Новости за 09.09.2023

Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation signed by Hawaii's governor. Part of the island’s western coastline has been closed to visitors since devastating wildfires killed at least 115 people last month. State tourism officials initially urged travelers to stay away from Maui to allow emergency response efforts to help displaced residents. But they recently began asking tourists to return, avoid the burn zone and help Maui recover by spending their money.

Vice President Kamala Harris has hosted a celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, with appearances by some of the music genre’s pioneers and stars. Common, Jeezy, MC Lyte and Roxanne Shante were among the hip-hop artists invited to join Harris for the party Saturday at the vice president's residence. Hip-hop’s 50th birthday has inspired a host of anniversary events this year. Harris told the crowd that hip-hop is “the ultimate American art form” that “shapes every aspect of America’s popular culture.”... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden and his allies have outlined plans to create a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and ultimately Europe. U.S. officials say such a network will be a game changer for global trade. The details were announced Saturday in India at the annual Group of 20 summit of the world's top economies. U.S. officials say the corridor would help to boost trade, transport energy resources and improve digital connectivity. It would include India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates... Читать дальше...

The son of a prominent conservative activist has been convicted of charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, bashed in a window, invaded the Senate floor and helped a mob disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. The Justice Department says 44-year-old Leo Brent Bozell IV was found guilty Friday of 10 charges after a trial decided by a federal judge. Bozell's father is Brent Bozell III, who founded the Media Research Center, Parents Television Council and other conservative media organizations. Читать дальше...

Police are reporting two more confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer on the run for more than a week in southeast Pennsylvania amid a search by hundreds of law enforcement officers.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit. She vowed Saturday to “consolidate and deepen” relations as her government considers abandoning Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects. Neither government mentioned the initiative in brief statements after the meeting, the first between Meloni and Li. But both sides talked about strengthening and deepening ties. Italy became the first G7 country to sign on to the initiative in 2019... Читать дальше...

The motivations of a shooter who recently targeted and killed Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism. Experts say most hate crime victims in the U.S. are Black. That has been the case every year since hate crime tracking began. Families in Jacksonville on Friday began eulogizing loved ones fatally shot at a neighborhood Dollar General store two weeks ago. Anti-hate advocates nationwide also are calling for better measures... Читать дальше...

Lawmakers in a breakaway Armenian-populated region of Azerbaijan have elected a new separatist president in a move that was strongly condemned by the Azerbaijani authorities. Samvel Shakhramanyan’s election on Saturday as the new president of Nagorno-Karabakh comes amid soaring tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry denounced the vote as a “gross violation” of the country’s constitution and a “serious blow to the efforts of normalization in the region.” Azerbaijan... Читать дальше...

As they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, from expensive semiconductors to an increase in water consumption. But they’re often secretive about the specifics. Few people in Iowa knew about its status as a birthplace of OpenAI’s most advanced large language model, GPT-4, before a top Microsoft executive said in a speech it “was literally made next... Читать дальше...

Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal and gas. They broke through a police barrier and sat on a road in The Hague heading to the lower house of parliament on Saturday. They threatened to stay until the subsidies are lifted and to come back every day if the police remove them. The protesters are from Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and other organizations. A report published Monday said the Dutch government spends around $40.

Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka will meet in the U.S. Open women’s singles final. Gauff enters Saturday’s championship match at Arthur Ashe Stadium seeking her first Grand Slam title. Sabalenka is trying to win her second major trophy of the year. Gauff is a 19-year-old from Florida who is seeded No. 6 at Flushing Meadows and is on an 11-match unbeaten run. Sabalenka is a 25-year-old from Belarus who is seeded No. 2 in the last major tournament of the season. She will rise to No. 1 in the WTA rankings... Читать дальше...

The Group of 20 top world economies have welcomed the African Union as a member, adding momentum to India's drive to give a greater voice to the Global South as host of this year’s annual summit. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the move Saturday during his opening speech for the weekend summit of the G20. There is widespread support for adding the AU to the G20, making it the second regional bloc to become a permanent member after the European Union. Modi addressed the delegates from... Читать дальше...

The Group of 20 of the world’s leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member. It's a powerful acknowledgement of the continent of more than 1.3 billion people as its countries seek a more important role on the global stage. The permanent G20 membership signals the rise of a continent whose young population is set to double by 2050 and make up a quarter of the world’s people. Africa also is central to many critical issues, including climate change, food security and migration. Читать дальше...

