Новости за 18.04.2024

An Oklahoma man has been arrested after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the headquarters of a group in Salem, Massachusetts, called The Satanic Temple. The group says on its website that it campaigns for secularism and individual liberties and that its members don’t actually worship Satan. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Oklahoma, has been charged with using an explosive to damage a building following an attack last week on the headquarters, which is also used as an art gallery. Читать дальше...

Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute. No vote was taken on the repeal itself, but two Republicans sided with 14 Democrats in the Senate in changing rules to let a repeal proposal advance after the deadline for hearing bills passed. Proponents say the Senate could vote on the repeal as early as May 1. Читать дальше...

California regulators adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich." The drinking water limit is the first in the nation to specifically target chromium-6, as it’s also known, and could set the stage for other states to follow suit. California water regulators say the limit of 10 parts per billion is economically feasible for water providers and more protective of public health. But water providers say it could lead to higher bills for customers. Читать дальше...

A California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar businesses to report the identities of their owners to the government. Such information would be available for public view. The proposal aims to crack down on the practice of opaque ownership structures that enable some companies to operate anonymously and skirt state laws without consequence. The practice is prevalent in many industries. The bill passed a committee Wednesday. Proponents say more transparency would make it easier to hold bad actors accountable. Читать дальше...

Based on the chatter around the league, Wiggins' time may be over in Golden State.

The Hawaii airport's runway needs long-term repairs.

The man whose allegations of abuse at New Hampshire's youth detention center sparked an unprecedented criminal investigation and more than a thousand lawsuits is finally taking the witness stand. David Meehan began testifying Wednesday, the sixth day of his lawsuit’s trial, describing his early years up to his arrival at the Manchester facility. Meehan went to police in 2017 and sued the state three years later alleging he was raped, beaten and locked in solitary confinement at the Youth Development Center in the late 1990s. Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden has misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the man’s wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief. While in Pittsburgh, Biden spoke about his uncle Ambrose Finnegan Jr., aiming to draw a contrast with reports that Trump, while president, had called fallen service members “suckers” and “losers.” The president said Finnegan was “shot down in New Guinea" and his body was never recovered, adding that there were many cannibals in the area. Читать дальше...

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai. Meteorologists say cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove it does very much. No one reports the type of flooding that on Tuesday doused the United Arab Emirates, which often deploys the technology to squeeze every drop of moisture from the sky. Meteorologists... Читать дальше...

The majority of the arrests were drug related.

A lockdown prompted by a report of a gunshot at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota has lifted. Security officers completed a door-to-door sweep of the base Wednesday afternoon, the base said in a social media post. Earlier that afternoon, base security received the report of a single gunshot near the medical clinic and base exchange. Security officers did not locate a source of the sound during their sweep, the base said. The lockdown was ordered “out of an abundance of caution,” the base said. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy Daniels as she arrived for a screening of her documentary at a gay bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor and hush money trial figure refused to take it and walked away. Newly filed court documents show a process server working for the former president’s lawyers approached Daniels with papers demanding information but was forced to “leave them at her feet." The encounter outside the 3 Dollar Bill nightclub has touched off... Читать дальше...

Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, has died. She was 94. The Connecticut Judicial Branch says Peters passed away Tuesday. The cause and location of her death have not been disclosed. Peters was also the first female faculty member at Yale Law School. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1978 and served as chief justice from 1984 to 1996. She wrote the majority opinion in the landmark 1996 Sheff v. O'Neill case that declared segregation of Hartford-area schools to be unconstitutional. Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Great Southern Bancorp Inc. (GSBC) on Wednesday reported net income of $13.4 million in its first quarter.

Twenty-three Republican attorneys general are attacking the Biden administration's stated goal of pursuing environmental justice. They officials call it a form of “racial engineering.” They are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency stop using civil rights laws to investigate actions and policies that harm Black people or other minority groups — even unintentionally — more than white residents. At issue is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which aims to prevent discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. Читать дальше...

El tronido del escape de un vehículo espantó a una elefanta de circo mientras recibía un baño antes de su espectáculo en Butte, Montana, provocando que el animal derribara una cerca y diera una breve caminata, deteniendo el tráfico del mediodía en la calle más transitada de la ciudad antes de ser capturada.

Clark's introductory press conference took a weird, leering turn on Wednesday.

"It's brutal," Dropbox's CEO said of laying off workers to free up cash for spending on AI.

The Bay Area mother was taken into police custody after more than two decades.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Home Bancorp Inc. (HBCP) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $9.2 million.

A Republican lawmaker says he plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities. The move comes after GOP supermajorities failed to resolve differences on the issue during the recently ended legislative session. Kentucky lawmakers will convene again in early January. State Sen. Mike Wilson said Tuesday that he hopes to use the coming months to craft another version of DEI legislation for the 30-day session in 2025. Debates revolving... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $124.5 million.

Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members' jobs in North Carolina's public university system could be at risk. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee quickly voted to repeal a DEI policy adopted in 2019. The policy will now be sent to the full board to vote on at its next meeting in May. The existing policy outlines the roles of DEI officers across the university system, and the proposed replacement policy does not mention those staff positions. Any repeal of DEI policy... Читать дальше...

The grocery chain hopes to open hundreds of new stores throughout the U.S. by 2028. 

Two 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama “We Grown Now.” The film, in select theaters Friday and expanding April 26, stars first-time actors Blake Cameron Jones and Gian Knight Ramirez as the boys Malik and Eric. Baig sets in the film in the fall of 1992 in Chicago's Cabrini-Green public housing development. Jurnee Smollett plays Malik's mom. AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr writes in her review that "It’s an evocative memory piece, wistful and honest... Читать дальше...