Новости за 31.03.2024

In 2024, the March 31 designation overlaps with Easter, one of Christianity's holiest celebrations.

The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” roared to an $80 million opening at the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday showed that the monster mash-up from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures brought the second-highest opening in what has been a robust year. It fell just short of the the $81.5 million debut of “Dune: Part 2.” Projections for “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” put its opening weekend at closer to $50 million. Last week’s No. 1... Читать дальше...

Kia is recalling more than 427,000 of its Telluride SUVs due to a defect that may cause the cars to roll away while they’re parked. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the intermediate shaft and right front driveshaft of certain 2020-2024 Tellurides may not be fully engaged. Over time, this can lead to “unintended vehicle movement” while the cars are in park — increasing potential crash risks. To remedy this issue, dealers will update the affected... Читать дальше...

Crews continue the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Cranes periodically swung into place on Eater Sunday and workers measured and cut the steel to prepare to lift sections of twisted steel. Church services and masses were held across Baltimore. Rev. Ako Walker at Sacred Heart of Jesus urged building bridges in the community and better treatment of migrant workers. This includes the six construction crew... Читать дальше...

An Oklahoma highway has been reopened following its closure for a few hours on Saturday after a bridge over the Arkansas River was struck by a barge. Troopers with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed a portion of U.S. Highway 59 south of Sallisaw at around 1:25 p.m. after the barge hit the bridge. Officials say no injuries were reported on the highway or the barge. The bridge crosses the Arkansas River where it enters the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir not far from Oklahoma's border with Arkansas. The highway... Читать дальше...

Police in Indianapolis say seven young people between the ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a shooting outside a downtown shopping mall. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Tanya Terry says officers patrolling the area heard shots fired near the Circle Centre Mall shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday and found a large group of juveniles, including six with gunshot wounds. The victims all were transported to hospitals and listed in stable condition. Terry says a seventh juvenile... Читать дальше...

Jacquelyn Martin, a photojournalist with The Associated Press in Washington, recalls how she often was one of a few female photographers covering news and politics in the nation’s capital and the fine line she had to walk to ensure access. She says that experience was useful when she was assigned as the press pooler for Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's last-minute trip to Israel and the Middle East in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7. She says access is difficult under any circumstances. Читать дальше...

Japan says its experts have held talks with Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing's concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. The discharges have been opposed by fishing groups and neighboring countries especially China, which banned all imports of Japanese seafood. China’s move has largely affected Japanese scallop growers and exporters to China. Japan's Foreign Ministry says Japanese officials provided... Читать дальше...

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. he jokes were so consistently over-the-top that people learned to laugh them off as another example of Google mischief. And that’s Googledecided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day. It was Gmail, a free service boasting 1 gigabyte of storage per account ... Читать дальше...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union.

Manufacturing in China expanded in March after contracting for five consecutive months. That's according to an official survey of factory managers released Sunday that suggests a rebound in industrial activities after many factories stopped running during the Lunar New Year holiday. The official purchasing managers index, or PMI, rose from 49.1 in February to 50.8 in March. The PMI is on a scale up to 100, where 50 marks the cutoff between expansion and contraction. National Bureau of Statistics... Читать дальше...

Most of California's fast food workers are set to be paid at least $20 per hour. A new law mandating the minimum wage increase for fast food workers is scheduled to take effect on Monday. The increase has been cheered by workers and labor unions who say it will provide a livable wage. But some business owners say it will cause them to raise their prices or lay off workers. California's minimum wage for most other jobs has doubled to $16 per hour over the past decade. University of California-Berkeley... Читать дальше...

A Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn, continuing a nearly three-month stretch without a big winner. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the red Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, amounting to 38 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. The $975 million prize is for a sole winner who chooses an annuity paid over 30 years. A winner opting for cash would be paid $471.7 million. Читать дальше...

A group of students from a New Orleans high school staged a play they developed on the steps of Louisiana's Capitol to protest a series of anti-LGBTQ+ legislative proposals. In the past, students at Kreutziger’s high school in New Orleans have held walkouts to protest anti-inclusion proposals. This year, some of them had the idea that a play could spark more empathy. Bills pending in the state would regulate students’ pronouns, the bathrooms they can use and discussions of gender and sexuality in the classroom... Читать дальше...

Generations of working-class Marylanders watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River. The deadly collapse of the historic Francis Scott Key Bridge has shaken Baltimore to its core and challenged its cultural identity as a port city that dates back to before the U.S. declared its independence. The Port of Baltimore will remain closed until crews can clear debris from the harbor and the bridge could take years to rebuild. Maryland’s... Читать дальше...

Clark, Iowa playing in rematch of last season's title game against LSU in Albany finale.

The regional is averaging crowds of 13,787 over the first two days of games.

The Oklahoma State Patrol says it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over the Arkansas River. Troopers closed South U.S. Highway 59 at about 1:25 p.m. Saturday after the incident and diverted traffic from the area. A state patrol spokesperson says the bridge, which crosses the Arkansas River where it enters the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, will remain closed until it can be inspected. It was not immediately known what caused the barge to hit the bridge. No one was injured on the highway or barge. Читать дальше...

AT&T says it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online.