Новости за 20.03.2024

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes about the Cruella de Vil of basketball.

The quarterback was rocking a seemingly custom-made visor.

Sideshow drivers hit three different neighborhoods in one night in SF.

Georgia lawmakers have made it harder for workers at companies getting state economic incentives to unionize, in what could be a violation of federal law. The state House voted 96 to 78 Wednesday for Senate Bill 362, which would bar companies that accept state incentives from recognizing unions without a formal secret-ballot election. The measure now goes to Gov. Brian Kemp, who has promised to sign it. Democrats say the bill is really about making it harder for unions to organize and for companies to accept them. Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Five Below Inc. (FIVE) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $202.2 million.

Stocks rallied to more records after the Federal Reserve indicated it’s still likely to deliver the cuts to interest rates this year that Wall Street craves. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.3%. All three indexes hit all-time highs. The fear coming into the day was that the Fed would trim the number of expected rate cuts this year because of some hot inflation data, but it’s still penciling in three. Traders built bets that the first cut will come in June.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — KB Home (KBH) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $138.7 million.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Micron Technology Inc. (MU) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $793 million.

Forty years after “Ghostbusters” and following a string of sequels that never measured up to the original it’s fair to wonder, well, who else ought we to call? But as easy as it might be to label the new one, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” another half-hashed retread — which it is, a little bit — it’s also a significant upgrade from “Afterlife,” writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review. “Afterlife” relocated the action to Oklahoma and forgot to pack any comedy. “Frozen Empire,” back... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed.:

NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday:

The casual sushi spot has been on Valencia Street for 36 years.

"The Acolyte" was originally pitched as "Frozen" meets "Kill Bill."

El Farolito picked up another win in a U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday.

Belarusian authorities say they have launched dozens of raids to target those suspected of “extremist” activities in new efforts by the political opposition to create “people’s embassies” abroad. The raids are the latest move in a crackdown on dissent by the government of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus’ Investigative Committee, a top state criminal investigation agency, said its agents have searched apartments and offices belonging to those suspected of involvement. The Belarusian... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats. They believe that Moreno’s positions on abortion, immigration and Trump’s election lies make the Republican less electable this fall in the race against Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Democrats ran ads in the GOP primary’s closing days boosting the Trump-backed Moreno over more moderate alternatives. Moreno, who won the nomination Tuesday night, is the latest proxy in... Читать дальше...

A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century. The National Park Service says archaeologists used new research to determine that the wreckage first spotted in 1993 near Dry Tortugas National Park is the HMS Tyger. The HMS Tyger was a Fourth-Rate, 50-gun frigate built in 1647. It sank in 1742 after it ran aground on the reefs of the Dry Tortugas while on patrol in the War of Jenkins Ear between Britain and Spain.

Within hours Tuesday, another court blocked the Texas law again. The same day, Iowa passed a similar bill.

The owner of an 34-year-old alligator seized by conservation officers near Buffalo is fighting for its return. Tony Cavallaro says the reptile he named Albert is a gentle giant he treated like family and who lived in a custom addition in his house. Officers a week ago sedated and seized the more than 11-foot, 750-pound alligator. State environmental officials say Cavallaro’s license to keep Albert had expired in 2021, and that he'd let children and others pet him, which is illegal. Cavallaro says... Читать дальше...

A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation. The announcement from the body's Executive Board comes two days after Republican state Sen. Steve Halloran name-checked a fellow senator while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature. Halloran read out loud an excerpt Monday night from the memoir “Lucky” by Alice Sebold. The book recounts Sebold’s experience of sexual violence when she was 18. In his reading, Halloran repeated “Sen. Cavanaugh.”... Читать дальше...

The Celtics' play-by-play man took a cheap shot at ex-Dubs guard Jordan Poole.

A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump's claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar. Judge Jesse M. Furman in Manhattan made the suggestion in a written order Wednesday denying Cohen's request for early release from the court supervision that followed his three-year prison sentence for federal crimes. Furman said Cohen's disavowal... Читать дальше...

The Stanford men's basketball woes keep getting worse.

Israel is determined to launch an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to the hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering there. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel can’t achieve its goal of “total victory” against Hamas without tackling Rafah. Rafah is seen by Israel as Hamas’ last major stronghold in the Gaza Strip and Israel wants to dismantle Hamas' four battalions there. Israel has approved... Читать дальше...

Prince Harry's lawyer says the cover-up of unlawful information gathering at British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch went all the way to the top. Attorney David Sherborne said Wednesday in the High Court that Murdoch was among the executives at News Group Newspapers aware of skullduggery carried out by journalists and private investigators working for the now-defunct News of the World, and The Sun. A lawyer for the publisher says that the Duke of Sussex and others shouldn't be allowed to include Murdoch in their claims. Читать дальше...