Новости за 28.10.2023

Two former New York City jail guards won’t serve any prison time in connection with a teenage inmate’s suicide attempt in 2019. The Daily News reported Friday that Daniel Fullerton and Mark Wilson received conditional discharges after pleading guilty to misdemeanor official misconduct in May and September, respectively. Prosecutors say Fullerton, Wilson and two other officers who were charged failed to help 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano for nearly eight minutes during his suicide attempt at the Rikers Island jail complex. Читать дальше...

Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union.

With more than a year until the 2024 presidential contest, the field of candidates is largely set. Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have continued to dominate the early Republican race. But other GOP candidates, including former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, are looking for an opening in case Trump and DeSantis falter. Several GOP candidates have dropped from the race, the most prominent being former Vice President Mike Pence. President... Читать дальше...

Sunshine and a sense of relief swept through central Maine after a gunman who had been on the loose for days was found dead. Residents of Lewiston and surrounding towns had been told to stay home since Wednesday night, when authorities say Robert Card opened fire at a bowling alley and then a bar, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others. His body was found Friday night at a recycling center in Lisbon. Released from lockdown, many residents headed outside to enjoy a warm autumn day. Former Mayor... Читать дальше...

A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, are asking a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed. Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and the others say in a motion filed Thursday that the case is “constitutionally moot” because the evidence is now more than 13 years old. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell in Tulsa ruled in January that the companies were responsible for pollution of the Illinois River Watershed by disposing... Читать дальше...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000 lectern that she doesn't even want to use right now. An audit is underway over the purchase of the lectern that's prompted claims her office illegally altered records about it. The lectern hasn’t been seen at Sanders’ public events, and the governor’s office won’t say where it is. But questions about its cost and how its purchase was handled haven’t gone away so easily. The lectern has drawn national attention and even ridicule from a late-night comic... Читать дальше...

Lewiston, Maine, transitioned into a time of healing and questioning the day after an Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar, killing 18 people, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. Authorities say Robert Card was found dead Friday in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck says Card was found at 7:45 p.m. near the Androscoggin River of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. He declined to provide a specific address. Card... Читать дальше...

For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices are up an average of 13% in October. That’s on top of a 14% increase in candy and gum prices in October 2022. Weather is the main culprit. Cocoa prices are trading at 44-year highs after heavy rains in West Africa caused limited production in the season that began last fall. Now, El Nino conditions are making the region drier and are likely to linger well into the spring. Meanwhile, global sugar prices are at 12-year highs.

State and local health departments across the U.S. recently lost the final two years of a $1 billion federal investment to treat and prevent sexually transmitted diseases. 

The Israeli military spokesman says Israel is expanding its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by “massive” strikes from the air and sea. Earlier Saturday, the Israeli military released grainy images of tank columns moving slowly in open areas of Gaza and said warplanes bombed dozens of Hamas tunnels and underground bunkers. Previously, troops had conducted brief nightly ground incursions before returning to Israel. It was the latest stage in Israel's campaign to crush... Читать дальше...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to China, with the stated goal of working together to fight climate change, resulted in a surprise meeting with leader Xi Jinping and was filled with warm words and friendliness not seen in years in the China-U.S. relationship. The trip was seen as one of the steps in paving the way for U.S. President Joe Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco in November during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, but it also highlighted the existing relationship that China has with California... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden has called on Republicans in Congress to help keep American people safe from gun violence and praised police for their efforts to track down the Maine gunman who killed 18 people. The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday night was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot. That ended an intensive two-day search for the gunman. Biden said the shooting has been tragic “not just for Lewiston, Maine, but for our entire... Читать дальше...

In the absence of government aid, Acapulco’s desperate residents have cleaned out the city’s largest stores in three days. It wasn't isolated to any particular neighborhood or carried out under cover of darkness, but widespread and in full view of authorities who have conceded they do not have the resources or in most cases the will to intervene. It is in part the result of a government reaction delayed by the historically fast strengthening of a storm that no one forecast to go from tropical storm... Читать дальше...

