Новости за 21.03.2024

A senior official with Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has made a rare visit to the United Arab Emirates to discuss the case of a dozen Lebanese citizens detained in the oil-rich nation over alleged links to the Lebanese group. The UAE, like other Arab gulf countries, considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization and over the years has detained and deported dozens of Lebanese citizens over alleged links to the group. A Hezbollah statement said Thursday that Wafik Safa, the head of the group’s Liaison and Coordination Unit... Читать дальше...

Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmaker says the effort by supporters of former President Donald Trump to recall him from office has failed. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has challenged the validity of thousands of the signatures submitted. Earlier this week, Vos derided those attempting to recall him as “whack jobs and morons.” If the Vos challenges are successful, there would be nowhere near enough valid signatures to force a recall election. The Wisconsin Elections Commission, based on its initial cursory review... Читать дальше...

Apple, the DOJ alleges, has "made communicating with other smartphones worse."

The Michelin-starred restaurant filed a motion that could end the lifestyle brand.

East and West Oakland neighborhoods are burdened the most, data shows.

Michigan attorneys have pressed a federal appellate panel in Cincinnati to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down a portion of an aging petroleum pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court. The attorneys argued Thursday before the three-judge panel that the state’s environmental protection laws justify the transfer. Assistant Attorney General Daniel Bock said the Line 5 pipeline is a matter of state interest because of its regulatory control of the straits. The Canadian pipeline's owner... Читать дальше...

Court records show a man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death. The plea agreement entered into Thursday by Rashad Trice shows he faces a minimum term of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. A criminal complaint states the 27-year-old Lansing, Michigan, man strangled Wynter Cole Smith with a cellphone cord and left her body in a Detroit alley. Trice also is charged in... Читать дальше...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The move makes Tennessee the first state in the U.S. to enact such measures. Supporters say the goal is to ensure that AI tools cannot replicate an artist’s voice without the artist’s consent. The bill goes into effect July 1. The Volunteer State is just one of three states where name, photographs and likeness... Читать дальше...

After a season with very little snow, a blast of snowy weather could dump a foot or more in some northern states, just as spring officially arrives. Parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin are under winter weather advisories, with snow expected Thursday in some areas. Minnesota could see a foot of snow over the weekend, and parts of New England could also see 12 to 18 inches in the coming days.

The executive director of Little Rock’s airport who was injured earlier this week in a shootout with federal agents serving a search warrant at his home has died. In a statement, Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport announced the death of Bryan Malinowski at noon Thursday. He was 53. Malinowski was shot in the head Tuesday as ATF agents tried to serve a search warrant at his home. Officials have not released any other details about the investigation. Malinowski joined the management team at... Читать дальше...

An Alabama woman who faked being abducted after stopping her car to check on a toddler wandering along a highway on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was given a six-month suspended sentence meaning she will serve no jail time. Her two-day disappearance, and her story of being abducted alongside an interstate highway... Читать дальше...

The local broadcast returns for Round 3 of wild homerism.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed Republican proposals that would have allowed election observers to get closer to poll workers and required a new post-election audit. He signed into law a bill requiring that political TV ads using artificial intelligence come with a disclaimer. Evers, a Democrat, on Thursday also signed a bipartisan bill exempting purchases of precious metal, such as gold and silver, from the state sales tax. Evers vetoed a bill that would have required a special election or... Читать дальше...

The iconic French brand has a "scheme" going around its Birkin bags, per the suit.

Stephan Jenkins will be leading a "semi-charmed kind of life" somewhere else.

DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. (TCI) on Thursday reported a loss of $2.6 million in its fourth quarter.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court July 2 in the trial of two men who are accused of making deep fake pornographic images using her face and posting them online.Meloni is listed as an injured party in the Sassari, Sardinia defamation trial. She is seeking 100,000 euros in damages. Her lawyer says she will donate any award to an interior ministry fund for women victims of domestic violence.According to ANSA news agency, Italy’s postal police in 2020 identified the father... Читать дальше...

It’ll likely take years before the U.S. government’s massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple is resolved — but the iPhone maker’s troubles with European regulators offer a glimpse of what changes American customers may see down the line. A U.S. lawsuit seeks to stop Apple from undermining technologies that compete with its own apps in areas such as streaming, messaging and digital payments. The Department of Justice also wants to prevent the tech giant from building language into its contracts with developers... Читать дальше...

Looking for your own kingdom in Pennsylvania? This castle-like, Gothic Revival residence in Gladwyne, PA, is worth a look.

Investigators in the northern Mexico border state of Nuevo Leon say they have found at least ten dead, burned bodies in a vehicle on a roadway near the industrial hub of Monterrey. State prosecutors said Thursday they initially found a body and three skulls inside a burned out vehicle in the township of Pesqueria, just outside Monterrey. But later they found four other bodies, human bones and two more skulls nearby. Investigations were underway to determine exactly how many victims there were, and how they died. Читать дальше...

A nationwide technology problem interrupted services for a few hours at U.S. state offices that handle driver's licenses. The offices experienced delays in issuing licenses as a result of the outage, which lasted for about 2 1/2 hours on Thursday. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators in Arlington, Virginia, maintains a national computer network to allow the exchange of driver's license information. The group says a loss in cloud connectivity caused the outage, which is being investigated further. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump and his Republican allies are well behind President Joe Biden and Democrats on fundraising. But an upcoming major fundraiser the former president is hosting in Florida will prioritize his own campaign and the committee paying his legal bills before the Republican National Committee. Experts say that's an unorthodox move because campaigns usually want to first raise money that can be spent on campaign activity. Trump faces four criminal indictments and several civil cases. A copy of the... Читать дальше...

Pro-Trump attorney Stefanie Lambert has appeared in court in Michigan after turning herself in to resolve an outstanding warrant. Lambert appeared in court Thursday. That came after she was arrested in Washington, D.C. earlier this week following a bench warrant issued by a Michigan judge. Lambert is facing felony charges of improperly accessing voting equipment in a search for evidence of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from Trump. She had failed to appear at a March 7 hearing and a judge had issued a bench warrant as a result. Читать дальше...

Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the emeritus bishop of Brugge, long ago became a symbol of the Catholic Church’s hypocrisy and dysfunction in dealing with cases of abuse. Not only was he allowed to quietly retire after the scandal broke in 2010, but his superior, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, was caught on tape asking one of his victims to keep the abuse secret until the bishop left office. Читать дальше...

The Biden administration has announced up to $475 million in federal funding for clean energy projects on current or former mine land sites. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that the projects will be in five states. They include the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. Kentucky and West Virginia are also benefitting. They are solidly Republican and have been hit hard by the downturn in the coal sector. The projects will involve solar power, geothermal energy, hydroelectricity and batteries. Читать дальше...