Новости за 02.09.2023

The entrance to the Burning Man counterculture festival in the Nevada desert has been closed due to flooding from storms. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said on Saturday that the entrance will be closed for the remainder of the event, which is scheduled to end on Monday. Organizers are urging festivalgoers to conserve their food, water and fuel, and to shelter in a safe place. The National Weather Service in Reno says about 6 inches of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located north of Reno. Читать дальше...

Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to free Americans detained overseas, has died. He was 75. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded and led, said in a statement Saturday that he died in his sleep at his home in Chatham, Massachusetts. Before his election in 2002 as governor, Richardson was U.N. ambassador and energy secretary under President Bill Clinton... Читать дальше...

Pakistani traders have staged strikes across the country against the soaring cost of living, including higher fuel and utility bills and record depreciation of the rupee against the dollar. The traders on Saturday pulled their shutters down across the country, while protesters burned tires in anger. The country’s commercial and economic hub, Karachi, was almost completely closed and vehicular traffic thin on roads, Likewise Lahore was completely closed while other towns and cities responded partially to the strike call. Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden is heading to Florida for a firsthand look at Hurricane Idalia’s destruction. But he won’t be seeing the state’s Republican governor and 2024 presidential hopeful, Ron DeSantis. The governor suggested that such a meeting could hinder disaster response efforts. Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning along Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm, causing widespread flooding and damage before moving north to drench Georgia and the Carolinas. But Biden’s... Читать дальше...

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself. “Wastin' away again in Margaritaville” went the chorus to his most famous song, which became an international singalong. But Buffett was actually an astute, ambitious, aggressive businessman. A statement posted to Buffett’s official website and social media pages announced his passing on Friday at age 76 but did not say where he died or give a cause of death. Behind the laid-back exterior, Buffett was an admitted workaholic. Читать дальше...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon.

Hatsune Miku has always been 16 years old and worn long aqua ponytails. She is Japan’s most famous Vocaloid, a computer-synthesized singing voice software, that, in her case, is accompanied by a virtual avatar. Legions of fans are celebrating the 16th anniversary of her Aug. 31, 2007, release. An online exhibition, a special watch and songwriting to showcase Miku's high-pitched, cutesy voice are some of what's in store. On Friday, thousands of people packed a concert hall in a Tokyo suburb to watch... Читать дальше...

NUEVA DELHI (AP) — India lanzó el sábado su primera misión espacial para estudiar el Sol, menos de dos semanas después de un exitoso alunizaje sin tripulación cerca de la región polar sur de la Luna.

Novak Djokovic has come all the way back from a two-set deficit to beat Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open to avoid what would have been his earliest exit there since 2006. The match began under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night and did not wrap up until more than 3 1/2 hours later, concluding just after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. Djokovic has won three of his men’s-record 23 Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows and been the runner-up a half-dozen times, including in 2021. Читать дальше...

An assistant high school football coach in Washington state who lost his job during a controversy over his public post-game prayers was back on the field after the U.S. Supreme Court held his practice was protected by the Constitution. Joe Kennedy strode alone to midfield on Friday night, knelt and prayed for about 10 seconds after his Bremerton High School team beat visiting Mount Douglas Secondary School 27-12. Police and private security guards were on hand but there didn’t appear to be any problems during or after the event. Читать дальше...

One family in central Mexico is struggling to preserve the production of cochineal. It's an intense, natural red dye so prized that after gold and silver, it was probably the most valuable thing the Spaniards found in Mexico. For centuries, red clothing had been a sign of power and wealth because the dye was so rare and expensive. Colonial Mexico was largely built on the wealth derived from cochineal, which would go on to dye the British empire’s ‘Redcoat’ uniforms. It is painstakingly produced from... Читать дальше...

Young students who were hit hardest by the pandemic are entering the upper grades of elementary school. Many will need extra reading support that schools aren’t used to providing for older children. The students who were just starting school when the world shut down in 2020 showed some of the most alarming delays in their ability to read. To help them catch up, schools deployed a wide range of strategies. And among some incoming fourth-graders, there are encouraging signs of gains. But now that they’re big kids, will they get the same help? Читать дальше...

Taiwan’s government is racing to counter China, buying nearly $19 billion in military equipment from the U.S, and extending military conscription for men to a year starting in 2024. But many people on the island say they don’t feel the threat. That may be partly due to the nuanced view many Taiwanese hold of China. While polls show most on the island reject the idea of reunification, many say they are attracted to their much larger neighbor’s dynamic economy, shared language and culture. Others are... Читать дальше...

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to test the will of Republicans senators to punish not only one of their own, but a hard-right firebrand who has driven the state’s policymaking for years. Paxton is set to stand trial in the Texas Senate starting Tuesday on charges of bribery and abuse of office. Paxton is just the third official in the state's nearly 200-year history to be impeached. Witnesses called to testify could include Paxton and a woman with whom he acknowledged having an extramarital affair.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office says he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden when the Democrat flies to Florida this weekend to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, suggesting that doing so could hinder disaster response because of the logistics involved. DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern says, “In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts.” Biden is... Читать дальше...

Horse is 4-5 on the morning line for the Grade II race on the turf at 1 3/8 miles.

Mohamed Al Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died, his family says. He was 94. Al Fayed was the longtime owner of Harrods department store and the Fulham Football Club. He was devastated by the death of son Dodi Fayed in the car crash in Paris with Diana 26 years ago. He spent years mourning the loss and fighting the British establishment he blamed for their deaths.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against the use of a drug that is not approved to treat COVID-19. Friday's decision returns the case to a federal district court in Texas. The drug is ivermectin, commonly used to treat parasites in livestock. It can also be prescribed for humans. But the FDA has not approved it for COVID-19 treatment and has campaigned against its use as such. Читать дальше...

Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key tension in a federal appeals court, which heard arguments on whether to block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care in Kentucky and Tennessee. Supporters of trans kids being able to get puberty blockers and hormone therapy argued that it is safe, necessary health care that’s backed by every major medical group. Advocates of state-level bans on children seeking the care countered that these are experimental and... Читать дальше...

A Louisiana company will receive $2.6 million to relinquish the last remaining oil and gas lease on U.S. forest land near Montana’s Glacier National Park that’s sacred to Native Americans. A legal agreement announced Friday would resolve a decades-long dispute over the lease. The 10-square-mile drilling lease in the mountainous Badger-Two Medicine area of northwestern Montana was issued in 1982 but has not been developed. It's on the site of the creation story for the Blackfoot tribes of southern Canada and Montana’s Blackfeet Nation. Читать дальше...

A dispute between Disney and Charter Communications has left nearly 15 million Spectrum TV cable television subscribers without some of their favorite networks. Sports fans are feeling it most acutely: The ESPN networks are off the air for the start of the college football season and during the U.S. Open tennis tournament. The cable company said Friday that a short-term extension to restore the network was rejected. These disputes are not uncommon but typically involve how much money a cable system must pay to carry certain networks. Читать дальше...