Новости за 05.03.2024

The U.S. Department of Education says Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes on campus. Those crimes included sexual assault. Liberty marketed itself as having one of the safest campuses. The fine is by far the largest under the Clery Act., a federal law that requires universities to collect crime data and notify students of threats. Before Tuesday, the largest Clery Act fine was... Читать дальше...

An elections official in Houston says voting has largely been going smoothly in the most populous county in Texas. Elections in recent years in Harris County have drawn attention because of problems ranging from paper ballot shortages to malfunctioning machines to long lines. County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth says that problems have arisen in just a few places so far on Super Tuesday. She says those problems have been dealt with. She says she is now taking her “first deep breath for the day knowing that voters are voting... Читать дальше...

Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 17 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. First responders with Gaza's Civil Defense department circulated footage of rescuers pulling dead and wounded people from the rubble of a house on Tuesday, including a motionless child with blood on his face. The European Hospital said it received 17 bodies overnight. The Israeli military has said it was carrying out targeted raids on militant infrastructure in Khan Younis while trying to evacuate civilians. Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination. But activists say the testing needs to be far more widespread.

The Dartmouth men's basketball team has voted to unionize, taking an unprecedented step toward forming the first-ever labor union for college athletes. In a campus election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, the players voted 13-2 to join Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents some Dartmouth workers. The school can still appeal to the NLRB and the federal courts. That could delay negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement until long after... Читать дальше...

The Treasury Department says it has sanctioned two people and a Greece-based commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer that developed and distributed technology used to target U.S. government officials, journalists and policy experts. The sanctions announced Tuesday target Intellexa Consortium, which the U.S. says has sold and distributed commercial spyware and surveillance tools for targeted and mass surveillance campaigns. Other entities associated with Intellexa are... Читать дальше...

Scientists have confirmed the presence of a whale off New England that went extinct in the Atlantic Ocean two centuries ago. They say it illustrates the impact of climate change on sea life. 

America’s muscle car culture will live on as the country transitions to electric vehicles, but the gas-powered performance car will last for at least a few more years. Dodge on Tuesday unveiled two battery-powered versions of the Charger muscle car that will still roar like a big V8 engine but not emit pollution from the tailpipe. However the Stellantis performance brand will keep selling a gas-powered Charger as well, with a six-cylinder engine instead of the big Hemi V8. Both will be built on Stellantis’ global large vehicle underpinnings. Читать дальше...

Alabama lawmakers are moving fast to approve measures this week to protect in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month's state Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos have the rights of children under the state’s wrongful death law.

“American Fiction” is an entertaining movie, authors and publishers say. And it has a lot to say about Black families and the struggles of Black authors in an industry that remains predominantly white. But the featured plot of a Black literary author finds unexpected success through a crudely written, profanely titled novel seems a little outdated to some. “American Fiction,” nominated for best picture and in four other categories, was adapted from a 2001 novel that came out when a genre often called “urban lit” was peaking. Читать дальше...

Bitcoin briefly hit an all-time high Tuesday morning — with the world’s largest cryptocurrency surpassing $68,800, according to CoinMarketCap.

Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year. Bloomberg contributed $3 billion to support the arts, education, environment, public health, and programs aimed at improving city governments around the world, while the Knights gave $1.24 billion... Читать дальше...

Police in Nashville say that five people have died after a small plane crashed near an interstate highway, shutting down multiple lanes. The Metro Nashville Police Department says the single-engine plane crashed Monday night just off of Interstate 40 in the western part of the city. Police posted a photo of charred wreckage of the small plane in the grass along the interstate. Transportation officials say the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 have been closed. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority... Читать дальше...

Target on Tuesday reported a 58% increase in fourth-quarter profits that handily beat Wall Street expectations as the discounter held down costs and kept inventory lean. Revenue rose slightly from a year ago and were above analysts’ projections. Comparable sales _ those from stores or digital channels operating at least 12 months _ slipped 4.4%. That was a smaller decline than the 4.9% drop in third quarter and a 5.4% decline in the second quarter. The Minneapolis-based discounter offered on Tuesday a cautious outlook. Читать дальше...

