Новости за 03.01.2024

The warnings came after a spate of false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials in recent days.

A Georgia state agency has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah's towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo ships can pass underneath and reach one of the nation's busiest seaports. The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday that construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2025 with Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. serving as general contractor. Officials with the Georgia Ports Authority have said for years that the Eugene... Читать дальше...

Four children have died in a fire that raced through a two-family home in the northeastern Connecticut town of Somers. Fire and town officials said the children who died in Tuesday night's blaze were ages 5, 6, 8 and 12. A litter of puppies also was killed. Authorities say a mother and her seven children lived on one side of the home, and four others who escaped serious injury were in the other side at time. Officials say the mother was not home and three of her children, including her 19-year-old daughter... Читать дальше...

Forest rangers have rescued an upstate New York hiker who survived a wet wintry night trapped above a cliff on a rugged Adirondack mountain peak. Hope Lloyd was solo hiking the day after Christmas when she slipped hundreds of feet down South Dix Mountain. The 46-year-old was sliding straight toward a cliff, but was stopped by a small spruce tree. In an interview Wednesday, she said she was “extremely grateful” to escape with only cuts and bruises, adding: “I just want to hug everybody.” Rangers reached her by 1:30 a.m.... Читать дальше...

For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms. The joint owners of the Vineyard Wind project, Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, announced Wednesday the first electricity from one turbine at what will be a 62-turbine wind farm 15 miles (24 kilometers) off the coast of Massachusetts. Five turbines are installed there. One turbine delivered about five megawatts of power to the Massachusetts grid just before midnight Wednesday. Читать дальше...

Disney has a new ally in activist investor ValueAct Capital Management, garnering its support for the company’s board nominees as it continues to wage a proxy battle with Nelson Peltz. The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that the confidentiality agreement with ValueAct will allow the company to provide information to ValueAct and consult with it on strategic matters, including through meetings with its board and management.

A small, rare herding dog called the Lancashire heeler is the latest breed recognized by the American Kennel Club. The organization announced Wednesday that the breed is now eligible for thousands of U.S. dog shows. Lancashire heelers historically were farm helpers that could both drive cattle and rout rats. The dogs are short-legged, long-bodied and active, and owners say contented heelers sometimes pull back their lips in a move that resembles a human smile. The Lancashire heeler is the 201st breed recognized by the AKC. Читать дальше...

Most of us struggle with making those New Year’s resolutions stick. This year, add some fuel — or even electricity — to your personal improvement fire with cars that can help you see your goals through to the end. Whether you want to get fit or get out, Edmunds picks five vehicles to keep you motivated. On our list are the Toyota GR Corolla, Ford Bronco, Nissan Versa, Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Mercedes-Benz GLB.

President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary War to mark the third anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection and visiting the South Carolina church where a white gunman massacred Black parishioners. The Democratic president is seeking to present in the starkest possible terms an election he argues could determine the fate of American democracy. Biden is kicking off 2024 in Pennsylvania by delving into some of the country’s darkest moments rather than an upbeat affirmation of his record. Читать дальше...

Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire stations and parks. Eleven municipalities in Illinois and Iowa are the only cities in the U.S. so far to have signed agreements with the U.S. Census Bureau to recount their residents in 2024, the first year they can be conducted, in a repeat of what happened during the 2020 census. With one exception, officials... Читать дальше...

Thousands of doctors have walked off the job in Britain, the start of a six-day strike that's set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service. Managers say tens of thousands scheduled appointments and operations will be canceled during the walkout across England and Wales by junior doctors, those in the first years of their careers. The doctors, who form the backbone of hospital and clinic care, plan to stay off the job until 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Senior doctors and... Читать дальше...

Transport officials and police have begun separate investigations at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, a day after a large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway and burst into flames, killing five people. The accident occurred Tuesday evening when the Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 plane landed on one of Haneda’s four runways after the coast guard aircraft — a Bombardier Dash-8 — had also entered, preparing to take off. Both sides said they received a go-ahead from aviation officials.

