Новости за 12.03.2020

President Trump said he is “not concerned” after a Brazilian official who dined with him last weekend tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES — Last November, the cook at a Mexican seafood restaurant in Santa Ana (Orange County) approached a diner with a question. Would it be possible, he asked the man, to get him 200 to 300 assault rifles?

BERLIN — German authorities are formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist, the country’s domestic intelligence agency said Thursday.

KAMPALA, Uganda — A supercomputer is boosting efforts in East Africa to control a locust outbreak that raises what the U.N. food agency calls “an unprecedented threat“ to the region’s food security.

CARACAS — When re-energized opposition leader Juan Guaidó returned to Venezuela from a world tour that saw him meet President Trump, he turned to a well-worn page in the opposition’s playbook for ousting socialist President Nicolás Maduro — he called for a street protest.

Amid the ballooning coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that residents of Santa Clara County have their temperatures checked before going to work.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — President Trump’s endorsement of Jeff Sessions’ rival in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama is a blow to the former attorney general — once beloved but later scorned by Trump — as he attempts a political comeback in the state where he was for years a conservative icon.

SYDNEY — Tom Hanks had a cold, or so he thought: slight fever, body aches, chills, the usual.

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis police officer who pleaded guilty to accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette said the woman knew the risk she was taking.

Pixar is known for bringing the feels, and their latest trailer for "Soul" couldn't come at a better time. Watch the new trailer now.

Ticketing company Live Nation has reportedly told employees it is readying to halt touring shows and recommend artists to return home.

Max von Sydow, the tall, blond Swedish actor who cut a striking figure in American movies but was most identified with the signature work of a fellow Swede, director Ingmar Bergman, died Sunday. He was 90.

Two Chinese restaurants in Oakland Chinatown have decided to temporarily close at a time when businesses are being impacted by coronavirus concerns. Peony Seafood Restaurant and Buffet Fortuna have temporarily closed, as first reported by The Chronicle. On Wednesday, a Twiter post captured the store signs that both businesses posted on their storefront.

President Donald Trump rolled out a vaguely worded "travel ban" in his address to the nation last night that has lit a firestorm in the travel industry. Shortly after giving the speech, administration officials took to Twitter and other outlets to clarify and correct what the president really meant.

MLB has suspended Spring Training and "likely" delay the start of the regular season, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Thursday morning. The matter will be discussed on a conference call with the 30 MLB owners, New York Post columnist Joel Sherman reported, after which an official announcement is expected.

SYDNEY (AP) — Tom Hanks y su esposa, Rita Wilson, permanecían aislados en condición estable el jueves en un hospital de Australia tras contraer el nuevo coronavirus, dijeron el actor y funcionarios locales.

HARLAN, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge has ordered a psychological evaluation of a Kansas man who asked the judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can “rend their souls” from their bodies.

A San Francisco hospital is now offering drive-up COVID-19 testing.

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continued to grow around the Bay Area Thursday, public officials expanded efforts to curb the virus' spread.

If it seems there’s a uncharacteristic dearth of Easter eggs in Pixar’s newest feature film offering, “Onward,” there’s a good reason for that: New Mushroomton, where the film takes place, is literally not of this universe.

ARIES.  (March 19 - April 18):  "If it's meant to be, then it will be" isn't exactly what you want to hear right now.  But it's out of your hands, so hope for the best.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Tom Hanks y su esposa, la actriz Rita Wilson, dieron positivo a una prueba de coronavirus, dijo el actor el miércoles en un comunicado.

1 Tribe OKs pot: Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed a referendum to legalize medical and recreational marijuana on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, according to the tribe’s election commission. A proposal to allow alcohol in the tribe’s casino failed. In the tally announced on Wednesday, both medical and recreational marijuana passed by wide margins, with 82% of voters approving medical marijuana and 74% approving recreational pot. The alcohol proposal failed by 12%. The Oglala... Читать дальше...

1 Power grab: The Russian parliament approved a sweeping constitutional reform in the third and final reading Wednesday, a move that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 years after his current term ends in 2024. The Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, endorsed a set of amendments to the Constitution and a provision resetting the term count for Putin after the revised Constitution goes into force. It passed by a 383-0 vote with 43 abstentions. A nationwide... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see.