Новости за 25.08.2023

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Frustrated former residents of New Hampshire’s only youth detention center are pushing for a federal investigation into allegations of decades of abuse.

A Marine Corps pilot has died in the crash of combat jet near a San Diego military base. The service says in statement Friday that the F/A-18D Hornet went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday in the vicinity of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The Hornet belonged to Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, which is part of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing headquartered at Cherry Point, North Carolina. The squadron is based in Beaufort, South Carolina. The Marine Corps says the pilot's identity will not... Читать дальше...

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from the 20-member K-pop super group NCT, ”Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” swings into streaming. Also, the new live-action fantasy series “One Piece” comes to Netflix after having been adapted from a beloved Japanese manga and anime series. The third “Power” spin-off, “Power Book IV: Force,” debuts its second season on Starz on Friday, The Criterion Channel has a 1970s Car Movies anthology, and Amigo, the sombrero-wearing, maracas-shaking Brazilian monkey... Читать дальше...

One of Iowa’s largest cities is the latest municipality to repeal its ban on so-called LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. That's the discredited practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. The city council in Waterloo acted this week after a Christian organization threatened legal action. Liberty Counsel was also behind litigation that resulted in two local bans being repealed in Florida in recent years. The issue has the potential to come to a head in... Читать дальше...

A fire has broken out at an oil refinery in south Louisiana, sending a tower of black smoke into the sky. No injuries have been reported. But authorities ordered residents within two miles of the Marathon Petroleum facility in Garyville to evacuate on Friday. The president of St. John the Baptist Parish says the company assured officials that the fire is contained to the facility, about 30 miles northwest of New Orleans. A company spokesperson told reporters it's not clear when the fire might be put out. Читать дальше...

Auto workers are voting overwhelmingly to give union leaders the authority to call strikes against Detroit car companies if a contract agreement isn’t reached. The United Auto Workers union said Friday that results are still being tallied, but so far 97% have voted in favor of authorizing one or more strikes against Stellantis, General Motors and Ford. Such votes are almost always approved by large margins. Contracts between the union representing about 146,000 workers at Stellantis, General Motors... Читать дальше...

North America's grassland birds are in trouble 50 years after adoption of the Endangered Species Act as habitat loss, land degradation and climate change threaten what remains of a once-vast ecosystem. Their overall population fell by more than half since 1970 — more than any other type of bird, with some species declining 75% or greater. Scientists, government agencies, farmers and ranchers are working together to stem losses. Researchers use sophisticated computer modeling to determine the biggest threats. Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia on charges that they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election have all turned themselves in to a jail in Atlanta before the deadline at noon Friday. After Trump was booked Thursday evening, seven co-defendants who had not yet surrendered did so Friday morning. All but one of those charged had agreed to a bond amount and conditions with Fulton County District Fani Willis ahead of time... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday's 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The White House says all of King’s children have been invited. The Oval Office meeting will be held 60 years after President John F. Kennedy and King met at the White House on the morning of the march. Biden also will speak at a White House reception commemorating the 60th anniversary... Читать дальше...

Open Society Foundations plan to significantly curtail their work in Europe and lay off much of their staff there. That's according to an internal email and several current employees, who say the decision is painful and perplexing. The planned European cuts would represent a historic break with the roots of billionaire philanthropist George Soros’ support for civil society starting in his native Hungary. Soros' son, Alex, took over as head of the foundations board of directors in December. The board... Читать дальше...

Severe storms in Michigan powered by winds of up to 75 mph have downed trees, torn roofs off buildings and killed five people while leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power. The National Weather Service said Friday some of the damage may have been caused by two tornadoes. In Kent County, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office says a woman and two young children were killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday night after one of the vehicles hydroplaned on water. One person was killed... Читать дальше...

Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling the monument to the nation’s 16th president is a work in progress. And so is the nation Abraham Lincoln saved and the dream Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned nearly 60 years ago as he spoke from the steps of the memorial. That's what visitors tell The Associated Press as the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom approaches. Tourists and residents visiting the Lincoln and MLK memorials and... Читать дальше...

Congressional Democrats are accusing big tax preparation firms including Intuit and H&R Block of undermining the federal government’s upcoming electronic free file tax return system. Letters obtained by The Associated Press show the lawmakers accuse the tax prep companies of lobbying against the new program, hiring former government workers to sway public interest against free file for all, and deliberately sabotaging a government program that offered free tax prep services. The Democratic lawmakers on Thursday demanded lobbying... Читать дальше...

A trial in Texas is set to conclude on a lawsuit seeking to end a key element of U.S. President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that allows a limited number of people from four countries in the Americas to enter on humanitarian grounds. However, U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton is not expected to rule immediately on the legality of the humanitarian parole program once closing arguments in the trial wrap up Friday. Under the program, up to 30,000 people are being allowed each month into the U.S. from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Читать дальше...

Lebanon’s interim central bank governor has called on the country’s ruling class to quickly implement economic and financial reforms that the central bank won’t offer loans to the state and does not plan on printing money to cover the huge budget deficit to avoid worsening inflation. Wassim Mansouri’s comments on Friday came nearly a month after he took over the leadership at the central bank after the term of his predecessor ended. Lebanon is in the grips of the worst economic and financial crisis... Читать дальше...

A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside a jail in downtown Atlanta Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort of frame more commonly associated with drug dealers or drunken drivers. The trappings of power gone, for that split second. Читать дальше...

Asian shares are mostly falling, discouraged by a Wall Street slump that followed a blowout profit report from Nvidia and mixed reports on the U.S. economy. Benchmarks slipped in afternoon trading in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai. High on regional investors’ minds is the speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later Friday. Oil prices rose. Wall Street declined to its worst day in three weeks. Nvidia, one of Wall Street's most influential stocks, reported stronger-than-expected profits... Читать дальше...

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change. People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon. That’s because Big Tech companies are now subject to a pioneering new set of EU digital regulations. The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content. Читать дальше...

Republican and independent support for gun restrictions is slipping a year after Congress passed the most comprehensive firearms safety legislation in decades with bipartisan support. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows the gap between Democrats and Republicans on the issue of guns is widening. Democrats consistently outpace Republicans and independents in their belief gun laws in the U.S. should be strengthened. The poll finds GOP support has dropped even further behind over the past year. Читать дальше...

When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a high-profile speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, many analysts think he could make one thing clear: That the Fed plans to keep its benchmark interest rate at a peak level for longer than had been expected. Powell isn’t likely to say whether the Fed will continue raising rates. But he may signal that any rate cuts are unlikely until well into next year. The central bank has already helped drive inflation down from painfully high levels. But Fed... Читать дальше...

Horses, who have both won a race during the meet this year, favorites in $500,000 race.

Veteran Washington journalist and former Associated Press transportation reporter Joan Lowy has died. She was 66. Lowy's husband says she died early Wednesday at their Virginia home after a 10-year battle with abdominal cancer. Lowy joined the AP's Washington bureau in 2006. She spent the final decade of her lengthy career covering transportation. The New Jersey native also worked for now-closed The Rocky Mountain News and the now-defunct Scripps Howard New Service. She covered the first Gulf War in 1991. Читать дальше...

Maui County has sued Hawaiian Electric Company over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions. Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in the winds, which were driven by a passing hurricane. The Aug. 8 fire killed at least 115 people and left an unknown number of others missing. A spokesperson for Hawaiian Electric didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.