Новости за 08.01.2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The legal maneuvering over a court-ordered purge of up to 209,000 registered voters in Wisconsin took another twist Wednesday, with the state Justice Department asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to put the original ruling on hold by Friday or direct a lower appeals court to consider doing so.

After 15 years of serving casual Mexican fare at the Ferry building, restaurant Mijita, owned by chef Traci Des Jardins, has closed. The closure was announced on Mijita’s website and stated its last service day was Dec. 29, 2019.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm is heading to the NFL, despite some struggles during a junior season that led to speculation he might return for one more year with the Bulldogs.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump's rational for ordering the killing of a top Iranian general is reminiscent of the use of U.S. intelligence in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, New Mexico congressional candidate and former CIA operative Valerie Plame said Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — John White, who helped strengthen the role of charter schools, backed a taxpayer-funded tuition voucher program for private schools and oversaw overhauls of the state’s school accountability efforts, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as Louisiana's education superintendent.

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday pressed a government lawyer to explain why President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing state and local governments to reject refugees, questioning whether the change was politically motivated.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — People could pick up prescriptions at Michigan pharmacies that are not staffed by an on-site pharmacist under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday and will go to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her signature.

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas

National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX

212 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

TXZ237-091000-

Inland Brazoria-

Including the cities of Alvin, Angleton, and Pearland

212 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy early in the evening then becoming

mostly cloudy. Читать дальше...

TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Thursday, January 9, 2020

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX

209 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM

CST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Southeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25

knots expected. Seas 6 to 8 feet.

* WHERE...Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A retired Arkansas accountant has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud just months after being hit with a $9.2 million civil judgment for embezzling funds from a manufacturing company over two years.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Senate voted Wednesday to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products, even though the federal government has already made the same move.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is awarding more $9 million to support grants that will help 24 communities purchase nearly 2,500 acres of land to be designated as open space.

WASHINGTON (AP) —

The repeal of an unpopular fine for people without health insurance has had little impact on “Obamacare” sign-ups or premiums, a gap between the real world and legal arguments from conservatives again challenging the Affordable Care Act.

The 10-year-old law has proved more resilient than its creators or detractors imagined, even as the Supreme Court considers whether to take up the latest effort to roll it back.

Opponents argue that the constitutionality... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Wednesday sued the state's largest school district and a former teacher over a 2018 incident where the teacher allegedly cut a Native American student's hair during class on Halloween and asked another student if she was dressed as a “bloody Indian.”

TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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Zone Forecast Product for South Central Texas

National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX

203 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

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Travis-

Including the city of Austin

203 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

.TONIGHT...Warmer. Partly cloudy early in the evening then

becoming cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers late in the

night. Читать дальше...

There have been thousands of film critics, and sooner or later all of them have to weigh in on the classics.

Although an agent will write up your real estate listing, home sellers can and should be involved. Certain tweaks to your listing can help sell a house.

In East Greenwich, RI, this midcentury modern home with a tower and plenty of cool details is a standout. And for $599,900, it's definitely worth a look.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chairman of trustees for South Carolina's largest university defended his board Wednesday as three powerful state House members questioned the board's commitment to diversity and financial responsibility.

Marcus Semien, Mike Fiers, Stephen Piscotty and Sean Manaea are among 19 A’s players who are tentatively scheduled to appear at the club’s FanFest, which is set for Saturday, Jan. 25 at Jack London Square in Oakland.

A 24-hour McDonald's in Sacramento has been playing bagpipe music outside to drive the homeless away, and the neighbors aren't loving it.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is very rich and famous. It must be nice. And yet it was not so long ago Garoppolo was neither rich nor famous, but instead a member of a second-tier college team in small-town Illin...

According to Lombardi's story, Garoppolo lived in a house with five of his defensive teammates during his senior year of college. He lived in the "decaying basement" with safety John Wurm, who painted a vivid picture of their circumstances.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious” was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.