Новости за 19.02.2024

A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor’s family. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that in a court filing Friday, Carter Bank & Trust of Martinsville, Virginia, said it will reschedule the March 5 auction to a later date. The bank also asked that a hearing set for Tuesday be postponed on a request by the Greenbrier Sporting Club in... Читать дальше...

The 31-year-old defendant admitted to the charges during the start of his trial

No arrests were immediately made after the shooting as police continued to investigate.

The result: Students and their parents are putting off their college decisions.

Hundreds of tractors have blocked a lane in downtown Prague in a farmers protest over European Union agriculture policies and what they say are unfair practises. Major organizations representing Czech farmers didn’t participate and distanced themselves from the rally Monday after it turned out some organizers were behind recent pro-Russian demonstrations. Traffic was not halted but City Hall warned people not to drive to Prague on Monday. The protesters particularly target the EU’s Green Deal, which... Читать дальше...

The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont. The announcement is the third award of financial support for a semiconductor company under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. The law enables the government to invest more than $52 billion to revitalize the manufacturing of computer chips in the United States as well as advance research and development. GlobalFoundries intends... Читать дальше...

The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan's St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday. Gentili, who died on Feb. 6 at age 52, was known as a leading advocate for transgender people, sex workers and people with HIV. The Rev. Читать дальше...

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Chinese markets reopened from a long Lunar New Year holiday. Hong Kong fell while Shanghai advanced. Tokyo edged lower. U.S. futures rose slightly while oil prices declined. On Friday, stocks slipped to send Wall Street to a rare losing week, just its second in the last 16. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% after a report on inflation at the wholesale level came in hotter than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.8%.... Читать дальше...

A suburban Minneapolis community was in mourning after authorities said two police officers and a firefighter were killed by a heavily armed man who shot at them from inside a home that was filled with children. Officials say the suspect in the shooting also died. The shooting in Burnsville also wounded a third officer. Seven children were inside the home, but officials say the family was able to leave the home safely. Hundreds of people gathered in front of Burnsville City Hall on Sunday night for a candlelit vigil to remember the victims.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days.

U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America’s failure to compete with China in biotechnology. They're warning of risks to U.S. national security and commercial interests. But as the two countries’ rivalry expands into the biotech industry, some say that shutting out Chinese companies would only hurt the United States. Biotechnology promises to revolutionize everyday life, with scientists and researchers using it to make rapid advances in medical treatment, genetic engineering in agriculture and novel biomaterials. Читать дальше...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are suspected in an attack on a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The ship targeted in the assault Sunday reported sustaining damage after “an explosion in close proximity to the vessel.” That's according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center. It said that the ship's crewmembers were safe. Ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic.com analyzed by The Associated Press identified the vessel targeted as the Rubymar. Читать дальше...