Новости за 22.07.2023

The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery of a body believed to be hers. The body was found early Friday evening in the Delaware River about 30 miles from where Matilda Sheils was carried away. The Philadelphia medical examiner’s office plans an autopsy. Meanwhile, the search continues for Matilda’s 9-month-old brother, Conrad. The Charleston, South Carolina family... Читать дальше...

Mississippi Republican state Sen. Jeremy England says he intentionally wore a “very embarrassing” Halloween costume to raise money for breast cancer research. Now, England says a photo of him in the shiny pink tutu has been misused in a divisive Republican primary as he supports Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann for reelection. A person backing one of Hosemann’s opponents posted an image the tutu-clad England on Twitter with a reference to “Hosemann and his groomer weirdos." England says this is the worst form of politics. Читать дальше...

Bryant said his wife, who competed for the national field hockey team, isn't shy about lighting a fire under him when he has a bad night.

All-Star shortstop Corey Seager isn't in the starting lineup for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers while the team waits for results from an MRI on his sprained right thumb. Manager Bruce Bochy said before Saturday's game that he's trying to be optimistic. Seager got hurt when his hand jammed awkwardly into the base when reaching to beat out a double in the eighth inning of Friday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, his former team. X-rays were negative. Seager is hitting .350 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs. Читать дальше...

A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left 25 cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor. A Hill County emergency official said the Friday evening derailment of a BNSF Railway train east of the small town of Havre caused no injuries. The official says one car carrying hazardous materials derailed but did not spill. Cleanup and repair work continued Saturday and the cause was under investigation. The accident comes less than a month after a railroad bridge collapse... Читать дальше...

A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has been charged with murder by Michigan’s attorney general. Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 26-year-old Rashad Trice on Friday with 20 counts, including one count each of first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder in Wynter Cole Smith’s strangulation death. The Lansing man faces 18 other charges in connection with the alleged stabbing and sexual assault of his ex-girlfriend in Lansing. He... Читать дальше...

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of people arriving at their shores. The antagonism that exploded this month in Sfax between Tunisians and mainly Black sub-Saharan migrants are widely seen as a turning point in how this North African nation deals with the issue of migration and an opportunity to be seized by Europe. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family's vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said.

Yemeni police say they have arrested two suspects in the killing of a senior World Food Program official the previous day. They said that 10 others were also detained on Saturday for their alleged involvement in the killing of Moayad Hameidi, who had recently arrived in the country to take the post of the head of the World Food Program in the southwestern province of Taiz. On Friday, two gunmen riding on a motorbike fatally shot Hameidi in the town of Turbah. Hameidi was the latest aid worker to be killed in Yemen... Читать дальше...

As police comb through the home of a man charged in a string of serial killings in New York, one witness is frustrated it took so long to solve the crime. Dave Schaller lived with victim Amber Costello when she disappeared on Long Island in 2010. He tells the AP he provided detectives with a description of the person he believed to be the killer and the vehicle he drove years ago. Prosecutors say that information may have been lost within a sea of evidence. But it was rediscovered when a new task force formed to examine the case. Читать дальше...

If it seems like you keep hearing about new heat records this summer, it’s because you do. Nearly every major climate-tracking organization proclaimed June the hottest June ever. Then July 4 became the globe’s hottest day, though the University of Maine says that record was unofficial. July 5 and July 6 were even hotter. Scientists say climate change is combining with El Nino in the Pacific to ramp up the number of records set. Scientists aren’t big on telling people stories, but they say these ever... Читать дальше...

The Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants crossing from Mexico. The Biden administration told Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that the newly installed barrier near Eagle Pass, Texas, is unlawful. The letter was dated Thursday. Abbott tweeted Friday that Texas was acting within its rights and had the “sovereign... Читать дальше...

For four years, The Associated Press' global climate and environment news director, Peter Prengaman, has lived in Phoenix. The city is currently experiencing an extreme heat wave even by the extreme standards of America's hottest big city. This weekend, Prengaman is preparing to move his family to New York for work and leave the Arizona heat behind. He says he wonders about what this latest, record-breaking heat wave may say about the future of the city, and extreme weather in general, as the Earth warms from climate change.

China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, marking a forceful display. That's according to a statement Saturday from the island’s Defense Ministry. The move came days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion. Taiwan says the Chinese People’s Liberation Army sent 37 aircraft and seven navy vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday. Among them were J-10 and J-16 fighters and H-6 bombers. Читать дальше...

The Mega Millions top prize has jumped to an estimated $820 million after there was no grand prize winner in the latest drawing. The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 29, 40, 47, 50, 57 and gold Mega Ball 25. The estimated $820 million in the next drawing would only be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for the next drawing Tuesday night is an estimated $422 million. Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million... Читать дальше...

Cito Culver homered twice for the ValleyCats, who improved to 35-23. They won their first meeting of the season against the Boulders, who took eight of nine from Tri-City last season while averaging 12.4 runs per game.

Republican leaders in Oklahoma are grumbling publicly that Gov. Kevin Stitt’s hostile posture toward Native American tribes is costing the state money and are considering pushing him out of tribal negotiations altogether. The agreements between the state and tribes, called compacts, include division of revenue from gambling, vehicle tags and the sale of tobacco and motor fuel on tribal land. The Oklahoma Senate plans to return for a special session Monday to override Stitt’s vetoes of bills that... Читать дальше...

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea. Saturday's firing was the North's second launch event this week, apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed U.S. submarine in South Korea. While adding to its barrage of missile launches in recent months, North Korea remained publicly silent for a fifth day on the fate of an American soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border this week. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs... Читать дальше...

Same Old Fears, with Ortiz aboard, clipped heels with a rival and literally fell across the finish line in the first race.

Incaviglia said he heard from Guduan’s agent on Sunday night that Guduan was going home, two days before the ValleyCats opened their series at Ottawa. Incaviglia said he wasn’t certain if that meant Guduan’s home country, the Dominican Republic, or his residence in Boston.

Vice President Kamala Harris swiped at new standards for teaching Black history in Florida during a trip to Jacksonville on Friday. The standards were adopted by the state Board of Education on Wednesday and they have been criticized as playing down the horror of slavery, such as including instruction that enslaved people benefited from the skills that they learned. Harris accused extremists of trying to “replace history with lies.” The trip is the latest example of how Harris has targeted cultural issues such as race... Читать дальше...

A federal judge has found famed forensic scientist Henry Lee liable for fabricating evidence in a murder case that sent two men to prison for decades for a crime they did not commit. The ruling Friday sends the federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against the police and the town of New Milford to trial. Ralph “Ricky” Birch and Shawn Henning were convicted of felony murder in the Dec. 1, 1985, slaying of 65-year-old Everett Carr. Their convictions were based in part on false testimony about what were thought to be blood stains on a towel. Читать дальше...

The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters is entering its second week with no sign of a swift ending. Actor, writer and comedian Marc Maron was on the picket lines outside Netflix on Friday, saying he had gathered a bunch of his comedian buddies to come out and support their fellow strikers. Other comics on picket lines included “Saturday Night Live” alum Fred Armisen and “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder. In London on Friday, British actors held a solidarity event. They chanted “One struggle... Читать дальше...

Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy, which mandates workers to be in the office three days a week. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed on Friday that relocations are happening but would not comment on reports by several news outlets that the tech giant was requiring some workers in smaller offices to move to main offices located in bigger cities. The spokesperson said the company will provide “relocations benefits” to workers who... Читать дальше...