact of its policies on the U.S. economy to a skeptical public.

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street fell on concern the U.S. economy may be weakening following a report that showed growth in service industries slowing. Tokyo and Hong advanced while Shanghai and Sydney declined. Oil prices retreated. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.2% after an industry group’s index of activity in construction, hospitality and other services fell to a three-year low in May. That conflicted with hopes data last week that showed unexpectedly strong hiring... Читать дальше...

Officials are investigating whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them — apparently without their knowledge — to California’s capital, even as faith-based groups scrambled to find housing and food for them. California Attorney General Rob Bonta says about 20 adults, mainly from Venezuela, were flown by private jet to Sacramento on Monday. Sixteen other migrants arrived Friday. They are the latest apparent instances of a... Читать дальше...

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. faces the start of a civil trial on accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. The trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection Tuesday morning. The woman says Gooding lured her into a hotel room by saying he had to change his clothing and then attacked her. Gooding maintains through his lawyers that it was consensual sex. The accuser is seeking $6 million in damages. Authorities have said at least 30 women have made sexual misconduct allegations against Gooding... Читать дальше...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is set to launch his campaign for the White House at a town hall in New Hampshire on Tuesday evening. He's cast himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. The presidential bid will be the second for Christie, who lost to Trump in 2016 and went on to become a close on-and-off adviser before breaking with the former president over his refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election. Christie faces an uphill battle in a party that remains deeply loyal to Trump.

Online racist abuse of soccer players is prolific on social media platforms. It’s the latest form of racism blighting the world’s most popular sport. It’s technology-fueled, visual, permanently intrusive, 24/7 and a haunting reminder of the 1980s-style monkey chants and banana throwing. Players and teams targeted by abuse are coming up with ways to raise awareness and reduce their exposure to offensive users. It includes using companies who configure AI software to act as a filter to stop discriminatory comments from being seen. Читать дальше...

CUPERTINO, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Apple presentó el lunes un dispositivo del que se había hablado desde hace tiempo que situará a sus usuarios entre el mundo virtual y el real, al tiempo que pondrá a prueba la capacidad de la empresa para popularizar dispositivos novedosos después de que otros no lograran captar la imaginación del público.

Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted to authorize a strike if the major studios, streamers and production companies don’t meet their demands for a new contract by June 30. The guild, which represents over 160,000 screen actors, broadcast journalists, announcers, hosts and stunt performers, begins its negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Wednesday. The strike authorization vote, a tool at the bargaining table, comes at a pivotal moment for... Читать дальше...

Oregon’s attorney general has announced she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp. for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 presidential election. Those claims that cost the broadcaster almost $800 million in a lawsuit. Also joining the investigation is Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read, who oversees the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, which owns more than 250,000 shares of Fox stock. Both Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Read are Democrats. Читать дальше...

A former Minnesota Vikings part owner who defrauded a short-lived professional football league while carrying out a $700 million cryptocurrency scam has been sentenced to over six years in prison. Reginald Fowler was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court to six years and three months in prison. The Alliance of American Football met a speedy end in 2019 when it ran out of money. Prosecutors say Fowler lied to the league's executives when he claimed to control bank accounts with tens of millions... Читать дальше...

A federal judge has yanked the U.S. government's approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho. The decision comes five months after the judge ruled the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated environmental laws when it approved the Caldwell Canyon Mine in 2019. Those include a failure to consider the indirect impact of processing ore at a nearby plant and the impact on sage grouse. The mine has been proposed by P4 Production, a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG.... Читать дальше...

The pilot of the business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, the fighter jet pilots reported, according to three US officials briefed on the matter. The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the military operation and spoke on condition of anonymity. Authorities say four people were killed in the crash in a remote part of Virginia Sunday. The identities of the four people weren’t immediately released. Federal investigators... Читать дальше...

Albany head coach Derrick Rowland said the Patroons will drive Thursday to Montreal, where they'll catch a direct flight to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Texas Rangers have transferred Jacob deGrom to the 60-day injured list. That pushes back the return of the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner until at least late June. DeGrom hasn’t pitched since April 28. An MRI the next day showed inflammation in his right elbow and he was put on the 15-day IL. An additional MRI is planned. The Rangers signed deGrom to a $185 million, five-year contract last December. He played his first nine big league seasons with the Mets, but was limited by injuries the last two years.