Hundreds of protesters have filled the main concourse of New York City’s famed Grand Central Terminal to demand a cease-fire as Israel intensifies its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Protesters wore black T-shirts saying “Jews say cease-fire now” and “Not in our name.” They staged the sit-in during the evening rush hour Friday, chanting slogans and unfurling banners. The New York Police Department says at least 200 were detained. The protesters were led out of the station with their hands zip-tied behind their backs, issued summons and released.

Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country. Country Bay Music Festival is scheduled for Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay. the headliners scheduled for the festival are Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt, Chris Young, Lee Brice and Lainey Wilson. Also on the lineup is Miami native Leo Brooks. After spending two decades backing up performers like Lauryn Hill and Pitbull, Brooks... Читать дальше...

A billiard ball being hit, a dropped bowling ball and a popping balloon. Those are some of the noises that witnesses in Lewiston, Maine, thought they heard when a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley Wednesday. Their curiosity quickly turned to terror, both there and at a bar and grill where authorities say a gunman who remains on the loose went on to shoot more people. Authorities on Friday identified the 18 people who were killed. Tammy Asselin, whose cousin was killed, who was at the bowling alley with her 10-year-old daughter. Читать дальше...

The White House, Google Maps and Google Arts & Culture have launched a new virtual tour of the White House. It is the first such Google tour to include audio captions and Spanish translation. The White House and Google say the updated tour is part of first lady Jill Biden's desire to make the White House accessible to as many people as possible since not everyone can visit Washington or score a ticket for a White House tour. A spokesperson says Biden also hopes teachers use the tour to educate students about the White House and its history.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine this week in search of the sole suspect in two separate shootings. Forty-year-old Robert Card of Bowdoin vanished after police say he killed 18 people at a bowling alley and bar. The deceased ranged in age from 14 to 76. The two-day search for the military-trained outdoorsman involved both old-fashioned footwork and advanced technology. On Friday evening, authorities said Card had been found dead. The Associated Press offers a look... Читать дальше...

Desperate families are making missing posters and joining online groups to find loved ones out of touch since Hurricane Otis devastated the Mexican Pacific coast city of Acapulco. Officials say they are moving in supplies and getting people out of the devastated city of 1 million. Cell phone signals are returning to some parts of the city. Many residents are looking for relatives with the help of friends and relatives living in other parts of Mexico and the United States. They are sharing information and searching for the missing.

Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite accounts in closing arguments of whether the founder knew there were prostitution ads on the site. Prosecutor Kevin Rapp says Michael Lacey was aware of the content of ads that had text and images indicative of prostitution. Lacey attorney Paul Cambria said his client had a good-faith belief that Backpage was being operated lawfully. Lacey and four former Backpage employees charged in the case pleaded not guilty to facilitating prostitution charges. Читать дальше...

The GOP presidential candidates are expected to woo donors and offer a staunch defense for Israel as they address at the annual gathering of a Republican Jewish group this weekend. The Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual gathering of donors in Las Vegas kicking off Friday has for years been a key stop for GOP candidates as they seek to not only court Jewish voters but also to present themselves as stalwart allies with Israel. This year’s summit comes as Israel has been plunged into crisis after the Oct. Читать дальше...

Loved ones are grieving the loss of a Maryland judge who was gunned down outside his home last week. They remembered Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson as dedicated, fair and even-keeled on the bench. Police believe 49-year-old Pedro Argote shot and killed Wilkinson hours after the judge granted Argote’s wife a divorce and sole custody of their four children. Argote was found dead Thursday in a heavily wooded area not far from where the shooting unfolded, ending a weeklong search. Читать дальше...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has begun testifying at his fraud trial, saying the innovative business he had hoped would move the cryptocurrency ecosystem forward ended up hurting customers instead. The onetime cryptocurrency golden boy lost his businesses and his reputation as a pioneering entrepreneur when a rush of customers withdrew their money last year, exposing that billions of dollars were missing. His much-anticipated testimony Friday became the centerpiece of a defense that insists Bankman-Fried... Читать дальше...