Новости за 18.06.2015

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Grief mingled with relief Thursday as police announced the arrest and identity of a man accused of opening fire on a prayer group in a historic African American church.Within hours of the arrest of Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old from Eastover, S.C., authorities also released the names of the nine victims killed, which included the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41, the pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, who is also a South Carolina state senator; the Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton,45... Читать дальше...

Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the funding arm of the political network backed by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, wants a lot more hard information from the crowded field of presidential contenders before deciding what to do with its considerable resources.Read full article >>

VATICAN CITY — He warns of “synthetic agrotoxins” harming birds and insects and “bioaccumulation” from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies and “maximum energy efficiency.” And although he offers prayers at the beginning and end of his heavily anticipated missive on the environment, Pope Francis unmasks himself not only as a very green pontiff, but also as a total policy wonk.Read full article >>

In Miami, the owners of a mental health center allegedly billed Medicare for tens of millions of dollars for intensive treatment that actually involved just moving people to different locations. Some of them had dementia so severe they couldn’t even communicate.Read full article >>

NBC News made it official Thursday afternoon: the network will bring back suspended anchor Brian Williams, but he will no longer be the face of “NBC Nightly News.”Instead, Williams will become an anchor of news reports at MSNBC, the network’s cable news channel, NBC said.Read full article >>

There were two emotions evident in President Obama's statement Thursday about the murders of nine people at a church in Charleston, S.C., the night before.The first was anger -- at the fact that he was, once again, addressing the country in the wake of a mass shooting. The second was more along the lines of resignation -- a head-shaking weariness about the almost-certain fact that this latest shooting would do little to move the needle on gun control legislation.Read full article >>

The mysterious Kennewick Man was a Native American after all. That’s the bombshell conclusion of a new genetic analysis of the prehistoric hunter who died 8,500 years ago in the Columbia River Valley.There is no more controversial figure in the world of anthropology. The skeleton was found in 1996 on a river bank near Kennewick, Wash., and researchers right away noticed that the narrow skull with projecting features didn't look like that of a Native American. The man who excavated most of the bones... Читать дальше...

The House voted to resurrect the centerpiece of President Obama’s trade agenda Thursday, six days after his fellow Democrats dealt him a dramatic setback after a months-long lobbying effort.Thursday’s 218-to-208 vote to grant Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate trade deals — including the controversial 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership — is a win for the president, but it is not yet a victory. Read full article >>

The House voted to resurrect the centerpiece of President Obama’s trade agenda Thursday, six days after his fellow Democrats dealt him a dramatic setback after a months-long lobbying effort.Thursday’s 218-to-208 vote to grant Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate trade deals — including the controversial 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership — is a win for the president, but it is not yet a victory. Read full article >>

Dylann Roof, the white man identified as the suspected gunman in Wednesday night's mass shooting in Charleston, S.C., is said to have declared, "You are taking over our country," before opening fire on Emanuel AME Church's black congregants, killing nine.Read full article >>

Rachel Dolezal, the white former Spokane NAACP branch president who purported to be an African American, has, through her duplicity, hurt herself, her family and all those whose lives are closely linked with hers. What she did (or failed to do), however, did little harm to the NAACP, the pursuit of civil rights and justice or the prospects of blacks in America. The media attention devoted to Dolezal has bordered on obsession. And it says more about our powerlessness to resist sensational and essentially... Читать дальше...

When Clementa C. Pinckney took to preaching at just age 13 in his native South Carolina, he was joining a strong family tradition. His great-grandfather and uncle were well-known AME pastors who had fought racism from the pulpit.Read full article >>

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that messages displayed on specialized license plates are a form of government speech, and Texas is free to reject a proposed design that features the Confederate flag.Read full article >>

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that messages displayed on specialized license plates are a form of government speech, and Texas is free to reject a proposed design that features the Confederate flag.Read full article >>

Nine black church congregants were killed by a white shooter last night in Charleston, S.C., a shocking event that local police are characterizing as a hate crime. Below are several pieces of critical context on hate crimes and hate groups from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the FBI and other sources. While the number of active hate groups in the United States has fallen in recent years, the hate crime rate remains steady and blacks remain the racial group most likely to experience racially motivated... Читать дальше...

Lawmakers in Hong Kong rejected a proposed election plan by the enclave’s pro-Beijing government Thursday, offering a symbolic victory to pro-democracy protesters and raising the stakes for more political confrontations.Read full article >>

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire and killed nine people Wednesday night during a prayer service at a historic African American church in downtown Charleston, S.C., in one of the worst attacks on a place of worship in recent memory.Read full article >>

Brian Williams will return to NBC News but will no longer serve as anchor of its signature newscast, “Nightly News,” various media outlets reported Wednesday evening.Lester Holt, who has anchored the program since Williams was suspended in February, will continue to be the face of the program.Read full article >>

You forget about the noise, the constant thud of sneakered feet, the slamming of doors for no reason at all, simply as a statement of late adolescence. Also, the clutter. Alps of clutter. You forget about the dishes, the relentless congestion in the sink, because why commit to one glass when you can use them all?Read full article >>

Brian Williams will return to NBC News but will no longer serve as anchor of its signature newscast, “Nightly News,” various media outlets reported Wednesday evening.Lester Holt, who has anchored the program since Williams was suspended in February, will continue to be the face of the program.Read full article >>

Will it be Susan B. Anthony or Harriet Tubman? Eleanor Roosevelt or Rosa Parks? Or another important woman from American history?These will be among the names the nation ponders after the Obama administration’s announcement late Wednesday that a woman will be featured on the $10 bill, the first time in well over a century that a female portrait will grace the United States’ paper money.Read full article >>

The CIA did not know in advance that al-Qaeda’s leader in Yemen was among the suspected militants targeted in a lethal drone strike last week, according to U.S. officials who said that the operation went forward under counter­terrorism guidelines that were eased by the Obama administration after the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Yemen this year.Read full article >>

The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country’s second-largest cellular carrier of drastically slowing down Internet speeds for customers who signed up for “unlimited” data plans.Read full article >>

Rep. Dave Brat, the Virginia Republican, awoke on a recent morning in his U.S. Capitol office, a suite that has doubled as his Washington bedroom since he pulled off what may be the most astonishing political upset in a generation.Read full article >>

THE FOOD and Drug Administration moved formally to eliminate artificial trans fat from Americans’ food on Tuesday, revoking the ingredient’s “generally recognized as safe” status. From here on, neither foodmakers nor their government regulators may assume that the artery-clogging oils are relatively benign, and manufacturers will have three years to cull them completely from the U.S. food supply. The FDA reckons that the result will be 20,000 fewer heart attacks and 7,000 fewer deaths per year. Read... Читать дальше...