Новости за 10.11.2023

In the vast, high desert of southern Idaho is a place called Minidoka. After Japan’s Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, this is where the U.S. government incarcerated over 13,000 Japanese American men, women and children as security risks because of their ancestry. Eight decades later, another government decision looms as a new threat — a wind project pilgrims with ties to the site worry will destroy the experience they want to preserve. If approved, the wind farm would put up 400 turbines near Minidoka... Читать дальше...

A Wisconsin judge has ordered the former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to produce records related to her work advising the Republican Assembly speaker on whether to impeach a current justice. Former Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was one of three former Supreme Court justices asked by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to give him advice on pursuing impeachment. Vos has floated impeachment against liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz based on how she rules on a pending redistricting lawsuit... Читать дальше...

Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana lawmaker has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging that he accepted promises of compensation from a casino company during his time in public office. Court documents released this week say former Indiana state Rep. Sean Eberhart accepted the promise of future employment with the annual compensation of $350,000. In return, he is accused of advocating for a bill with provisions that favored the casino company in 2019. Documents filed Thursday say... Читать дальше...

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown. The task looks increasingly difficult. Federal agencies are making plans for a shutdown that would shutter government services and halt paychecks for millions of federal workers and military troops. It’s a disruption that Johnson has said he wants to avoid. But House lawmakers left Washington without a plan after a week of setbacks.... Читать дальше...

Oil and gas companies have a large presence at international climate talks aimed at getting the world to sharply reduce emissions, which lead to climate change. The companies say they are part of the transition to green energy, and indeed have the capital and engineering prowess to help technologies like wind, solar and carbon capture further develop. But an Associated Press review of nearly 40 oil and gas companies that participated in last year's climate talks, called COP27, cast doubts on any true commitment to energy transition. Читать дальше...

Vice President Kamala Harris has flown to South Carolina to file paperwork putting President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot of the state that will lead off the Democratic presidential primary. That primary position is thanks to a White House-led schedule overhaul meant to better empower Black voters. Harris was joined Friday in the state capital of Columbia by Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of the leading Black voices in Congress. Then-candidate Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign was floundering after big losses in Iowa and New Hampshire... Читать дальше...

A federal judge and the U.S. Justice Department said this week that states are going too far with threats to prosecute those who help others cross state lines for abortion. The issue was addressed in a court ruling pausing enforcement of an Idaho law and the Justice Department weighing in on an Alabama lawsuit. Some counties in Texas have also adopted measures to try to block out-of-state travel for abortion. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, most states have moved to restrict or protect access ... Читать дальше...

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album of rock songs by Dolly Parton, the first half of the final season of “The Crown” returns to Netflix and three dudes from “Saturday Night Live” get their first feature-film shot. The next season of “NCIS” has been delayed due to the actors’ strike but fans can get their fix with the franchise’s first international spin-off, “NCIS: Sydney,” while Sarah Lancashire returns as beloved home cook Julia Child for season two of the Max series “Julia.”... Читать дальше...

Fans have pushed the Fisher-Price Corn Popper into the National Toy Hall of Fame. It joins baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF foam toys in the class of 2023, announced Friday. The Fisher-Price push toy was voted in by fans as part of the Toy Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary celebration. Baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF toys were chosen in the usual way, with input from a panel of national experts. Each year, the Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York, recognizes a group of toys that... Читать дальше...

The White House says President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss a range of regional and global issues when they meet next week in the San Francisco Bay area. Biden and Xi will be in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. China’s Foreign Ministry confirms Xi will attend APEC at Biden’s invitation and will take part in the U.S.-China summit. Biden and Xi have no shortage of difficult issues to address in their first engagement in nearly a year. Taiwan’s upcoming election... Читать дальше...

TOKYO (AP) — What’s koi got to do with it? Souring relations between Asian rivals Japan and China now seem to be snagged on calm-inducing beauty in spas, museums and gardens. The slippery dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies adds to their spat over Japan's release into the sea of treated but radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant. And it has prompted more questions than answers.

After a marathon week of negotiations, the Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a tentative deal with Wynn Resorts. It was the last contract the Culinary Workers Union needed to avoid a strike Friday. The new five-year contract covers 5,000 employees at the company’s flagship hotel-casino and Encore Resorts. It came early Friday after the union’s tentative deals earlier in the week with Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts. The union says the contracts will provide workers with historic pay raises and other unprecedented wins... Читать дальше...

