Новости за 03.08.2016

Three people were found shot to death Tuesday morning in a Riverside County home, prompting officials to launch a homicide investigation.

A jury in a civil case Tuesday awarded $2.2 million to the family of a 26-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Los Angeles police officer — a shooting that Chief Charlie Beck had deemed justified and Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey declined to prosecute.

A couple 'sexually assaulted a woman after begging her to join in a threesome' following a boozy night out, a court's heard.

A new study suggests women who underwent surgical removal of the appendix or tonsils when younger are more likely to become pregnant.

The most common virus to infect humans - EBV - plays a role in breast cancer. New research may have uncovered the mechanisms behind this relationship.

This article looks at how shingles is transmitted, along with the risk factors involved with the condition and steps that can be taken to prevent it.

Former bank executive Brad Korell will join the Crane Trust board.

Viterbo University’s Board of Trustees didn’t have to look very far to find the campus’ next leader.

BOWMAN — Eldon D. “Bus” Patterson, 85, Bowman, passed away on July 28, 2016, at his daughter, Karla and Monty’s home on hospice care in Bismarck. Services will be held at 1 p.m. MDT today, Aug. 3, at Bowman Lutheran…

PARSHALL — Eva Onstad, 93, Parshall, died Aug. 1, 2016, at a Minot nursing home. Arrangements are pending with Langhans Funeral Home, Parshall.

KIEF — Aaron F. Rau, 65, rural Kief, died Aug. 1, 2016, at St. Aloisius Hospital, Harvey. Arrangements are pending with Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey.

Hilda Faul, 98, Bismarck, formerly of Harvey, died Aug. 1, 2016, at Baptist Health Care Center, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Cornerstone Community Church, south campus, Harvey. Further arrangements are pending with Hertz…

UNDERWOOD — Audrey Zietz, 54, Underwood, died July 31, 2016, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Hazen. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at First Assembly of God Church, Underwood, with the Rev.…

Linden Joaquin Cofell, known as Jo by most of his family and friends, went to meet his Heavenly Father on July 16, 2016. He died of complications caused by Alzheimer’s while residing at the Baptist Health Care Center, Bismarck, for…

ALAMO — Betty Opperud, 80, Alamo, most recently of Williston, died Aug. 1, 2016, at Bethel Lutheran Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Williston. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at Calvary Lutheran Church, Alamo. Further arrangements…

Joann (Klein) Fortier, 81, Billings, Mont., died July 15, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. MDT Friday, Aug. 5, at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Dickinson. A memorial service was held July 18 at Cremation and Funeral Gallery,…

FARGO — Jerry Dale Klinger, 68, Fargo, passed away on July 31, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug.…

Sandi Curry Christofferson, 65, died Aug. 1, 2016, at her home at Woodlake, cared for by her family. Her celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Devils Lake, with the…

FARGO — Ann Bettenhausen, 91; Todd Hanson, 56; Douglas Iverson, 68; Osa Overland, 87; Kathleen Weir, 74.

STRASBURG — Kathryn “Katie” Klein, 96, Strasburg, died Aug. 1, 2016, at the Strasburg Care Center. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Strasburg. Burial will be at the church…

Earl Benedict, 72, Bismarck, 10 a.m., Assembly of God Church, Linton. (Bismarck Funeral Home)

The center of the Milky Way contains an abundance of older stars as compared to the relatively younger ones but a new study shows that the number of the younger ones may be even lesser than was previously anticipated. In comparison to the sun — that is about 4.6 billion years old — these young stars, or Cepheids, are only between 10 to 300 million years old. To understand how the galaxy was formed and how it evolved over time, analyzing the distribution of stars is important and the Cepheids prove to be helpful in this.

They came in the holds of overcrowded ships, packed in among cargo and animals, and those who survived the journey were bought and sold in chains to work as hard their owners chose. They were taken to the Carribean, to the American colonies, and beyond.  Sound familiar? But these forced immigrants, deprived of all personal freedom, were Irish slaves, and their servitude started long before black slavery was common. The history of the Irish slaves has long been suppressed, and a modern movement of... Читать дальше...

Bitcoin’s price fell sharply by about six percent Wednesday after the digital currency exchange Bitfinex announced a serious security breach resulting in the theft of nearly $65 million worth of bitcoin. The Hong Kong-based exchange said Tuesday it was halting all trading, withdrawals and deposits till the breach is fixed. The exchange released a statement saying investigations were underway to determine how the breach happened and how many users were affected by it.