Новости за 17.11.2023

Hip hop legend and marijuana aficionado Snoop Dogg says he’s going to stop smoking. In message posted to social media, the rapper and entrepreneur asked fans to respect his privacy at this time. He didn't provide many details on the announcement, and representatives did not immediately respond to The Associated Press' requests for comment. But that didn’t stop ample speculation from fans, many of whom were caught off guard by Snoop’s decision in the comments. Some wondered if the 52-year-old would... Читать дальше...

A California prosecutor says evidence supports involuntary manslaughter and battery charges against a college professor accused in the death of a Jewish protester after an altercation at a demonstration over the Israel-Hamas war. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko also told a news conference Friday that they haven't ruled out a hate crime but do not have evidence to make the charge against 50-year-old Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji in the death of 69-year-old Paul Kessler. Alnaji faces arraignment Thursday afternoon on the two charges... Читать дальше...

Unions and Detroit’s three casinos have announced a tentative five-year contract that could end a weekslong strike. A labor coalition represents 3,700 people, including dealers, cleaning staff, valets and food staff. They work at MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino and Hollywood Casino at Greektown. The Detroit Casino Council says the deal includes an immediate average pay raise of 18%. More details were not publicly disclosed. The strike began Oct. 17 and will continue until the contract is approved by members.

Appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are seeking communications between Disney and local media, as well as documents related to the company’s position on Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. It's part of a state court fight over control of the district that governs Walt Disney World in Florida. The request for documents and communications was made Thursday by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which is controlled by DeSantis appointees. The state took over the district after Disney... Читать дальше...

Members of the United Auto Workers union were close to approving contract agreements with Stellantis and Ford on Friday with voting at both companies overwhelmingly in favor. Only a handful of facilities at each company have yet to cast ballots in voting that ends Saturday. On Friday, workers at Ford had voted 68.2% in favor. At a huge pickup truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, the vote was 78.7% to ratify the pact, giving it an insurmountable lead of more than 12,600 votes. At Stellantis, the deal... Читать дальше...

A New York woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase million of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help. Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical debt of others and destroy it as a way of celebrating her life. Her post included a link to a fundraising campaign started through the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt. McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, posted his wife’s message on Tuesday. Читать дальше...

The federal government is delaying a new rule that could make it easier for millions of workers to unionize after business groups sued. The National Labor Relations Board says the rule, which was scheduled to go into effect next month, will now be effective Feb. 26 to give it time to resolve legal challenges. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups sued the NLRB last week over the so-called “joint employer” rule. The rule could potentially require companies like McDonald's or Amazon to bargain with workers... Читать дальше...

How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote. Some Republicans on the Texas State Board of Education have criticized them for being too negative toward fossil fuels in America’s biggest oil and gas state. The vote on which textbooks to approve is expected to take place Friday. Texas has more than 1,000 school districts and none are obligated to use textbooks approved by the board. But the endorsements carry weight. The National Science Teaching Association... Читать дальше...

This week’s new entertainment releases include Adam Sandler playing a 74-year-old elementary class lizard in the latest Netflix animation offering “Leo” and “Oppenheimer” finally arriving on home screens. Hannah Waddingham of “Ted Lasso” fame has a Christmas special on Apple TV+, Juno Temple, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in “Fargo: Year 5" and Tuesday's edition of “Dancing With the Stars” is dedicated to the music of Taylor Swift. Also arriving this week is a “Squid Game”-themed competition challenge show. Читать дальше...

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been charged with procurement fraud. The court remanded Godwin Emefiele in prison until it rules on his bail application. Court documents presented on Friday in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, alleged that Emefiele used his position as the bank’s governor to “confer a corrupt advantage” on another member of staff by awarding contracts to a company with links to that staff member, thereby breaching Nigeria’s procurement laws. Emefiele pleaded not guilty... Читать дальше...

IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. It's a fresh setback as the site formerly known as Twitter tries to win back big brands and their ad dollars. The U.S. tech company made the decision after a report Thursday by the liberal advocacy group Media Matters said ads from IBM, Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal’s Bravo network and Comcast were placed next to antisemitic material on X. Billionaire... Читать дальше...

Many cities around the world see clean and efficient public transport as a crucial way to lower their carbon emissions. For cities with waterways, a high-tech ferry in Sweden could soon set a new standard. Speeding through Stockholm’s archipelago, electric boat maker Candela’s new P-12 vessel barely makes a sound as it flies over a meter (3 feet) above the water. Its developers hope the boat, which was unveiled this week, will yield a new era of waterborne public transport. The P-12 is still in testing... Читать дальше...