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic." The new COVID-19 shots will be released in time to pair with the yearly flu shot. And the first vaccines to guard against another scary virus, RSV, are rolling out for older adults and pregnant women. Those three viruses together overwhelmed hospitals last fall and winter. Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax have tweaked their COVID-19 vaccines to better match the evolving coronavirus... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump will cross paths with many of his rivals when he attends Iowa’s biggest annual college football game. Trump will be at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday, where Iowa State University will host the University of Iowa. Also planning to be at the game are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and several other lesser-known candidates. It's one of the former president’s few visits so far to the state that holds the first nominating caucus. As the race enters its traditional ramp-up after Labor Day... Читать дальше...

Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology. It left meteorologists astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Experts say Lee could also be a dreadful harbinger of what is to come as ocean temperatures climb. The warming ocean waters act as jet fuel to spawn fast-growing major hurricanes. Experts say that could lead to more monster storms and threaten communities farther north and farther inland. That could bring new woes to places such as Washington... Читать дальше...

A majority of Native American tribes won't get the full suite of detailed demographic data from the 2020 census they had in the previous census. Some of the available numbers are going to be imprecise because of new privacy safeguards recently implemented by the U.S. Census Bureau. That's according to a new report by the Center for Indian Country Development. The report says about 80% of tribal groups will no longer receive breakdowns of age data reported by sex at tribal areas level when detailed data are released later this month. Читать дальше...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has issued an emergency public health order that temporarily suspends the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County. The order issued Friday amid a spate of gun violence is in effect for 30 days. The Democratic governor says she's expecting legal challenges but felt compelled to act. She references several recent deaths, including a suspected road rage shooting this week outside a minor league baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy. Читать дальше...

Pennsylvania officials say a prison tower guard has been fired after a convicted murderer slipped out on his watch in a brazen escape. The nine-day-old search pressed on Friday amid suburbs, farms and a vast botanical garden. A Chester County spokesperson says the guard was fired Thursday. Officials say he was on duty in the watchtower Aug. 31 when Danelo Cavalcante scaled a wall and jumped from a roof. Cavalcante has since eluded hundreds of law enforcement personnel in the suburbs and farmlands southwest of Philadelphia. Читать дальше...

Investigators say one of the engines on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that wasn't adequately inspected for signs of cracking. The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that manufacturer Pratt & Whitney didn't call for inspections frequently enough. The investigators say that allowed tiny cracks to grow undetected until the fan blade broke as the plane was climbing after takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded... Читать дальше...

A judge has denied Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia election subversion case from state court to federal court. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones’ ruling Friday is a win for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Willis spent 2 1/2 years building the case against Meadows, Republican ex-President Donald Trump and 17 others before obtaining the indictment under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. Willis wants to try the defendants together. The defendants... Читать дальше...

Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter has sued the state of California. The lawsuit is over a state law requiring social media companies to publish their policies for removing offending material such as hate speech, misinformation and harassment, including details on how and when they remove that content. The first-of-its-kind legislation was signed into law a year ago by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The lawsuit filed Friday against state Attorney General Robert Bonta challenges... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Postal Service is rolling out its latest special edition postage stamps, paying homage to a Hispanic tradition that has evolved over centuries to become a universal symbol of celebration. Stamps featuring colorful piñatas designed by Seattle-based artist Victor Meléndez were released Friday. They debut as the U.S. marks a monthlong recognition of Hispanic heritage and the start of an annual piñata festival in New Mexico. Previous stamp collections highlighting Hispanic culture were dedicated to mariachi music and Day of the Dead. Читать дальше...

A federal appeals court has significantly whittled down a lower court order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said the White House, the Surgeon General, the Centers for Disease Control and the FBI cannot “coerce" social media platforms to take down posts the government doesn't like. But the court threw out broader language from a Louisiana-based federal judge that blocked a host of government agencies from contacting... Читать дальше...

One month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century leveled the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says the number of missing has dropped to 66, the death toll remains at 115, and authorities will soon escort residents on visits to their property. Green told reporters Friday that tens of millions of dollars in aid will make its way to families and businesses as they struggle to recover, and beginning Oct. 8, travel restrictions will end and West Maui will open to visitors again. Читать дальше...