Aston Villa insists the club is operating within the financial rules of the English Premier League despite reporting a loss of 119.6 million pounds in its latest accounts. Those accounts are up to May 31 last year. That covers a period when the team finished seventh in the league to qualify for the Europa Conference League. Everton and Nottingham Forest have previously fallen foul of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules which permit losses of up to 105 million pounds over a three-year period. Читать дальше...

The United Nations says that women who run farms and rural households in poor countries suffer more from climate change and are discriminated against as they try to adapt to other sources of income in times of crises. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization released on Tuesday found that female-headed rural households lose on average 8% more of their income during times of excessive heat and 3% more during floods, compared to male-headed households. The Rome-based FAO says that the "study suggests that if not addressed... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are poised to have the biggest day of the primary campaign move them to the brink of winning their party’s presidential nominations and set up a historic rematch that many voters would rather not endure. Super Tuesday elections are being held in 16 states and one territory. Hundreds of delegates are at stake, the biggest haul for either party on a single day. In a dramatic departure from competitive Super Tuesdays of the past, the contests are effectively sealed this year. Читать дальше...

A movie-ammunition supplier has testified at trial that he provided only inert dummy rounds without gunpowder to the Western movie “Rust,” where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal. Albuquerque-based movie firearms and ammunition supplier Seth Kenney said Monday that he also was handling live rounds from another video production at his Albuquerque storage office but kept those rounds in a box in a bathroom. The involuntary manslaughter trial of movie armorer... Читать дальше...

China’s economic growth target for this year is around 5%, in line with last year’s performance despite forecasts for a slowdown. Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced the plans Tuesday before the National People’s Congress. The ruling Communist Party has said it is prioritizing efforts to encourage consumer spending to help drive the economy. Last year, the economy grew at a 5.2% pace, but that was after a very slow 3% annual growth rate in 2022, when the country was enduring the worst disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. Читать дальше...

Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses Tuesday. Meanwhile, authorities are pushing for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 of South Korea’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been refusing to work for the last two weeks to protest a government plan to enroll thousands more students in the country’s medical schools in coming years. The government ordered them to return to work by Feb. Читать дальше...

China’s Premier Li Qiang promoted an image of confidence as he announced modest economic growth goals for the country at one of its most important political gatherings. Li announced that the GDP growth target was 5% this year — a modest target that is still going to be difficult. China is grappling with an economic slowdown and a real estate market in crisis after a crackdown on excess borrowing led to a liquidity crisis among developers. Li’s report had stronger language on self-ruled Taiwan and... Читать дальше...

A fire raging at an industrial facility has caused multiple explosions that rocked suburban Detroit, prompting police to implore residents to stay inside. The Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook that debris was sent into the air and came down as far as a mile away. Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel told WDIV-TV the explosions started around 9 p.m. at a business called Select Distributors. He said after 11 p.m. that the fire had been contained. The Select Distributors website says it's a wholesale supplier of novelties... Читать дальше...

One of the country’s most progressive prosecutors is set to be tested as he seeks reelection against 11 challengers to remain the district attorney of Los Angeles County. Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary pits incumbent George Gascón against opponents ranging from line prosecutors in his own office to former federal prosecutors to county judges. A candidate must receive a 50%-plus-one vote to win the primary outright. That's an unlikely outcome in the largest-ever field to seek the office. Anything less... Читать дальше...

Control of the U.S. House of Representatives won't be decided on Tuesday. But voters in California will set the matchups for some of the country's most competitive races in November. All the state's 52 congressional seats have primary elections on Tuesday. The top two vote-getters in each race will advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation. Democrats currently hold 41 of those seats. That's why Republican wins are crucial to the GOP's efforts to defend its slim majority in Congress. Читать дальше...

Alabama lawmakers, who face public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, are nearing approval of immunity legislation for providers. Three IVF providers paused services after the state Supreme Court's ruling last month that frozen embryos were children under the state's wrongful death law. Legislative committees on Tuesday will debate the bills that would protect clinics from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during IVF services. Lawmakers... Читать дальше...