World stocks are higher after a day of mixed trading in Asia, as most major markets looked set to end the week with solid gains. U.S. futures and oil prices advanced. Hong Kong sank 2.1%, dragged lower by a 9.8% slump in shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba following its cancellation of a plan to spin off its cloud computing unit. On Thursday, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite both rose 0.1%, while the Dow slipped 0.1%. November is on track to be the S&P 500’s best month in a year... Читать дальше...

Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws have told a court that a hospital donation made through a federal government minister was not a covert attempt to curry favor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh Duong stood trial on Friday after pleading not guilty in a Victoria state court to a charge of preparing for or planning an act of foreign interference. He is the first person to be charged... Читать дальше...

As countries meet in Nairobi to negotiate a treaty aimed at cutting plastics pollution, one of the tools that's been discussed is plastic credits. Those work a bit like the carbon credits that many fossil fuel companies have purchased to try to balance greenhouse gas emissions. With plastics, the concept involves companies or peoples paying for a specified weight of plastic to be collected somewhere in the world — giving them a credit to produce or use an equivalent amount of plastic. A report published... Читать дальше...

The United States and the Philippines have signed a nuclear cooperation pact under which U.S. investment and technologies are to help the Southeast Asian nation transition to cleaner energy and bolster its power supply. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing of the deal by his energy secretary and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. Marcos says nuclear energy is expected to become... Читать дальше...

With wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, it can be hard for President Joe Biden to focus on Asia, even though that was his original foreign policy goal. However, he had a rare opportunity to demonstrate American commitment to the region during an annual summit for Asian leaders that was hosted this year in San Francisco. He met with several of his counterparts and outlined a vision of friendship and collaboration. His most important meeting was with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The encounter... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are two strong allies who don’t always get along personally. On Friday, they will meet to talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations. The two leaders are in San Francisco for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. where Biden has held a series of face-to-face meetings with other leaders, including China’s President Xi Jinping and the leaders of Japan and South Korea. He's trying to reassure the region that the U.S. and China are competitors... Читать дальше...

The Republicans battling to be the alternative to former President Donald Trump are coming together for what an influential Christian organization in Iowa is billing as a friendly conversation on politics and their world views. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will appear at the roundtable “family discussion” in Des Moines Friday, Trump is not expected to make an appearance, though he was invited. The field around Trump is winnowing with... Читать дальше...

A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in Texas faces up to life in prison when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her. Kaitlin Armstrong, 35, was convicted Thursday and jurors are expected to resume deliberating her sentence Friday. Prosecutors say Armstrong gunned down the 25-year-old Wilson in a jealous rage in May 2022. Armstrong then fled to Costa Rica where prosecutors say she had plastic surgery to change her appearance. Читать дальше...

China has agreed to curtail shipments of the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of the U.S. overdose epidemic. Experts say it's an essential step, but it's not the only thing needed to be done to stem the crisis. The potent lab-produced opioid has replaced heroin in some parts of the U.S., is also used to make counterfeit pills, and is also laced with drugs such as cocaine. It's largely made in Mexico with chemicals from China. Scholars fear that cartels will find new synthetic drugs — that may be even deadlier. Читать дальше...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expanding his diplomatic efforts to build more partnerships with Indo-Pacific leaders after his meeting with President Joe Biden at a time of intensifying competition with the United States. Xi held individual talks on Thursday with the leaders of Mexico, Peru, Fiji, Japan and Brunei. The meetings all were being held on the sidelines of a summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economies in San Francisco. Xi spent four hours with Biden on Wednesday, their first face-to-face meeting in a year.

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather.

President Joe Biden has made America's case to CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit in San Francisco that the United States is committed to high standards in trade that will benefit economies across the Pacific. Fresh off his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Biden also told business leaders that the U.S. was “de-risking and diversifying” but not “decoupling” from Beijing. But he did not mince words in suggesting the U.S. and other Pacific nations could offer businesses a better option than China. Читать дальше...

A New York appeals court judge has paused a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers in his civil fraud trial. The trial judge had imposed the gag order last month and later fined Trump $15,000 for violations after the former president made a disparaging social media post about a court clerk. In his decision Thursday, Judge David Friedman of the state’s intermediate appeals court cited constitutional concerns about restricting Trump’s free speech. He issued a stay of the gag order... Читать дальше...