France says it has been the target of a Russian online destabilization campaign that used bots to whip up controversy and confusion about spray-painted Stars of David that appeared on Paris streets. The stenciling last month of 250 blue stars on walls in Paris and its suburbs fed alarm about surging antisemitism in France during the latest Israel-Hamas war. The stars' appearance fueled concern on social media about the safety of France’s Jewish community. France’s Foreign Ministry pointed a finger of blame at Russia. Читать дальше...

The top diplomats and defense chiefs of India and the United States met in New Delhi focusing on security issues in the Indo-Pacific, China and the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. and India have a strong partnership and would discuss matters with implications for the future. He said the U.S. and India are promoting a free and open and prosperous Asia-Pacific, including by strengthening the Quad partnership with Japan and Australia. India’s External Affairs Minister... Читать дальше...

The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year. The Office for National Statistics said Friday that growth in the July to September period was zero compared to the previous three months. Despite the uninspiring figure, the quarterly outcome was slightly ahead of analysts’ expectations for a modest decline in output. The British economy, like many others particularly in the world, is struggling to grow in the face of higher interest rates, which are aimed at taming inflation. Treasury... Читать дальше...

European Union institutions and conservationists have given a conditional and guarded welcome to a major plan to better protect nature and fight climate change in the 27-nation bloc. The plan is a key part of the EU’s vaunted European Green Deal that seeks to establish the world’s most ambitious climate and biodiversity targets. Yet it has had an extremely rough ride through the EU’s complicated approval process and only a watered down version will now proceed to final votes.

Asian shares have retreated after rising bond market yields once again weighed on Wall Street. The declines ended a lull in wider swings in prices during a brief respite from market moving data releases. U.S. futures and oil prices were higher. On Thursday, the S&P 500 was poised to claim its longest winning streak in 19 years but sagged as bond yields rose after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank would not hesitate to raise rates if inflation is not fully controlled. The S&P 500 sank 0.8%... Читать дальше...

The Oct. 7 Hamas raid on Israel — and Israel's response — have led to demonstrations on college campuses that have sometimes turned violent. The unease is felt acutely at Tulane University in New Orleans, where 43% of students are Jewish. An Oct. 26 demonstration on a street running through campus erupted in violence between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counter-demonstrators supporting Israel. Jewish students say the events on campus and elsewhere have shattered their sense of safety. Meanwhile... Читать дальше...

Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happy-ever-after. As actors swap their picket signs for audition sides and calls sheets, they’ll be returning to an industry still in the midst of painful transformation and streaming upheaval. Even before the strike, every studio was reexamining its streaming strategy. After several years of rampant green lights, most are pulling back, looking to make fewer series and movies... Читать дальше...

Patrick Parker Walsh is one of thousands of thieves who perpetrated the greatest grift in U.S. history — potentially plundering more than $280 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. Walsh is currently serving five and half years in federal prison for stealing nearly $8 million in COVID-19 relief funds that he used, in part, to buy a Florida island. While Walsh’s private island ranks among the most unusual purchases by pandemic aid fraudsters, his crime was not unique. The scammers who defrauded the government spent lavishly on houses... Читать дальше...

A 96-year-old Korean War veteran from Minnesota has been waiting for 70 years for a Purple Heart medal. The Army keeps turning him down. He has provided documents to back up his assertion that he was wounded in combat in June 1951. His doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs accepted his account that the shrapnel in his thigh came from a mortar attack. But an Army review board has issued what it called a final rejection in April, citing insufficient documentation. Meyer sued the Army in September. Читать дальше...

Saint Rose plays host to Adelphi in NE-10 title game on Sunday

A jury has awarded over $1.2 million to Robert De Niro's former personal assistant after finding his production company engaged in gender discrimination and retaliation. While the jury found De Niro was not personally liable for the abuse, they said his company, Canal Productions, should make two payments of $632,142 to his longtime personal assistant, Graham Chase Robinson. De Niro has been ensnared in dueling legal claims since Robinson quit in April 2019. She has maintained that De Niro and his... Читать дальше...

Neely, the America East Rookie of the Year for UAlbany two seasons ago, tore the ACL in his left knee in the first half of a game Nov. 12, 2022, against Siena.

Occasional dips into local green spaces perfect cathartic workday visit for those looking to keep puppy occupied