Asian shares have dropped after Wall Street started 2024 with a slump, giving back some of its big gains from last year. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices were little changed. South Korea’s benchmark slumped over 2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost nearly 1%. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.6%. The Dow edged 0.1% higher and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.6%. Some of the market’s sharper drops came from stocks that were last year’s biggest winners. Apple had its worst day in nearly five months. Читать дальше...

The downfall of Harvard’s president has elevated allegations of plagiarism as a possible new weapon in conservative attacks on higher education. President Claudine Gay’s resignation Tuesday followed weeks of mounting accusations that she lifted language from other scholars in her doctoral dissertation and journal articles. The allegations surfaced amid backlash over her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. The plagiarism claims came not from her academic peers but her political foes... Читать дальше...

In 2024, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro could face a more complicated sophomore year in charge of Pennsylvania. He’s facing pressure to respond to a court ruling that Pennsylvania’s system of public school funding unconstitutionally discriminates against poorer districts. Meanwhile, his administration must oversee a presidential election that, four years ago, was married Donald Trump-allied efforts in court to overturn it. In 2024, Shapiro is facing calls for billions of new dollars for public schools. Читать дальше...

Rescue workers and canine units are urgently sifting through rubble in the winter cold in what the prime minister called a race against time after powerful earthquakes in western Japan left at least 62 people dead and dozens believed trapped under collapsed buildings. Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas were rattled by a 4.9 magnitude aftershock in the early hours among the dozens of aftershocks that have followed a magnitude 7.6 temblor two days ago. The first 72 hours are critical, experts say... Читать дальше...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has collected enough signatures to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot in Utah. The independent has met the 1,000-signature requirement needed to qualify for the Utah ballot and can officially file to run as a presidential candidate in the state. Utah is the first state where Kennedy’s campaign submitted signatures and qualified for ballot access. The candidate rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for his embrace of public health conspiracy theories. His success... Читать дальше...

California lawmakers are returning to work for an election-year legislative session. The state Legislature is scheduled to convene Wednesday. The session will likely be dominated by decisions related to artificial intelligence and the state's struggling budget. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says California will likely have a $68 billion budget deficit. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom must reveal his plan to cover that deficit by Jan. 10. The deficit could prompt hard choices for lawmakers in an election year. Читать дальше...

The U.S. is “confident” that Palestinian militant groups used Gaza’s largest hospital to hold “at least a few" hostages seized during their bloody Oct. 7 attack and to house command infrastructure. That's according to an American intelligence assessment declassified Tuesday and shared by a U.S. official. The assessment offers the firmest U.S. support for Israeli claims about the Shifa hospital complex, which was raided by Israeli forces in November in an operation decried by global humanitarian organizations... Читать дальше...

The elections in Bangladesh are all about one person: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Analysts predict that since the main opposition party is staying out of the vote Sunday, the 76-year-old leader is practically guaranteed her fifth term in office. Hasina's entire political life has been shaped by the 1975 military coup and assassination of her father, the first leader of independent Bangladesh. Some say the brutal takeover, which also killed most of her family, pushed her to consolidate unprecedented power. Читать дальше...

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard says she has found a way to forgive her mother — and herself. But it has been a long journey from abuse and tabloid coverage of being forced to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses. She was paroled last week from a Missouri women’s prison. Her release came 8 1/2 years after she persuaded her boyfriend to kill her abusive mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, in a bid to be free of her. Speaking Tuesday, she says... Читать дальше...

New York City will ban vendors from the Brooklyn Bridge starting Wednesday. The move is intended to ease overcrowding on the famed East River crossing, where dozens of souvenir sellers currently compete for space with tourists and city commuters. Those who sell items on the bridge acknowledge that vendors have inundated the bridge in recent years, but criticize the city’s actions as overly broad. City officials say the new rules will apply to both licensed and unlicensed sellers. Mayor Eric Adams... Читать дальше...

Republican lawmakers and the White House agreed last June to temporarily lift the nation's debt limit.

Federal prosecutors have recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for a man at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors explained their sentencing recommendation for Ray Epps in a court filing on Tuesday. Epps is scheduled to be sentenced next Tuesday. He pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct on restricted grounds. Right-wing news outlets amplified the conspiracy theory that Epps was an undercover... Читать дальше...